History of Public Health at Harvard

The following list represents the archival holdings relating to specific departments or offices at the Harvard Chan School, both current and historic. Additional records relating to the School may be discoverable through faculty collections. Unless otherwise stated, all collections below are unprocessed and available in print, only. To arrange for access, submit a request to the reference team at the Center for the History of Medicine. Please contact the Harvard Chan School Archivist with questions relating to accessing these resources.

• Departments
• Executive & Administrative Offices
• Divisions, Centers, Institutes & Programs
• Committees
• Research Studies

This list was last edited on February 7, 2022

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Harvard School of Public Health (general)

• Records of the Harvard School of Public Health, 1913-1976 (bulk) -- E 72
• Curran, Jean Alonzo (1893-1977) papers, 1860s, 1870-1976, 1995; H MS c164, 19 cubic feet, Processed

See also: Jarcho, Irma S. (1918-); Class notes, 1944-1945 (H MS c333) .30 cubic feet, Processed

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Department of Biostatistics

• Administrative Records, 1981-2009 (inclusive)

• Committee Records, 1996-2009 (inclusive)
• Course Records, 1998-2009 (inclusive)

• Departmental Meetings Records, 1999-2003 (inclusive)
• Executive Correspondence, 1923-1943
• Faculty Search and Appointment Records, 1996-2009 (inclusive)
• Gift and donation records, 1977-1999 (inclusive)
• Records, 1981-2009 (inclusive), 1999-2003 (bulk), Collection is processed; finding aid is available
• Sponsored project administration records, 1978-2001 (inclusive)

See also: Stephen W. Lagakos papers, 1979-2010 (inclusive), 1995-2009 (bulk), Marvin Zelen Papers, 1949-2010 (inclusive), Nan M. Laird papers 1980-2015 (bulk)

 

Department of Child Hygiene

• Collected papers, 1922-1953, one volume, 1.Mhl.1922.3

See also: Department of Social and Behavioral Science (current name), Department of Maternal and Child Health (historic name), Department of Social and Behavioral Medicine (historic name), Department of Health and Social Behavior (historic name), Department of Society, Human Development, and Health (historic name)

 

Department of Environmental Health

• Audio visual materials,1960-1998 (inclusive)
• Course records, 1961-1977 (inclusive)
• Executive administrative files, 1939-2016 (inclusive)
• Faculty personnel records, 1970-2010 (inclusive)
• Photographs, 1910-1990 (inclusive)
• Program establishment, management, and review records, 2006-2020 (inclusive) [Cataloging in progress]
• Publications, 1921-1984 (inclusive)
• Sponsored project administration records, 1974-1996 (inclusive)
• Special event records, 1973-1981 (inclusive)
• Subject resource files, 1980-2000 (inclusive)
• University publications, 2021 (inclusive) 

See also: Douglas W. Dockery papers, 1974-2013 (inclusive); Joseph D. Brain papers, 1969-2000 (inclusive), Department of Physiology (historic name)

 

Department of Epidemiology

• Faculty interests and plans records, 2006-2021 (inclusive) 
• Special event records, 1930-2013 (inclusive)

 

Department of Health Policy and Management

• Faculty personnel records, 2003-2011 (inclusive)

See also: Nancy M. Kane papers, 1970-2018 (inclusive), Lucian L. Leape papers, 1988-2016 (inclusive), Katherine Swartz collection on universal health care, 1967-2012 (inclusive)

 

Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases

• Course records, 1986-1997

See also: Myron Essex papers, 1949-1996 (inclusive) 1965-1996 (bulk), Richard G. Marlink papers, 1978-2011 (inclusive), Department of Tropical Health (historic name)

 

Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases 

• No records

See also: Department of Molecular Metabolism (current name)

 

Department of Global Health and Population

• Faculty interests and plans records, 1961-2009 (inclusive)
• Working Paper series. 1991-1995, HOLLIS RECORD UNAVAILABLE--contact Archives to request access

See also: Daniel Wikler papers, 1974-2009 (inclusive), Richard A. Cash papers, 1963-2009 (inclusive), Peter A. Berman papers, 1973-2012 (inclusive), Department of Population and International Health (historic name)

 

Department of Information Technology

• Executive administrative files 1970-2018 (inclusive)

 

Department of Maternal and Child Health

• Executive administrative files, 1987-1998 (inclusive)

See also: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (current name), Department of Health and Social Behavior (historic name), Department of Child Hygiene (historic name), Department of Society, Human Development, and Health (historic name), Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers, 1955-1998 (inclusive), 1977-1997 (bulk), Marie C. McCormick papers, 1956-2019 (inclusive) 1968-2009 (bulk), Sol Levine Papers, 1954-1997.

