Records, 1923-1959

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Records, 1923-1959

The National Committtee on Maternal Health Records chronicle the activities, research, publications, and projects of the National Committee on Maternal Health. The collection also includes records from the Committee on Maternal Health, the organization's name before changing to the National Committee on Maternal Health in 1930. The collection consists of agendas, minutes of executive committee and board of directors’ meetings, annual reports, reports of officers, memoranda, and secretary’s correspondence for the years 1923 to 1955; the records also include some correspondence of executive directors, of Robert Latou Dickinson, and other committee members.

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Dickinson, Robert L

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National Committee on Maternal Health

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Clinic Group

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Maternal Health, Inc. General Journal

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N.Y. Obstetrical Society

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