Wisconsin. Bureau of Community Health and Prevention: Community Fluoridation Program, 1930-1986
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Summary Information
Title: Wisconsin. Bureau of Community Health and Prevention: Community Fluoridation Program
Inclusive Dates: 1930-1986

Creator:
  • Wisconsin. Bureau of Community Health and Prevention
Call Number: 1998/030; 2006/040; 2010/046; 2011/039; 2012/052; Audio 1603A; AE 007; CC 109-CC 110; PH 6737; 2015/050

Quantity: 6.8 cubic feet, 0.1 cubic feet of photographs, 3 reels of 16 mm film, 2 3/4-inch videocassettes (in 1 video box), 1 12-inch disc recording, and 48 transparencies

Repository:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:
Records, 1930-1986, related to community fluoridation in Wisconsin, documenting both the arguments for and against water fluoridation. Well documented are safety concerns, articles about fluoride in water, and health issues associated with fluoridation. Water fluoridation is considered by the Center for Disease Control to be one of the major public health advances of the twentieth century.

Note:

These records have been assigned Series 2523.



Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ser02523
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Arrangement of the Materials

This collection was received in multiple parts from the donor(s) and is organized into 7 major parts. These materials have not been physically interfiled and researchers might need to consult more than one part to locate similar materials.

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Accession Number: 1998/030, 2006/040, 2010/046, 2011/039, 2012/052, 2015/050


Contents List
1998/030
Part 1 (1998/030): Original Collection, 1956-1986
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Subject files, 1956-1986, consisting of reports, correspondence and journal and newspaper articles on a variety of issues, including campaigns for fluoridation, cancer, congenital defects, dietary fluoride, economics, the history of fluoridation, opposition to fluoridation, prenatal and infant exposure to fluoride, and mouth rinsing with fluoride.
Arrangement of the Materials: Records are organized alphabetically.
2006/040
Part 2 (2006/040, Audio 1603A, AE 007, CC 109-110): Additions, 1947-1981
Physical Description: 1.7 cubic feet (1 records center carton, 2 archives boxes, and 1 oversize folder), 3 reels of 16 mm film, 2 3/4-inch videocassettes (in 1 video box), 1 12-inch disc recording, and 48 transparencies 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1947-1981, including correspondence with the Division of Health, much of which concerns purported heart problems due to fluoridation, especially claims made by a nurse in Antigo, Wisconsin that fluoridation caused a series of heart-related deaths. There are also reports and newspaper and journal articles on fluoridation. Of note are surveys taken of the dental health of school children in various cities and counties in Wisconsin, to determine the effects of fluoridation in those communities. Also included are three 16 mm films on fluoridation; a videocassette recording of a forum on community fluoridation from 1978; a 12-inch record of a “Community Controversy” hearing issued by the New York State Department of Health; slides of water towers, well pumps and pumping stations; and a 1961 poster issued by the Keep America Committee decrying fluoridated water, the polio vaccine, and mental hygiene.
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Box   1
Folder   1-4
Correspondence, 1965-1981
Box   1
Folder   5-8
Reports, 1956-1981
Box   1
Folder   9-13
Newspaper and journal articles, 1937-1976
Box   1
Folder   14
“Coffee Klutch” questionnaires, 1965
Box   1
Folder   15
Form letters
Dental health surveys, 1947-1981
Box   1
Folder   16
General
Box   1
Folder   17
Dental surveys outside of districts
Surveys, by city or county name
Box   1
Folder   18-27
Antigo-Fond du Lac
Box   2
Folder   1-27
Grant-Waupaca
Box   3
Folder   1-6
Waushara-Wood
Videorecordings
16 mm reel-to-reel film
CC 109
Fluoridation: A White Paper
CC 110
Why Fluoridation?
AE 007
The 2% Solution
2006/040
3/4-inch videocassettes
Physical Description: U-Matic 
Video   1
Forum on community fluoridation, 1978 July
Video   2
“New Bedford”
Audio 1603A
Sound recording
1603A/1
“Community Controversy”, a condensation of a public hearing, with commentary by Walter E. Boek, Ph.D., New York State Department of Health
Physical Description: 12-inch disc recording 
2006/040
Transparencies
PH Box   29
Images of water towers and their construction, well pumps and pumping stations, at locations including Portage, Monticello, and Johnson Creek, 1968-1973
Physical Description: 48 transparencies 
Poster
Oversize Folder  
“At the Sign of the Unholy Three” poster, arguing to “fight Communistic world government by destroying” fluoridated water, polio serum, and mental hygiene. Keep America Committee, Los Angeles, California, 1961 March
2010/046
Part 3 (2010/046): Additions, 1961-1985
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Files, 1961-1985, relating to the Community Fluoridation Program. Contents include alphabetically arranged subject files (N-W) on topics such as safety, toxicity and overdose, and water sampling. Also included are miscellaneous publications and articles, reports, and white papers on topics relating to fluoridation and fluorides.
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2011/039
Part 4 (2011/039): Additions, 1937-1982
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1937-1982, on fluoridation. The majority of the records consist of articles and reports on fluoridation and its relation to dental issues, Down syndrome, cancer and other health issues, fluoridation in schools, and legal issues. Also included are records on fluoridation laws and legislation, and mortality statistics.
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2012/052
Part 5 (2012/052): Additions, 1950-1985
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) 
Scope and Content Note: Records from the Bureau of Community Health and Prevention, 1950-1985, pertaining to community fluoridation programs. Correspondence, reports, and general materials for and against fluoridation in Wisconsin provide the bulk of the accession. Correspondence is from community members, dentists, and politicians. Also of interest are articles and newsletters such as the Fluoridation News and Fluoridation Reporter.
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PH 6737
Part 6 (PH 6737): Additions, circa 1930
Physical Description: 0.1 cubic feet of photographs 
Scope and Content Note: Photographs of Wisconsin water works and health officials inspecting water fluoridation equipment, circa 1930. Images are identified with locations and details.
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2015/050
Part 7 (2015/050): Additions, 1949-1984
Physical Description: 1.1 cubic feet (2 archives boxes and 1 flat box) 
Scope and Content Note: Records, 1949-1984, related to drinking water fluoridation focused on Antigo, Wisconsin and the community's 1960 decision to stop putting fluoride in water, the fluoridation of Antigo's water resumed in 1965 after an increase in tooth decay in children. The accession contains correspondence and articles about fluoridation. The scrapbook contains printed articles from a variety of publications opposed to fluoride in water.
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Box   1
Folder   1-2
Antigo, 1975-1984
Box   1
Folder   3
Articles, 1965-1983
Box   1
Folder   4
Controlled fluoridation: the dental effects of discontinuation in Antigo Wisconsin
Box   1
Folder   5
Correspondence, 1949-1965
Box   2
Folder   1-2
Correspondence, 1966-1974
Box   2
Folder   3
Coffee Klatch results
Box   3
Scrapbook