Daniel E. Wright Papers

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
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Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
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Summary

Extent:
2.5 Cubic Feet 3 boxes
Creator:
Wright, Daniel E.
Abstract:
This collection contains materials dealing with the Panama Canal, the public health activities of the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Public Health Service, and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. Also includes correspondence to and from Daniel E. Wright while a colonel on the staff of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and at the U.S. Middle Eastern Command Headquarters in Cairo, as well as photographs from his travels.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Daniel E. Wright Papers, Ms1968-007, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of materials from 1903 to 1973 with the bulk from the 1940s and 1950s. This collection contains reports, speeches, magazine and newspaper articles, and correspondence concerning Daniel E. Wright's travels and sanitation work in the Panama Canal, Greece, Turkey, and the Middle East.

During this period Wright pioneered the use of DDT to control malaria, dysentery, and other endemic diseases afflicting the Greek population. Collection contains materials dealing with the Panama Canal, the public health activities of the Rockefeller Foundation, and the UNRRA and the UNPHS. Also includes extensive correspondence to his family while a colonel on the staff of Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and later of the U.S. Middle Eastern Command Headquarters in Cairo, and photographs (ca. 250) from his travels.

  • Letters from Greece
  • Picture of Greece Sanitation Team
  • Miscellaneous Pictures of Greece
  • "Suppressive Treatment of Malaria"
  • "Prevention of Malaria on Field Service"
  • "Practical Field Application of DDT for Malaria Control"
  • "Measurement: Basic Mathematical Definitions"

  • Greek Paper Money
  • Miscellaneous Photographs
  • Ration Card
  • United Nations' Certificate of Identity
  • Residential Lease
  • Honorable Discharge from the United States Health Service
  • Living Allowance Card

  • Federal Security Agency, U.S. Public Health Service
  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)
  • Alvin J. Roseman
  • George Strode of the Rockefeller Foundation March 16, 1944
  • Headquarters AAF Redistribution Station No. 2
  • Theodore Hiatt
  • Pamphlet About Daniel Wright Jr. "Our World Today: The Younger Generation and WWII"
  • Federal Security Agency, U.S. Public Health Service
  • George Strode of the Rockefeller Foundation November 22, 1944, June 29, 1945, June 11, 1946
  • President and Members of the Association of Doctors Hygienists of Greece
  • UNRRA Travel Authorization
  • Little Mary 1946
  • Prof. G. Ioakimoglou of the Kingdom of Greece Superior; Health Council, Athens November 28, 1946

