Administrative files, 1940-1944.

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Administrative files, 1940-1944.

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This series includes correspondence of the director of the Finance Division with counties, health districts of the state, and the U.S. Public Health Service. The correspondence concerns payment for services performed in the counties by county health personnel, budgets for county health programs, and funding for projects handled by the state and federal governments. Also included are financial reports from county health departments, Tennessee Valley Authority budgets 1943 to 1944, and other public health materials.

4 cubic ft. (4 records center cartons).

Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama Department of Archives and History

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Alabama. Dept. of Public Health. Division of Finance.

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