Materials Documenting the Contribution of Dr. Maurice Hilleman to the Millennium Time Capsule Ceremony
date: label: date made
content: 1999 - 2000
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A packet of materials documenting Dr. Maurice Hilleman's contribution to the America's Millennium Celebration and Time Capsule Ceremony. The celebration was held in Washington, D.C. on December 31, 1999 - January 2, 2000. Dr. Hilleman was invited to contribute an artifact to the capsule - the chosen artifact was intended to represent to future Americans the achievements and hopes of late 20th century America. Correspondence details Dr. Hilleman's belief that the "discovery of the cause for diseases and their prevention by vaccines" was a hallmark of the 20th century. For his selected artifact, Dr. Hilleman chose to propose and design a Lucite block holding six vials of different vaccines: MMR II, Varivax, Vaqta, Recombivax HB, Pneumovax 23, and PedvaxHIB. The top of the block was to be inscribed: "Six Vaccines of the Twentieth Century Which Averted Illness, Disability, and Death and Changed the Face of the World / Dr. Maurice R. Hilleman, December 1999". Other materials included in the packet include Dr. Hilleman's summary of the important impact that vaccines had on 20th century life, as well as the history that led up to the development of vaccines. The packet also includes ceremony programs and instructions, and Dr. Hilleman's speech that he gave at the ceremony.
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content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: The Antibody Initiative
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of the Hilleman Family: Lorraine W. Hilleman, Jeryl Lynn Hilleman, and Kirsten Jeanne Hilleman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2017.3081.13
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content: 2017.3081.13
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content: 2017.3081
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content: commemorative materials, vaccine development
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall, materials, as stored: 10 in x 12 in x 3/8 in; 25.4 cm x 30.48 cm x .9525 cm