  • Dr. Sawyer UNRRA January 16, 1947
  • Grace Wright May 26, June 2, 1947
  • W.J. Shappa of the U.N. World Health Organization Interim Commission August 26, 1947
  • The City Council of Rethymnon October 11, 1947
  • Dr. Floridis
  • Barclay of The Reader's Digest Office of International Editions 1948
  • E.J. Pampana of the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) Interim Commission, Geneva July 22, 1948
  • Henry F. Grady
  • W.H. Hena August 27, 1948
  • Apostle N. Depastas/Ellamdra
  • Hellenic- American Activity October 1, 1948
  • The Rockefeller Foundation October 29, 1948
  • Paul Bierstein, Public Health Engineer of the W.H.O. November 14, 1947, November 8, November 23, 1948
  • G. Kenabassuiy November 22, 1948
  • Prof. Ioakimogiou December 22, 1946
  • R.C. Vayanos December 1948
  • Reunion of Panama Canal Workers 1948
  • M. Kotsianos, Kingdom of Greece; Ministry of Hygiene March 19, 1947
  • Michael Callas, John Hopkins University, School of Engineering April 5, 1947
  • Inland Alkaloid Co. Manufacturing Chemists April 17, May 6, 1947
  • Mr. Y.C. Mar-Chief Sanitary Engineer, National Health Organization; Nanking, China May 27, 1947
  • Smitie May 31, 1947
  • Dr. Strode Sept 7, 1947; July 19, 1948; March 23, 1948
  • Harry E. Taylor, Administrator, St. Croix, Virgin Islands July 2, 1947
  • Dr. Seyfettin Okan, Director General of Malaria Control, Ministry of Health Social Assistance in Ankara-Turkey September 30, 1947
  • H.B. Redd, Secretary Treasurer Virginia Tech Alumni Assn. Blacksburg, VA October 1, 1947
  • Dr. E. Pampana, Secretary of the Expert Committee on Malaria October 16, 1947
  • George, concerning Malaria on the island of Crete October 24, 1947
  • Haas October 31, 1947
  • General Wood November 4, 1947
  • His Excellency, Minister of Health November 21, 1947; September 1, 1948; September 7, 1948
  • Joe December 6, 1947
  • W.J. Bartlet, Secretary-Treasurer, Panama Canal Society of FLA December 17, 1947
  • Dr. Balfouri December 17, 1947
  • John D. Brown, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, House of Representatives December 29, 1947
  • Nick January 19, February 28, June 12, 1948
  • Resident Director of Lake Copais Company Limited February 24, 1948
  • Gov. Dwight P. Griswold, Chief of AMAG April 17, 1948
  • Editor of the Newspaper Vradini May 10, 1948
  • Bal May 28, 1948
  • Brother Eddey June 24, 1948; July 1948
  • L.H. Tung, Sanitary Engineer, Corps of Sanitary Engineers June 24, 1948
  • Dr. Cermal Or in Etimesut, Turkey June 28, 1948
  • David W. Lynch of Velsicol Corporation June 28, July 12, August 27, 1948
  • Laurens P. Jones of Winchester, Hiram Lodge No. 21 August 10, 1948
  • Lt. Col. J.H. Williams, Managing Director August 10, 1948
  • His Excellency the Minister of Hygiene September 13, 1948
  • Col. P. Troxler, Corps of Engineers August 23, August 25, 1948
  • Dr. Grant September 2, 1948
  • Professor John September 21, 1948
  • List of Sanitary Supplies to be Purchased with AMAG Funds
  • Malaria Control Campaign Paper
  • Statistics on Greece
  • "Airplane Spray Work in Greece by D. Wright"
  • W.H.O. Greece Mission August 20, 1948
  • Malaria Control and Sanitation Program, Budget 1947-48
  • Note on Chlorodane
  • "Field Trials with Gammexene as a Means of Malaria Control by Adult Mosquitoes Destruction in Sierra Leone"
  • Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology
  • W.H.O. Summary of Estimated Costs

  • "Portraits of Soviet Scientists"
  • "Belgium is Britain's Baby"
  • "Russia in the Mediterranean" October 7, 1944
  • "The Molotov Mystery" March 14, 1949
  • Greek Guerrillas
  • "Russian Fairy Tale" September 1947
  • Greek Newsletter
  • "Jefferson Malone" May 31, 1948
  • "Europe's Most Frightened Country" (Greece) December 29, 1945
  • "Wanted: A Miracle in Greece" By Paul A. Porter September 20, 1947
  • "New England Get Together" by Andre Fontaine April 14, 1945
  • "They Made Our World"
  • "Youth in the Air Forces" February 3, 1945
  • "Berlin: City Of Fear" by George Ladvar March 3, 1945
  • "My 3 Years with Eisenhower" by Capt. Harry C. Butcher, USNR December 15, 1945
  • "U.S. Foreign Policy in Asia"
  • "Can China Unite? by Mark Gayn" February 3, 1945

  • "Supplement to the Organization Chart"
  • "Chart of the Insect Control and General Sanitation Organization"
  • Map of DDT Spraying Pattern in Greece
  • Spleen and Parasite Indices Chart of Alexandropoulos Area, Thrace Greece May 30-June 15, 1946
  • Spleen and Parasite Indices Chart of Macedonia and Thrace, Greece January-April 1946
  • Spleen and Parasite Indices Chart of Olympia Area, West Peloponnesus, Greece August 1946
  • Spleen and Parasite Indices Chart of Mytilene Island, Greece July 17-August 10, 1945
  • Spleen and Parasite Indices Chart of Northern Corfu Island July 3-14, 1946
  • Spleen and Parasite Indices Chart of Thesprotia and Epirus April 24-May 13, 1946
  • Spleen and Parasite Indices Chart of Crete March 1946
  • Spleen and Parasite Indices Chart of Greece
  • Parasite Indices Percentages of Villages in Greek Macedonia Char 1932-1945
  • "Number of Patients with Malaria Positive Blood in Greece" Chart 1942-1946
  • "DDT Residual Spray Experiment in Petroto, Macedonia" Chart September-October, June 1945
  • "Malaria Control DDT Airspray Program" Map of Greece 1946
  • "The Swamps of Greece" Map
  • "Suggested Co-operative Survey of the Island of Crete Chart"

