The HistoryMakers video oral history with Welton Ivan Taylor.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016] |
| Description | 1 online resource (14 video files (6 hr., 46 min., 45 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2003.056 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Taylor, Welton I., 1919-2012, interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Stearns, Scott, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Welton Ivan Taylor |
| Portion of title | Welton Ivan Taylor |
| Abstract | Bacteriologist Welton I. Taylor was born in Birmingham, Alabama on November 12, 1919. He completed his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees in bacteriology at the University of Illinois, taking time between degrees to serve in an all-African American combat unit in World War II. As a young microbiology instructor at his alma mater, Taylor discovered that common antibiotics could treat gangrene and tetanus. In 1954, he helped Chicago meatpacking giant Swift & Company combat an outbreak of salmonella poisoning, developing a standardized solution he exported worldwide. In subsequent years, Taylor was sought out to solve an array of health problems. The Food and Drug Administration continues to rely on methods of bacteria detection he developed. For more than fifty-five years, Taylor contributed to community organizations in the Chicago neighborhood where he lived with his wife, Jayne, whom he married in 1945. The couple had two daughters, Karyn and Shelley. Taylor passed away on November 1, 2012. |
| Credits | Videographer, Scott Stearns. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 March 27. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Chicago, Illinois 2003 May 15. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2003.056 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |