The South Carolina Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Records, 1928-1981, 2.5 cubic feet, documents the activities of the organization. The collection has been arranged into seven series: the Administrative Series, the Committees Series, the Correspondence Series, the Meeting Minutes and Reports Series, the Miscellaneous Series, the Newsletters Series, and the South Carolina Pediatric Society Series. The Administrative Series, 1952-1981, .25 cubic feet, includes financial records, new member applications, member lists, manuals for chairmen, and constitution and by-laws. The series is arranged alphabetically. The Committees Series, 1956-1974, .5 cubic feet, includes files from the Accident Prevention, Executive, Fetus and Newborn, Head Start, Juvenile Delinquency, Newsletter, and School Health Committees of the SCAAP. These records include correspondence between committee members, committee reports, agendas for committee seminars, and committee meeting minutes. The series is arranged alphabetically. The Correspondence Series, 1931-1981, 1 cubic foot, includes the organizations correspondence. Correspondence topics include administrative matters within the organization, meetings, and committee activities. Correspondents include pharmaceutical companies representatives, members of other state chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Joseph I. Waring, and Dr. William Weston, III. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject or correspondent name. The Meeting Minutes and Reports Series, 1958-1974, .25 cubic feet, includes meeting minutes, annual reports of SCAAP, and reports prepared presentation at SCAAP meetings. The series is arranged alphabetically. The Miscellaneous Series, 1959-1976, .25 cubic feet, includes topical files on Title XIX legislation, the White House Conference on Children and Youth, the "Pin Worm Controversy" in South Carolina, training programs, and the American Academy of Pediatrics Postgraduate Training Program at Vanderbilt University. The series also includes files on the Pediatric History Club of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The series is arranged alphabetically. The Newsletters Series, 1959-1971, .25 cubic feet, includes the newsletter published by the SCAAP, as well as copies of newsletters from other state chapters of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The SCAAP newsletter was published monthly. There are gaps in the run, and the bulk of the newsletters are from 1964-1970. The series is arranged alphabetically. The South Carolina Pediatric Society Series, 1928-1974, .25 cubic feet, includes records of that organization. Due to the society having the same members as the SCAAP, many of the activities of both organizations were combined, and the South Carolina Pediatric Society was formally incorporated in the SCAAP in 1970. The records in this series are limited to the South Carolina Pediatric Society. The series is arranged alphabetically.
