Records of the Harvard Public Health Unit, 1940-1947 (inclusive), 1942-1945 (bulk).

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Records of the Harvard Public Health Unit, 1940-1947 (inclusive), 1942-1945 (bulk).

Contains correspondence of C. Sidney Burwell, dean of the Harvard Medical School, with A. Calvert Smith concerning raising funds and staffing the Harvard Public Health Unit. Also includes Burwell's correspondence and telegrams with John E. Gordon, who directed the combined organization in Britain during the war. Other materials include reports of the American Red Cross-Harvard field unit, and background historical information.

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Harvard Medical School.

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Gordon, John Everett.

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Harvard Public Health Unit.

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The Harvard Public Health Unit (established in 1940) was an organization formed with the American Red Cross for the study and treatment of communicable disease in Great Britain during World War II; in 1942 the organization was taken over by the U.S. Army to make a central pathological laboratory service for their armed forces. From the description of Records of the Harvard Public Health Unit, 1940-1947 (inclusive), 1942-1945 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281434998...

Burwell, C. Sidney (Charles Sidney), 1893-

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Burwell (Harvard, M.D., 1919) physiologist in cardiovascular diseases and teacher, was dean of the Harvard Medical School from 1935 to 1949. From the description of Papers of Charles Sidney Burwell, 1926-1965 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281427973 Charles Sidney Burwell (1893-1967), M.D.,1919, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, was Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University (1928-1935), Dean of the Harvard Medical School (1935-1949), Rese...