Description
Contains administrative records, including
correspondence, minutes, and reports of the Board of Directors; financial records,
including statements, treasurers' reports, invoices, and bills; fundraising records,
consisting of correspondence with foundations and individual donors, foundation
proposals, and material relating to special events; and program records, consisting
of correspondence with donors and parents of recipient babies, physicians, and other
milk banks. Of particular interest are nurses' statistical and narrative reports,
and information and statistics concerning donors and recipients. Also includes
articles on breast feeding research, newspaper clipppings, and a scrapbook with
additional clippings, photographs, and other materials. Includes early
correspondence from the Baby Hygiene Committee pertaining to the establishment of
the milk bank; records of Auxiliary Mothers' Milk Bank, a fundraising group that
provided volunteer support services; and material on Children's Hospital, where the
milk bank was housed for many years.
Background
Dedicating themselves to the study of, action on and
solution of educational and social problems of communities, the San
Francisco branch of the American Association of University Women has enjoyed a long
history of committed social action. In May of 1909, a group of women from the AAUW
formed the Certified Milk Fund Committee in order to raise a fund for providing certified milk for the babies of San Francisco's
poor. Aided by local dairies, the committee successfully reduced infant
mortality through their city wide drive for uncontaminated milk. In addition to
supplying the milk, the Milk Fund Committee offered instruction in the care and
feeding of foster babies.
Extent
3 cartons, 1 box, 1 oversize box, 1 scrapbook
(4.0 Linear feet)
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the California Historical Society. All
requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted
in writing to the Director of Research Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the California Historical Society as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the
copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.
Availability
CHS is not taking appointments for research at this time. Please check the Library's website updates: https://californiahistoricalsociety.org/collections/north-baker-research-library/