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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78023143
Collection material in English
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
The papers of William Crawford Gorgas, army medical officer, were deposited in the Library of Congress by Mrs. William Gorgas in 1921 and converted to a gift by Aileen G. Wrightson in 1947.
The papers of William Crawford Gorgas were processed in 1961. The finding aid was revised in 2013.
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of William Crawford Gorgas is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
The papers of William Crawford Gorgas are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, William Crawford Gorgas Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of William C. Gorgas (1853-1920) relate mainly to his work combating yellow fever in Florida and Latin America, particularly Cuba, and Panama. The collection spans the years 1857-1919, with the bulk of the material concentrated in the period 1904-1913. Included are correspondence, reports, addresses, articles, financial and miscellaneous records, medical papers, charts, clippings, photographs, and printed material organized into seven series: General Correspondence and Other Papers ; Subject File ; Addresses, Articles, and Reports ; Account Books ; Medical Papers ; Miscellany ; and Photographs .
The chronological file of the General Correspondence and Other Papers series contains many items of a routine nature. Prior to 1904 the documentation is largely miscellaneous in nature including personal account books and medical papers relating to patients and yellow fever as well as some family, military, and business correspondence. Following 1913, Gorgas's activities are represented by a minimum of correspondence, a few miscellaneous subject folders, and a small group of papers used to prepare a report on Latin America by the Rockefeller Foundation's Yellow Fever Commission of 1916. There is no material covering his activities as surgeon general of the United States Army.
Rounding out the collection are drafts and reprints of speeches, articles, reports, miscellaneous printed matter, and photographs of Gorgas and scenes of Cuba, Mexico, Panama, and the United States. Included in the Miscellany series are extracts of a journal of Josiah Gorgas (1818-1883) that chronicles the Civil War and Reconstruction from the perspective of a Confederate officer who served on the headquarters staff and during the Appomattox Campaign.
The papers contain correspondence of a routine nature with many prominent physicians, sanitary engineers, military officers, federal officials, and United States congressmen. Correspondents include James L. Bevans, James Ten Broeck Bowles, Thomas Barbour, Henry Rose Carter, William M. Doughty, F. A. Ferris, Carlos Juan Finlay, John Guiteras, William W. Keen, C. C. McCulloch, Jr., S. Weir Mitchell, G. R. Plummer, Claus Karl Schilling, George T. Stevens, and George Miller Sternberg.
This collection is arranged in seven series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78023143
Family, business, and military correspondence with notes, reports, invitations, and programs.
Arranged chronologically.
Personal letters and other papers sent and received as Sanitary Officer of the Panama Canal Zone.
Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent or subject. A card index precedes the file.
Reports, memoranda, correspondence, charts, patient records, and mounted clippings.
Arranged according to topic or type of material.
Drafts and final copies of speeches, writings, and reports.
Arranged chronologically.
Personal and household account books.
Arranged chronologically.
Lists and miscellaneous medical record books.
Arranged chronologically.
Printed matter and general miscellany.
Arranged by type of material.
Positive photographic prints of Gorgas, friends, and places he visited.
Arranged by topic.