Letter, 1919.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Letter, 1919.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122380427

Letter, 1919 Aug. 23, from Harris, in Washington, D.C., "to the Members of the Alabama State Legislature", urging them to enact legislation presented by the Ala. Board of Health in order "to carry on the work of disease prevention in Ala.", especially to prevent outbreaks of typhoid fever, malaria, hookworm, small-pox, diptheria, scarlet fever, influenza and pneumonia. He pleads especially on behalf of the poor and the young.

l item.

Alabama Department of Archives and History

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6696644

Alabama Department of Archives and History

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

Harris, Seale, 1870-1957

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr0xgw (person)

Harris was born in Cedartown, Polks Co., Ga., on 1870 Mar. 13, to Dr. Charles Hooks and Margaret (Monk) Harris. He received his M.D. degree from the University of Va. in 1894, and did post-graduate work at Johns Hopkins, specializing in internal diseases. He practiced medicine at Union Springs, Bullock Co., Ala. in 1894, and subsequently was the health officer for that county for eight years. Among other accomplishments, he accepted the chair of practice of medicine at the Medical College of Ala...

Alabama. Legislature

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w690629r (corporateBody)

A plank road or puncheon is a dirt path or road covered with a series of planks, similar to the wooden sidewalks one would see in a Western movie. Plank roads were very popular in Ontario, the U.S. Northeast and U.S. Midwest in the first half of the 19th century. From the guide to the Alabama Legislature petition MSS. 0039., 1849, (W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama) Authorities: Alabama Legislature. Acts of Alabama. Pl...

Alabama State Board of Health

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vx5x0z (corporateBody)