Title:

Letter from Otis L. Anderson to John E. Fogarty

Creator:

Anderson, Otis L.
United States. Public Health Service. Office of the Surgeon General

Recipient:

Fogarty, John Edward, 1913-1967

Date:

15 July 1957

Description:

Anderson, Assistant U.S. Surgeon General, responded to a query sent to Fogarty by a constituent who complained that the U.S. was exporting polio vaccine even though there was a shortage here at home. This correspondence shows some of the difficulties involved in producing and distributing polio vaccine nationwide during the first few years it was available.

Original Repository:

Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival Collections at Providence College

Location:

Box: 39. Folder: 561

Rights:

Public Domain

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Public Health Service Progress Report on the Poliomyelitis Vaccination Program, 1956
Letter from Otis L. Anderson to John E. Fogarty, 1957
The Salk Vaccine Problem, 1955
Letter from Otis L. Anderson to John E. Fogarty, 1957
Letter from Leroy Burney to E. H. Beesley, 1957
Letter from John T. Barrett to John E. Fogarty, 1957

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Phillips Memorial Library, Special and Archival Collections at Providence College. 12898. URL. http://www.providence.edu/LIBRARY/spcol/

Legacy ID:

HRBBNV

NLM ID:

101743404X226

Profiles Collection:

The John E. Fogarty Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101743404X226

Story Section:

Redefining the Federal Role in Public Health, Medical Research, and Education, 1949-1960