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David J. Sencer CDC Museum

CDC Stacks Public Health Publications

The David J. Sencer CDC Museum (CDCM), a Smithsonian Affiliate, is CDC's face to the public, allowing the general public to enter into an engaging experience that illustrates the wealth of CDC's contributions to public health. The CDCM also provides the opportunity to capture and preserve CDC's history, which is largely the history of public health over the past 65 years, fulfilling a unique demand among the many students, visitors, scholars, and researchers who contact CDCM for an understanding of CDC and the role of public health. The CDCM hosts more than 70,000 visitors each year, and more than 350 tours are provided by CDC docents and Museum staff. The CDCM provides educational programs for students and teachers, as well as permanent, temporary, and traveling exhibits that are visitor-centered, science-based, and provide high-impact communication messages. This online collection provides access to select CDCM exhibits for those who may not be able to travel to CDCM in person. For more information, visit https://www.cdc.gov/museum/index.htm.

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  • New home for Communicable Disease Center
    New home for Communicable Disease Center
    Bauer, Theodore J.
    November 1955 | Public Health Rep. 1955 Nov;70(11):1104-6.
    NEW headquarters for the Public Health Service Communicable Disease Center has been authorized by Congress, and construction is expected to begin as soon as financing and construction bids are approved. Site of the new facilities is a 14-acre plot donated by Emory University and located adjacent to its campus in suburban Atlanta, Ga. The headquarte ...
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  • The surveillance of poliomyelitis in the United States in 1955
    The surveillance of poliomyelitis in the United States in 1955
    Langmuir, Alexander D. ;
    Nathanson, Neal
    November 9, 1955
    Prepared for presentation before the Joint Session of Laboratory and Epidemiology Sections, American Public Health Association, Kansas City, Missouri, November 15, 1955.FOR RELEASE ON PRESENTATION Tuesday, November 15, 1955The National Poliomyelitis Surveillance Program was established by the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service on April 28 ...
    Public Domain
  • Communicable disease control
    Communicable disease control
    Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
    November 21, 1957
    This series of charts was originally prepared as a briefing tool for the Secretary's Consultants on Medical Research and Education, and presented at their meeting in Washington, D. C, on November 21, 1957. In the belief that the facets of the Communicable Disease Center's program depicted here would be of interest and concern to a wider audience, s ...
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  • Surveillance of poliomyelitis in the United States in 1957
    Surveillance of poliomyelitis in the United States in 1957
    Thrupp, Lauri David ;
    Forester, Helen
    1958
    1958?The primary and continuing function of the National Poliomyelitis Surveillance Program Is the collection, analysis and distribution of data on safety and efficacy of poliomyelitis vaccine. Established In April, 1955, at the Communicable Disease Center of the Public Health Service, the program is hosed upon participation by local and state heal ...
    Public Domain
  • CDCs Building One
    CDC's Building One
    Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
    1960
    The first building on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Clifton Road campus.Source: David J. Sencer CDC Museum at the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Global Health Chronicles [https://globalhealthchronicles.org/items/show/6399].
    Public Domain
  • Communicable Disease Center Wellbee employee car decal
    Communicable Disease Center Wellbee employee car decal
    Walker, Harold M.
    1960 | Wellbee
    More than 50 years ago, when CDC was still the Communicable Disease Center, Public Information Officer George M. Stenhouse wanted to develop a public health symbol that could be used by all state and local public health agencies in the U.S.. In response, staff artist Harold M. Walker, who had previously worked as an animator in Hollywood on cartoon ...
    Public Domain
  • Wellbee logo
    Wellbee logo
    Walker, Harold M.
    1960 | Wellbee
    Logo featuring Wellbee and the legend: Communicable Disease Center, USPHS-DHEW, 2387
    Public Domain
  • CDC hepatitis surveillance report no two July 30 1960
    CDC hepatitis surveillance report ; no. two, July 30, 1960
    Communicable Disease Center (U.S.)
    July 30, 1960 | CDC hepatitis surveillance report ; no. 2, July 30, 1960
    Special note: Information contained in this report is derived from State Health Departments, Epidemic Intelligence Service Officers, the National Office of Vital Statistics, and other pertinent sources. Much of it is preliminary and is intended primarily for the use of those with responsibility for hepatitis control activities. Anyone desiring to q ...
    Public Domain
  • Wellbee
    Wellbee
    Walker, Harold M.
    1962 | Wellbee
    This color sketch, which was drawn in 1962, showed the Communicable Disease Center’s (CDC) national symbol of public health, the Wellbee, who was depicted here, twirling a lariat. CDC artist, Harold M. Walker, who had previously worked as an animator in Hollywood, California, created the iconic character. CDC used Wellbee in a comprehensive marketi ...
    Supporting Files Public Domain
  • Wellbee says BE WELL take oral polio vaccine
    “Wellbee” says BE WELL! take oral polio vaccine
    Walker, Harold M.
    1963 | Wellbee
    This 1963 poster featured CDC’s national symbol of public health, the "Wellbee", who was depicted here encouraging the public to receive an oral polio vaccine.CDC used the Wellbee in its comprehensive marketing campaign that used newspapers, posters, leaflets, radio and television, as well as personal appearances at public health events. Wellbee’s ...
