| Title: |
Reminiscences of Robert Briggs Watson
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| RLIN number: |
NXCP87-A197
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| Document type: |
Oral history
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| Accessibility: |
Free Only
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| Repository: |
Columbia University. Oral History Research Office
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| Collection: |
Individual Interview List Oral History Project
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| Description: |
Family background; education; medical officer, Norris Dam Project, Tennessee Valley Authority; malaria control in Tennessee Valley; malaria control in World War II; use of anti-malarial drugs in Pacific Theater; field staff of Rockefeller Foundation, 1946; travels in Latin America; work with Chinese government on malaria control from 1946; Taiwan, 1948; work in Japan, Korea, Philippines, Macao; medical education in India and public health problems; work in Brazil and South America; fellowships and policy; training teachers for medical schools; role of foundations.
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| Extent: |
Transcript: 376 leaves, Tape: 7 reels
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| Restrictions: |
Access: Open. Copyright by The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, 1984. Permission required to cite, quote, and reproduce. Contact repository for information. Microfiche copy available for purchase. (Columbia University oral history collection, part V, published by Meckler Publishing, Westport, CT).
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| Original Language: |
English
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| Time span: |
Not indicated ... to 1968 (Year of interview)
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| Speaker: |
Watson, Robert Briggs, 1903-1978
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| Speaker gender: |
Male
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| Speaker date of birth: |
1903
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| Speaker occupation: |
Physician
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| Age at speaking: |
65
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| Document date: |
1968
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| Interviewer: |
Hopper, Paul
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| Organizations discussed: |
Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY; Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN
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| Locations discussed: |
North America; United States
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| Topics discussed - ASP terms: |
North America; Physicians; Rockefeller Foundation, New York, NY; Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN; United States; United States--Foreign relations--1945-
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| Topics discussed - Other terms: |
Malaria--Immunological aspects; Medical education--Underdeveloped areas; Public health--Underdeveloped areas; Watson, Robert Briggs, 1903-1978
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| ASP release: |
2005-06
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| Document code: |
OHI0017900-13343
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