  • Daily News Digest (UNRRA Greece Mission) June 8, 1945; June 14; June 15; June 16; November 7; November 9; November 16; November 22; November 29, December 7; December 8, 1945; January 4, 1946; January 14; January 18; February 18; April 15; May 11; July 11; July 13; July 15; July 17; July 19; July 22, 1946
  • UNRRA News Review October 24, 1946
  • Daily News Bulletin of the U.S. Information Service, U.S. Embassy October 5-6, 1947; November 1, 1947; March 29, 1948
  • Press Release; American Mission For Aid to Greece

  • "Greeks Capitalize on U.S. Ships"
  • Greek Comics
  • "Concentration of Fighting Forces All Along Greek Border"
  • "Food Conference Awaits Russians"
  • "Half of Greeks Look to America to Bring Peace"
  • "Greek Police Quit Area Near Border"
  • "Lehman May Head Nations' Pool at Parley"
  • "United Nations' Relief Plans are Considered"
  • "A Reporter's Report to the Nation"
  • "Life in N. Africa is Anything But Monotonous"
  • "Patient Governor Lehman Gets Food and Relief to Poland"
  • "Should Churchill's Policy on Greece Be Supported"
  • "F.D.R. Agreed to Let British Dominate in Greece, Yugoslavia"
  • "Greek Crisis Reveals Weakness of U.N."
  • "W.H.O. vs. Malaria"
  • "Terms in Advance Proposed for Giving Aid to Greece"
  • "U.S. Continues to Foot Bill for British in Greece"
  • Union Jack November 1, 1947; December 6, 1947; December 22, 1947; May 29, 1948
  • "Making the Seas Safe Again"
  • "Truant's Voyage Around Italy"
  • "The Corner Column"
  • Map of Greece and Athens
  • "Bandits in Greece"
  • "This Farm Stands for Freedom"
  • Athens Days February 15-18, 25, 1945
  • "King George II Ends his 5 Year Exile in England"
  • The Athens Gazette January 11, 25, April 18, 1948
  • Athens Herald April 11; June 24, 1946
  • Army and Navy Bulletin May 4, 1946
  • Untranslated Greek Newspapers
  • The Stars and Stripes June 6, 1944
  • Comic concerning Wright

  • "Russia Peace or War?"
  • "What the UN Relief Agreement Means to you"
  • "Delphes Greece"
  • "The Antiquities of Ephesus"
  • "Lessons in Malariology from WWII"
  • Two Translated Pages from Greek Pamphlet
  • "Report of the Activities of the Sanitation Section of Health Division UNRRA"
  • "Bergama Kermes I"
  • "Britain and Ceylon"
  • "Dispatch Submitted by Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein"
  • "Anatolia College"
  • "Greece and Greek Civilization as Results of Economic Expansion"
  • "Greek Red Cross Monthly Bulletin"
  • "DDT: Its Effect on Fish and Wildlife"
  • "British Honduras"
  • "Personnel Regulations for the Field Service"
  • "Rural Water-Supply Sanitation"
  • World Report July 4, 1946

  • Incomplete Report on Typhoid Infected Water
  • Justification for Sanitation and Malaria Control in Greece
  • Insecticide Spraying Statistics
  • Small Biography on Daniel Wright
  • Preliminary Report on the Uses of DDT in Greece 1946
  • Memo to Dr. Chisholm About Visas
  • "Malaria Control 1946, Larva Control"
  • "The Program of Insect Control on Crete"
  • Form for Airlines
  • Outline for Radio Speech by D. Wright
  • Order Form for Supplies and Materials
  • Suggested Budget for U.S. Educational Foundation in Greece 1948-49
  • "Move to Rid American Legion of Fascists" March 22, 1943
  • Carey Longmire's Broadcast August 12, 1946
  • Practical Field Application of DDT For Malaria Control
  • Packet containing several reports and reviews concerning Malaria Control in Greece
  • General Sanitation and Malaria Control in Greece
  • Report about Malaria in Different Regions in Greece
  • "Directions for Effective and Economical Uses of DDT when applied by Private Individuals"
  • "DDT For Relief and Rehabilitation" By Gordon E. Smith
  • UNRRA Supplies, Equipment, and Materials
  • Malaria in Greece and the Use of DDT in General
  • General Sanitation
  • "Crete Will Become a Paradise"
  • "Malaria Past and Present in Greece"
  • "U.S. Aids Greece in Fight Against Malaria" November 16, 1948
  • "Pelleted Seed for Reforestation" By Paul O. Rudolf
  • Proposed Reconnaissance Survey Form
  • International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation January 1, 1947
  • The Rockefeller Foundation Packing List and Commercial Invoice
  • New Quarters for the Labs
  • Staff Notes
  • Memo: Airplane Maintenance Supplies Against DP-MD-206 January 3, 1947

