Eugene L. Bishop White House Conference on Child Health and Protection collection, 1929-1931.

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Eugene L. Bishop White House Conference on Child Health and Protection collection, 1929-1931.

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Contains materials pertinent to Dr. Bishop's role in the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection in 1930, including minutes from meetings of the Committee on Public Health Organization and its subcommittees, 1929-1930. There are general reports on public health as well as the official report of the Committee on Public Health Organization and supporting data, 1930-1931. A program and the official proceedings of the conference, 1930-1931, augment the collection. Public Health Service and Administration. Correspondents include Haven Emerson and Joseph W. Mountin. Bishop was chairman of the Committee on Public Health Organization.

0.84 linear ft. (2 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6825391

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Mountin, Joseph W. (Joseph Walter), 1891-1952

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Joseph Walter Mountin (1891-1952) was born and educated in Wisconsin. He received his medical degree from Marquette University School of Medicine in 1914. During World War I he joined the U.S. Public Health Service. Mountin was special assistant to the commissioner of the Tennessee State Health Department from 1927 to 1931. During the 1930s he worked in and eventually became director of the PHS Office of Studies of Public Health Methods. In 1946, while director of the PHS's States Relations Divi...

Bishop, E. L. (Eugene Lindsay), 1886-

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Historical Sketch: 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 Organiz...

Emerson, Haven, 1874-1957

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Physician. From the description of Reminiscences of Haven Emerson : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309730504 ...