Summary Information
Wisconsin Lung Association Records
1907-1978
- Wisconsin Lung Association
Mss 772; Micro 1169; PH 3869; PH 3870; PH 3871; PH 3872; PH 4583; PH 4990; PH Mss 772; M92-260; M94-106; M97-246; M98-137
6.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 5 record center cartons), 15 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 450 photographs, 9 negatives, and 51 posters; plus additions of 1.5 c.f.
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of the Wisconsin Lung Association (WLA), a state voluntary health organization formed in 1908 as the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association and renamed the Wisconsin Tuberculosis and Lung Disease Association in 1969 and the Wisconsin Lung Association in 1973. Included are historical materials; executive board and staff minutes; administrative subject files; reference material concerning association employees and Wisconsin sanatoriums; correspondence with local associations and minutes of the Wisconsin Sanatorium Trustees Association and the Milwaukee and Wisconsin Council of Come Back Clubs; and publications.
English
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Biography/History
The origins of the Wisconsin Lung Association date to work even before the turn of the twentieth century to treat and prevent pulmonary tuberculosis in Wisconsin. These efforts included research at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture on bovine tuberculosis; a revitalized State Board of Health; and a crusading commitment on the part of various legislators, physicians, and concerned citizens.
Due in part to these activities, in 1903 Governor La Follette appointed a Tuberculosis Study Commission. The commission's 1905 report in turn led to the establishment of the State Sanatorium at Statesan in 1907. Also contributing to heightened public awareness of the efforts to combat tuberculosis was an exhibit from the National Tuberculosis Association which was viewed by over 53,000 people in Milwaukee in 1906.
In 1908 Governor Davidson appointed a Wisconsin Committee to the International Congress of Tuberculosis. The committee returned from Washington, D.C. determined to carry on the work. They met in Milwaukee on October 28, 1908 and formed the Wisconsin Anti-Tuberculosis Association (WATA). In that year, the first year in which its reports were judged to be accurate, Wisconsin had 2,500 tuberculosis deaths, making it the highest single cause of death in the state.
Armed with an $8,000 budget as its portion of the sale of the national association's Christmas Seals, the association was able to develop an active program which revealed its broad understanding of the health care problem that tuberculosis then posed. This level of activity was in part a function of the personal leadership of Dr. Hoyt Dearholt, who served as executive director from 1908 to 1939 and who was also a leader in the national association. Under his guidance, the association focused its work on education. An example of the early emphasis on public education was the establishment in 1910 of The Crusader, a monthly journal and the oldest such publication of the tuberculosis movement. Other aspects of the early educational program included public lectures, the “Crusade of the Double Red Cross” to teach good health habits to school children, exhibits, films, the publication of educational material, and the distribution of press releases. Related to the educational work were surveys of actual health care conditions and investigations of the practices of physicians treating cases of tuberculosis. In 1911 the WATA survey of Dunn County revealed for the first time that tuberculosis conditions in rural areas were worse than in cities.
Rather than attempting to provide direct health care services, from its earliest days WATA worked for legislation to enable state and local governments to provide these needed services. As a result, WATA had a prominent role in the passage of legislation in 1911 which enabled counties to establish sanatoriums. At the time there were only two sanatoriums in existence in Wisconsin in addition to the State Sanitarium. In the ensuing ten years, twelve sanatoriums were established. In 1913 WATA was active in the passage of legislation which allowed counties to hire visiting nurses. WATA also worked for the establishment of a state rehabilitation camp at Lake Tomahawk in 1913. Later it contributed to the passage of Wisconsin's notable free care law.
Similarly, in its case-finding efforts WATA concentrated on focused, demonstration projects rather than a broad program of direct services. After World War I revealed a high incidence of tuberculosis among apparently healthy young men, WATA launched a program of traveling clinics to identify additional unsuspected cases. During the 1920s it began programs of clinics aimed at special audiences which had death rates from tuberculosis which were much higher than the general population: Indians in 1921, industrial workers in 1924, and Milwaukee Blacks in 1928. During the 1930s WATA began tuberculin testing demonstration projects. In 1936 the program to uncover cases was improved with the beginning of a portable x-ray. Even after the State Board of Health established a Tuberculosis Division which offered direct services to a large population WATA continued its specialized demonstration efforts.
Another prominent characteristic of the Wisconsin association dating to its founding was the establishment of a strong central organization with a professional staff. Unlike most state associations, Wisconsin passed a relatively small portion of the Christmas Seal funds back to local associations. As early as 1919 WATA had twenty professional and twelve clerical employees.
