White House Conference on Child Health and Protection Records 1909-1950

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White House Conference on Child Health and Protection Records 1909-1950

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The records consist of correspondence, expense statements, memoranda, pamphlets, and reports, relating to the physical and social condition of children in the United States, the status of school health education and health service programs, and proposals for the promotion of child welfare. Reports of the American Child Health Association are included.

150 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 1 scrapbook, 3 linear foot boxes; 64 linear feet

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Hoover Institution Archives

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Hoover Institution Archives

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American Child Health Association

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White House Conference on Child Health and Protection (1930 : Washington, D.C.)

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In 1930 President Hoover gathered professional leaders in a variety of fields to serve on the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection. It evaluated the national state of child care and protection and, through its reports, made recommendations for child welfare services on all governmental levels. Dr. Eugene Lindsay Bishop, 1886-1951, was commissioner of the Tennessee State Health Department in 1930. He served on the conference's Committee on Public Health Organization. ...