Reminiscences of Martha May Eliot : oral history, 1966.

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Reminiscences of Martha May Eliot : oral history, 1966.

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Origins of Public Health Service, Children's Bureau, and Social Security Administration; American Medical Association's role in medical care and insurance programs; public health legislation; Committee on Costs of Medical Care, 1920s; Committee on Economic Security, 1930s; Social Security Act; Wagner-Murray-Dingell health insurance bills; Hill-Burton Bill; first National Health Conference, 1938.

Transcript: 115 leaves.Tape: 3 reels.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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