Thelma G. Flanagan papers, 1929-1990 (bulk 1942-1978).

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Thelma G. Flanagan papers, 1929-1990 (bulk 1942-1978).

Correspondence, speeches and drafts, clippings, photographs, documents from the Florida Department of Education, and printed materials documenting the history of Florida's state initiatives in the area of child nutrition and the growth of the school lunch program.

4.75 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8065371

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United States. Department of Agriculture

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The United States Department of Agriculture was established in 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln and was elevated to a Cabinet level organization by President Grover Cleveland in 1889. The Department of Agriculture assists farmers and producers of food as well as creating policies and programs related to food distribution and nutrition information. The United States Department of Agriculture controls a number of regional offices through out the continential United States and its territories....

American School Food Service Association

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Organized in 1946 for U.S. school children's access to healthful school meals and nutrition education. From the description of American School Food Service Association newsletters, 1949-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979053 ...

Flanagan, Thelma

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Born Thelma Goodbread in 1907; d. 2002; involved in nutrition programs for the State of Florida since the 1930s; strong advocate of the national drive for professionalism in food services; became Florida's school food service director in 1943; served as school lunch consultant to the USDA; president of the American School Food Service Association; chairman of the Southern States Work Conference Committee; author of numerous publications regarding school feeding programs. From the des...

Florida. Dept. of Education.

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