Elizabeth Gaitland Pritchard was born in Carboro, NC. She attended The Madeira School in Washington, DC, and graduated from Radcliffe College in Cambridge, MA in the 1920's. After working in the theatre in New York, Pritchard returned to Washington and worked in a local store's advertising department. A near-fatal car accident changed her outlook on life, leading her away from her acting and advertising careers, and into the New Deal-era Public Health Service.
She began doing public relations work for the National Health Survey as editor of The Health Officer from 1935-1936, a monthly publication for state and local health agencies, as well as editing reports for the Subcommittee on Medical Care of the Interdepartmental Committee to Coordinate Health and Welfare Activities of the Federal Government. In 1938, she became Special Assistant to the Secretary of the National Health Conference. She collaborated in the preparation and editing of The Nation's Medical Research, volume 5 of Science and Public Policy (1947), also known as the Steelman Report. In 1949, she was one of Surgeon General Scheele's advisors to the Second World Health Assembly in Rome. She served with the Section on Community Organization of the 1950 White House Conference on Children and Youth; was a member of the Section on Public Education and Information of the Conference on Chronic Disease in 1951; served on and prepared the report of the Task Force on Rehabilitation in the PHS, 1951-1952; served on the editorial board of the Section on Religious Activities of the 1961 White House Conference on Aging; and served on the staff of the Study Group on Mission and Organization of the Public Health Service in 1960.
During her PHS tenure she also wrote speeches and articles for Surgeon Generals Thomas Parran, Leonard Scheele, Leroy Burney, and Luther Terry. Her erudite and analytical mind contributed greatly to her career as writer, advisor, compiler, and editor, helping to shape PHS policy for over two decades.
Reports, documents, memoranda, drafts, correspondence, and printed matter pertaining to the U. S. Public Health Service.
Subjects include a history of the U.S.P.H.S. during World War II; policies and activities in Civilian Health Districts 1-10; medical and social aspects of tuberculosis, venereal disease, malaria, sanitation, and industrial health; the Emergency Medical Service; care of sick and wounded; civil defense; health problems relating to the use of gas; public health administration; staff meetings of the Surgeon-General's Office; and other aspects of public health work.
Contains booklists, bibliographies, and educational materials. Names appearing in the collection include George Baehr, W. Palmer Dearing, Royce L. Parker, and Thomas Parran.
Pritchard, Elizabeth G. Elizabeth G. Pritchard Papers. 1936-1959. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 187.
Acquired in 1967.
The materials in this collection were received by the National Library of Medicine in 1967. The original order of the papers has been maintained as have the subject headings that appeared on the folders. The "Biography of Elizabeth Gaitlin Pritchard" and "On Writers and Writing in the Public Health Service" have been added to the collection.
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Papers, 1936-1959
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| 1 | | Biography of Elizabeth Gaitlin Pritchard, by Mary E. Switzer |
| 1 | | On Writers and Writing in the Public Health Service, by Elizabeth G. Pritchard, 1959 |
| 1 | | Prospectus for history of World War II |
| 1 | | History |
| 1 | | Chicago Survey - Nursing |
| 1 | | Civil Service employees |
| 1 | | History of the USPHS in World War II |
| 1 | | Care of sick and wounded - Marine Hospitals |
| 1 | | Thomas Parran |
| 1 | | District Report, 1943, 1944 |
| 1 | | History |
| 1 | | Miscellaneous |
| 1 | | "Clue letters" |
| 1 | | Administrative deficienceis |
| 1 | | Civilian Health - Alaska |
| 1 | | Civilian Health - Farm Labor camps |
| 1 | | Civilian Health - Districts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| 2 | | Civilian Health - Districts 7, 8, 9, 10 [also aspects of Districts 5, 7, 8] |
| 2 | | Communicable diseases |
| 2 | | Commissioned corps |
