Diseases -- New York (State) -- Rochester

Consists of the papers of Patricia Coury-Doniger, Rochester, New York based nurse practitioner of infectious diseases and founder of the Center for Community Practice at the University of Rochester. The materials are comprised of slides, books, binders, booklets, correspondence, and articles and are related to the prevention and treatment of STI's, HIV and AIDS, and training materials.

This series is comprised of Rochester City Historian Blake McKelvey's research notes used to write his four volume history of Rochester, New York. The materials were assembled between 1937 and 1970. The series includes handwritten transcriptions of newspaper articles and journals; newspaper clippings, source and illustration citations, pamphlets, and notes.

This collection documents photographically public health concerns in Rochester, New York from the late 1890s to the early 1920s. The materials consist of photographs, film negatives, glass plate negatives, and one scrapbook. Photos of the milk station, Hope Hospital, and the municipal hospital are included. Possibly taken by George Goler to document sanitary conditions.

Of special note: Scrapbook of photos of smallpox victims at Hope Hospital (Box 8).