 

Department of Molecular Metabolism

• Faculty interests and plans records, 2006-2021 (inclusive),  

See also: Marianne Wessling-Resnick papers, 1949-2018 (inclusive); Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases (historic name)

 

Department of Nutrition

• Program establishment, management, and review records, 1984-1998 (inclusive)

See also: Fredrick J. Stare papers, 1912-2002 (inclusive), 1950-1999 (bulk), Robert P. Geyer papers, 1940-1990 (bulk), Jean Mayer papers, 1953-1975 (inclusive), 1965-1973 (bulk), Walter Willett papers, 1968-2009 (inclusive), D. Mark Hegsted papers, 1952-1999 (inclusive), 1960-1978 (bulk),  Harvard's Department of Nutrition, 1942-86, Nurses Health Study, Health Professionals Followup Study,

 

Department of Population and International Health

• Data for Decision Making Project publications, 1993-1997

See also: Department of Global Health and Population (current name)

 

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

• Executive administrative files, 1990-2016 (inclusive)
• Graduate student records, 1985-2006 (inclusive)
• Memorabilia 1950-1977 (inclusive)
• Procedure records, 2000 (inclusive)
• Sponsored project administration records, 1932-2000 (inclusive)
• Subject resource files, 1950-1970 (inclusive)
• University publications, 1989-2010 (inclusive)

See also: Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers, 1955-1998 (inclusive), 1977-1997 (bulk), Marie C. McCormick papers, 1956-2019 (inclusive) 1968-2009 (bulk), Sol Levine Papers, 1954-1997, Department of Maternal and Child Health (historic name), Department of Health and Social Behavior (historic name), Department of Child Hygiene (historic name), Department of Society, Human Development, and Health (historic name)

 

Department of Society, Human Development, and Health

• College Alcohol Study Program Records, 1993-1995

See Also: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (current name), Department of Health and Social Behavior (historic name), Department of Child Hygiene (historic name), Department of Society, Human Development, and Health (historic name), Department of Maternal and Child Health (historic name).

 

Department of Tropical Public Health

• Executive administrative records, 1945-1981 (inclusive)
• Films, 1940-1970 (inclusive)
• Photographs, 1966 (bulk)
• Subject resource files, 1926-1986 (inclusive)

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Administrative Board

• Departmental reprints, 1957-1962
• Meeting records, 1913-1997
• Minutes of the Administrative Board of the School of Public Health (originally the School for Health Officers) of Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology: typescript, 1913 July 30-1923 May 29

 

Admissions Office

• Waived admissions recommendations, 1995-2007

 

Faculty Council

• Meeting records, 1971-1999

 

Faculty of Public Health

• Meeting records, 1922-2013

 

Office for Alumni Affairs and Career Advancement​

• Executive administrative files, 1954-2018 (inclusive)

 

Office for Educational Programs

• Accreditation records, 2001
• University publications, 2020 (inclusive) 

 

Office for External Relations

• Donor Records, 1924-2011 (inclusive)
• Donor prospect records, 1965-1984 (inclusive)
• Fund development records, 1971-2019 (inclusive)
• Fundraising Program Administration Files, 1994-2009 (inclusive)
• Gift and donation records, 1957-2008 (inclusive)
• Memorabilia, 2004-2014 (inclusive)
• Public relations records, 2005-2012 (inclusive)
• Publication Visual Resource Records, 1921-2018 (inclusive)
• Records, 1959-2007 (inclusive)
• Scholarships, fellowships, and awards summary records, 1998-2012 (inclusive)
• University publications, 1950-2016 (inclusive)

See also: Office for Resource Development (historic name)

 

Office for Professional Education

• Accreditation records, 1976-2004
• Graduate student records, 1992-2001
• Master of Public Health (MPH) Program development records, 1977-1978
• Master of Public Health (MPH) Program Steering Committee records, 1976-1999
• Visiting Committee records, 1990-1998

 

Office of Human Research Administration

• Records, 1998-2010 (inclusive)

See also: Office of Regulatory Affairs and Research Compliance (current name)

 

Office for Resource Development

• Annual gift report, 1998, HOLLIS RECORD UNAVAILABLE--contact Archives to request access
• University publications, 2000-2012 (inclusive)

See also: Office for External Relations (current name). 

