A Guide to the Public Health Materials Collection, 1945-1955
A Collection in
University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University
Collection number RU 8.2
Radford University, University Archives, McConnell Library
University ArchivesMcConnell Library
PO Box 6881
801 East Main Street
Radford, VA 24142-6881. USA
Phone: 540-831-5701
Email: archives@radford.edu
URL: https://www.radford.edu/content/library/archives/finding-aids.html
© By Radford University. All rights reserved.
Processed by: Ashley Tussey
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
An appointment for research is required. The collection is open for research. No interlibrary loan.
Use Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Public Health Materials Collection, Radford University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA. Public Health Materials Collection, Accession # RU 8.2, University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University
Acquisition Information
Collected and Donated by Ezma Lee King.
Accruals
No additional accruals are expected.
Custodial History
Materials were collected and donated by Ezma Lee King, who attended Radford during the 1950s. Details of the donation are not known.
Processing Information
Processed by Ashley Tussey, finding aid by Ashley Tussey and Gene Hyde, Winter 2011-12.
Scope and Content
The Public Health Collection contains public health flyers, publications, handouts, and other materials published between 1945-55. Individual items in this four box collection include clippings about topics such as Arthritis from 1949-1953, a booklet entitled So - You are going to drive, and a sectional diagram of the human ear. Also included are a 1954 Health Bulletin titled Sanitary Landfill, Sanitation Training Courses, Tuberculosis Control, Your Family Physician and articles about marriage which include an article entitled The Vice Nobody Talks About .
Topics covered in this collection include marriage, infant care, therapy, nutrition, physical activity, heart, first aid, cheerleading, athletics, arthitis, eyes and ears and cancer. For the full inventory, again, see the link in the abstract.
Arrangement
Materials are housed in four boxes and are arranged in the alphabetical order of the Public Health concern.
Box 1: Public Health Materials, A-F
Box 2: Public Health Materials, G- Medicine
Box 3: Public Health Materials, Menstruation- Respiratory Diseases
Box 4: Public Health Materials, Safety- Venereal Disease