A Guide to the Charles P. Wertenbaker Letterbooks
A Collection in the
Special Collections Department
Accession number 3619
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.
Preferred Citation
Charles P. Wertenbaker Letterbooks, Accession 3619, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Acquisition Information
The letterbooks were a gift of Mrs. John Flynn on November 10, 1950.
Funding Note
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Scope and Content
The six letterbooks of Dr. Charles P. Wertenbaker in this collection contain approximately nine hundred items of correspondence, 1889-1913, while Wertenbaker was Medical Officer in Command of the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service , based in Wilmington, North Carolina and Norfolk, Virginia , and concern his efforts in combatting yellow fever, small pox, and tuberculosis, and in improving general sanitation practices in the South. Included in some of the letterbooks, primarily as loose papers, are clippings, reports, speeches, and articles.
Among the correspondents are Surgeon-General Walter Wyman ; Truman A. Parker , Executive Secretary of the Virginia Anti-Tuberculosis Association ; Livingston Farrand , Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis ; Ennion G. Williams , Virginia Commissioner of Health ; Franklin A. Sams of the Marine Hospital Service ; Charles A. Phipps of the University of Pennsylvania ; James B. Dudley of the North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College ; William S. Dodd and Hollis B. Frissell of Hampton Institute ; Morgan E. Morris of Lincoln University ; N. B. Young of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College ; and R. A. Hubbard , Vice-president of North Carolina Mutual and Provident Society .
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Charles A. Phipps
- Charles P. Wertenbaker
- Ennion G. Williams
- Franklin A. Sams
- Hollis B. Frissell
- James B. Dudley
- Livingston Farrand
- Morgan E. Morris
- N. B. Young
- R. A. Hubbard
- Truman A. Parker
- Walter Wyman
- William S. Dodd
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Norfolk, Virginia
- Wilmington, North Carolina
Container List
Approximately 200 incoming letters, telegrams, address, etc., February 1889 to December 1901, largely concerning small pox. The items are pasted in a scrapbook, generally in reverse chronological order. Loose items from this volume are foldered separately.
Approximately 200 incoming letters, etc., March 1902 to November 1913, concerning Dr. Wertenbaker's career in the Public Health Service and largely consisting of orders from Surgeon-General Walter Wyman . The items are pasted in a scrapbook, generally in reverse chronological order. Loose items from this volume are foldered separately.
Fifteen incoming letters, July 1910 to November 1912, primarily concerning sanitation and tuberculosis among Negroes. Originally pasted in a scrapbook, these items have been arranged chronologically and placed in a folder.
Approximately 185 incoming letters, cards, telegrams, clippings, speeches, etc., January 1909 to May 1911, concerning tuberculosis. These items are pasted in a scrapbook, generally in reverse chronological order. Loose items from this volume are foldered separately.
Approximately 100 outgoing letters, April 1909 to October 1911, concerning small pox, tuberculosis and general sanitation. These are letterpress copies of typescript letters, in chronological order, and total 150 pages.
Approximately 300 outgoing letters, July 1908 to October 1913, primarily relating to Negro anti-tuberculosis leagues. These are letterpress copies of typescript letters, in chronological order, and total 463 pages.