Achievements of William Crawford Gorgas

Achievements of William Crawford Gorgas

This is an item from the William Crawford Gorgas papers. This collection includes material created by and written about Gorgas, as well as material created by other Gorgas family members. His diaries and journals illuminate his life and work for the U.S. Army as a surgeon and span the years he work...

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Main Author: Le Prince, Joseph A. (Joseph Albert Augustin), b. 1875 (Author)
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Published: University of Alabama Libraries
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Online Access:http://purl.lib.ua.edu/19628
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collection William Crawford Gorgas Papers Collection
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Achievements of William Crawford Gorgas
Le Prince, Joseph A. (Joseph Albert Augustin), b. 1875 (Author)
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Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920; Yellow fever--Prevention; Malaria--Prevention; Mosquitoes as carriers of disease; Mosquitoes--Control; reprints; articles
description This is an item from the William Crawford Gorgas papers. This collection includes material created by and written about Gorgas, as well as material created by other Gorgas family members. His diaries and journals illuminate his life and work for the U.S. Army as a surgeon and span the years he worked in Cuba and Panama. The collection includes official reports and other documents Gorgas wrote and collected, as well as articles and other publications written about Gorgas and his work in sanitation and disease prevention, particularly yellow fever. Correspondence, articles, and other items document the numerous awards and tributes Gorgas received during his life and memorials after his death in 1920. In addition to William Crawford Gorgas material, the collection includes other material belonging to Gorgas family members including Marie Gorgas and their daughter, Aileen Gorgas Wrightson. In 1924, his widow Marie Gorgas published William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work. This collection includes manuscripts, galley proofs, and published versions of her work.Gift of Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, 1947 and 1952; Thomas W. Martin, 1952; Jessie Palfrey Leake, Minna Palfrey Tait, Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, Gene Palfrey Ellis, and William Gorgas Palfrey, 1958; Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and National Library of Medicine, 1991; and Dr. William G. Palfrey and Gene Marie Palfrey, 1993.The digitization of this collection was funded by a grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
spelling Achievements of William Crawford GorgasLe Prince, Joseph A. (Joseph Albert Augustin), b. 1875 (Author)Treasury Dept., U. S. Public Health Service, Office of Public Health EducationText1938engelectronic; image/jpeg; 9 p.This is an item from the William Crawford Gorgas papers. This collection includes material created by and written about Gorgas, as well as material created by other Gorgas family members. His diaries and journals illuminate his life and work for the U.S. Army as a surgeon and span the years he worked in Cuba and Panama. The collection includes official reports and other documents Gorgas wrote and collected, as well as articles and other publications written about Gorgas and his work in sanitation and disease prevention, particularly yellow fever. Correspondence, articles, and other items document the numerous awards and tributes Gorgas received during his life and memorials after his death in 1920. In addition to William Crawford Gorgas material, the collection includes other material belonging to Gorgas family members including Marie Gorgas and their daughter, Aileen Gorgas Wrightson. In 1924, his widow Marie Gorgas published William Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Work. This collection includes manuscripts, galley proofs, and published versions of her work.Gift of Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, 1947 and 1952; Thomas W. Martin, 1952; Jessie Palfrey Leake, Minna Palfrey Tait, Aileen Gorgas Wrightson, Gene Palfrey Ellis, and William Gorgas Palfrey, 1958; Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and National Library of Medicine, 1991; and Dr. William G. Palfrey and Gene Marie Palfrey, 1993.The digitization of this collection was funded by a grant from Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). Gorgas, William Crawford, 1854-1920; Yellow fever--Prevention; Malaria--Prevention; Mosquitoes as carriers of disease; Mosquitoes--Control; reprints; articlesThe University of Alabama Libraries Special CollectionsWilliam Crawford Gorgas papersBox 694, Folder 6u0003_0000581_0000004http://purl.lib.ua.edu/19628https://archives.lib.ua.edu/repositories/3/resources/951Images are in the public domain or protected under U.S. copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code), and both types may be used for research and private study. For publication, commercial use, or reproduction, in print or digital format, of all images and/or the accompanying data, users are required to secure prior written permission from the copyright holder and from archives@ua.edu. When permission is granted, please credit the images as Courtesy of The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections.http://cdm17336.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/u0003_0000581/id/38891
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