Records. Silvey, F.L.R.-Sinclair, Upton (inclusive), 1911-1976.

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Records. Silvey, F.L.R.-Sinclair, Upton (inclusive), 1911-1976.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning F.L.R. Silvey, a fake psychiatrist, 1930-1931; Simeon Management Corporation, operator of a small chain of weight reduction clinics, 1976; Simmons Institute of Human Relations, a firm which offered programs in human relations, psychology, leadership and the like, 1947-1960; and Upton Sinclair, a famous writer who sometimes interested himself in health matters, 1911-1959.

4 folders.

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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...

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...