| 2 | | Food handling program |
| 2 | | Foreign quarantine |
| 2 | | Housing |
| 2 | | Industrial and international health |
| 2 | | Liaison officers |
| 2 | | Malaria, mental health, Marine hospitals |
| 2 | | Medical materials and drugs |
| 2 | | USPHS in World War II - Public Health Organization, research |
| 2 | | Sanitation |
| 3 | | Sanitation - milk, etc. |
| 3 | | Tuberculosis control |
| 3 | | Venereal disease control |
| 3 | | World Health - War Department, malaria control |
| 4 | | Care of sick and wounded |
| 4 | | Malaria control: Malaria control in war areas |
| 4 | | Pritchard files on Parran speeches |
| 4 | | Pritchard papers and files on various subjects |
| 4 | | Surgeon General's staff meetings, 1949 |
| 5 | | Surgeon General's staff meetings, 1950-1957 |
| 6 | | Surgeon General's staff meetings, 1958-1959 |
| 6 | | US PHS - World War II |
| 6 | | Rough drafts: Health Panorama in World War I; health of people in war |
| 6 | | Historical file |
| 6 | | Roosevelt speech |
| 6 | | PHS in World War I |
| 6 | | Extramural programs |
| 6 | | Bacteriological investigations of USPHS |
| 6 | | Extramural programs |
| 6 | | Surgeon General's staff meetings, 1953 |
| 6 | | Malaria control in war areas |
| 6 | | Combined material in history |
| 7 | | Combined material in history |
| 7 | | Dr. Kline's reports |
| 7 | | Miscellaneous |
| 7 | | Migrant labor |
| 7 | | List of 756 easy words |
| 7 | | Public Health Service Act |
| 7 | | Booklist on Public Health |
| 7 | | Booklist on Public Health |
| 7 | | Cancer mortality in Switzerland |
| 7 | | Clippings |
| 7 | | Communicable diseases - weekly report |
| 7 | | Community health questionnaire |
| 7 | | Health, welfare, related activities in Detroit war area |
| 8 | | Cost analysis study |
| 8 | | American documentation material |
| 8 | | History of Civil Affairs in Italy by John A. Lewis |
| 8 | | Hospital Construction Act |
| 8 | | Housing Authority of New Jersey |
| 8 | | Housing in Health by Elizabeth L. Carey |
| 8 | | Journal of American Medical Association - interesting articles |
| 8 | | Department of Labor releases |
| 8 | | Memorandums - Mrs. Pritchard |
| 8 | | National Grange Program |
| 8 | | National Health Program - bimonthly reports |
| 8 | | Summary sheets - National Advisory Health Council meetings, 1947 |
| 8 | | National Advisory Healthy Council members, committees |
| 8 | | National Advisory Health Council correspondence, 1947 |
| 9 | | National Advisory Health Council minutes of meetings, 1947-1948 |
| 9 | | National Advisory Health Council - mailing list for state mental health authorities |
| 9 | | National Advisory Health Council - applications for grants, 1948 |
| 10 | | Orientation seminar |
| 10 | | Material pertinent to manual |
| 10 | | Mortality rates of states of personnel in orientation class |
| 10 | | Orientation courses - USPHS, 1947 |
| 10 | | USPHS |
| 10 | | Clippings regarding orientation course |
| 10 | | Orientation seminar materials |
| 10 | | Personal correspondence |
| 10 | | PHM and SG staff |
| 10 | | Writing file - Mrs. Pritchard (II) |
| 11 | | Writing - Mrs. Pritchard (II) |
| 11 | | Materials for Mrs. Pritchard |
| 11 | | Forward - annual report |
| 11 | | Manuscripts by numerous persons |
| 11 | | Writing file - Mrs. Pritchard (I) |
| 11 | | Manuscripts and letters by Mrs. Pritchard |
| 12 | | Manuscripts and letters by Mrs. Pritchard |
| 12 | | Lecture notes |
| 12 | | Old letters |
| 12 | | Booklists |
| 12 | | Materials for Mrs. Pritchard |
| 12 | | Georgia's health pamphlets |
| 12 | | Publications: USPHS, 1943, 1946 |
| 12 | | Bureau of Cooperative Medium |
| 12 | | Manuscript |
| 12 | | Pritchard - travel |
| 12 | | List of Dr. Parran's papers |
| 12 | | Royce L. Parker correspondence |
| 12 | | Psychiatry |
| 12 | | Public Health Administration |
| 13 | | Memorandums - Dr. L.H. Thompson |
| 13 | | Manuscript by Dr. G. St. J. Perrott |
| 13 | | Address by Robert E. Hannegan |
| 13 | | Speech by Claude Pepper, "Maternal and Child Welfare Act of 1945", 1945 |
| 13 | | Book reviews |
| 13 | | Administrative Procedures Act |
| 13 | | Schistasomiasis as an engineering problem |
| 13 | | Public Health Methods - staff meeting |
| 13 | | Surgeon General's staff meeting, |
