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| | 1 | Author: | Ortiz, Augusto,
1917-2006 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Augusto Ortiz Papers1954-2007 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1954-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Dr. Augusto Ortiz lived and worked in Arizona most of his
professional life from 1953 until his death in 2006. Throughout his career as a
family practitioner and educator he worked to bring health care to the poor and
underserved. In his earlier years he worked in private practice in the Phoenix area
primarily serving a needy Hispanic population. In 1972 Dr. Ortiz moved to Tucson and
established a mobile health program based out of the University of Arizona’s Rural
Health Office which provided health care to many rural and underserved areas in
southeastern Arizona. Areas of particular interest to him included community
oriented primary care, migrant laborer health care, health education and folk
medicine including herbal folk remedies and curanderismo. This collection contains
Ortiz correspondence from over a 35-year period (1969-2004) as well as documents
corresponding to each of the topics mentioned above including extensive
documentation relating to the Mobile Health Program. The collection also includes
Dr. Ortiz’s U.S. Surgeon General Medallion. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Community Health Services | Medical Education | Health Services Accessibility | Medically Underserved Areas | Traditional medicine | Mobile Health Units | Primary Health Care | Rural Health Services | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 4 | Author: | Abrams, Herbert K.
University of Arizona. Health Sciences Library | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Herbert K. Abrams collection,
1969-2002 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1969-2002 | | | | Abstract: | Herbert K. Abrams' research and
materials related to public health, rural health, policies, and hospitals in Japan.
Materials include reports, published documents, notes, clippings, and other
materials. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Medical education | Public health | Rural health services | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 5 | Author: | Palmer, Errol P. (Errol
Payne) Sr., 1876-1960 | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Errol Payne Palmer, Sr.
Papers,1907-1969 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1907-1969 | | | | Abstract: | This collection contains materials which represent different
facets of Dr. Palmer’s long and illustrious career in Phoenix, Arizona. This
collection consists primarily of correspondence, speeches, writings and
publications, and newspaper clippings. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Medical Policy | Medicine--Societies, etc. | Public Health | Public Health Administration | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 7 | Author: | University of Arizona. Health Sciences Library | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Kino Hospital collection,
1972-2000 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1972-2000 | | | | Abstract: | Between 1994 and 2000 in Pima County,
Arizona, three successive entities – the Blue Ribbon Health Care Delivery System Commission,
the Pima County Integrated Health Care System Coordinating Council, and the Pima Health Care
System Commission – endeavored to develop a fully integrated Pima County public health
system, maintain Kino Community Hospital as a full-service public hospital and establish a
community- based governance body to provide the needed direction and support for the
county's health system. This collection consists primarily of reports, memos, correspondence
and some news media items which document the efforts these entities made attempting to
achieve those goals. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Hospitals -- Arizona | Public health | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 8 | Author: | Boone, Max Lee Morrison | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Max Lee Morrison Boone papers,
1958-2007 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1958-2007 | | | | Abstract: | Papers of medical doctor and physicist Max L.M. Boone, MD, PhD
(May 23, 1931 - November 17, 1996). One of the founders of the University of Arizona
Cancer Center. Includes professional research, publications, abstracts, correspondence
and associated photographs and figures. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Medicine, Health -- Arizona -- Tucson | Medicine -- Arizona -- History | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 9 | Author: | Layton,
Jack M. (Jack Malcolm), 1917- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Jack Malcolm Layton Papers
1943-1993 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1943-1993 | | | | Abstract: | Dr. Jack Malcolm Layton was a founding faculty member of the
University of Arizona College of Medicine and was the first department head hired to
the College of Medicine. On May 1, 1967 he became Professor and Head of the
Department of Pathology and served in those capacities for 20 years. He was also
Director of Clinical Pathology for the university’s hospital and from July 1, 1971
until early 1973 served as Acting Dean of the College of Medicine and Acting
Director of the UA’s Arizona Medical Center while the founding dean, Merlin K.