  • Passport
  • Map of Near East
  • Miscellaneous Photos

  • Letter to Friends Describing Conflict Between Jewish Settlers and Palestinians December 8, 1954
  • Archer October 7, 1955
  • Eid Dahman 1956
  • A. Koskinides December 21, 1957; March 1961

  • "Better Health for Basra" September 29, 1955
  • "Light on the Litani"
  • "Anglo-Saxons and Arab Culture"
  • "Showdown in the Middle East" October 21, 1950
  • "Is Formosa Next" 1950
  • "Next Targets for Stalin" 1950
  • "Palestine: New Type of Jew Fights for a Homeland"
  • "The Epic of Man: Part VI-The Oldest Nation: Egypt"

  • "Toward Stability in Asia" September 12, 1955
  • "How West Serves East"
  • "Only U.S. Aid Can Save S.E. Asia" 1956
  • The Daily Star March 1, March 12, March 15-16, May 6, October 8-9, October 27, February 11, February 17-18, December 9, December 20, December 25, 1955
  • "Jerusalem Hospital to Fight Eye Disease"
  • "The Israelis Gave Us Reason to Criticize" by Elmer and Ruth Berger
  • "Bustani Calls Creation of Israel Greatest International Immorality"
  • "Motto of UNRWA Primary Schools: This is Better Than Nothing"
  • "U.S. Relations with Egypt and Arab States Worse than They Appear"
  • "How does the Lebanese Government Spend its Money"
  • "Celal Bayar of Turkey: Hard Work, Few Words Led to Presidency"
  • "U.S. Bases in Spain Built Without Friction"
  • Star and Herald May 1, 1954
  • Tehran Journal August 4-5, 9, 12, 16, 1955
  • "Our Weapons Against Malaria"
  • "Toynbee Tells How Zionism Secured American Support"

  • "Haven [for the Homeless] a Reality" 1954
  • "Extension to Chlordane of the Resistance to DDT Observed in Anopheles Sacharovi" by G. D. Georgopoulos
  • "The Near East: a Publication of the Near East Society" 1954
  • "The Philippines" 1960
  • "New People in New China: Some Personal Glimpses of People in China" by Maud Russell
  • "Suggested Criteria for Evaluating Certain Types of Technical Assistance Programs" 1957
  • "A Note on Typhus in Egypt and the Sudan" by R. M. Taylor, J. R. Kingston, and Farag Rizk 1957
  • "World-Wide Malaria Distribution, Prevalence, and Control" by Paul F. Russell 1956
  • "Yellow Fever: a Symposium in Commemoration of Carlos Juan Finlay" 1955
  • "Bulletin of the Near East Society" March, May November, December 1952; January, February, March, May, December 1953
  • Pan American Sanitary Bureau, Regional Office of the W.H.O.; Annual Report of the Director 1956

  • Howard Karagheusian Organization
  • Observations on Technical Assistance to Governments of Underdeveloped Countries 1955
  • Report Concerning Lebanon by D. Wright 1955
  • "A Brief Report Covering Some Impressions Gained of Work Being Done by the N.E.F. in the Near East During My Fourteen Months Association" by D. Wright 1955
  • "Proposed Training Course for the Sanitation Division of the Public Health Department of the Ministry of Health of Iran" 1957
  • "The Near East as I See it" by D. Wright
  • "Operation and Maintenance of Sewer Systems"
  • "A List of Tools and Equipment that are Necessary to Start a Sanitary Program with Class and Field Work" 1950
  • "Tentative Program of Sanitary Service"
  • "Sketch of Fog Generator to Relieve Annoyance From Mosquitoes and Other Flying Insects" 1954
  • Reports and Programs Regarding Malaria in Greece 1955
  • "Facts About the Armenian Population of Syria"
  • "Trip Report-Iran" 1949
  • "Near East Foundation, Annual Report of the Director of Programs" December 1956
  • Incomplete Report Concerning Technical Support Programs for Underdeveloped Countries
  • "Use of Various Types of Spray Materials"
  • Near East Foundation Budgetary Information
  • "Suggested Program of Economic Development for Iraq"
  • "Suggestions Growing Out of Discussions with Ford Foundations Representatives Relative to a Total Program in the Middle East for Helping Retarded People to Help Themselves"
  • N.E.F Statement of Income and Expenditure July 1, 1950-June 30, 1951
  • N.E.F. Budget for Iraq Summary
  • "The United Nations, a Working Organization as Planned by it's Founders, and Not the Debating Society, Which Receives so Much Publicity"
  • "Points of Contact in Coordinating the Efforts of N.E.F. and A.U.B. in an Over-all Approach to the Problems of Certain Countries of the Middle East"

