Wade Hampton Frost papers
Scope and Contents
Historical Collections and Services houses seventeen boxes of Wade Hampton Frost materials. The Frost Papers include personal and official correspondence, photographs, scientific publications, newspaper articles, taped interviews, and assorted memorabilia pertaining to Wade Hampton Frost and his family. Frost's daughter, Susan Frost Parrish, donated the collection to the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library in 1984 with added research notes. (It is... noted that the maiden name of Susan Frost Parrish is Susan Haxall Frost which is also her mother's name. She is entered in our collection as Susan Frost Parrish).
See moreDates
- Creation: 1880-1938; 1938-1984
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions
Conditions Governing Use
No restrictions
Biographical / Historical Information
A 1903 medical alumnus of the University of Virginia, Wade Hampton Frost (1880-1938) was a surgeon with the United States Public Health Service from 1905 to 1929. In 1919, he was assigned as resident lecturer to the new Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. In 1929, he resigned from the United States Public Health Service in order to serve full-time as professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. From 1931 to 1934, he was Dean... of Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.
Wade Hampton Frost was a pioneer in the study of water pollution. He also conducted important research on poliomyelitis, yellow fever, influenza, diptheria, and tuberculosis. Throughout his professional life, Frost emphasized development of the epidemiological method in the investigation of disease. His work helped transform epidemiology from a descriptive to an analytic science and contributed to the establishment of epidemiology as a distinct field of medical research.
Extent
6.25 Linear Feet
Physical Description
7.5 linear ft. (17 boxes, ca. 600 items); personal papers and publications: 15 boxes, 13 cm x 39.5 cm x 26.5 cm; framed photographs, scrapbook, and audiotapes: 1 box, 32.5 cm x 41 cm x 26.5 cm; artifacts : 1 box, 11 x 18 x 9.5 inches
General
- Processed by:
- Historical Collections Staff
Processing Information
The Wade Hampton Frost papers includes assorted material about the professional and personal life of Wade Hampton Frost from 1880 to 1938. Also included are research notes and information collected by Frost's daughter, Susan Frost Parrish, from the time of his death in 1938 to 1984. Parrish donated her findings to the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library and assisted in the processing of the collection.
Processing Information
Finding Aid by M. Alison White
- Title
- A Guide to the Wade Hampton Frost papers, 1880-1984
- Subtitle
- MS-2
- Author
- Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
- Date
- 2003
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
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Repository Details
Part of the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library Repository
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
1300 Jefferson Park Avenue
P.O. Box 800722
Charlottesville Virginia 22908-0722 United States
mailto:hsl-historical@virginia.edu