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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Collection Summary
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Restrictions
Series Descriptions
Archives, 1946-1967
1985 Accession - Records, 1969-1981
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Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
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Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Dan Jenkins
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| Collection Number: | MS C 270 |
| Creator: | Association of State and Territorial Health Officers |
| Title: | Association of State and Territorial Health Officers Archives
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| Dates: | 1946-1967 |
| Quantity: | 24 MS boxes |
| Abstract: | The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials is the national non-profit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. ASTHO's members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy, and to assuring excellence in state-based public health practice. Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, conference agenda and resum`es, proceedings of annual meetings, and Executive Committee material. |
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials was officially founded on March 23, 1942, but its predecessor organizations and functions date much earlier. It is the national non-profit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. ASTHO's members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy, and to assuring excellence in state-based public health practice. It is engaged in a wide range of legislative, scientific, educational, and programmatic issues and activities on behalf of public health.
ASTHO's origins date back to 1879 when the subject of forming a national association of health officials was first discussed during a meeting of the Sanitary Council of the Mississippi Valley in Nashville, Tennessee. Attendees met to discuss measures to control the spread of cholera, which had been problematic following the Civil War. Although no formal developments occurred at that time, the officers of state boards of health met informally four years later in Detroit, Michigan during the annual meeting of the American Public Health Association (APHA) to discuss forming their own national organization. Earlier, the health officers had been invited by both the APHA and the American Medical Association (AMA) to form a section in these organizations. The assembled state health officials, however, felt that the enforcement of sanitary and other public health laws and regulations was a responsibility that would be best served through an autonomous organization. Accordingly, this group of health officials decided to call a meeting of their own the following year in Washington, D.C. On May 7, 1884, representatives from nineteen states attended the assembly, the result of which was the National Conference of State Boards of Health. Thereafter, meetings were held regularly. In 1897, the constitution was amended to include membership for representatives from Canada and Mexico. To reflect this expanded scope of membership, the name was changed to the Conference of State and Provincial Health Authorities of North America.
By the turn of the century, the U.S. Surgeon General and state and territorial health officials began meeting annually to discuss medical and scientific aspects of controlling yellow fever and other diseases prevalent at the time. At the 1908 conference, however, the inter-state quarantine regulations were discussed in great detail-the first time that a matter of such importance was brought before the members-and handled along the lines of a "working conference." Succeeding conferences became more and more the occasion for the Public Health Service and various state health officials to discuss administrative problems and relationships as well as advances in the prevention and control of disease. In 1935, the conference became a joint venture between the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, the Chief of the Children's Bureau and the State and Territorial Health Officials. In anticipation of the enactment of the Social Security Act later that year, the entire conference was devoted to discussion of the proposed programs to be carried out under the provisions of that and related pieces of legislation.
From the beginning, the conference organized itself into a number of committees, including scientific research and sanitation, prevention and spread of epidemic diseases, morbidity and mortality statistics, and state legislation. As time passed, committees were abandoned or restructured and new committees were established. The Conference of State and Provincial Health Authorities of North America had also evolved into a committee structure which, not surprisingly, closely paralleled that which was established to facilitate the work of the Surgeon General's conference.
Beginning in 1937, the committee work of the Surgeon General's conference was accomplished by joint committees between that conference and the State and Provincial Health Authorities Conference, with the two meeting concurrently. After the Social Security Act was passed, however, various state health officials expressed the need for an organization that could represent them on matters concerning federal health grants. The wisdom of such a move became increasingly apparent as state public health programs expanded under the Social Security Act in 1935 and subsequent legislation. As a result, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, with membership limited to executive officers of the departments of health of any state, territory or possession of the United States, was founded on March 23, 1942.
[Excerpted from the ASTHO official history]
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Correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, conference agenda and resumés, proceedings of annual meetings, and Executive Committee material. Includes drafts, typescripts, and other items pertaining to a history of the Association.
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Restrictions
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| MeSH Subjects |
| | Health Policy |
| | Public Health |
| | Societies |
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[Call Number, Collection Name, Series Number], Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, USA.
Gift, 1969; 1989.