By the 1950s success in treating tuberculosis with a program that variously included surgery, antibiotics, and rest had led to a remarkable decline in the death rate, and several sanatoriums including the State Hospital at Statesan and Lake Tomahawk State Camp were closed for lack of patients. The incidence of disease among certain segments of the population remained high, however, and WATA turned its attention to these groups. In 1962 the association's focus on tuberculosis control turned to eradication with the introduction of its KO-TB (Knock Out Tuberculosis) program.
As the threat of tuberculosis continued to recede, the association adopted the larger cause of respiratory and lung disease. Reflecting this change, in 1969 the association changed its name to the Wisconsin Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association. In 1973 it became the Wisconsin Lung Association.
Scope and Content Note
Little is known about the provenance of the Original Collection, as a representative of the Archives did not have the opportunity to survey its condition at WLA headquarters prior to donation to the Society in 1981. As a result, it is not known if the collection represents all of the historical records then in existence, or if it was only the material which the association wished to donate at the time. A large portion of the donated material received appears to have been collected and arranged for reference purposes and to have been stored in the association's library. Even a number of the files containing correspondence and other materials normally more characteristic of administrative working files rather than library material bear evidence of having been been part of the library holdings.
Taken as a whole, the records are very incomplete, and few of the administrative departments are represented in the collection. The collection is organized as historical material, administrative records, subject files, sanatorium files, employee files, local and regional files, records of subsidiary organizations, and publications. It includes minutes, correspondence, reports, charts, photographs, publications and publicity.
The HISTORICAL MATERIAL consists of brief, published and unpublished histories and selected original documents of a related character. A longer published history, The House of the Open Door, written by Harold Holand for the 50th anniversary of the Wisconsin Lung Association in 1958 is available in the Society Library. In the employee files is Louise Fenton Brand's lengthy manuscript history which Holand used in preparing his book.
The ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS include several revised articles of incorporation and extensive runs of minutes of meetings of the board of directors and its executive committee, 1908-1969; its staff (later issued as a mimeographed publication known as This is What Happened and Staff Meeting Forum), mainly 1924-1977; and its department heads, 1943-1969. The executive board minutes were loaned to the Historical Society for filming, after which the originals were returned to the donor. In 1989 the staff minutes were also filmed because of the deteriorating physical condition of the earlier part of this series. (Selected older materials elsewhere in the collection were also filmed at the same time.) The staff minutes are an extremely useful resource, containing detailed information not only on the activities of the association but also of other tuberculosis efforts around the state. Except for a few items from 1919, the minutes prior to 1924 are nonexistent; gaps also exist for the period 1933-1938, 1964, and 1974. The inclusion in the collection of minutes of both a voluntary organization's board of directors and its professional staff warrants special note, as it provides an unusual research resource for students of organizational behavior and administration.
The alphabetically-arranged SUBJECT FILES, as noted above, are of mixed provenance, including reference material and working files. Although the files incompletely cover the association's history and activities, there are significant files here created by Hoyt Dearholt on programs dating from the 1920s and 1930s concerning Indians, children, and other topics. Coverage of concern with the health of Milwaukee blacks, which also dated to the 1920s but which begins in the collection in 1938, includes information on the work of the Volunteer Committee and on several initiatives begun during the urban unrest of the late 1960s. Also of interest are files on the participation of various Wisconsin people in the Mississippi Valley Conference of Tuberculosis (a complete transcript of proceedings is included for the 1926 conference) and the Pembine Therapy conferences, and information on WATA programs for dealing with Selective Service rejectees during World War II. (A similar program concerning World War I is not represented in the papers.) Also included here is a file of letters exchanged between Hoyt Dearholt and librarian Frank A. Hutchins, a leader in WATA.
The STAFF FILES and the SANATORIUM FILES are alphabetical reference files, and it is possible that both may have been collected by Holand for his research work. In the employee files are biographical clippings, writings, memorabilia, correspondence, and minutes, as well as an early directory of WATA employees. For Metta Bean, Hoyt Dearholt, Oscar Lotz, and Frank Reich there is also information here on the memorials established in their honor. For Bean, Dearholt, and Lotz these files consist of information on the annual lectures which bore their names. For Reich, who headed Lake Tomahawk State Camp for the rehabilitation of former patients, there are minutes, correspondence, and financial files on the loan program established to aid recovering patients. Writings filed in this series include Louise Fenton Brand's lengthy unpublished manuscript on the WATA and a large quantity of reprints of medical articles by Dearholt and Lotz. The files on Will Ross include a copy of his influential, privately-printed book, My Personal Experience with Tuberculosis (which is not included in his own papers); an unpublished manuscript, “Captain White Plague”; and some circular letters of his hospital supply company, Will Ross, Inc. A file of photographic portraits of many of these individuals is available in the SHSW Visual and Sound Archives.
