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The Rockefeller Archive Center
The Rockefeller Archive Center
November, 2017
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The Rockefeller Archive Center is a major repository and research center for the study of philanthropy and
its impact throughout the world. Its collections consist of approximately 125 million pages of documents
and it also includes reels of microfilm, photographs, digital data, audiovisual material, maps, blueprints,
posters and films.
Many of the collections of the Rockefeller Archive Center are of great interest to Brazilian
researchers. They feature extensive records, starting in the 1910s, on the Foundation’s work on public
health in Brazil, its involvement with medical and nurse’s training in the country as well as the installation
of a virus laboratory in Belém during the 1950s and 1960s.
“D.N.S.P. – Servico de Febre Amarela, Rio – Maio de 1934, Fate – Voltaire de Alva” 100 Years: The Rockefeller
Foundation
To research in its archives, it is possible to apply for the Consortium fellowships in the history of science and
medicine, that will count on a new funding from the Wellcome trust to support researchers from Brazil South
Africa and India. Applications for the next round of fellowships must be submitted online by 1 May 2018. See
how to apply:
Lee R Hiltzik, Assistant Director at the Rockefeller Archive Center provided details about the collection and
explained how it can be useful to Brazilian researchers of the history of medicine and science.