  • President's Address November 16, 1906
  • Panama Canal Reminiscences

  • Flyer for a Speech Given by Wright's Son
  • Brief Account of Wright's Work in Burma

  • Laird Arche December 19,1950; March 5, 1951, August 3, 1956
  • William Bieler January 3, 1951
  • M.C. Balfor May 2, 1951
  • Harry Scherman and Bernadine Kielty October 14, 1951
  • F. W. Knipe November 15, 1953
  • H. B. Redd July 22, 1954
  • William Russell January 27, 1958
  • Thomas Martin February 2, 1957
  • John D. Hollen December 9, 1958
  • Burr P. Harrison January 12, 1961

  • "If Russians Overrun European Nations, Americans Will Lose Their Way of Life"
  • "Abram's Delight" by Richard Griffith 1944
  • "Greece Regaining Wealth in Mines" 1952
  • "The Margin for Terror"
  • "Canal is Opposed for the Seaway" January 31, 1958
  • "Where We Came In" by Ernest Lindley
  • "Cyprus: Tourist Mecca Lost?"
  • "Big Ditch' was Big News to Them Half Century Ago" /
  • Athens News January 21, 1956
  • Excerpt from "After the Seventh Day" by Ritchie Calder
  • "Twenty-three Years of Experience with Our First Socialist Experiment"
  • "It Started in Panama: Where Will it Stop?" by Earl Harding September 1, 1953
  • "It Started in Panama: Where Will it Stop?" by Earl Harding September 1, 1953
  • "The Panama Canal Problem" 1954
  • "The Great Trek of the Kazaks from Chinese Turkestan" December 31, 1953
  • "Judgments and Prophecies"
  • "Russia's Weapon of Satellitism" 1951
  • "Can We Break the Stalemate with Russia?" 1951
  • "Kremlin Blueprint" by Louis J. Alber
  • "U.S. Sinks Billions in Bases" 1953
  • "All Americans Must Know How Reds Work in Our Government" 1959
  • "Here's What Malenkov Thinks of the U.S." 1952
  • "Panama Canal Problem Calls for Action" by H. D. Vogel 1958
  • "My Four Months with the Headhunters"
  • "Is the State Department's White Paper a 'Post Mortem' for China?"
  • "Continuing the Rockefeller Foundation Story: Millions for Modern Medicine" 1951
  • "Continuing the Rockefeller Foundation Story: Man's Greatest Challenge" 1951
  • "Secret Boss of the Nation Press Club" 1950
  • "How Can We Lick Stalin" by Bonner Fellers 1950
  • "MacArthur is Not to Blame [for Korea]" 1950
  • "Why I Had to Step Aside" by Edwin G. Nourse February 18, 1950
  • "Stalin's American Mouthpiece" by Fredrick Woltman October 21, 1950
  • "U.N.'s Merciful War: The World Health Organization Seeks a Victory for Mankind in an All-Out Attack on Disease" January 1, 1950
  • "Our Mightiest Ghost" April 28, 1951
  • "Battling Diseases" by William Dutton May 5, 1951
  • "Mr. Truman's Mystery Man" by Alfred Steinberg 1949

  • "The Battle that Squanders Billions" 1949
  • "Our Challenge in Oil's Second Century" by Robert Dunlop 1959
  • "The Panama Canal: A Report by the Special Committee on the Panama Canal" 1956
  • "U.N. Action is for Peace"
  • "Freedom's Case Against Dean Acheson"
  • "Needed: An American Policy, Not a Foreign Policy"
  • "Living and Working in the Canal Zone" November 1958
  • "Centennial Year, 1858-1958, Canal Zone Program of Events November 9-15, 1958"
  • United Nations Bulletin January 15, 1953
  • "Face to Face with the Russians: Report of a Peace Mission to the Soviet Union" 1959
  • Dan Smoot Report May 11, 1959
  • "Mancha Gris, a New Leaf Disease of Bean in Colombia" by R.L. Skiles and Canuto Cardona-Alvarez
  • "Panama Canal Problem" 1966
  • Panama Canal Review November 4, 1960
  • "Isthmian Canal Policy-An Evaluation" by Miles P. DuVal 1955
  • "Kyasanur Forest Disease III: A Preliminary Report on the Nature of the Infection and Clinical Manifestations in Human Beings" May 11, 1957
  • "Roosevelt Medal Holders' Tape Recorder Guest Book: Word-for-Word Reminiscences of 35 Old-timers Who Helped to Dig the Panama Canal" 1958