The SANATORIUM FILES contain similar material relating to Wisconsin's twenty-two public and private tuberculosis sanatoriums. Included are miscellaneous reports, surveys of facilities, patient handbooks, clippings, photographs, and historical miscellany, all primarily covering the period from the late 1930s through the early 1950s. For River Pines, there is also an extensive scrapbook of advertising material, 1908-1929, sent to Dearholt in his capacity as a founder of that institution. Annual reports of the county-run institutions originally included in this file have been removed from the collection and are available in the documents section of the SHSW Library. Articles from The Crusader, which is an excellent historical resource and which is also available in the SHSW Library, were also weeded from the files. Photographs originally included in these series are available in the Visual Material Archives.
Files on the SUBSIDIARY ORGANIZATIONS concern the Come Back Clubs, which were established to aid in the rehabilitation of patients, and the Wisconsin Sanatorium Trustees Association. The Come Back Clubs, the first of which was established in 1942, were evidence of the emphasis that Wisconsin placed upon rehabilitation. The collection contains minutes of the Milwaukee Club and the Wisconsin Council of Come Back Clubs and mimeographed bulletins concerning club activities around the state. The WSATA was one of several organizations by which WATA worked to improve medical conditions in Wisconsin's sanatoriums. The WSTA is documented by a run of minutes, 1931-1974.
The LOCAL AND REGIONAL FILES, which are arranged alphabetically by locality, are quite incomplete covering only cities and counties beginning with the letters L through W. Nevertheless, the files do provide a glimpse of the activities of loabetically by locality, are quite incomplete covering only cities and counties beginning with the letters L through W. Nevertheless, the files do provide a glimpse of the activities of local organizations, which were given greater emphasis later in the association's life, and of the the work of the Qualification and Contracts Committee and the Local Associations and Volunteer Services office.
The PUBLICATIONS series includes representation of most association publications except for The Crusader, one of the oldest such journals of its type, which is available in the Society Library. Included are publications for children and for workers in WATA's educational and social work programs; “county strips,” which summarized data on the incidence of tuberculosis in Wisconsin by county; Target TB, which concerned the activities of local associations; handbooks on services provided by the state organization, reports of studies and surveys including the important study of Dunn County in 1911; brochures published or distributed by WATA; and posters.
Arrangement of the Materials
This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 5 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.
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Part 1 (Mss 772, Micro 1169, PH 3869, PH 3870, PH 3871, PH 3872, PH 4583, PH 4990, PH Mss 772): Original Collection, 1907-1978
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Part 2 (M92-260): Additions, 1970-1975
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Part 3 (M94-106): Additions, 1931-1944 and 1946-1956
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Part 4 (M97-246): Additions, circa 1954-1972
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Part 5 (M98-137): Additions, 1927-1930
Administrative/Restriction Information
Original Collection presented by the Wisconsin Lung Association, 1951-1981; Additions presented by the Wisconsin Lung Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; the State Medical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin; and one accession separated from the Herbert A. Jacobs Papers. Accession Number: M81-334, M92-260, M94-106, M97-246, M98-137
Original Collection processed by Carolyn J. Mattern, 1990.
