Pamphlets and other printed materials are the products of the activities of numerous charitable and private-sector social welfare organizations; medical and dental professional organizations (such as the American Dental Association, American Public Health Association, the California Nurses Association, California Society for the Promotion of Medical Research, the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the George Williams Hooper Foundation, and the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Association); the food and insurance industries; state and federal offices; religious organizations; and materials collected by social workers or other professionals. Materials topically address: child labor; disease prevention and control; cancer; food and water safety; HIV-AIDS; homeopathic medicine; maternal and child health; medical climatology; mental health; occupational health and safety; recreational fitness; resources for individuals with disabilities; sanataria and treatment facilities; social hygiene; temperance; visiting nurses; and 20th century services for single mothers. Pamphlets and printed materials to be digitized were gifted to or acquired by the collaborating institutions either from the organizations or individuals generating or collecting the publications as part of routine professional activities or via purchase.
2017
Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Ms. Emily Novak Gustainis
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University
Dr. Melissa Grafe
Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale University
1700 - 2000
The majority of the materials were printed and disseminated in the United States; however, across collections, there are occasional publications from the United Kingdom, assorted major European cities, Australia, and South America.