Public Health Service hospitals historical collection, 1895-1982 (bulk 1919-1982).

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Public Health Service hospitals historical collection, 1895-1982 (bulk 1919-1982).

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Contains materials on the history of the Public Health Service hospitals and their administration. Included are the history files for each hospital maintained by the Division of Hospital's Information Office as well as documents relating to the conversion or closure of each hospital; program files, reports, and planning documents on the hospitals and the medical care of seamen; and administrative documents, circular letters, and manuals used by the hospitals. Particularly noteworthy is the extensive material on the leprosarium in Carville, La., the Freedman's Hospital for African-Americans, Ellis Island and Manhattan Beach, and hospitals in Baltimore, Boston, New Orleans, and San Francisco.

11.42 linear ft. (26 boxes, 5 v. + 4 map-case folders)

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Public Health Service Hospital at Carville, La.

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United States. Public Health Service. Division of Hospitals

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The United States Public Health Service, successor to the U.S. Marine Hospital Service (1798-1902) and the U.S. Public Health and Marine Hospital Service (1902-1912) administered the former marine hospitals in addition to many other hospitals and clinics, the last of which were closed in 1981. USPHS Division of Nursing originated in the PHS Office of the Surgeon General from the combination of the Division of Nurse Education and Office of Nursing in the Bureau of Medical Services, in 1946; in 19...