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Lawrence Brilliant papers, 1882-2022 (with gaps), undated (majority within 1972-1979)

8 linear feet (in 9 boxes) — 1 oversize folder — 1 film reel — 470.64 MB (online) — 1 archived website

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University of Michigan alumnus (M.P.H., 1977) and associate professor of epidemiology (1977-1988) who, as a medical officer for the World Health Organization (WHO), helped eradicate smallpox, primarily from India. Includes WHO Global Smallpox Eradication Programme correspondence, reports, photographic material, publications, and posters; and collected publications.

The Lawrence Brilliant papers documents efforts to eradicate smallpox, primarily the joint World Health Organization (WHO) and Government of India smallpox eradication campaign of 1973-1975. Material is dated from approximately 1882-2022 (majority of material found within 1972-1979) and includes correspondence, various kinds of reports and publications, photograph albums and a scrapbook, posters, and microfilm.

Researchers should note that this collection contains images of individuals, including children, suffering from smallpox.

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Smallpox Eradication (WHO), 1953-2022 (with gaps), undated

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The Smallpox Eradication (WHO) series (7.2 linear feet, 1 oversize folder, 1 film reel, and digital material (online)) documents efforts to eradicate smallpox around the world, principally in India. Material is dated from approximately 1953-2022 and includes correspondence, publications and reports, graphic medicine cartoons, photograph albums, a scrapbook, and audiovisual material.

Because of the overlap in content, researchers are encouraged to review of the content of multiple subseries.

Lawrence Brilliant papers, 1882-2022 (with gaps), undated (majority within 1972-1979)
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India, 1972-1978, undated

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The India subseries (2.7 linear feet and digital material (online)) consists of topical files—arranged into groupings based on the predominant type of material found in each file—documenting the WHO's and Government of India's campaign to surveil, contain and, ultimately, eradicate smallpox in India, principally in various administrative regions and municipalities within the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. Notably represented are various kinds of reports that supported the surveillance-containment strategy, such as smallpox outbreak and containment reports, weekly epidemiological reports, and search summaries. At the end of the "Reports and Related Material" grouping is a "Various" file that includes topical files containing reports and related material about multiple administrative regions, districts, or villages.

In: Lawrence Brilliant papers, 1882-2022 (with gaps), undated (majority within 1972-1979)Smallpox Eradication (WHO), 1953-2022 (with gaps), undated
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Audio and Visual material, 1953-1988 (with gaps), undated

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The Audio and Visual Material subseries (1.2 linear feet, 1 oversize folder, 1 film reel, and digital material (online)) consists primarily of photograph albums relating to smallpox victims and smallpox eradication efforts in Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. Two albums were created by Lawrence K. Altman, a physician and medical correspondent for the New York Times. Also included in this subseries is a scrapbook by Brilliant consisting largely of graphic medicine cartoons about the importance of smallpox vaccination and a film reel by the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) about smallpox eradication.

In: Lawrence Brilliant papers, 1882-2022 (with gaps), undated (majority within 1972-1979)Smallpox Eradication (WHO), 1953-2022 (with gaps), undated
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Collected publications, 1882-2019 (scattered), undated

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The Collected Material series (0.8 linear feet and digital material (online)) consists of non-WHO publications about smallpox. Notably, the series contains several publications by Brilliant, including his autobiographical work, "Sometimes Brilliant: The Impossible Adventure of a Spiritual Seeker and Visionary who Helped Conquer the Worst Disease in the World," and "The Management of Smallpox Eradication in India."

Lawrence Brilliant papers, 1882-2022 (with gaps), undated (majority within 1972-1979)
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"The Global Eradication of Smallpox" (edited by Sanjoy Bhattacharya and Sharon Messenger), 2010

Box 9
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(also included are digital recordings, formerly contained on a CD, that consist of highlights of the lectures found in this book; researchers should be aware that D.A. Henderson's "Lecture 3" is not available as it could not be transferred off of the original CD)

In: Lawrence Brilliant papers, 1882-2022 (with gaps), undated (majority within 1972-1979)Collected publications, 1882-2019 (scattered), undated
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