Public Health Materials Collection, 1945-1955

Access and use

Location of collection:
Radford University
University Archives
McConnell Library
Radford University
P.O. Box 6881
801 East Main Street
Radford, VA 24142
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Bud Bennett
Phone: (540) 831-5694
Phone: (540) 831-5701
Restrictions:

An appointment for research is required. The collection is open for research. No interlibrary loan.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Public Health Materials Collection, Radford University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA. Public Health Materials Collection, Accession # RU 8.2, University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University

Summary

Extent:
2.0 Linear feet
Creator:
Ezma Lee King
Abstract:
The Public Health Collection contains public health flyers, publications, handouts, and other materials published between 1945-55. See the itemized list and descriptions of these materials in the finding aid inventory.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Public Health Materials Collection, Radford University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA. Public Health Materials Collection, Accession # RU 8.2, University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University

Background

Scope and content:

The Public Health Collection contains public health flyers, publications, handouts, and other materials published between 1945-55. Individual items in this four box collection include clippings about topics such as Arthritis from 1949-1953, a booklet entitled So - You are going to drive, and a sectional diagram of the human ear. Also included are a 1954 Health Bulletin titled Sanitary Landfill, Sanitation Training Courses, Tuberculosis Control, Your Family Physician and articles about marriage which include an article entitled The Vice Nobody Talks About.

Topics covered in this collection include marriage, infant care, therapy, nutrition, physical activity, heart, first aid, cheerleading, athletics, arthitis, eyes and ears and cancer. For the full inventory, again, see the link in the abstract.

Acquisition information:
Collected and Donated by Ezma Lee King.
Custodial history:

Materials were collected and donated by Ezma Lee King, who attended Radford during the 1950s. Details of the donation are not known.

Processing information:

Processed by Ashley Tussey, finding aid by Ashley Tussey and Gene Hyde, Winter 2011-12.

Arrangement:

Materials are housed in four boxes and are arranged in the alphabetical order of the Public Health concern.

Box 1: Public Health Materials, A-F

Box 2: Public Health Materials, G- Medicine

Box 3: Public Health Materials, Menstruation- Respiratory Diseases

Box 4: Public Health Materials, Safety- Venereal Disease

Accruals:

No additional accruals are expected.

Physical location:
Located in locked compact shelving, level 1.
Physical description:
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