Papers, 1875-1944.

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Papers, 1875-1944.

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Medical papers of Dr. Cornelius A. Harper, Madison, Wis., a member of the Wisconsin State Board of Health (1901-1951), president of the Dane County Medical Society in 1907, and president of the State Medical Society in 1931. The collection consists of personal and official correspondence and an extensive history of the State Board of Health and Harper's work there prepared by Harper in 1924. The early correspondence, 1875-1891, consists of files of Dr. James T. Reeve, Secretary of the State Board of Health, which give information on the formative years and development of the board. The papers for 1915 pertain to Dr. Harper's opposition to the legislative bill No. 704A, providing for the abolition of the State Board of Health and several other state agencies and delegation of their functions to the Board of Public Welfare. The papers after 1928 pertain chiefly to a project for the collection of pictures and biographical sketches of all the past and current members of the State Board of Health.

0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6848150

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Harper, Cornelius A., 1864-1951,

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Reeve, James Theodore, 1834-1906

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Wisconsin. State Board of Health

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The State Board of Health was created by the Wisconsin Legislature in 1876 (Chapter 366). With the reorganization of state agencies in 1967, the functions of the State Board of Health were incorporated into the new Department of Health and Social Services (WIHV85-A674) in the Division of Health (WIHV85-A364). The policy-making body also known as the State Board of Health became the Council on Health (WIHV85-A480). The activities of the Board of Health fell into two major...