Scope and Contents
The papers consist of correspondence and files on teaching, presentations, the book The Sick Citadel, and federal government service which document Irving J. Lewis's career in health services.
Dates
- 1968-1989
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by Irving J. Lewis has been transferred to Yale University. These materials may be used for non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from Yale University as the copyright holder. For other uses of these materials, please contact mssa.assist@yale.edu.
Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Irving J. Lewis, 1990.
Extent
12 Linear Feet (12 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Overview
The papers consist of correspondence and files on teaching, presentations, the book The Sick Citadel, and federal government service which document Irving J. Lewis's career in health services.
Biographical / Historical
Irving J. Lewis was born on July 9, 1918. He received his B.A. from Harvard in 1939, and his M.A. from the University of Chicago in 1940. After military service during World War II, Lewis began a long career in the federal government, working in the Office of Price Administration (1946-1947), the Department of State (1959-1960), the Federal Aviation Agency (1960), the U.S. Bureau of the Budget (1947-1957 and 1960-1968), and the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1968-1970). After retiring from federal government service in 1970, Lewis was appointed a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York.
Creator
- Title
- Guide to the Irving J. Lewis Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- Preliminary inventory by Carol King
- Date
- February 1990
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Contact:
Yale University Library
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New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
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Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
(203) 432-1735
(203) 432-7441 (Fax)
beinecke.library@yale.edu
Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511