Color slides, ca. 1963-1972.

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Color slides, ca. 1963-1972.

Summary: Color slides of Arizona's Native American villages in conjunction with medical and health education visits by Henry Keneally and his fellow U. S. Health Education and Welfare workers, between 1963 and 1972. Images of Supai Indians show medical care, people, and landscape images of the Havasupai Falls area; images of Hualapai at Peach Springs show medical and education work being carried out. Images of housing and people are present for the Cocopah, White Mountain Apaches, and also a few images of Hopi. There are images of a bridge at Fort Apache; and Navajo sandpainting and weaving in progress. There are also images of a Tohono O'odham village, homes and one image of a dance.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

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United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

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In March 1972 President Richard Nixon called for an "intensive study" and requested a plan for developing a "safe, fast, and efficient nationwide blood collection and distribution system." Nixon's request was the result of several independent events and initiatives throughout the late 1960s that focused on the U.S. lack of an efficient system for maintaining a sufficiently ample, risk-free national blood supply. The primary aim of the policy was to eliminate the nation's dependence on an oft-con...

Keneally, Henry J.

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Biographical note: Health educator; Henry Keneally was born in 1911, received a master's degree in public health in 1951; and in 1956 began work for the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Indian Division in Phoenix, Arizona with responsibilities in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. For 15 years, he was an on-site mentor for field training programs sponsored by the University of California and the Indian Health Service. From the description of Color slides, ca. 19...