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Archives, 1946-1967
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1 | | "History" of ASTHO |
1 | | Miscellaneous, A - W |
2 | | Ad hoc committee, 1967 |
2 | | Advisory Committee to Surgeon General, 1962-1964 |
2 | | Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1963-1965 |
2 | | Affiliated Organizations, 1967 |
2 | | Affiliated Organizations (Directors and coordinators), 1964 |
2 | | Amendments, 1967 |
2 | | American Association for Vital Records and Statistics, 1964-1965 |
2 | | American Medical Association, 1962-1967 |
2 | | American Social Health Association, 1962-1966 |
2 | | Atomic Industrial Forum, 1962 |
2 | | Committee membership (by state), 1949-present |
2 | | Committees and meetings of outside agencies, 1952 |
2 | | Committee reports, 1948 |
2 | | Committees, miscellaneous |
3 | | Communicable disease, 1962-1966 |
3 | | Conference of State Sanitation Engineers, 1966-1967 |
3 | | Conference of State and Territorial Epidemiologists, 1964-1967 |
3 | | Corson Report, 1966 |
3 | | Council of State Government, 1963-1965 |
3 | | Crippled Children's Directors, 1963-1966 |
3 | | Dental Directors, 1964-1967 |
3 | | Disease Disability Control Committee, 1965-1966 |
3 | | Environmental Health Committee, 1963-1966 |
4 | | Federal legislation, 1963-1964 |
5 | | Keep American Beautiful, Inc., 1964-1967 |
5 | | Legislation Committee, 1962-1963 |
5 | | Liaison, 1967 |
5 | | Liaison with other agencies, 1963-1964 |
5 | | Local Health Service, 1962-1966 |
5 | | Maternal and Child Health Committee, 1963-1966 |
5 | | Muskie-Foundation Questionnaire, 1963-1965 |
5 | | National Commission on Committee Health Services, 1962-1965 |
5 | | National Health Council, 1957-1967 |
5 | | National Restaurant Association and National Sanitation Foundation, 1964-1967 |
5 | | National Society for Medical Research, 1963 |
5 | | Nursing Directors, 1963-1967 |
5 | | Nursing Home Meetings, 1964 |
5 | | Nutrition Directors, 1962-1965 |
5 | | Occupational Health, 1965 |
5 | | Papers and reports, 1949 |
5 | | President's general correspondence, 1963-1967 |
6 | | Public Health legislation, 1961 |
6 | | Public Health Service, 1962-1965 |
6 | | Representatives to outside agencies |
6 | | Research and Planning Committee, 1963-1967 |
6 | | Resolutions Committee, 1964 |
6 | | Resolution relative to affiliated organizations, 1956-1966 |
6 | | Social Security Ammendments, 1967 |
6 | | Standing Commitees, 1949-1962 |
6 | | State Director of Chronic Disease Programs, 1963-1965 |
6 | | State Welfare Administrators Executive Committee, 1964-1967 |
6 | | Subcommittee and outside meeting reports, 1958 |
6 | | Surgeon General, 1967 |
6 | | Swearingen, Noble, 1962-1967 |
6 | | VD Control Commission, 1953-1956 |
6 | | Work group and task force, 1964-1965 |
7 | | Proceedings of Annual Meetings, 1945-1948 |
8 | | Proceedings of Annual Meetings, 1949-1968 |
9 | | Progress reports and recommendations, 1951-1957 |
10 | | Progress reports, 1958-1963 |
10 | | Resumes of Recommendations and Resolutions, 1938-1957 |
10 | | Newsletters, 1948-1950 |
11 | | Newsletters, 1954-1963 |
11 | | Agendas of conferences, 1948-1954 |
12 | | Agendas, 1955-1959 |
13 | | Agendas, 1960-1965 |
14 | | Agendas, 1966 |
14 | | Executive Committee correspondence, 1951-1952 |
14 | | Executive Committee correspondence, 1952-1958 |
14 | | Annual Reports and meetings, 1954-1955 |
15 | | Annual meetings, 1956-1967 |
15 | | Executive Committee correspondence, 1951-1952 |
16 | | Executive Committee correspondence, 1952-1958 |
17 | | Executive Committee correspondence, 1961-1968 |
17 | | Executive Committee minutes, 1942-1957 |
18 | | Executive Committee Minutes, 1956-1967 |
