International, 1913-1958

Extent:
38.51 Cubic Feet 114 containers
Scope and content:

This material, mostly from 1913 to 1942, relates to funded projects originated by international organizations or involving more than one country. Included in this designation are organizations directly connected with the Rockefeller Foundation, such as the International Health Division (which was a part of the Foundation that was governed separately until 1951); organizations indirectly related to the Foundation, such as the Spelman Fund of New York and the China Medical Board, Inc.; and other, independent organizations that received support from the Foundation. Much of the material concerns the work of the International Health Division. There is a large section on the war relief of the Foundation (1914 to 1918). Additional items of interest are a progress report on nursing education (1928), an anthropological survey (1932 to 1933), and the files on international studies and international relations.

Arrangement:

The 100 series is divided into 18 subseries as follow:

100 (No program letter, general material which does not fit into a particular program area)

100 A Medical sciences (research conducted in medical schools or medical schools or medical research institutes, research directly applicable to the mental and physical health of human beings)

100 C Nursing (nursing education, public health nursing)

100 D Natural sciences and agriculture

100 EL Public health fellowships, scholarships, training awards

100 ER Humanities fellowships

100 F Declinations (only declinations of exceptional interest are retained)

100 H Hookworm

100 I Malaria

100 K Health services

100 L Public health education (schools of hygiene and public health)

100 M Respiratory diseases

100 N War relief

100 O Yellow fever

100 R Humanities and arts

100 S Social sciences

100 T Tuberculosis

100 U Yaws

Related material:

For information concerning specific countries consult the appropriate country series. Correspondence and reports relating to international affairs can also be found in the Foundation's General Correspondence files, Record Group 2. Record Group 5, International Health Board/Division, contains correspondence and reports prior to 1928, and reports from 1928 to 1958. International Health Division material can also be found in Record Group 3, Administration, Program and Policy, Series 908, and in Record Group 6, Field Offices, Subgroup 1, Paris.

Contents

Access and use

Parent restrictions:
Records more than 10 years old are open for research with select materials restricted as noted. Brittle or damaged items are available at the discretion of RAC. Confidential material in this record group has been segregated and is inaccessible. Each pertinent file is open to research, and physical removal of the segregated material within each file is not necessary. Researchers interested in accessing digital media (floppy disks, CDs, DVDs, etc.) or audiovisual material (audio cassettes, VHS, etc.) in this collection must use an access surrogate. The original items may not be accessed because of preservation concerns. To request an access surrogate be made, or if you are unsure if there is an access surrogate, please contact a RAC archivist.
Parent terms of access:
Rockefeller Foundation has title, copyright, and literary rights in the collection, in so far as it holds them. Rockefeller Archive Center has authority to grant permission to cite and publish archival material from the collection.
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