Important subjects in this collection include arbovirus research, encephalitis, International Health Division, microbiology, public health, Rockefeller Foundation reorganizations, Rockefeller Foundation virus labs, tick fever, tuberculosis, and yellow fever.

This collection is primarily made up of correspondence, clippings, and photographs.

The J. Austin Kerr papers document Dr. Kerr's 40-year career with the Rockefeller Foundation where he studied and implemented methods to control and eradicate yellow fever, malaria, and hookworm disease. During his career, Kerr lived in Paraguay, Brazil, Nigeria, Colombia, Egypt, Italy, India, the Philippines, and the U.S. The collection contains memos, personal and professional correspondence, critiques of institutions, drafts of papers, notes, research reports, photographs, gifts presented to Kerr, and Kerr's manuscript collection. The manuscript collection is comprised of 159 documents cataloged by Kerr that include published papers, memos, drafts, personal correspondence, and reflections on his work. The majority of the materials in series 1 are duplicated in series 2. Kerr annotated many of the documents from 1970-1976 during his retirement.

The J. George Harrar Papers mainly consist of material relating to Harrar's various activities outside The Rockefeller Foundation between 1958 and 1982. The bulk of the collection is made up of correspondence, but it also contains publications, speeches, clippings, awards, interviews, photographs, and books.

Almost all of the material included in the collection is administrative and is indicative of trends and overviews as the result of a large amount of statistics included here. The collection briefly sketches Dr. Ferrell's association with the International Health Division of The Rockefeller Foundation.

The John A. Pino papers contain correspondence, reports, photographs, clippings, publications, meeting minutes, bulletins, and notes related to Pino's more than 50-year career in international agricultural research and development.

Important subjects covered in this collection include: fallout, atomic medicine, disaster mobilization, civil defense, genetics, Japan, radiobiology, information retrieval, yellow fever, cancer, radiation, Congressional hearings, hunting and fishing, pathology, leukemia, and malaria.

1. George K. Strode, A. J. Warren, John H. Janney, Collins, and Francis Schwentker at a picnic, Romania, 1938. 4. George K. Strode toasting at a picnic, Romania, 1938. 5. Group portrait taken at the International Health Division (IHD) Regional Staff Meeting, Santiago Chile, July 1-7, 1946. Included in the photograph are: George Bevier, A. J. Warren, John Hydrick, Lewis Hackett, Guy Hayes, John H. Janney, Clifford Wells, Peterson, Bruce Sasse, and Esther Hirst.

The John H. Knowles papers consist of professional and personal correspondence, reports, manuscripts, scrapbooks, appointment calendars, information files, photographs, slides, tapes, and a film relating to his administrative posts at Massachusetts General Hospital and The Rockefeller Foundation, and to his medical career. Most of the papers date from his tenure at Massachusetts General Hospital. There is very little concerning The Rockefeller Foundation or his personal life.

The personal papers of John J. McKelvey, Jr. including select correspondence, papers, reports, and publications primarily pertaining to McKelvey's work as Associate Director of the Rockefeller Foundation Agricultural Program.

The John Marshall Papers include correspondence, reports, speeches, articles, trip diaries, and photograph negatives. Materials span a period from his last semester at Harvard to condolences his widow received after his death. The bulk of the collection dates from 1940 to 1962.

The collection consists of personal and office correspondence, clippings, conference information and proceedings, memoranda, and reports.

Collection contains the research files of John Z. Bowers including articles, manuscripts, notes, photocopies, and other background materials.

The Joseph H. Willits Papers will be of interest to the historian of social science and education in the United States. Dr. Willits's keen interest in the quality of academic life is amply documented in his correspondence and manuscripts. The papers focus on Dr. Willits's years after his retirement from The Rockefeller Foundation in 1954 and include correspondence and reports relating to The Educational Survey (1954-1959) and his work on the manuscript "Excellence and Mediocrity in Colleges and Universities" (1961-1969). Approximately one-sixth of this collection refers to his pre-retirement career: this portion (mostly in Series 1) includes speeches, correspondence, and reports generated from his association with the Wharton School and The Rockefeller Foundation. Personal correspondence, however, has been scantily preserved.

The Kenneth C. Smithburn papers document the career of research scientist Kenneth C. Smithburn in the identification and isolation of viruses, particularly the Yellow Fever virus in Africa. The papers also document more broadly the Foundation's interest in public health through the International Health Division and its successor, the Division of Medicine and Public Health. The papers span the years 1922 to 1974, with the bulk falling between the years 1938 through 1959.

Kenneth N. Dayton's papers contain material on the nomination of a new president of the Rockefeller Foundation.

The Lawrence B. Dunham Papers document the wide range of activities in which Dunham engaged during his lifetime. The papers include correspondence, memoranda, reports, drafts of speeches, clippings, pamphlets, and a scrapbook. Most of this material postdates 1934. Approximately one-quarter of this collection consists of private correspondence; another quarter of it covers Dunham's tenure on the Domestic Relations Court of New York City. There are no separate items regarding Dunham's association with the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial, and his work as Director of the Bureau of Social Hygiene is not amply documented here. Users of this collection are advised to supplement their research on any of Dunham's activities for which separate folders exist by examining the correspondence folders covering the same period.

Important subjects in this collection include: rural schools, race relations, and New Orleans history. Among the correspondents are Jackson Davis, Edmund E. Day, Edwin Embree, Abraham Flexner, Raymond B. Fosdick, Lessing J. Rosenwald, Louis Shores, S. L. Smith, and Anson Phelps Stokes.

Important subjects in this collection are Argentina - Instituto de Bacteriologia, Buenos Aires; Argentina - nursing school, Rosario; Argentina - political situation, especially as it affected universities; Chile - Quinta Normal Health Center; disease control - malaria, especially in the Lurin Valley, Peru; disease control - yellow fever, especially in Bolivia and Peru; Ecuador - National Institute of Hygiene, Guayaquil; epidemiology - general; epidemiology - malaria; epidemiology - yellow fever; insecticides - Paris green, DDT and others; Peru - Ica Health Center; public health - administration; public health - nursing; Russia - general commentary after two trips; and South America - life and customs, general commentary.

This collection documents various conferences, meetings, and workshops attended by Lincoln Chen, both during his tenure at the Rockefeller Foundation and at the Global Equity Initiative. The files include agendas, participant lists, articles and pre-readings, promotional information, and notes.