Records. Cults-Cures, Not Commercialized (inclusive), 1907-1981.

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Records. Cults-Cures, Not Commercialized (inclusive), 1907-1981.

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Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning cults (including astrology), 1974-1981; CUPID'S COLUMNS, a match-maker periodical which carried quackish ads, 1924; "Cure" (a letter from Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley of the Bureau of Chemistry, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, to Samuel Hopkins Adams, discussing the meaning of the word "cure"), 1907; and "Cures, not commercialized" (various "cures" for disease submitted by the general public), 1926-1974.

0.7 cubic ft. (3 boxes).

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association,James S. Todd Memorial Library

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American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration originated as part of the Dept. of Agriculture. In 1940, it was transferred to the Federal Security Agency, where it remained until 1953, when it became part of the newly created Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare. When the educational functions of this Department were separated to form the Dept. of Education in 1976, the remaining agencies, including the FDA, became the Dept. of Health and Human Services. From the description of Records. Foo...

Wiley, Harvey Washington, 1844-1930

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Adams, Samuel Hopkins, 1871-1958

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Author and journalist. Adams was an important member of the staffs of McClure's and Colliers magazines during the muckraking days. He was active in exposing medical frauds and instrumental in bringing about the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906). Adams used fictional settings in a long series of novels dealing with the American background and exploring issues such as dishonest journalism (The Clarion, 1914) and the Harding Administration scandals (Revelry, 1926). He also wrote the Average Jones stori...