Summary Information

Title: John G. Frisch Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1921-1955

Creator:

• Frisch, John G.

Call Number: Wis Mss 26PB; Micro 24; Tape 61A; PH 483

Quantity: 2.4 c.f. (10 archives boxes and 1 flat box), 1 reel of microfilm (35mm), 1 tape recording, and 11 photographs (1 folder)

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:

Materials relating to Dr. John G. Frisch's leadership of the campaign for fluoridation of public water supplies. The collection comprises correspondence, 1931-1952, including many letters from Dr. Frederick S. McKay of Colorado Springs, Colorado, another leader in the field of fluoridation; articles and speeches by Frisch; statistical summaries of fluoridation experiments in Wisconsin and other states; a pre-fluoridation survey made in Madison, Wis. in 1947, and a post-fluoridation survey made in 1951; a recorded speech given by Frisch at Manitowoc in 1952; a microfilmed scrapbook, 1944-1952, of clippings on water fluoridation in several Wisconsin cities; and lecture notes taken by Frisch at the Marquette University dental school, 1921-1922. The photographs are of mechanical equipment used in the fluoridation of drinking water in various communities in Wisconsin in 1951.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-wis026pb

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