Wade Hampton Frost papers

Access and use

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
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

No restrictions

Terms of access:

No restrictions

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).

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