Guide to the Nevin Scrimshaw Papers,
1950-1985.

Collection Number: 6563

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Compiled by:
Jill Griffiths
Date completed:
May 2005
EAD encoding:
Peter Martinez, May 2005

© 2005 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Nevin Scrimshaw papers, 1950-1985.
Collection Number:
6563
Creator:
Nevin S. Scrimshaw
Quantity:
29.4 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Manuscripts, publications
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, publications, reports, professional writings, and notes concerning Scrimshaw's work in international nutrition and public health and with the World Health Organization,and the United Nations. Also his study of public health issues in Asia, Africa, Central America, and the United States.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor of Nutrition, MIT. Dr. Scrimshaw did his undergraduate work at Ohio Wesleyan University and received an M.A. in biology and a Ph.D. in physiology from Harvard in 1941. He attended the University of Rochester medical school and received his M.D. in 1945.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, publications, reports, professional writings, and notes concerning Scrimshaw's work in international nutrition and public health and with the World Health Organization,and the United Nations. Also his study of public health issues in Asia, Africa, Central America, and the United States.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Scrimshaw, Nevin S.
Institute of Medicine (U.S.).Food and Nutrition Board.
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology--Faculty.
United Nations.
World Health Organization.

Subjects:
Nutrition.
Breastfeeding.
Public health--Latin America.
Public health--Asia.
Public health--Africa.
Nutrition--Developing nations.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:
Collection closed for processing.
Cite As:
Nevin Scrimshaw papers, #6563. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Series I: Nutrition Programs and PAG
World Health Organization (WHO) nutrition program, U.S. food aid policies, Pakistan, Peru, Food for Peace Program
 Box 1
Protein Isolates, Nutrition and Refugee Populations, intestinal diseases and parastic infections, infant and child nutrition, Arusha (Pakistan)
Box 2
Protein Advisory Group (PAG)
 Box 3-8
Personal Papers, Projects, and Correspondence
World Hunger Program, NAS world food and nutrition study, Bangladesh refugees, 1968-1981
Box 9
USDA, aid to India, U.N., correspondence, 1962-1973
Box 10
Mekong, soybean, corn, Agriculture and green revolution, Soya products, Sorghum, alternative protein sources, 1960's-1980's
Box 11
Health policy and planning, correspondence, nutrition and mental development, 1968-1978
Box 12
Correspondence, lecture notes, notes from the Phillipines, photographs, 1975
Box 13
Nutritional Development papers, South Africa, correspondence, 1950's-1981
Box 14
International Organizations and Committees
National Academy of Sciences (NAS)-committee on International Health: minutes and reports, 1975-1977
Box 15
NAS and World Health Organization (WHO) regarding Africa, U.N. General Assembly, U.N. Research Institute for social development, U.N. Industrial Development Organization, correspondence, 1977-1983
Box 16
Food and Nutrition Board (FNB): committee meetings, programs, studies, 1968-1976
Box 17
FNB: committee on International Nutrition Programs, Directories, WHO: advisory committees on medical research, 1969-1979
Box 18
WHO: tropical diseases, committee papers and reports
 Box 19
WHO: Nutrition Intervention Evaluation Project; Country files: Brazil, China, Colombia, India, Indonesia, North Vietnam, Pakistan, South Vietnam, "Foundations for a New U.S. Health Policy", 1960's-1980's
Box 20
Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N. (FAO) and WHO research projects, reports, conference papers
 Box 21
FAO, lecture notes, FAO/WHO Committee on Nutrition: session notes and statistics, 1966-1981
Box 22
U.N., joint FAO/WHO Committee on Protein requirements, FAO/WHO/United Nations University (UNU) conference 1981, UNICEF/WHO committee on Health Policy, other U.N. organizations, 1981
Box 23
U.N., Subcommittee on Nutrition, UNU, U.N. Economic and Social council, UNESCO, World Food Council, Protein Advisory Group (PAG), reports and agendas, notes
Box 24
UN/ACC Subcommittee on Nutrition: 6th-8th, 12th-14th session notes, UNU reports and papers, 1971-1985
Box 25
UN/ACC Subcommittee on Nutrition; site visits: Phillipines, West Indies, India and Europe, Moscow, Costa Rica and Colombia; World Food Council: Ministerial Sessions, 1979-1981
Box 26
UNICEF: papers and reports; Conference on Nutrition Education: Mexico 1972; general progress report: Child Malnutrition in Developing Countries 1969; education and training programs: FAO/UNICEF/WHO 1960, 1960-1972
Box 27
US/Japan Coop Program: annual and 5 year reports, Malnutrition Panel meetings, Malnutrition Special Study Sections, 1968-1974
Box 28
US/Japan Coop Program: Malnutrition Panel meetings, correspondence, progress reports, joint malnutrition panel meetings, 1970-1975
Box 29
US/Japan Coop Program: Malnutrition Panel meetings, correspondence and notes, cooperative medical science program, 1973-1981
Box 30