International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

  • International Leprosy Association -
    History of Leprosy

    Database

    Mamiya Medical Heritage Center Archives

    Location

    Category Institutional Archive
    Country USA
    Address Mamiya Medical Heritage Center, Hawaii Medical Library,1221 Punchbowl Street,Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Telephone (808) 536-9302
    Fax (808) 524-6956
    Email mmhc@hml.org
    URL http://www.hml.org/

    Notes

    The archives of the Mamiya Medical Heritage Centre (the Hawaiian Medical Library) contain records of the Board of Health and of the Board of Leper Hospitals and Settlement. There are extracts from reports of presidents of the Board of Health, government physicians and others, and from official records; the 1930 report on the Governor's Advisory Committee on Leprosy in Hawaii; miscellaneous papers of the Committee on Leprosy; minutes of the Board of Leper Hospitals and Settlement. Minutes (1933); miscellaneous papers of the Board of Leper Hospitals and Settlement; and the 1932 annual report of the Board of Leper Hospitals and Settlement. There are C B Cooper’s Memoirs; clippings on leprosy; letters; reports, etc.

    In addition there are early publications relevant to leprosy control in Hawaii:

    Report of the President of the Board of Health to the Legislative Assembly of 1886 on Leprosy. Honolulu: Daily Bulletin Steam Printing Office, 1886.

    Report of Dr. Edward Arning to the Board of Health and of Correspondence Arising There From. Honolulu: Hawaiian Gazette Pub Co, 1886

    Board of Leper Hospitals and Settlement: Memo re proposed improvement for Kalaupapa and Kalihi Hospital as a Continuation of the Rehabilitation Program of 1931 - 1933. Honolulu: 1933.

    Board of Leper Hospitals and Settlement. Minutes. Honolulu: 1933.

    Pyle, Ernie. Kalaupapa. Honolulu: 1937-1939.

    Entry made March 2002

    Contact

    Name The Archivist
    Organization Mamiya Medical Heritage Center
    Address Mamiya Medical Heritage Center, Hawaii Medical Library, 1221 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
    Telephone +1 808 536-9302, x112
    Fax +1 808 524-6956
    Email mmhc@hml.org

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