Atlanta community health services and civil defense collection
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 directory, an assembly delegation resolution, and a newsletter from the Community Planning Council, Inc., founded in 1923 as the Council of Social Agencies. From the Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services, Inc., later known as United Way of Greater Atlanta, is a set of by-laws and a census tracts report. Civil Defense materials include guides and brochures on diseases, sanitation, and surviving cold-war scenarios. Also included is a booklet titled A Synopsis of the Report of a Social Hygiene Study of the City of Atlanta composed by The American Social Hygiene Association.
Dates
- 1927-1961, undated
Creator
- Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) (Organization)
- Community Planning Council, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. All requests to publish, quote, or reproduce must be submitted through the Kenan Research Center.
Extent
1 folder(s)
Language
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift, 1998
Description Control
This collection was processed in 2018.
- Community Planning Council, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Community health services -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Community organization -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Fund raising -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Hygiene -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services, Inc. (Atlanta, Ga.)
- Public health -- Georgia -- Atlanta
- Public welfare -- Georgia
- Title
- Atlanta community health services and civil defense collection
- Author
- Louanne Heintz
- Date
- November 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Kenan Research Center at Atlanta History Center Repository