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Wade Hampton Frost papers

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Location of collection:: University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia

P.O. Box 400110

160 McCormick Rd

Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110

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Preferred citation:: Wade Hampton Frost Papers, 1880-1938; 1938-1984, MS-2, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia

Summary

Extent:: 6.25 Linear Feet
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Wade Hampton Frost Papers, 1880-1938; 1938-1984, MS-2, Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, Historical Collections and Services, University of Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

Historical Collections and Services houses seventeen boxes of Wade Hampton Frost materials. The Frost Papers include personal and official correspondence, photographs, scientific publications, newspaper articles, taped interviews, and assorted memorabilia pertaining to Wade Hampton Frost and his family. Frost's daughter, Susan Frost Parrish, donated the collection to the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library in 1984 with added research notes. (It is noted that the maiden name of Susan Frost Parrish is Susan Haxall Frost which is also her mother's name. She is entered in our collection as Susan Frost Parrish).

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1975 ATTACHED

RE: HENRY ROSE CARTER

WADE HAMPTON FROST ON THE LIST

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH NOTED AS BEQUEATHED TO SOUTH CAROLINA HISTORICAL COLLECTION

WITH NOTE ON BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA

MISSING AS OF 10-10-96 JMT

SOME MATERIALS ARE DOUBLES FROM PREVIOUS FOLDERS

COMPILED FOR HAXALL REUNION

FROM JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICAL LIBRARY ARCHIVES

PRESENTED BY REGINALD ATWATER

SENT FROM JAPAN

TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF DEATH OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

RE: RELATIONSHIP WITH SUSAN HAXALL FROST AND WADE HAMPTON FROST

FRIENDS AND ASSOCIATES OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

"KENNETH F. MAXCY, EDITOR"

FORMER EMPLOYEE AT STREAM POLLUTION STATION IN CINCINNATI

RE: BORROWED PHOTO OF WADE HAMPTON FROST AND DR. L. REED

RE: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN WILLIAM H. WELCH AND WADE HAMPTON FROST

"RE: DEATH OF THOMAS LOWNDES FROST, BROTHER OF WADE HAMPTON FROST"

SENT FROM PEKING

FROM ALDERMAN LIBRARY COLLECTION

"JOHN S. BRYAN, PRESIDENT OF VIRGINIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY"

"TITLE PAGE OF CARTER'S BOOK, EDITED BY WADE HAMPTON FROST AND LAURA ARMISTEAD CARTER"

FROM ALDERMAN LIBRARY COLLECTION

FOR SUSAN FROST PARRISH

CONDOLENCES

COMMONWEALTH FUND

FROM ALDERMAN LIBRARY COLLECTION; HUGH S. CUMMING: SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

HUGH S. CUMMING: SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

ENCLOSURE: RECOLLECTIONS OF A CHILDHOOD IN NOTTOWAY BY LUCY BOOTH CUMMING

THOMAS UNDERWOOD DUDLEY: BROTHER-IN-LAW OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

HUGH S. CUMMING: SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

FROM HENRY ROSE CARTER COLLECTION AT ALDERMAN LIBRARY

FROM ALDERMAN LIBRARY COLLECTION; HUGH S. CUMMING: SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

HUGH S. CUMMING: SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES

ENVELOPE MARKED CONFIDENTIAL

THOMAS LOWNDES FROST: BROTHER OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

UNFINISHED LETTER; THOMAS LOWNDES FROST DIED THE NEXT DAY

REPRINTED FROM JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION WITH DISCUSSION

TYPEWRITTEN DRAFT WITH HANDWRITTEN CHANGES

IN PAPERS OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

PUBLISHED IN PAPERS OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

APPOINTMENT OF WADE HAMPTON FROST AT JOHNS HOPKINS

PUBLISHED IN MANITOBA FREE PRESS

WADE HAMPTON FROST SUCCEEDS WILLIAM H. HOWELL AS DEAN OF JOHNS HOPKINS HYGIENE SCHOOL

PUBLISHED IN PAPERS OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

"NOTE: ARTICLE MISSING; NOT PUBLISHED IN PAPERS OF WADE HAMPTON FROST; ORIGINAL GIVEN TO ERNEST L. STEBBINS, 07/29/72 "

DRAFTS WITH HANDWRITTEN CHANGES

PUBLISHED IN TUBERCULOSIS ABSTRACTS

PUBLISHED IN BALTIMORE HEALTH NEWS WITH AN INSCRIPTION TO SUSAN HAXALL FROST

PUBLISHED IN VIRGINIA MEDICAL MONTHLY

OWENS WAS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF SUN & EVENING SUN OF BALTIMORE