Contents List
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Mss 772
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Part 1 (Mss 772, Micro 1169, PH 3869, PH 3870, PH 3871, PH 3872, PH 4583, PH 4990, PH Mss 772): Original Collection, 1907-1978
6.8 c.f. (5 archives boxes and 5 record center cartons), 15 reels of microfilm (35 mm), 450 photographs, 9 negatives, and 51 posters
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Series: Historical Material
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Box
1
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1-3
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Histories
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PH 3871
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Photographs of general activities and personalities
83 photographs
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Mss 772
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Series: Administrative Records
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Box
1
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4
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Articles of incorporation, 1924-1942
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Box
1
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5-7
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Annual reports, 1911, 1931-1970
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Micro 1169
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Minutes
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Reel
1
Frame
1
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Annual membership meetings, 1911-1969
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Board of Directors and Executive Committee meetings
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Reel
1
Frame
409
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Minute book (and draft history at frame 504), 1908-1913
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Reel
1
Frame
538
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1911 June-1927
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Reel
2
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1928-1942
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Reel
3
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1943-1946 June
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Reel
4
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1946 August-1952 June
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Reel
5
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1952 September-1958
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Reel
6
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1959-1969
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Staff meetings
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Reel
7
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1919, 1924-1931
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Reel
8
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1932-1944
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Reel
9
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1945-1952 April
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Reel
10
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1952 May-1955
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Reel
11
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1956-1959
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Reel
12
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1960-1964
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Reel
13
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1965-1970
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Reel
14
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1971-1978
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Mss 772
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Department heads meetings
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Box
1
Folder
8-9
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1945-1953
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Box
2
Folder
1
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1954-1969
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Series: Subject Files
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Air quality workshop
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Box
2
Folder
9-10
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Anniversary events, 1958
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Annual meeting brochures, 1950-1957
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Box
2
Folder
12
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Budgets, 1940-1968
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Box
3
Folder
1-5
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Budgets, 1940-1968 (continued)
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Box
3
Folder
6
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Building, 1924-1926, undated
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Micro 1169
Reel
14
Frame
571
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Children's work, 1925-1934, undated
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Mss 772
Box
3
Folder
7
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Christmas seals, 1908-1936, undated
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Box
3
Folder
8
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Clinic costs, 1924-1942
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Box
3
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9
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Double-barred cross, 1924, 1936, 1954
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Diagnosis, 1936
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Exhibits
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Box
3
Folder
11-14
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circa 1914
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PH 3869
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Early photographic exhibit of tuberculosis work in other states (dismantled)
47 photographs
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Mss 772
Box
3
Folder
15
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Exhibit correspondence, 1907
: Dearholt file
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Box
3
Folder
16
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Free care law, 1944-1945, 1970
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Box
3
Folder
17
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Girls' health program, 1932
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Box
3
Folder
18-19
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Hutchins, Frank, 1908-1913
: Dearholt file
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Micro 1169
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Indians
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Reel
14
Frame
777
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1921-1929
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Reel
14
Frame
689
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1929-1932
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Mss 772
Box
3
Folder
20-23
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Inner city project, 1967-1973
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Box
3
Folder
24
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International Congress of Tuberculosis, 1908
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Box
3
Folder
25
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Lotz Library holdings, undated
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Box
3
Folder
26-27
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Medical social work, 1946-1956
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Box
3
Folder
28
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Migrant worker project, 1971
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Box
3
Folder
29
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Milwaukee mass x-ray survey, 1947-1948
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Box
3
Folder
30
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Milwaukee projects report, 1932
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Box
3
Folder
31
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Miscellaneous papers and speeches, 1928-1930, undated
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Mississippi Valley Conference of Tuberculosis
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Box
3
Folder
32
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Evaluation Committee report, 1966
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Box
3
Folder
33-34
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Wisconsin meetings, 1960, 1970
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Speeches by Wisconsin members
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Box
3
Folder
35-36
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1926
: Complete transcript.
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Box
3
Folder
37
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1930-1949
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Box
3
Folder
38
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National Tuberculosis Association convention, 1955
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Box
3
Folder
39
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Nursing conferences, 1957-1966, undated
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Box
3
Folder
40
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Nursing organization, 1962-1971
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Nursing organization, 1962-1971 (continued)
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Nursing Service reports, 1931-1932
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Box
4
Folder
3
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Operation KO-TB, 1964
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Box
4
Folder
4
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Orphanage study, 1932-1933
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Box
4
Folder
5-7
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Pembine Therapy conferences, 1950-1965
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Box
4
Folder
8-9
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Public health service grant, 1968
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Puerto Rican program, 1953
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Rehabilitation, 1947, undated
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Reorganization, 1970-1971
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Box
4
Folder
13
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Rescue Mission project, 1957
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Sanitarium Relationships Committee, 1953-1954
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Box
4
Folder
15
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Sanatoriums-Miscellany, 1932-1948, undated
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Micro 1169
Reel
14
Frame
927
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Selective Service rejectees, 1940-1946, 1952
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Mss 772
Box
4
Folder
16
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Stevens Point High School study, 1931-1935
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Surgical costs study, 1953
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Micro 1169
Reel
14
Frame
631
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TB tests and x-rays, 1927-1932
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Mss 772
Box
4
Folder
18
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X-rays, undated
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Volunteer Committee, 1939-1948
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Box
4
Folder
20
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Welfare recipients project, 1964-1971, undated
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Series: Staff Files
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Micro 1169
Reel
15
Frame
1
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Directory of biographical information, undated
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Mss 772
Box
4
Folder
21-27
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Anderson, Elmer-Bradley, Otto
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Brand, Louise Fenton
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Box
4
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28
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General file
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Box
4
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29-31
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History of WATA
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Box
4
Folder
32-43
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Broecker, Fred H.-Dearholt, Edith
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Dearholt, Hoyt
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Box
4
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44-45
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Biographical information
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Box
4
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46
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Condolence letters, 1939
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Box
4
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47
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Dearholt Days lectures, 1939-1972
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Box
4
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48
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Writings
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Box
5
Folder
1-20
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Dietrichson, Levina-Neupert, Carl N.
