HEALTH DEPARTMENT:
An Inventory of Its Polio Vaccine Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Minnesota. Department of Health. | |
| Title: | Polio Vaccine Records. | |
| Dates: | 1910-1967. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Files regarding medical studies conducted by the Health Department on oral polio vaccines which were tested on people in Minneapolis, Saint Paul, the University of Minnesota, Duluth, St. Louis Park, Meeker, Kandiyohi and Swift counties, and the St. Cloud Reformatory. Some of the files appear to be from Dr. Henry Bauer, who was the Deputy Executive Officer of the Health Department at the time and gave several presentations on the topic at conferences worldwide. The Health Department worked with the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), American Cyanamid Company and Lederle Laboratories, and the World Health Organization, and correspondence from these organizations appear in the collection. | |
| Quantity: | 4.0 cubic feet (4 boxes) | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Health. Polio Vaccine Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 2018-42
Processing Information:
Processed by: Perry Schussler and Charles Rodgers, February 2018
Catalog ID number: 008935010
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| 105.E.1.7B | Chronological files, 1957-1963. 33 folders. | ||||||||||
| Chronological set of records on oral polio vaccine studies conducted by the Department of Health. Contains such records as meeting minutes, reports, publications, forms, memos, and other related records. | |||||||||||
| 105.E.1.8F | Subject files, 1910-1967: | ||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by topic. | |||||||||||
| Articles on poliomyelitis in Minnesota, 1910-1958. | |||||||||||
| Columbus, Georgia, polio vaccine campaign files, 1961. | |||||||||||
| Complement fixation evaluation, 1958. | |||||||||||
| Data on Oral Vaccine Study Specimens - Dr. Earl Arnold, Chambles, Georgia, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Efficacy of Poliomyelitis Vaccine in Minnesota, 1955-1956, University of Minnesota Medical Bulletin, 1957. | |||||||||||
| European polio vaccine records, 1959-1961. | |||||||||||
| Foreign countries and polio, 1960. | |||||||||||
| General polio vaccine files, 1958-1963. 5 folders. | |||||||||||
| Grants for polio, 1958-1961. | |||||||||||
| Health Department polio reports, 1964-1967. | |||||||||||
| Inoculations using federal funds, 1955-1959. | |||||||||||
| International polio literature, 1959-1962. | |||||||||||
| Lederle Advisory Board records, 1957-1961. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Lederle Laboratories was a division of American Cyanamid Company and supplied the Health Department with materials used to produce the oral polio vaccines. | |||||||||||
| Manuscript - "The Use of Orally Administered Live Attenuated Polio Viruses as a Vaccine in a Community Setting: A Controlled Study," 1959. | |||||||||||
| Mimeographed material - oral poliomyelitis vaccine study, 1957-1961. | |||||||||||
| Minnesota studies with oral polio vaccines, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Monkey kidney cultures, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Monkey kidney shipments, 1960-1962. | |||||||||||
| 105.E.1.9B | News clippings, 1959-1963. | ||||||||||
| Oral polio vaccine: | |||||||||||
| Como Village [University of Minnesota] studies, 1958-1960. | |||||||||||
| East Grove [University of Minnesota] studies, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Field tirals - Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Louis Park, Duluth, Worthington, 1959-1960. | |||||||||||
| Monograph - unpublished, 1963. | |||||||||||
| Study - antibody titrations, 1958. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Vaccine study, 1957-1959. | |||||||||||
| Polio Prophylaxis in Pregnancy and in the Young Infant, undated. | |||||||||||
| Polio reports and publications, 1960-1964. | |||||||||||
| Procurement of Vaccine - Minnesota Department of Health Division of Disease Prevention and Control and Federal Poliomyelitis Vaccination Assistance Act of Congress, 1955-1956. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Publications, 1957-1960. | |||||||||||
| Reference specimens, polio, 1956-1958. | |||||||||||
| Relationship - inoculation and polio, 1952. | |||||||||||
| Report of Public Inoculations, 1956-1960. | |||||||||||
| Sewage Sample Study - Minnesota Polio Vaccine, 1960-1961. | |||||||||||
| State Board of Health -Organization of Program for Oral Polio Vaccine Advisory Committee, Plans, 1954-1960. | |||||||||||
| Surveillance of Minnesota Poliomyelitis, 1955-1956. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Surveillance program files and reports, between Minnesota Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1955-1961. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Tonsils or adenoid removal, poliomyelitis data re: multiple cases and, 1949. | |||||||||||
| Unpublished data, 1959-1960. | |||||||||||
| Vaccine study files, 1957-1960. | |||||||||||
| West Berlin, Germany, polio reports and documents, 1959-1962. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Conference presentations, 1958-1961: | |||||||||||
| Organized chronologically. Papers presented at polio conferences worldwide by staff of the Health Department involved in the oral polio vaccine studies. | |||||||||||
| 105.E.1.10F | American Public Health Association (APHA), 1958-1959. | ||||||||||
| Conference on Live Poliovirus Vaccines, Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Washington, D.C., 1959. | |||||||||||
| Sixth European Symposium on Poliomyelitis, Munich, Germany, September 6-9, 1959. 3 folders. | |||||||||||
| Summary of Conference on Live Poliovirus Vaccines, 1959. | |||||||||||
| Second International Conference on Oral Polio Vaccines, Washington, D.C., 1959-1960. 2 folders. | |||||||||||
| Fifth International Poliomyelitis Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1960. | |||||||||||
| 35th Anniversary Congress of the Pan American Medical Association, Mexico City, Mexico, "Laboratory Trials and Results of the Live Polio Virus Vaccine in Minnesota," May 2-11, 1960. | |||||||||||
| First Soviet-American Discussions of Problems Relating to the Control of Poliomyelitis, Moscow, May 12-16, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Second International Conference on Live Poliovirus Vaccines, Washington, D.C., June 6-10, 1960. 1 volume and 1 folder. | |||||||||||
| American Epidemiology Society, San Francisco, California, October 29, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Lectures and speeches on oral polio vaccines, 1960-1961. | |||||||||||
| Paper to be presented at American Medical Association, June 1961. | |||||||||||
| Polio vaccine studies, 1957-1961: | |||||||||||
| Organized chronologically. | |||||||||||
| Summary - oral polio vaccine trials in Minnesota, 1957-1960. | |||||||||||
| Polio vaccine study - St. Cloud Reformatory, 1959-1960. | |||||||||||
| Duluth oral polio vaccine study, 1960-1961. | |||||||||||
| Oral polio vaccine study in Mexico, 1960. | |||||||||||
| Oral polio vaccine field trial in Dade County, Miami, Florida, 1960-1961. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Animal experimentation.
- Human experimentation in medicine -- Minnesota.
- Poliomyelitis -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Bauer, Henry, 1914-2005.
- Organizations:
- American Cyanamid Company.
- Centers for Disease Control (U.S.)
- Lederle Laboratories.
- Minnesota State Reformatory for Men.
- University of Minnesota.
- World Health Organization.
- Places:
- Duluth (Minn.)
- Kandiyohi County (Minn.)
- Meeker County (Minn.)
- Minneapolis (Minn.)
- Saint Louis Park (Minn.)
- Saint Paul (Minn.)
- Swift County (Minn.)
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