General records, 1916-1979.

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General records, 1916-1979.

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General records of the bureau and its predecessor, the Bureau of Child and Maternal Health, relating to its broad public health responsibilities for maternal and child health, mental health, mental retardation, and school health. Included are correspondence, memoranda, narrative and statistical staff reports, minutes, writings, radio talks, informational materials, and photographs. The photographs consist primarily of publicity photographs of Amy Louise Hunter as well as images of child rearing activities during the 1930s and 1940s and parenting classes.

9.0 c.f. (9 record center cartons) and244 photographs (1 archives box); plusadditions of 2.8 c.f.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6925761

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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