 

Office for Student Affairs

• Fundraising Program Administration Records, 1937-1976
• Special event records, 1992-2000
• University Publications, 1954-2005

 

Office of Academic Affairs

• Curriculum development and review records, 1978-1982 (inclusive)
• Executive administration files, 1913-1970, HOLLIS RECORD UNAVAILABLE--contact Archives to request access
• Executive administration files, 1969-1972
• Faculty mailings, 1985-2006 (inclusive)
• Faculty records, 1934-2002, HOLLIS RECORD UNAVAILABLE--contact Archives to request access

See also: Office of Faculty Affairs (current name)

 

Office of the Dean

• Conference, seminar, and special event records, 1997-2008 (inclusive)
• Departmental reports, 1956-1958
• Executive administrative records, 1970-2015 (inclusive)
• Meeting records, 1984-1986 (inclusive)
• Memorabilia, 2011 (inclusive)
• Photographs, 1913-1956 (inclusive)
• Records of Dean Cecil Kent Drinker, 1916-1948 (inclusive)
• Records of Deans James H. Ware and Barry R. Bloom, 1998-2006 (inclusive)
• Records of the Office of the Dean
  • 1961-1985 (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid is available
  • 1920-2004 (inclusive)
• Self Study reports of the Harvard School of Public Health, 1994-2001 (inclusive)
• Standing committee records, 1994-2009 (incusive)
• Special event records of the Office of the Dean, 1975-1990 (inclusive)
• Symposium records, 2001-2004 (inclusive)
• University publications, 2020-2021 (inclusive) [cataloging in process]

See also: Record Collections of Harvard Chan Deans (research guide)

 

Office of Faculty Affairs

• Executive correspondence, 2006-2009
• Faculty promotion and review records, 1942-2008 (inclusive)
• University publications, 1947-2003

See also: Office of Academic Affairs (historic name), Faculty of Public Health

 

Office for Resource Development

• University publications, 2000-2012 (inclusive)

See also: Office of External Relations (current name)

 

Operations Office

• Photographs, 1919-1995 (inclusive)
• Construction project planning and proposal records, circa 1990

 

Registrar's Office

• Course registers and catalogs, 1913-2010 (Digital access available)
• Dissertations, 1999-2008, Series 00091, HOLLIS RECORD UNAVAILABLE--contact Archives to request access
• Executive Administrative Files, 1913-1992 (inclusive)
• Graduate student records, 1922-2011
• Official course and grade records, 1940-2005 (inclusive)
• Digitized copies of 1913 HSPH catalogs (the first two HSPH catalogs issued)

 

Student Theses

• Collection of theses from the Harvard School of Public Health

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Center for Health Communication

• Executive administrative files, 1980-2020 (inclusive). 
• External program relations records, 1986-2010 (inclusive). 
• Subject resource files, 1977-1999 (inclusive). 
• Center for Health Communication [archived website], 2022 (inclusive). 

See also: History of the Center for Health Communication at Harvard Chan

 

Center for the Analysis of Health Practice

• Publications, 1976-1978

 

Division of Public Health Practice

• Executive administrative files, 1979-2009 (inclusive)
• Office of Government and Community Programs, 1978-2011 (inclusive)
• Sponsored project administrative records, 2002-2009 (inclusive)

See also: Deborah Prothrow-Stith papers, 1983-2009 (inclusive)

 

François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights​

• Academic book and journal publication records , 1990-1999 (inclusive)
• Colloquia, seminar, and lecture series records, 2003-2008 (inclusive)
• Course records, 1990-1999 (inclusive)
• Executive administrative files , 1989-1998 (inclusive)
• External program relations records, 1990-1999 (inclusive)
• Program establishment, management and review records, 1990-1999 (inclusive)
• Special event records, 1993-1996 (inclusive)
• Sponsored project administration records, 2000-2004 (inclusive)
• Subject resource files, 1994-2001 (inclusive)
• University publications, 1994-2003 (inclusive)

See also: Jennifer Leaning papers, 1975-2017 (inclusive)

 

 

Harvard AIDS Institute

• Committee records, 1980-2015 (inclusive)
• Conference, workshop, and seminar sponsor records, 1982-2005 (inclusive)
• Donor records, 1980-2015 (inclusive)
• Executive administrative files,1983-2008 (inclusive)
• External program relations records, 1980-2015 (inclusive)
• Fund development records, 1980-2015 (inclusive)
• Intra-institutional relations records, 1980-2015 (inclusive)
• Records, 1989-2001 (inclusive)
• Scholarship, fellows, and award recipient records, 1980-2015 (inclusive)
• Special event records, 1987-1999 (inclusive)
• Sponsored project administration records, 1982-1996 (inclusive)
• Project records, 1980-2015 (inclusive)
• Public relations records, 1987-1999 (inclusive)

