MS 693
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Collection Summary | |
| Creator: | Margolis, Frederick J., 1915- |
| Collection Name: | Frederick J. Margolis Photographs |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1954-1956 |
| Physical Description: | .4 linear feet (1 box) |
| Abstract: | This collection contains digital file images of color photographs taken (mostly) by Dr. Margolis between 1954-1956 in and around Fort Defiance, Arizona and in other locations in northern Arizona and northern New Mexico. The original photographic prints are not held in this collection; the PowerPoint is the source record from which digital file images are collected. Individual image files (JPEG format) were extracted from the PowerPoint and converted into TIFF-formatted files which are available upon request. To facilitate previewing, black and white PDF print surrogates are also included. Several publications highlighting the work of Dr. Margolis have also been included. |
| Collection Number: | MS 693 |
| Language: | Materials are in English |
| Repository: |
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections University of Arizona PO Box 210055 Tucson, AZ 85721-0055 Phone: 520-621-6423 Fax: 520-621-9733 URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/ E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu |
Frederick Julian Margolis was born June 20, 1915 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died February 9, 1991 in Kalamazoo, Michigan at the age of 75. He received his MD degree from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1941, worked for two years at Children’s Hospital in Detroit and then settled in Kalamazoo in 1943, becoming the second pediatrician to practice in the area, (Dr. H. Sydney Heersma, being the first). Dr. Margolis and his wife, Elizabeth ("Betty") Hays Rieger Margolis (April 7, 1916 - December 14, 2011) lived most of their lives in Kalamazoo and raised a family there.
Fulfilling a promise to his wife to take a sabbatical after ten years of work, Dr. Margolis and family moved to Fort Defiance on the Navajo-Hopi Indian Reservation in northeastern Arizona in 1954 and worked there for two years as a U.S. Public Health Service physician at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Fort Defiance Hospital providing medical services to the Navajo and Hopi.
At Fort Defiance Dr. Margolis encountered various types of infectious diseases – some of which were resulting in high rates of infant mortality. He treated pediatric patients suffering from diarrhea and other gastrointestinal conditions, tuberculosis, pneumonia, measles, ear infections (that untreated could lead to meningitis), trachoma and other diseases.
While at Fort Defiance Dr. Margolis worked with other physicians including Kurt Deuschle MD (of the University of Kentucky Medical School and later Mount Sinai Hospital, New York) who was interest was in community medicine, Walsh McDermott MD, an eminent Cornell tuberculosis specialist, and George Shambaugh, Jr. MD, chair of the Northwestern University Medical School Department of Otolaryngology and a founder and president of the American Otolaryngology Association. Dr. Margolis also worked with members of the Native American community including traditional healers, medicine men Billy Norton and Denet Chili Bitsoi and Navajo community liaisons, Paul Jones, Navajo Nation tribal chairman, and Annie Wauneka, Navajo Nation tribal council member and health crusader. While in Fort Defiance Dr. Margolis recruited well-known film director, Rex Fleming, to Fort Defiance to create three public health patient education films on diarrhea, tuberculosis and sanitation. This was the continuation of a life-long interest on the part of Dr. Margolis in producing medical professional education and patient health education films (see "Margolis." Encore Magazine, September 1990).
In 1956 Dr. Margolis and family returned to Kalamazoo where he resumed what would become a 48-year career of providing service as a pediatrician to the families of Kalamazoo and beyond.
Dr. Margolis was perhaps best known for his work with fluoride and in sex education. He participated in local, national and international fluoride programs and was also instrumental in making Ipecac a household item for parents concerned about a quick antidote to accidental poisoning. In the 1960s he helped produce “Parent to Child About Sex” and the three-part “Sexuality and the Teen-ager” as well as many other films about human sexuality and good health. In the 1970s he created, produced and hosted a 13-part free-loan public service TV series called “Ounce of Prevention,” which was presented by the American Academy of Pediatrics under a grant from the Kellogg Co. of Battle Creek, Michigan. A second 13-part series, “Ounce Two,” followed. Later Dr. Margolis worked with the Kalamazoo Academy of Medicine in producing an educational film about AIDS.
In 1964 Wayne State University honored him for his distinguished professional contributions. In 1966 the Michigan State Dental Association honored him for his work with fluoride, one of his long-running interests aimed at reducing the incidence of tooth decay in children. Also in 1966 he was elected president of the Kalamazoo Academy of Medicine. In 1967 the Michigan State Medical Society presented him a special commendation. In 1970 he was given an honorary doctorate in public service from Western Michigan University and in that same year was named acting head of the Kalamazoo County Health Department and in 1973 the Michigan Department of Public Health gave him a centennial award.
