Theodore Woodward collection (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2278
Scope and Contents note
Photographic copies of seven letters from Walter Reed to James Carroll related to the discovery of the mosquito transmission of yellow fever and photographic copies of eight photographs of members of the US Army Yellow Fever Commission.
Dates
- 1900-1901
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical note
Theodore Englar Woodward (1914-2005) was a physician and a professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Woodward was nominated for a Nobel Prize for his role in finding cures for typhus and typhoid fever. During World War II, he was assigned to the Army's School of Tropical Medicine combating typhus epidemics, and after the war he worked at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where he did research on antibiotics. In 1948 he joined the University of Maryland as associate professor of medicine. He was named chairman of the Department of Medicine in 1954, a position he held until his retirement in 1981.
Extent
0.08 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Theodore Woodward collection 1900-1901 CoPSp.ACC2278
- Date
- 2012
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
