Florida Public Health Oral History Project

Interviewee

Elisabeth Beck

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Interviewer

Prather, E. Charlton

Publisher

University of South Florida Libraries

Date

1999-07-09

Publication Date

10-8-2013

Abstract

Interview with Mrs. Elisabeth C. Beck, a retired entomologist with the state of Florida. Mrs. Beck began her career identifying mosquitoes during the start of World War II and later joined the state Board of Health in 1944 working for the Bureau of Mosquito Control. Her primary duties at the time involved mosquito identification. She would eventually become head of the mosquito identification lab for the state of Florida. During her tenure, Mrs. Beck was involved in many different insect control programs around the state and her research contributed to both the control of malaria and encephalitis as well as an early treatment program for tertiary syphilis. Mrs. Beck worked closely with many state health officers including Dr. John Mulrennan who was instrumental in Florida’s work on mosquito control. Mrs. Beck retired after working nearly five decades for the state of Florida.

Keywords

Mosquitoes -- United States -- Identification., Mosquitoes -- Control., Malaria -- Prevention., Public health – Florida -- History., Public health personnel -- Florida -- Interviews., University of South Florida -- College of Public Health

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1 sound file (63 min.) : digital, MP3 file

Subject: topical

Mosquitoes -- United States -- Identification.; Mosquitoes -- Control.; Malaria -- Prevention.; Public health – Florida -- History.; Public health personnel -- Florida -- Interviews.; University of South Florida -- College of Public Health

Language

English

Type

Sound

Genre

Oral histories, Online audio

Format

Audio

Holding Location

University of South Florida

Collection

Florida Public Health Oral History Project

Identifier

C53-00002

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