EDITOR OF RICHMOND NEWS LEADER

PUBLISHED IN FAUQUIER DEMOCRAT

PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

FROM HUMAN BIOLOGY

STATE OF NEW YORK DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPTARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT

"PANUM'S ""OBSERVATIONS MADE DURING THE EPIDEMIC OF MEASLES ON THE FAROE ISLANDS IN 1846"

PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

INCLUDES NOTE BY [SUSAN FROST PARRISH]

APHA MEETINGS; INCLUDES NOTE BY [SUSAN FROST PARRISH]

WADE HAMPTON FROST ON COVER AND BRIEFLY DESCRIBED ON P. 410

RESTRICTED ACCESS

PRESUMABLY AWARDED TO WADE HAMPTON FROST

CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SONGS AND YELLS PUBLISHED IN 1913

AWARDED TO WADE HAMPTON FROST

CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE AND EPISCOPAL CHURCH PRAYERS AND SACRAMENTS

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

PHOTOCOPY

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1975 ATTACHED

THE EIGHT DEGREES OF CHARITY

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

"A POEM TO THE SUSANS FROST" WITH NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1975"

NOTE BY SUSAN F. PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984

NOTE BY SUSAN F. PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

MEMOIRS; OBITUARY

"VETERAN CONFEDERATE CAVALARY LEADER HERE"

"COL. JOHN S. MOSBY DEAD"

"JOHN S. MOSBY NOTED SOUTHERN OFFICER DIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C."

THOMAS LOWNDES FROST: BROTHER OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

*ENVELOPE ONLY--LETTER MISSING

INSCRIBED BY SADIE R. HARVIE

[NOW THE RED FOX TAVERN]

"GLEN ORA" WITH NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH"

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

INSCRIPTION BY WADE HAMPTON FROST

INSCRIPTION BY WADE HAMPTON FROST; NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

INSCRIPTION BY WADE HAMPTON FROST TO HARRIET FROST; NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRIS FROM 1984 ATTACHED

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRIS FROM 1984 ATTACHED

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

INSCRIPTION BY MRS. BOLLING W. HAXALL

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

"BRITISH HEALTH MEN VISITING HERE"

INSCRIPTION BY YAZO TOKYAMA

INSCRIPTION BY YAZO TOKYAMA; NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1981 ATTACHED

INSCRIPTION BY DR. AND MRS. GARRIDO MORALES; NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

INSCRIPTION BY JOSEPH S. AMES

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH FROM 1984 ATTACHED

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

PORTRAIT PRESENTED AT JOHNS HOPKINS COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES ADDRESS DELIVERED BY W. H. HOWELL

PROBABLY SUSAN FROST PARRISH'S COPY

"RECEIPTS, LETTERS, ETC."

"COPIES OF DEED OF GIFT, APPRAISAL OF WADE HAMPTON FROST COLLECTION"

"LISTS, APPRAISALS, ETC."

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

PUBLISHED BY THE BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

ALSO INCLUDES PHOTOCOPIED NOTE FROM CARTERS TO FROSTS AND NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH

"WHO HE MIGHT INTERVIEW, ETC."

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

"COMMEMORATIVE ADDRESS AT JHU, ARTICLE ON COLDS, ETC."

PHOTOCOPIES

"NOTE ATTACHED SHOWS LETTER MISSING, 9/7/85"

CASSEDY LETTER OF MAY 1961 PARTLY QUOTES WADE HAMPTON FROST TO DR. CHAPIN OF 1924

COPIES MADE FROM RESEARCH PHOTOCOPIES OF BARRY P. RUTIZER

COPY OF LETTER MISSING JT 4-4-97

RE: PENDING SOCIAL SECURITY BILL

"HENRY FROST, FATHER OF WADE HAMPTON FROST"

FROM ALDERMAN LIBRARY COLLECTION

FROM JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY WILLIAM H. WELCH MEDICAL LIBRARY ARCHIVES

"FOUND IN HIS DESK AT HOME, IN ENVELOPE MARKED CONFIDENTIAL"

"RE: FROST-HOWELL FAMILY RELATIONSHIP, AND SUSAN FROST PARRISH NOTES"

MAXCY WAS EDITOR OF PAPERS OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

