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Speeches, lectures, correspondence, a transcript of an oral history interview, and a memoir largely from, or relating to, Hilleboe's tenure as New York State Health Commissioner (1946-1963).
Subjects covered include public health administration, planning and education; tuberculosis; heart disease; environmental pollution; civil defense; radiation safety; rehabilitation; and problems of the aged and needy.
History and Biography
Herman Ertresvaas Hilleboe, public health official, received his M.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1931; his M.P.H. from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in 1933; and, an honorary degree from the University of Rochester in 1954. He married Alica Champeau in 1929. They had 3 children.
From 1929 to 1931 he practiced general medicine in rural Minnesota. He was Chief Medical Officer of the Minnesota Dept. of Social Welfare, 1934-1942; Commanding officer, U.S. Public Health Service, Washington, DC, 1942-1946; Asst. Surgeon General, 1946; New York State Commissioner of Health, 1946-1963; professor of public health and preventive medicine, Albany Medical School, 1948-1962; and professor of health practice, Columbia University School of Public Health and Administrative Medicine, 1963-1970. Hilleboe was a panel expert for the World Health Organization 1948-1974, a visiting professor, consultant, author and member of various societies.
Organization
Organized in three series:
I. Speeches and lectures
II. World Health Organization
III. Biographical.
Speeches, lectures, and press releases, mostly from Hilleboe’s time as Commissioner of Health for New York State (1946-1963), make up the largest part of the papers. Topics covered include public health and public health administration, planning and education. Other subject matter includes tuberculosis, heart disease, environmental pollution, civil defense, radiation, rehabilitation, and problems of the aged and needy. Some were given at the dedication of various public health and medical facilities.
Also included are correspondence and various forms connected with a course on radiation health and safety taught by Hilleboe in Japan for the World Health Organization; a 1964 interview of Hilleboe, largely concerning his tenure as New York State Health Commissioner; and a memoir by him of his activities while leading the New York State Health Department.
| Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Series I: Speeches and Lectures | ||
| 1 | 1 | 1931-46: Tuberculosis; local health service (including TB bibliography). |
| 2 | 1956-57: future of public health; TB hospital dedication; dentistry; schools, etc.,including draft of public health law and press release. | |
| 3 | 1958-59: future of public health; TB; radiation; air pollution | |
| 4 | 1960: the aged; x-ray training, including printed matter, correspondence and memo | |
| 5 | 1961: insurance; environment; the aged and needy; radiation; heart disease, including memos, printed matter, manuscript draft. | |
| 6 | 1962: polio; environment; pharmacology; civil defense; rehabilitation, including news clipping | |
| 7 | 1965-68: heart disease; health planning; health education; health administration including correspondence | |
| Series II: World Health Organization | ||
| 8 | Radiation health and safety course, 1961: correspondence, applications, forms, re: H.H. trip to Japan | |
| Series III: Biographical | ||
| 9 | Transcript of interview conducted by Joe Persico, 1964 (69 pages); “Informal report to Joe Persico on my 16 years in the state health department,” 1964 (58 p.); memoir of the New York State Health Dept., 1968 (16 p.). |
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