Records. American Public Health Association-American Rescue Workers (inclusive), 1919-1959.

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Records. American Public Health Association-American Rescue Workers (inclusive), 1919-1959.

Correspondence and promotional materials concerning the American Public Health Association, 1919-1954; American Public Relations Forum (promoting publications attacking psychiatry), 1959; American Rally (a right-wing anti-AMA organization), 1954-56; and American Rescue Workers, Inc. (operators of a home for unwed mothers), 1958. The American Rally materials also include copies of the organization's newspaper (also called AMERICAN RALLY), 1955-56.

4 folders.

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