18 | | White House Conference on Aging, 1961 |
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1985 Accession - Records, 1969-1981
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| The following material was added in January, 1985 and covers the period from 1969 to 1981. |
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19 | | Constitution and Bylaws, 1973-1979 |
19 | | Membership Lists, 1973-1974 |
19 | | Committees, 1973 |
19 | | Budgets, 1971-1978 |
19 | | Dues, 1972-1978 |
19 | | President's Correspondence, 1969-1981 |
19 | | Executive Committee Correspondence, 1970-1978 |
19 | | General Correspondence, 1969-1977 |
20 | | General Correspondence, 1977-1983 |
20 | | Management Committee, 1970-1979 |
20 | | Committee on Indian Health, 1975-1980 |
20 | | Environmental Health Committee, 1980-1981 |
| | Meetings - ASTHO - Agendas, Minutes, etc., 1970-1980 |
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20 | | | Talks, 1978 |
20 | | | Executive Committee - Agendas, Minutes, etc., 1970-1979 |
20 | | | Various Committees and Affiliates, 1969-1979 |
20 | | Resolutions adopted by ASTHO, 1965-1978 |
20 | | Resolutions proposed by Affiliates, 1972-1978 |
20 | | Affiliated Organizations - General Correspondence, 1968-1975 |
21 | | Affiliated Organizations - General Correspondence, 1976-1977 |
21 | | | Listings and Officers, 1973-1977 |
21 | | | Constitutions and Bylaws, 1970-1977 |
21 | | | Health Facilities Planning and Construction Directors, 1973-1974 |
21 | | | Maternal and Child Health/Crippled Children's Directors - Correspondence, 1979-1981 |
21 | | | | Meetings, 1979-1980 |
21 | | | | Miscellaneous, 1979-1981 |
21 | | | Nursing Directors - Correspondence Regarding Training Contracts, 1975-1976 |
21 | | | Public Health Nutrition Directors, 1970-1978 |
21 | | Questionnaires for New State Health Officials (by State), Ala - Indiana |
22 | | Questionnaires for New State Health Officials, (by State), Iowa-Wyoming |
| | ASTHO Surveys (by State) |
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22 | | | Survey on the Role of Local Health Departments, 1974 |
22 | | | Survey on Protection in Legal Suits, 1976-1977 |
22 | | | Hypertension Survey, 1977 |
22 | | | Survey on Infant Mortality, 1979 |
22 | | | Indian Health Survey, 1981 |
22 | | | Summaries of State Surveys on Federal Regulatory Requirements, 1976-1981 |
22 | | | Relief form Federal Federal Regulatory Requirements, 1981 |
22 | | Material Regarding Federal Health Legislation, Programs, and Funds - General Correspondence, 1973-1981 |
| | Materials Regarding Federal Health Legislation, Programs and Funds |
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23 | | | Memorandum, 1973-1979 |
23 | | | Position Papers, 1974-1978 |
23 | | | Statements before Congressonal Committees, 1974-1978 |
23 | | | Correspondence Regarding Funding of State Health Grants, 1970-1977; 1979 |
23 | | | Report on Public Health Funds in States, 1977 |
23 | | | Public Law 92-603, 1972-1973 |
23 | | | Public Law 93-641, 1974-1977 |
23 | | | Indian Health Legislation, 1975 |
23 | | | Immunization Programs, 1975-1978 |
23 | | | Evaluation of National Influenza Immunization Program, 1977 |
23 | | | Title V Programs, 1980-1981 |
23 | | Cooperative Health Statistics System, 1976-1980 |
24 | | Health Program Reporting System, 1969-1980 |
24 | | Intergovernmental Health Care Policy Contract, 1972-1973 |
24 | | Cost Sharing Proposal - ASTHO/NACHO, 1976-1977 |
24 | | Select Panel on Child Health, 1979-1981 |
24 | | ASTHO Newsletters (Incomplete), 1969, 1973-1974, 1978 |
24 | | Reports and Printed Matter, 1971-1980 |
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