  • Incomplete Report Concerning the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation 1951
  • Rockefeller Foundation Newsletter May 1959
  • World Health Organization Newsletters January and February 1958
  • "Panama Canal Zone: Constitutional Domain of the United States" by Daniel J. Flood March 26, 1958
  • "Should We Permit the Memory of Many Old-Time Panama Canal Heroes to be Buried in Oblivion?"
  • "Is Our Effort to Control the Spread of Communism in the World being Intelligently Administered?"
  • Minutes of the American Council of Voluntary Agencies November 30, 1950
  • "Community Development Programs in Greece with Special Consideration of Welfare through Employment" 1953
  • "Trying to Beat the Gun in War"
  • "After Re-armament What?"
  • "Greece Today"
  • The Digester Spring-Summer 1950
  • Copy of the 1903 Isthmian Canal Convention

  • American Friends Service Committee
  • The Rockefeller Foundation
  • Article about D. Wright (Bomb Scare at Chinese Capital)
  • Dora Sevening of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
  • W.A. Sawyer
  • Grace Wright
  • Crawford F. Sams
  • Federal Security Agency (U.S. Public Health Service)

  • "What to do with Japan" by Wilfred Fleisher
  • "Morocco Feast: the Potent of Rehamna Tribe Entertains General Clark and Staff" 1943

Military Parade

  • "Interpreting War News"
  • "Career Men Conduct Underhand"
  • "Purge of Pro-Welles Diplomats"
  • "Pearson Calls Steinhardt, U.S. Envoy to Turkey"
  • "Lehman is Elected Head of UN Relief"
  • "The Flying Tigers"
  • "Interpreting War News"
  • "U.N. Conference at White House"
  • "U.N. Group Intends Aiding Those Now Stricken"
  • "49 Nations to Help Victims of War"
  • "U.S. Rationing"
  • "New League of Nations!"
  • "The Guards and the Ghost"

  • Greek Interpreter Dialogue & Dictionary
  • "The Truth About Pearl Harbor" by John T. Flynn 1944
  • "Handbook for Military Intelligence Interpreters: French"
  • "Handbook on Foreign Maps"
  • "Health, Medicine, and Sanitation in Bulgaria" by Alexandra Feldmahn 1943

Postcards

  • You Had a Virus?"
  • "The United States in a New World: Relations with Britain"
  • "The U.S. in a New World; The Domestic Economy"

  • "Our Illusions of Freedom" by Colby Dorr Dam
  • "The Human Spirit can Win Peace" by Colby Dorr Dam

  • Mrs. Hunt 1951
  • Frank Shirk 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
  • R. M. Larimer 1970
  • "The Facts about Your Income Tax"
  • "Vietnam Events Parallel China of 20 Years Ago"
  • "Have a Good Cry and Live Longer"
  • Miscellaneous cancelled stamps and envelopes
  • "Observations on Greece in 1972" by M.C. Balfor

  • Army Camp Kit
  • Ceramic Greek Donkey
  • Commission for Senior Sanitary Engineer, 1941
  • Commission for Sanitary Engineer Director 1944
  • Three Wooden Camels
  • WWII German Mug
  • WWII German Plate
  • Handle from a Vessel, Marked "from Tyre"

Biographical / historical:

Born in Winchester, Virginia, Daniel E. Wright recieved a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1904. He went on to participate in the construction of the Panama Canal and in the public health activities which rid the Canal Zone of yellow fever and malaria. In 1921, Wright was awarded the Theodor Roosevelt Medal of Honor for this work in the Canal Zone. He then served as a consultant (1921-29) for the Columbian and Panamanian governments, joined the staff of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1929, and worked in Greece and Turkey on water supply and disease control. Wright also worked with the United Nations Public Health Service (UNPHS) in Burma during World War II, before joining the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) from 1944 until 1949.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated to the Special Collections prior to 1968 and in 1968, 1969, and 1970.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Daniel E. Wright Papers commenced in August 2006 and was completed in September 2006. Preliminary processing took place in 2001.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged alphabetically by subject matter.

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