This collection contains digital file images of color photographs taken (mostly) by Dr. Margolis between 1954-1956 in and around Fort Defiance, Arizona and in other locations in northern Arizona and northern New Mexico. The original photographic prints are not held in this collection; the PowerPoint is the source record from which digital file images are collected. Individual image files (JPEG format) were extracted from the PowerPoint and converted into TIFF-formatted files which are available upon request. To facilitate previewing, black and white PDF print surrogates are also included.
Several publications highlighting the work of Dr. Margolis have also been included. (403) color photographs are incorporated into a 434-slide PowerPoint presentation grouped into 21 categories. Most of the photos are captioned. An inventory of the images is coupled with the PowerPoint [DVD].
Included are photos of: family life; events/ceremonies; Fort Defiance hospital, medical personnel and patients; Navajo health educators; trips to the Canyon de Chelly, Monument Valley, Acoma, the Grand Canyon, Oak Creek Canyon and other locations. Formerly collection number HT 0023.
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Margolis, Frederick J. Frederick J. Margolis Photographs, 1954-1956. MS 693, Special Collections, Arizona Health Sciences Library, Tucson, AZ.
Collection materials provided 3/31/2014 by Susan Houseman MD, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Margolis (Accession no. 2014-01)
No further accruals are expected.
| Series 1: Frederick J. Margolis Photographs,1954-1956 | |||||||||||
| Note: Photographs in PowerPoint slides are sometimes cropped; the TIFF images are uncropped. | |||||||||||
| box | folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 434-slide PowerPoint Presentation--"Dr. Margolis' Arizona/Navajo Reservation Slides, 1953-1955" [sic][DVD: 9 files, 2.1 GB, 4/5/2014] | |||||||||
| Note: Inventory of images included in this folder. | |||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Black-and-White PDF prints--Slides 1-434 (4 slides per page) | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Black-and-White PDF prints--Slides 1-160 (1 slide per page) | |||||||||
| Window Rock Festival, War dance, 1954-1955| Life Around Fort Defiance, AZ., 1954-1956| Monument Valley, around (circa) 1955| Fort Defiance, 1954-1956| Gallup Ceremonial Celebration, 1955| Health Instruction at Gallup Ceremonial, 1955| Hospital in Fort Defiance, 1955 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Black-and-White PDF prints--Slides 161-320 (1 slide per page) | |||||||||
| Medical Photos, 1954-1956, Fort Defiance, Dr. Margolis| Western Scenes and Travel, 1954-1956| Public Health Home Visits, 1955-1956| Health Education, with Tribal Leaders, 1954-1956| Hospital Staff, Fort Defiance, 1955-1956| More Arizona and Fort Defiance Life, 1955-1956| Canyon de Chelly | |||||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Black-and-White PDF prints--Slides 321-434 (1 slide per page) | |||||||||
| St. Michael's Mission, AZ., (circa) 1955| Santa Fe, NM., around (circa) 1955| Acoma Reservation, around (circa) 1955| Oak Creek Canyon, around (circa) 1955| Albuquerque, NM, around (circa) 1955| Grand Canyon, around (circa) 1955| Monument Valley Area, around (circa) 1955 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Publications, 1955, 1976, 1991-1994 | |||||||||
| Spencer, Steven. "They're Saving Lives in Navajo-Land." The Saturday Evening Post, 1955 April 23 | |||||||||||
| "Ounce of Prevention' is a Doctor's Theme." Reading Eagle (Reading, Penn.) pg.31, 1976 August 26 | |||||||||||
| "Margolis." Encore Magazine, 1990 September | |||||||||||
| Mah, Linda. "Dr. Margolis, a gentle giant among children, dies at 75." Kalamazoo Gazette, 1991 February 10 | |||||||||||
| "Margolis, Dr. Frederick J.--Pediatrician, Community Activist, Educator, Researcher, Inventor" [obituary]. Kalamazoo Gazette, 1991 February 11 | |||||||||||
| "Margolis was a doctor who made a difference." Kalamazoo Gazette, 1991 February 12 | |||||||||||
| Dorothy R. Parker. Singing an Indian Song: A Biography of D'Arcy McNickle. University of Nebraska Press pg. 149, 1994 | |||||||||||