International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

  • International Leprosy Association -
    History of Leprosy

    Database

    George A Smathers Libraries

    Location

    Category Institutional Archive
    Organization University of Florida
    Country USA
    Address University of Florida Libraries, Department of Special Collections, University Archives, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
    Telephone + (352) 392-9075
    Fax + (352) 846-2746
    URL http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/

    Notes

    The University of Florida, Department of Special Collections, holds two collections relevant to leprosy:

    1. Peter Henry Rolfs Collection, 1892-1943.

    The Correspondence and Subject files, (1921-1943) of Rolfs, Peter Henry, (1865-1944) documents Rolfs' tenure as the first director of the Escola Superior de Agricultura e Veterinaria do Estado de Minas Gerais, em Viscosa, and as Consultor Technico to the Department of Agriculture for the state of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Correspondence is most extensive for the years 1932-1933. The subject files include trip reports by Rolfs and others describing rural conditions in Brazil, primarily in the state of Minas Gerais, and Rolfs' reports to the Secretario de Agricultura for Minas Gerais and include the subject of the cultivation of plants for the treatment of leprosy.

    These can be located in Manuscript Collection 63b, “Correspondence and subject files, 1921-1943”; Box No 4, Contents: “Leprosy and the cultivation of anti-leprosy plants

    2. In addition, in Series P4, in the Collection “Office of the President. Albert Alexander Murphee. Administrative policy records, 1909-1927”, Box No 19, there is correspondence to do with “Gwyn, M K, Leprosy Research” and in Box No 20 “Leigh T R to M K Gwyn, Leprosy Treatment”.

    Enquiries can be made by using the online reference form at http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/manuscript/mnscrpt.html

    Entry made December 8, 2005

    Contact

    Name The Archivist
    Organization University of Florida
    Address Department of Special & Area Studies Collections, P.O. Box 117007, 208 Smathers Library, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
    Telephone + (352) 392-9075
    Fax + (352) 846-2746
    Email special@uflib.ufl.edu

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