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Rockefeller Foundation records, officers' diaries, RG 12, S-Z, 1911-1992

41.83 Cubic Feet Boxes 423-535. 104 letter document boxes, 8 half-letter document boxes, 1 legal box and 26 microfilm boxes (35mm)

Rockefeller Foundation officers' diaries:

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1924-1928 Box 425, Reel M Saw 1, Frame 157

The diaries are arranged by interview and visit. From 1924-1926, Sawyer is the director of the International Health Board Public Health Laboratory Service. These entries concern Rockefeller Foundation laboratories, meetings with professionals in the field of public health and conferences pertaining to hookworm. In 1926, Sawyer goes on assignment to the West African Yellow Fever Commission, Lagos, Nigeria. In west Africa he documents laboratory research various field studies on the symptomology and pathology of Yellow Fever Includes "Localities infected with yellow fever in 1926" chart.

  1. Sawyer, Wilbur A.

1940 14-31 December Andrew J. Warren Acting, 1940 December 14- 31

Organized according to interview and visit, Andrew J. Warren acting on behalf of Wilbur Sawyer talks to various professionals in the field of public health and discusses projects and proposals. During 14-31 December 1940, Warren is filling in for Sawyer at the New York office.

  1. Sawyer, Wilbur A.

1940 4 August- 13 December, Andrew J. Warren Acting, 1940 August 4- December 13

Organized according to interview and visit, Andrew J. Warren acting on behalf of Wilbur Sawyer talks to various professionals in the field of public health and discusses projects and proposals. During 4 August- 13 December 1940, Warren is filling in for Sawyer at the New York office while Sawyer is assessing Rockefeller Foundation International Health Division interests in Europe.

  1. Sawyer, Wilbur A.
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Rockefeller Foundation records, International Health Board/Division records, RG 5, 1910-1964 (Bulk: 1910-1951), bulk 1910-1951

334.65 Cubic Feet 788 document boxes.

Contains the correspondence and reports of the International Health Board/International Health Division (IHB/D) of the Rockefeller Foundation, including the Rockefeller Institute Virus Laboratories.

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Rockefeller Institute Virus Laboratories, 1915-1964, bulk 1929-1949 13.66 Cubic Feet 33 letter document boxes, 2 legal document boxes and 1 half-letter document box

The Rockefeller Institute Virus Laboratories (RIVL) served as the base laboratory for the virus studies conducted by the Rockefeller Foundation's International Health Board/Division (IHB/D). Beginning in 1916, when William C. Gorgas' special commission visited South America, the IHB/D supported field research as part of its international campaign against yellow fever. By the late 1920's, the difficulty and expense of conducting field research in Brazil and West Africa made apparent the need for a central lab for the completion of promising viral investigations developed in those primitive settings. At the urging of Frederick F. Russell, IHD director, such a lab was established in 1929. Headed by Wilbur A. Sawyer, the lab rented space at The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in New York City.