| 13 | | Senate hearings - Fair Labor Standards Act, 1938 |
| 13 | | State and territorial agenda |
| 13 | | Miscellaneous |
| 14 | | Research |
| 14 | | Do you know about cancer? |
| 14 | | U.S. conference of mayors, 1945 |
| 14 | | National Health Bill, 1946 |
| 14 | | Health education papers |
| 14 | | Manuscript |
| 14 | | Lecture notes |
| 14 | | Health education facilities of the USPHS |
| 14 | | Pamphlets for the public's health |
| 14 | | Continuity on malaria and DDT |
| 14 | | Public Health Methods |
| 14 | | Tuberculosis study |
| 14 | | Bibliography on rural health services |
| 14 | | Notes |
| 15 | | Correspondence - Look Magazine |
| 15 | | Mayo memorial lecture, 1945 |
| 15 | | Clippings |
| 15 | | V.D. work file |
| 15 | | American Public Health Association - panel; Dr. Parran's papers |
| 15 | | Letter and manuscript |
| 15 | | The Future of Medical Care by W. Palmer Dearing |
| 15 | | Group practice |
| 15 | | Reading lists |
| 15 | | Industrial hygiene |
| 15 | | States relations |
| 15 | | Food facts |
| 15 | | National Cancer Institute files |
| 15 | | Annual report - 5th USPHS district |
| 15 | | Photos |
| 15 | | Civilian health |
| 15 | | USPHS |
| 16 | | USPHS bureau circulars |
| 16 | | USPHS publications program |
| 16 | | Public Health Methods |
| 16 | | Dr. George Baehr letters to W. Palmer Dearing |
| 16 | | Dr. George Baehr correspondence to Dr. Hamilton Southworth |
| 17 | | Pamphlets, bibliography, health education materials |
| 17 | | PHS |
| 17 | | Pritchard papers |
| 17 | | Dr. Eugene W. Scott |
| 17 | | Occupational dermatoses |
| 17 | | Civilian defense |
| 18 | | Civilian defense |
| 18 | | Morphine |
| 18 | | Equipment |
| 18 | | Clippings - gas |
| 18 | | Gas defense organizations |
| 18 | | Printed matter relating to gas |
| 19 | | Gas - state and local organizations |
| 19 | | Gas officers - gas warfare |
| 19 | | Gas - War Department of civilian protection schools |
| 19 | | Gas - medical training |
| 19 | | Gas - medical courses |
| 19 | | Gas - state schools |
| 19 | | Gas - syllabi |
| 20 | | Gas - history |
| 20 | | Gas - equipment |
| 20 | | Gas - officers |
| 20 | | Gas - technical |
| 20 | | Decontamination station |
| 20 | | Nurse's aids |
| 20 | | Nursing |
| 21 | | Nursing |
| 21 | | Hospitals |
| 21 | | Emergency Medical Service |
| 21 | | Magazine articles |
| 21 | | Office of Civilian Defense organization |
| 21 | | Miscellaneous |
| 21 | | Speeches |
| 21 | | Clippings |
| 21 | | Staff meetings - protection division |
| 22 | | Staff meetings - protection division |
| 22 | | American Red Cross |
| 22 | | British material |
| 22 | | Emergency Medical Service Organization |
| 22 | | Emergency Medical Service - cities and state organizations |
| 23 | | Emergency Medical Service - state organizations |
| 23 | | Emergency Medical Service - Texas |
| 23 | | Hospitals - affiliated units |
| 23 | | Pharmacists |
| 23 | | Emergency Medical Service in disasters |
| 23 | | Evacuation - state plans |
| 23 | | First aid |
| 24 | | First aid |
| 24 | | Orientation course |
| 24 | | Hospitals - disaster plans |
| 24 | | Emergency Mortuary Service |
| 24 | | Plasma |
| 24 | | Rescue |
| 25 | | Rescue |
| 25 | | British rescue |
| 25 | | Aeroplane crash service |
| 25 | | War civilian security |
| 25 | | Regional Medical Officer's Service and RMOS 1 and 2 |
| 26 | | Regional Medical Officer's Service, 1-9 |
| 27 | | Sanitary Engineering |
| 27 | | Regionial Sanitary Engineering Section - Regions 1-7 reports |
| 27 | | Sanitary Engineering -state operations |
| 27 | | Prewar civilian defense |
| 27 | | Industrial hygiene |
| 27 | | Dr. George Baehr - speeches |
| 28 | | Health education materials |
| 28 | | Civilian defense |
| 28 | | Survey of casualty hospitals |
| 28 | | Emergency base hospital |
| 28 | | Hospitals |
| 28 | | Public relations |
| 29 | | Public relations |
| 29 | | Evacuation |
| 29 | | Publications |
| 29 | | Photos |
| 29 | | Efficiency ratings |
| 29 | | USPHS |
| 29 | | Miscellaneous |
| 30 | | Miscellaneous |
| 30 | | Pamphlets and printed matter |
| 30 | | Civilian defense |
| 30 | | Syllabi |
| 30 | | Bibliographies and list of USPHS publications relating to health and medical services |
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