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Lotz, Oscar
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Box
5
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21
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General
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Box
5
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22
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Memorial Fund, 1953-1955
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Box
5
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23-27
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Noll, Loraine-Reber, Louis
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Reich, Frank A
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Box
5
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28
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General
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Memorial Fund
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Box
5
Folder
29-30
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Correspondence, 1947-1954
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Box
5
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31-32
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Minutes, 1949-1963
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Ross, Will
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Box
5
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33
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General
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Writings
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Box
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34
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General, 1911-1949
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Micro 1169
Reel
15
Frame
196
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“Captain White Plague,” undated
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Mss 772
Box
5
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35-48
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Sandburg, Carl-Van Kooy, Cornelia
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Series: Sanatorium Files
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PH 3872
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Photographs of Wisconsin sanatoriums
102 photographs
: Sanitoriums include Blue Mound, Forest Lawn, Greenfield, Hickory Grove, Lakeview, Maplecrest, Middle River, Morningside, Mount View, Muirdale, Pinehurst, Pure Air, Rocky Knoll, Sunny Rest, River Pines, Oak, and Oak Forest. Images show grounds, buildings, staff, patients, and activities.
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Mss 772
Box
5
Folder
49
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General directories and guides, 1937, undated
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Box
5
Folder
50
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Blue Mound, undated
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Box
5
Folder
51
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Evergreen, 1966-1968
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Box
5
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52
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Forest Lawn, 1950-1956
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Box
5
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53
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Green County, 1938-1939
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Box
5
Folder
54
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Lake Tomahawk State Camp, circa 1919-1957
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PH 4583, PH 4583 (3)
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Photographs
105 photographs
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Mss 772
Box
5
Folder
55
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Lake View, 1962-1965, undated
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Box
5
Folder
56
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Maple Crest, 1936-1940
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Box
5
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57
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Middle River, 1931-1965
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Box
5
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58
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Morningside, 1931-1975, undated
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Box
5
Folder
59
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Mount View, 1941-1950, undated
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Box
5
Folder
60
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Mount Washington, 1940-1950, undated
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Box
5
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61
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Muirdale, 1938-1961, undated
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Box
5
Folder
62
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Oak, 1943
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Box
5
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63
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Oak Forest, 1940-1950, undated
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Box
5
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64
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Parkland, 1948-1958
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Box
5
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65
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Pinehurst, 1919-1969
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Box
5
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66
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Pureair, 1940-1975, undated
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Box
5
Folder
67
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River Pines, 1914-1971
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Box
6
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River Pines Sanatorium scrapbook, 1908-1929
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Box
7
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1
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River View, 1960-1969
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Rocky Knoll, 1926-1967
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Box
7
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3
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Sunnyview, 1950-1960, undated
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PH 4990
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Photographs
57 photographs
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Mss 772
Box
7
Folder
4
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Willowbrook, 1949-1959, undated
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Wisconsin State Sanatorium (Statesan), 1939-1953, undated
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PH 3870
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Photographs
56 photographs and 9 negatives
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Mss 772
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Series: Local and Regional Files
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Ladysmith, 1962-1970
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Neenah, 1954-1969
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Box
7
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8
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New Richmond, 1959-1969
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Box
7
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9
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Oneida County, 1970-1971
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Box
7
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10
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Oshkosh, 1958-1968
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Box
7
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11
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Outagamie County, 1955-1970
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Box
7
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12
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Pierce County, 1957-1969
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Box
7
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13
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Portage, 1916-1969
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Box
7
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14
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Portage County, 1970-1971
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Box
7
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15
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Price County, 1969-1970