RE: WADE HAMPTON FROST RETURN FROM SANATORIUM

RE: FROST-MUSTARD TIES

COMMONWEALTH FUND

TRANSCRIBED

"WADE HAMPTON FROST, SUSAN HAXALL FROST, SUSAN FROST PARRISH"

"FOUND IN HIS DESK AT HOME, IN ENVELOPE MARKED CONFIDENTIAL"

TRANSCRIBED

INCLUDES A BIOGRAPHY OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

TAKEN FROM A PAINTING BY DR. JOHN B. IRVING

FRIEND OF WADE HAMPTON FROST

RE DONATION OF $1000 FOR SUSAN F. PARRISH'S STAY/RESEARCH COSTS

NOTE BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

"CORRESPONDENCE OF SUSAN FROST PARRISH AND E. BERKELEY, JR., 1975 ABOUT HER GIFT TO ALDERMAN LIBRARY"

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

PUBLISHED IN THE BALTIMORE SUN

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

LIST IS PARTIAL

COPY GIVEN TO SUSAN HAXALL FROST BY DR. RAYMOND PEARL

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

WITH LETTER FROM DR. WILLIAMS TO SUSAN HAXALL FROST

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

ARTICLE

PUBLISHED IN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

NOTES ATTACHED

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

DR. FRED WAS PRESIDENT OF UNIV. OF WISCONSIN

NOTES BY SUSAN FROST PARRISH ATTACHED

INCLUDES OWENS' OBIT.

COPIED FROM THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

"INCLUDES NEWSCLIPPINGS, PHOTOS, INVITATIONS, ETC."

11.5 X 15 WITH FRAME

12 X 15.5 WITH FRAME; INCLUDES CARD AND BRASS REVERSE ETCHING

WRITING ON TAPE BARELY LEGIBLE

WRITING ON TAPE ILLEGIBLE

"WRITTEN ALSO AS ""BAECKE" ON TAPE"

8 X 10 WITH FRAME

7 x 9 WITH FRAME, HANDWRITTEN NOTE ON BACK: TO JACK WITH BEST REGARDS PETER AYERS DEC 1999, TYPED NOTE ON BACK INCLUDES: THIS PHOTOGRAPH OF SIR ALEXANDER FLEMING AND HIS STAFF IN THE LIBRARY OF WHAT IS NOW THE THE WRIGHT FLEMING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY, ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL LONDON, WAS TAKEN ON THE DAY HE WAS KNIGHTED BY KING GOERGE VI, JUNE 1944.

MEDAL STATES: AWARDED TO WADE HAMPTON FROST M.D. BY THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN PUBLIC HEALTH; MEDAL MADE BY H.P. PETERSEN, WASHINGTON, D.C.

ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS IN WOODEN CHEST (A82)

THIS PROFILE LIKENESS WAS TAKEN FROM MEMORY IN CHARLESTON, S.C.; ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS IN WOODEN CHEST (A82)

E TERRA AD COELUM; ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS IN WOODEN CHEST (A82)

ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS IN WOODEN CHEST (A82)

FROST FAMILY COAT OF ARMS; ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS IN WOODEN CHEST (A82)

ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS IN WOODEN CHEST (A82)

LUCEO NON URO; ONE OF SEVERAL ITEMS IN WOODEN CHEST (A82)

CONTAINS FROST PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTIFACTS

Biographical / historical:

A 1903 medical alumnus of the University of Virginia, Wade Hampton Frost (1880-1938) was a surgeon with the United States Public Health Service from 1905 to 1929. In 1919, he was assigned as resident lecturer to the new Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. In 1929, he resigned from the United States Public Health Service in order to serve full-time as professor of epidemiology at Johns Hopkins University. From 1931 to 1934, he was Dean of Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health.

Processing information:

The Wade Hampton Frost papers includes assorted material about the professional and personal life of Wade Hampton Frost from 1880 to 1938. Also included are research notes and information collected by Frost's daughter, Susan Frost Parrish, from the time of his death in 1938 to 1984. Parrish donated her findings to the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library and assisted in the processing of the collection.

Finding Aid by M. Alison White

Physical description:

7.5 linear ft. (17 boxes, ca. 600 items); personal papers and publications: 15 boxes, 13 cm x 39.5 cm x 26.5 cm; framed photographs, scrapbook, and audiotapes: 1 box, 32.5 cm x 41 cm x 26.5 cm; artifacts : 1 box, 11 x 18 x 9.5 inches

Collection