Records. American Press League-American Protective Medical Fraternity (inclusive), 1920-1973.

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Records. American Press League-American Protective Medical Fraternity (inclusive), 1920-1973.

Correspondence, clippings, articles, and promotional materials dealing with the American Press League (a syndicate supplying educational copy to newspapers), 1922; American Professional Practice Association (financial advisers to physicians), 1965-1973; American Progressive Medical Association (an "alternative" medical society), 1923-1931; and American Protective Medical Fraternity (a group seeking to enhance physicians' access to alcoholic beverages for prescription purposes), 1920-1963.

4 folders.

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