See also: Myron Essex papers, 1949-1996 (inclusive) 1965-1996 (bulk), Richard G. Marlink papers, 1978-2011 (inclusive), Howard H. Hiatt papers, 1940-2014 (inclusive), 1975-2001 (bulk), William A. Haseltine papers, circa 1944-2008 (inclusive), 1962-2008 (bulk), Department of Global Health

 

Harvard Prevention Research Center

• Planet Health Records, 1992-1997 (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid available
• Play Across Boston Records, 2000-2003 (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid available

See also: Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers, 1955-1998 (inclusive), 1977-1997 (bulk)

 

India Research Center

• University publications, 2021 (inclusive) 

 

Masters of Public Health Program

• Case studies, 1989-1998 (inclusive)

 

Molecular and Integrative Physiological Sciences Program

• Executive administration files, 1914-1982 (inclusive)

 

President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)

• Conference and seminar records of the PEPFAR program, 2001-2010 (inclusive)

 

Program on International Health and Human Rights

• Academic Journal Publication Records, 1991-2005
• External Program Relations Records, 1995-2005
• University Publications, 1997-2006

 

Takemi Program in International Health

• Executive administrative files, 1970-2013 (inclusive)
• Fellowship records, 1984-2017 (inclusive)
• Research papers, 1985-1996 (inclusive)
• Special event records, 1984-2013 (inclusive)
• Sponsored project administration records, 1988-2006 (inclusive)
• Visiting scholar records, 1983-2005 (inclusive)

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Advisory Committee on Planning

• Records, 1971-1979

 

Affirmative Action Committee

• Committee records, 1972-1988

 

Centennial Committee

• Committee records 2012-2014 (inclusive)

 

Committee on Educational Policy

• Committee records, 1955-1997 (gaps)
• Course evaluation records, 1983-1998

 

EcoOpportunities

•  Executive administrative records, 2009-2016 (inclusive)

 

Standing Committee on Appointments, Reappointments, and Promotions

• Background files, 1972-1999
• Faculty promotion and review records, 1973-1987
• Faculty search records, 1977-1994
• Faculty Personnel Records, 2002-2005 (inclusive)
• Meeting records, 1975-2007 (inclusive)

 

Visiting Committee

• Standing Committee records, 1965-2005

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Department of Society, Human Development, and Health

• College Alcohol Study Program Records, 1993-1995

See Also: Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (current name), Department of Health and Social Behavior (historic name), Department of Child Hygiene (historic name), Department of Society, Human Development, and Health (historic name), Department of Maternal and Child Health (historic name).

 

Harvard Prevention Research Center

• Planet Health Records, 1992-1997 (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid available
• Play Across Boston Records, 2000-2003 (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid available

See also: Steven Lawrence Gortmaker papers, 1955-1998 (inclusive), 1977-1997 (bulk)

 

Harvard Six Cities Study

• Sponsored project administration records, 1954-1999 (inclusive)
• Program establishment, management and review records, 1979-1992 (inclusive)
• Records, 1975-2000 (bulk 1980s)

See also: Douglas W. Dockery papers, 1974-2013 (inclusive)

 

Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development

• Conference and Meeting Records, 1954-1966, undated (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid is available
• Data and Administrative Records, 1923-1989, undated (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid is available
• Data Use Policy Records and Correspondence, 1963-1989 (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid is available
• Manuscript Drafts and Publications, 1918-2000, undated (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid is available
• Records, 1918-2015 (inclusive), 1930-1989 (bulk) Collection is processed; finding aid is available
• Research and Resource Files, 1931-1986, undated (inclusive) Collection is processed; finding aid is available

 

Nurses Health Study

• Sponsored project administration records, 1993-2008 (inclusive)

See also: Department of Nutrition, Walter Willett papers, 1968-2009 (inclusive), Frank E. Speizer Papers, 1980-2005

 

Other collections: 

• Christiani, David C.; papers, 1994-2004 (inclusive); H MS c582, 1 c.f., unprocessed (contact Public Services)
  • Records include a sample of questionnaires from the Arsenic and Human Health in Bangladesh and Lung Cancer studies.

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