South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

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Links to Resources for the History of Public Health

History of Public Health

• The Centers for Disease Control -- Ten Great Public Health Achievements, 1900-1999
• The Center for Disease Control -- MMWR Articles
• University of Virginia Health System - Yellow Fever and the Reed Commission
• Federal Bureau of Maternal and Child Health, "Celebrating 65 Years of Title V" (Currently not available online)
• Federal Department of Labor -- History of Child Labor Reform
• Federal Department of Labor --"Danger: Children at Work- A Bibliographic Time Capsule"
• National Archives and Records Administration - Collection of photographs of Louis Hines, Documentation of Child Labor
• Origins of the National Institutes of Health
• National Institutes of Health: A Short Hisory of NIH
• National Institutes of Health: Dr. Joseph Goldberger and the War on Pellagra
• National Institutes of Health -- In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers recall the early years of AIDS research
• Public Broadcasting System Documentaries -- The American Experience: Influenza Epidemic of 1918
• A Science Odyssey: Medicine and Health
• History of the Office of Surgeon General
• History Exhibits, Public Health Service Bicentennial

History of Public Health and Medicine

• Images from the History of Medicine (National Library of Medicine) - Nearly 60,000 images including portraits, pictures of institutions, caricatures, genre scenes, and graphic art in a variety of media, illustrating the social and historical aspects of medicine. NLM does not charge fees for use of the collection, but request a credit line. The website has a search engine for keyword or browsing. Images can be downloaded or requested sent from the library.
• Medical Images on the Web (McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center) - Annotated web guide of sources of images on medicine, anatomy, public health, biotechnology, etc.
• Public Health Image Library (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) - Public Health Image Library (PHIL). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. PHIL is an organized presentation of photos, images, multimedia files for reference, teaching, presentation and public health messages. Organization is hierarchical and involves people, places, and science.
• Medical Images and Illustrations (Karolinska Instittuet, Sweden) - A comprehensive listing of web resources. There is a brief subject directory, then a listing of sites by subject. Listing under a subject appears to be in random order.
• HONMedia (Health on the Net Foundation) - Over 3000 images and video on 1700 topics. Copyright remains with the authors.
• Bristol Biological Images Archive (University of Bristol, UK) - 20,000 images for viewing and teaching. Site has a search engine and an alphabetical list. The site requires (free) registration to download any material.
• Historical Images in Medicine (Duke University Medical Center Library) - Over 3000 photographs on the history of health and medicine. They are not "publication quality" and are not intended for such use.
• Images from the Clendening Library (University of Kansas Medical Center) - Images are from text books, most printed before 1800. Entries are for education purposes.
• Library of the College of Physicians (Philadelphia, PA) - One of the oldest medical libraries. Its collections include the Historical Medical Library with the Mutter Museum and Gallery. There are over 1500 images and 1160 portraits, busts and biographical items. Gallery exhibits are included on the website and a catalog of the collection is under construction.

South Carolina Libraries

• South Carolina State Library - The library has a collection of published materials dealing with South Carolina and South Carolinians. Multiple copies of South Carolina titles are usually purchased to ensure that one copy remains in the Library for long-term, historical purposes. Publications that are primarily genealogical in nature are not collected. The South Carolina collection contains approximately 26,000 items. The State Library also has a permanent collection of state agency reports and publications. The Department of Health annual reports extend from 1881
• South Caroliniana Library - The library that retains original material on South Carolina, including letters, diaries, and other personal papers; records of businesses, churches, and other organizations; and broadsides and other ephemera reflecting political, commercial, and leisure activities. The visual images collection includes photographs, prints, postcards and other items that document the people, buildings, and landscapes of the region. The collections also include newspapers, monographs, photographs, maps, and other historic material. Use of materials is restricted.
• South Carolina Department of Archives and History - The South Carolina Department of Archives and History collects non-current public records, those created, used, or retained by any agency, political subdivision, or governmental body of the state supported by or expending public funds. This includes records from the legislature, judicial system, office of the governor, state agencies, county and municipal governments, school districts, and special purpose districts. The department also collects copies of records of or relating to South Carolina government from sources such as the National Archives and other federal agencies, the British Public Records Office, and private sources. The records span from a 1671 deed for a town lot on Albermarle Point, the earliest original record, to present-day agency publications. Records are found in a wide variety of formats--original documents and manuscripts, published works, microfilm and microfiche of original or published documents, photographs, maps, drawings, audio and video recordings, and electronic records.
• Thomas Cooper Library. University of South Carolina - The Thomas Cooper Library supports the curricula of the university, including schools of public health and nursing.
• Waring Historical Library (Medical University of South Carolina) - Located on the campus of MUSC, the library houses books, journals, manuscript items, and museum artifacts dealing with the history of the health sciences. The primary focus of the Library is the history of medicine in South Carolina and in the South, but much of the material is universal and many medical classics are included.
• South Carolina Historical Society - Has a variety of materials including 3000 photographs on the history of South Carolina. There are several manuscripts, particularly medical diaries during the Revolutionary and Civil wars.