Guide to the Tompkins County Health Association Records,
1915-1968.

Collection Number: 2921

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
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EAD encoding:
Martin Heggestad, April 2004

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Tompkins County Health Association records, 1915-1968.
Collection Number:
2921
Creator:
Tompkins County Health Association.
Quantity:
3 cubic ft.
Forms of Material:
Correspondence, reports, histories, newsletters, pamphlets, minutes, notebooks, annual reports, programs, personnel records, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper articles.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes correspondence, reports, histories of local health associations, newsletters, pamphlets, minutes, notebooks, annual reports, programs, personnel records, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper articles.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes correspondence, reports, histories of local health associations, newsletters, pamphlets, minutes, notebooks, annual reports, programs, personnel records, photographs, scrapbooks, and newspaper articles.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Tompkins County Health Association.

Subjects:
Health.
Public health--New York (State)--Tompkins County.

Places:
Tompkins County (N.Y.)--Politics and government.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Tompkins County Health Association records, #2921. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Histories
Notes on Origin and History of the Ithaca Tuberculosis Association - correspondence, reports - 1917-1925, 1936-1937, 1939-1942
Box 1 Folder 1
Correspondents: Livingston Farrand, Mrs. V.D. Morse, Mrs. E.H. Zellar, R.D. Fear, Dr. Luzerne Coville, F.D. Boynton; Ithaca Tuberculosis Association, Ithaca Public Schools Board of Education, Department of Health, State of N.Y.
History of the Tompkins County Health Association - history, resume, report, correspondence, agenda for meetings, lists of members, biography - 1942-1947, 1949, 1952-1957
Box 1 Folder 2
Correspondents: Paul Gerhardt, Herman Biggs, J. Nelbach; American Cancer Society
Voluntary Health Agencies - History & Accomplishments - pamphlets, reports, speech, memo - 1950-1955, 1965
Box 1 Folder 3
Correspondent: A.W. Osborn
History of Tuberculosis - newsletter, pamphlets, history - 1945-1952
Box 1 Folder 4
Correspondents: Henry Brooks Parker; NYS Department of Health
Minutes
Ithaca Tuberculosis Association - minutes book - 1915-1916
Box 1 Folder 5
Tompkins County Tuberculosis and Public Health Association - minutes, correspondence - 1946-1949
Box 1 Folder 6
Minutes - 1958-1963
Box 1 Folder 7
Alphabetical files
Annual Reports - programs, pamphlets, reports - 1938-1962, 1964-1967
Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondents: Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Association, Cancer Society
Association Letter Kit - report, directory, minute - 1941-1942, 1956-1957
Box 1 Folder 9
Correspondent: American Heart Association
Biggs Hospital Service Committee - minutes of meeting, annual report, ms. letters - 1948-1952
Box 1 Folder 10
Bulletins - bulletins, correspondence, ms. report, pamphlets, minutes, volume unbound - 1942-1954
Box 1 Folder 11
Christmas Seal Sale, 1945-1946 - citation, correspondence, printed, sample letters - 1943-1962
Box 1 Folder 12
Correspondence - correspondence, ms. letters, telegram, personnel records, information blank - 1946-1952, 1954-1957, 1960
Box 1 Folder 13
Correspondents: Dr. H.H. Crum, Prof. S.W. Landon, John L. Wallace, Mr. G.L. Welbach, Clayton Weber; State Committee on Tuberculosis & Public Health, Rochester Chamber of Commerce, Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Association
Friendship Committee - Minutes - correspondence, mss. letters, minutes of meeting - 1950-1952
Box 1 Folder 14
Correspondent: Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Association
Hospital Service Committee - Minutes - report, pamphlet, letter, minutes, mss. notes - 1951, 1954-1956
Box 1 Folder 15
Correspondents: R.W. Osborn; Health Association of Tompkins County
Loan Closet - Mr. Rice - report, pamphlet, loan closet lists - 1960-1968
Box 1 Folder 16
Nominating Committee 1961, Mrs. Kelly - mss notes, correspondence, lists of members, Ithaca Journal articles - 1958-1964
Box 1 Folder 17
Correspondents: Mrs. Kelly; Health Association of Tompkins County
Photographs - 1937-1938, 1953-1962, 1964-1965
Box 1 Folder 19
Scrapbooks
Newspaper articles - 1920-1934
Box 2 Volume 1
Newspaper articles - 1931-1940
Box 2 Volume 2
Scrapbook of Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Association - newspaper articles - 1941-1943
Box 2 Volume 3
Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Association, 101 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca, N.Y. 14850 - newspaper articles - 1943-1946
Box 2 Volume 4
Hospital Service Committee of Biggs Memorial Hospital - photos, minutes, reports, pamphlets, typed letters - 1944-1948
Box 2 Volume 5
Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Association - newspaper articles - 1946-1949
Box 2 Volume 6
Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Association - correspondence, pamphlets, minutes, photos, newspaper articles - 1946-1950
Box 3 Volume 1
Newspaper articles, pamphlets, photos - 1950-1951
Box 3 Volume 2
Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Association - paper, newspaper articles - 1952-1953
Box 3 Volume 3
Tompkins County Tuberculosis & Public Health Assn., Inc. - newspaper articles - 1952-1953
Box 3 Volume 4
Newspaper articles - 1951-1959
Box 3 Volume 5
Christmas Seal Sale, 1952 - newpaper articles - 1952-1956
Box 3 Volume 6
Newspaper articles - 1956
Box 3 Volume 7
Newspaper articles, photo - 1956-1958
Box 3 Volume 8
Heart clippings - newspaper articles - 1958-1960
Box 3 Volume 9
Christmas Seals & Tuberculosis - newspaper articles - 1958-1960
Box 3 Volume 10
Health Clippings - newspaper articles - 1960
Box 3 Volume 11