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Box
7
Folder
16-17
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Racine, 1969-1970
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Box
7
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18-20
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River Falls, 1958-1969
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Box
7
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21
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Richland Center, 1959-1969
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Box
7
Folder
22
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Richland County, 1970-1971
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Box
7
Folder
23
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Rhinelander, 1968-1969
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Box
7
Folder
24
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Rice Lake, 1952-1970
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Box
7
Folder
25
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Ripon, 1959-1969
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Box
7
Folder
26-32
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Rock County, 1954-1971
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Box
7
Folder
33-34
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Rusk County, 1954-1971
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Box
7
Folder
35-37
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Waukesha County, 1954-1970
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Waukesha County, 1954-1970 (continued)
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Wood County, 1957-1970
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Box
8
Folder
3
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North Central Regional Council, 1968-1969
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Box
8
Folder
4
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North East Regional Council, 1966-1969
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Series: Subsidiary Organizations
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Come Back Clubs
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Box
8
Folder
5
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Background and historical material, 1945-1953, undated
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Box
8
Folder
6-7
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Minutes of Milwaukee club, 1942-1956
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Box
8
Folder
8-9
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Minutes of Wisconsin Council of Come Back Clubs, 1946-1955
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Box
8
Folder
10
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Correspondence, 1942-1943, 1953-1956
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Box
8
Folder
11-14
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Bulletin, 1944-1957
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Box
8
Folder
15
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Rehabilitation Center Committee, 1952-1953
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Box
8
Folder
16-27
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Wisconsin Sanatorium Trustees Association, Minutes, 1931-1974
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Series: Publications
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Micro 1169
Reel
15
Frame
388
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County strips, 1935-1969
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Mss 772
Box
8
Folder
28
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Health Education Bulletin, 1932
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Box
8
Folder
29
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Junior Crusader, 1932-1933, 1952-1957
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Junior Crusader, 1932-1933, 1952-1957 (continued)
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Box
9
Folder
2
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One Page Only, 1947-1961
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Patients First, 1932
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Box
9
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4
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Resources and services handbooks
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Box
9
Folder
5-6
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Pamphlets
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Box
9
Folder
7
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Pamphlets distributed by WATA
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PH Mss 772
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Posters issued by NTA and distributed by WATA
: These posters are shelved as regular size materials and also 3, 5, and 7 sizes.
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Micro 1169
Reel
15
Frame
423
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Public Health Is Public Wealth, 1936-1945
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Mss 772
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Reports of research studies
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Dunn County, 1911
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Box
10
Folder
1
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1927-1929
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Box
10
Folder
2-3
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1930s
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Box
10
Folder
4-5
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1950s
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Box
10
Folder
6
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San News and Views, 1934
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Micro 1169
Reel
15
Frame
448
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Social Workers Bulletin (from the Social Service Department), 1926-1961
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Mss 772
Box
10
Folder
7
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Marshfield Anti-Tuberculosis Association report, 1956
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Target TB, 1952-1969
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Box
10
Folder
9
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Miscellaneous publications
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M92-260
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Part 2 (M92-260): Additions, 1970-1975
0.6 c.f. (2 archives boxes)
: Board of Directors minutes, 1970 January-1975 March.
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Board of Directors - meeting minutes
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Box
1
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1970 January-1973 March 12
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Box
2
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1973 April 13-1975 March 31
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M94-106
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Part 3 (M94-106): Additions, 1931-1944, 1946-1956
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box containing 6 volumes)
: Bound issues of The Junior Crusader, September 1931-1944 and 1946-1956.
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M97-246
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Part 4 (M97-246): Additions, circa 1954-1972
0.4 c.f. (1 archives box)
: Additions, circa 1954-1972, consisting of files accumulated by Dr. Henry A. Anderson, a former president of the Association; Medical Director of the River Pines Sanatorium in Stevens Point, Wisconsin; and chairman of the State Medical Society’s Division on Chest Diseases. These files mainly reflect Dr. Anderson’s association with the WLA. Included are scattered administrative records such as minutes of executive, board of director, and committee meetings; a performance study conducted between 1967 and 1969; a fact sheet about the Association; other general committee files; and subject files which include information about a controversial drug treatment for the prevention of TB in the late 1960s.
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M98-137
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Part 5 (M98-137): Additions, 1927-1930
0.1 c.f. (1 folder)
: Additions, 1927-1930, mainly concerning WATA’s “Girls’ Health Trail,” a program that originated in Milwaukee and that was directed by Herbert A. Jacobs. The program focused attention on the TB death rate of girls and young women, and sought to stimulate good health habits by tying these ideas to beauty. Included is information about the program; a leader’s manual; pamphlets on health topics; and a few brochures and other items not related to the program. All materials published by WATA.
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