Wilbur A. Sawyer Papers

Collection:

Archives & Personal Papers Collections

Creator(s):

Sawyer, Wilbur A. (Wilbur Augustus), 1879-1951

Publication:

Produced: 1879-1995

Language(s):

English

Format:

Mixed material

Subject(s):

Tropical Medicine
Malaria -- epidemiology
Yellow Fever -- epidemiology
Rockefeller Foundation. International Health Division
Great Britain. Yellow Fever Commission (West Africa)
Africa
Australia
Indonesia
South America

Genre(s):

Archival Materials

Abstract:

Sawyer is best known for his role in developing a vaccine for yellow fever and working to eradicate the disease as a public health threat while working for the Rockefeller Foundation's West Africa Yellow Fever Commission.

Copyright:

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Provenance:

Gift of Fred Soper and Margaret Carroll, 1966, 2002, and 2004. Acc. #15; 2002-79; 2006-006.

NLM Unique ID:

2933069R (See catalog record)

Finding Aid:

https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/ammp/resources/sawyer69

Permanent Link:

https://resource.nlm.nih.gov/2933069R

Note(s):

The entire collection may not be available in NLM Digital Collections; see the finding aid for the complete collection description and inventory.