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Public health -- Georgia -- Atlanta

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Atlanta Coalition Against Tobacco records

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1261
Scope and Contents This collection documents the Atlanta Coalition Against Tobacco's operations. There are records about the organization's management including financial papers, meeting minutes, proposals, memorandum and letters, rosters, and handwritten notes. In addition, there is publicity material pertaining to ACT's promotion of anti-smoking education and legislation such as press releases, copies of their newsletters Atlanta Coalition Against Tobacco Newsletter and...
Dates: 1966, 1977-2008, undated

Atlanta community health services and civil defense collection

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS829f
Scope and Content This collection contains material from multiple Atlanta and National public health community organizations. From Atlanta: the Atlanta Metropolitan Area of Civil Defense, the Community Planning Council, Inc., the Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services, Inc., and the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization. National organizations include the Federal Civil Defense Administration, the National Safety Council, and the American Social Hygiene Association. Items include a community resources...
Dates: 1927-1961, undated

Corona Collective manuscript materials

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1206
Scope and Contents This collection contains physical material collected by the Atlanta History Center that documents the early moments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Papers include correspondence, public health information, periodicals, event invitations, and other ephemera. There are menus from Manuel's Tavern and Southern Belle that adjusted their policies to accommodate new public health guidelines, and neighborhood newsletters and correspondence that show how the shutdown affected Atlantans. Of particular note...
Dates: 2020-2021, undated

Erna Lee Mason papers

 Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1234
Scope and Contents

This collection contains an unbound scrapbook and records collected by Erna Lee Mason about her farm and the Mason family. The scrapbook includes photographs, deeds, correspondence, brochures, and ephemera. Farm records document maintenance and finances, such as acreage reports to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and tree upkeep. The collection also includes newspaper clippings about the Spanish-American War, Glover Cleveland’s presidency, and President Roosevelt’s economic policies.

Dates: 1878-1985, undated