Grace Eldering collection.

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Grace Eldering collection.

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This collection consists of 4 manuscript boxes arranged in six series: 1. Correspondence, 1933-1973. Includes letters to Dr. Pearl L. Kendrick and other colleagues. All letters are of professional, rather than personal nature. 2. Disease control, 1942-1972. These reports and statistics show the progress in understanding and controlling the whooping cough and outline the research that led to the vaccine. 3. Eldering articles, 1923-1971. Technical articles written by Grace Eldering. 4. Professional publications, 1924-1980. Reference file for Eldering. Articles written by other professionals interested in whooping cough, or similar diseases and immunology. 5. Memorabilia, 1935-1972. Reflects her outside interests. 6. Newspaper clippings, 1936-1975. These clippings show Dr. Eldering and Dr. Kendrick at work. There are some clippings dealing with the construction of the Public Health complex in Lansing.

4 mss.boxes 1.7 cu.ft.

State Archive of Michigan

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State Archive of Michigan

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Kendrick, Pearl Witt, 1912-

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Eldering, Grace.

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Dr. Grace Eldering was born on Sept. 5, 1900 in Hysham, Montana. She received a B.A. in biology/chemistry from the University of Montana (1927) and a doctorate in immunology from John Hopkins University (1941). Eldering began working as a microbiologist for the Michigan Dept. of Public Health in 1928. In 1932, Eldering, along with Dr. Pearl L. Kendrick ran a diagnostic laboratory that served 28 counties in western Michigan. As part of their work, they produced a field study for whooping cough an...