    Public Domain
  • Wellbee says be clean and WASH YOUR HANDS
    Wellbee says: be clean and WASH YOUR HANDS!
    Walker, Harold M.
    1963 | Wellbee
    More than 50 years ago, when CDC was still the Communicable Disease Center, Public Information Officer George M. Stenhouse wanted to develop a public health symbol that could be used by all state and local public health agencies in the U.S.. In response, staff artist Harold M. Walker, who had previously worked as an animator in Hollywood on cartoon ...
    Public Domain
  • Protect your family against polio and other dread diseases
    Protect your family against polio and other dread diseases
    Walker, Harold M.
    1963 | Wellbee
    “Wellbee” says … be well .. Immunize your family now.This 1963 poster featured CDC’s national symbol of public health – Wellbee – and included the date, time, and location of where one could receive a vaccination for polio and other diseases.
    Public Domain
  • Vaccinated Get a booster
    Vaccinated? Get a booster!
    Walker, Harold M.
    1964 | Wellbee
    Poster from the Alaska Division of Public Health featuring Wellbee and a booster rocket.This 1964 poster featured what at that time, was CDC’s national symbol of public health, the “Wellbee”, who here was reminding the public to get a booster vaccination.CDC used the Wellbee in its comprehensive marketing campaign that used newspapers, posters, lea ...
    Public Domain
  • Vaccinated Get a booster
    Vaccinated? Get a booster!
    Walker, Harold M.
    1964 | Wellbee
    Poster from the Alaska Division of Public Health featuring Wellbee and a booster rocket taking off from Earth.This 1964 poster featured what at that time, was CDC’s national symbol of public health, the “Wellbee”, who here was reminding the public to get a booster vaccination.CDC used the Wellbee in its comprehensive marketing campaign that used ne ...
    Public Domain
  • Wellbee says be clean and WASH YOUR HANDS
    Wellbee says: be clean and WASH YOUR HANDS!
    Walker, Harold M.
    1964 | Wellbee
    This 1964 poster featured CDC’s national symbol of public health "Wellbee" who was reminding the public to "be well, be clean and WASH YOUR HANDS".CDC used the Wellbee in its comprehensive marketing campaign that used newspapers, posters, leaflets, radio and television, as well as personal appearances at public health events. Wellbee’s first assign ...
    Public Domain
  • Aedes aegypti Eradication Program manual of operations Part I For inspectors foremen and area supervisors
    Aedes aegypti Eradication Program manual of operations. Part I. For inspectors, foremen, and area supervisors
    Communicable Disease Center (U.S.). Aedes aegypti Eradication Branch.
    May 1964
    Eradication of the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) from the United States, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands will: 1. Eliminate the hazards of epidemics of yellow fever and dengue; 2. Increase the effectiveness of continuing foreign quarantine; 3. Assure that Aedes aegypti will not be exported from the United States to other countries from w ...
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  • The Aedes aegypti Eradication Program
    The Aedes aegypti Eradication Program
    Communicable Disease Center (U.S.), Aedes aegypti Eradication Branch.
    1966
    Introduction -- History -- -- How the program works -- Organization -- Field operations -- Working with the community -- -- The program thus far -- Special problems -- Research.Two years ago the Public Health Service began a program to eradicate Aedes aegypti (the yellow fever mosquito) from all the still-infested areas under United States responsi ...
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  • West Africa SmallpoxMeasles Control Program surveillance report no 1 August 1 1966
    West Africa Smallpox/Measles Control Program surveillance report no. 1, August 1, 1966
    Morris, Leo
    August 1, 1966 | West Africa Smallpox/Measles Control Program Surveillance Report
    According to notifications received by the World Health Organization through January 19, 1966, a provisional total of 50,557 cases of smallpox was notified throughout the world in 19651. Of these, 15,882 were reported from Africa, including 6,237 from the 19 countries participating in the West Africa Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program.Pre ...
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  • West Africa SmallpoxMeasles Control Program surveillance report no 2 September 1 1966
    West Africa Smallpox/Measles Control Program surveillance report no. 2, September 1, 1966
    Millar, J. Donald ;
    Leonard, Thomas A.
    September 1, 1966 | West Africa Smallpox/Measles Control Program Surveillance Report
    According to notifications received by the World Health Organization through August 11, 1966, 5,689 cases of smallpox have been reported from the 19 countries participating in the west African Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program. This compares with 4,537 cases reported during a comparable time period in 1965, an increase of 25 percent.
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  • West Africa Smallpox EradicationMeasles Control Program manual of operations
    West Africa Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program manual of operations
    Smallpox Eradication Program (U.S.)  ...
    October 1, 1966
    This Manual is intended to serve as a guide for the development of the Smallpox Eradication/Measles Control Program in Africa. The principles set forth and procedures suggested have been developed on the basis of diverse staff and consultant experience in field epidemiology and vaccination programs in many parts of the world and on the basis of a d ...
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