DuVal, served as Assistant Secretary of Health in the U.S. Department of Health,
Education and Welfare. This collection consists primarily of documents relating to
the early history of the UA College of Medicine including its Department of
Pathology, Layton’s Acting Deanship, and the Medical Service Plan and other clinical
faculty matters. It also includes information about Layton’s career before he came
to the UA, information about his professional society contributions, honors and
awards he received, various presentations he made and it also includes some
photographs. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Health Facility--Administration | Medical Education--Arizona | Medical Schools | Pathology, Clinical--History | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 10 | Author: | Neuman, Daniel Saheyause, 1869- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Letters to the Teachers of the Alaska School Services
1911-1912 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1911-1912 | | | | Abstract: | Eight copies of holograph letters; part of a series to teachers of Eskimo children in the Alaska School Service,
Northwestern District, from Dr. Neuman, and dated 1911 to 1912. The first letter says that the purpose is to instruct them on
medical matters supplementary to his book. Symptoms and treatments of diseases like respiratory illness, rickets, measles, scarlet
fever, eye diseases, and fevers are discussed. Certain local living conditions are cited as contributing toward the illnesses.
Three of the letters contain general diagnostic techniques for use with children. Colored pencil illustrations are included in
some of the letters. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Children -- Diseases -- Diagnosis -- Alaska. | Children -- Health and hygiene -- Alaska. | Eskimos -- Medical care -- Alaska. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 11 | Author: | Bankston, J. | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | J. Bankston Papers
1950-1985
(bulk 1980-1985) ead | | | | Date(s): | 1950-1985 | | | | Abstract: | Documents from Court Case No. C79-0515 “Irene Allen, et. al. plaintiffs vs. United States of America” related to nuclear testing by the United States government in the 1950s in Nevada that affected people in Arizona, Nevada and Utah. The bulk of the material consists of the court case, personal digests, technical reports and articles used by Jay Bankston to aid him in his application to the Veterans Administration for compensation for cancer he believed was the result of exposure to radiation during his military service in the Marshall Islands. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Atmospheric radiation -- Marshall Islands. | Atomic bomb -- Marshall Islands -- Testing. | Downwinders | Liability for nuclear damages -- Arizona. | Nuclear explosions -- Marshall Islands. | Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Island. | Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Arizona. | Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946. | Radiation carcinogenesis. | Radiation -- Health aspects. | Radiation -- Testing. | Radiation victims -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Arizona. | Radioactive fallout -- Arizona. | Radioactive fallout -- Nevada. | Radioactive fallout -- Utah. | Veterans -- Health aspects -- Arizona. | Veterans -- Diseases -- Government policy -- United States. | Veterans -- Medical care. | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 13 | Author: | University of Arizona. Health Sciences Center. Office of Public Affairs | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Arizona Health Sciences Center
Office of Public Affairs records, 1966-2013
Bulk Dates ead | | | | Date(s): | 1966-2013 | | | | Abstract: | Contains mostly photographs from the Office of Public Affairs
at the Arizona Health Sciences Center. Includes materials related to the founders,
construction, faculty and students of the College of Medicine, outreach and public
relations of the University Medical Center (UMC), and materials related to the College
of Nursing, Diamond Children's Hospital, community events and services, and the January
8th, 2011 tragedy. Formerly collection numbers HT0011, HT0028 and HT0050. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | University of Arizona | University of Arizona. Health Sciences Center | University of Arizona. College of Medicine | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
| 14 | Author: | Buss, Fran Leeper, 1942- | Add to Favorites | | | Title: | Work And Family:
Low Income And Minority Women Talk about their Lives Interviews,
1976-1990 ead | | | | Date(s): | 1976-1990 | | | | Abstract: | Consists of photocopies of transcripts of
interviews with fifty-six low income and minority women. Includes a Master
Index by Patricia Seavey, with an introductory essay by Karen Anderson. The
indexes to the collection are organized by racial/ethnic group, geographic
area, and subject. The topics of the interviews concern the diversity in the
lives of women mainly in their work experiences, especially labor struggles,
the health care professions, and family lives, particularly problems of family
violence. The interviews were conducted by Fran Leeper Buss between 1976 and
1990. They were transcribed as a collaborative project, directed by Janice
Monk, of The Southwest Institute for Research on Women and The Schlesinger
Library on the History of American Women. | | | | Repository: | University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections | | | | Subjects: | Family violence -- United States | Labor disputes -- United States | Minority women -- United States | Poor women -- United States | Women -- Employment -- United States | Working class women -- United States -- Case studies | Women -- Health and hygiene -- United States | Women's studies -- United States -- Case studies | | | | Similar Items: | Find Similar Guides |
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