Guide to the American Student Health Association Records
SC0146
Finding aid prepared by Processed by Maren Pedersen; machine-readable finding aid created by Patricia White
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Stanford University Libraries.
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, California, 94305
Repository email: speccollref@stanford.edu
1997
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Title: American Student Health Association records
Identifier/Call Number: SC0146
Contributing Institution:
Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4.0 Linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1921-1939
creator:
American Student Health Association..
creator:
American Student Health Association
Scope and Contents Note:
This collection contains the files and proceedings of the American Student Health Association from 1921 through 1939. Included
are materials pertaining to the annual meetings, bulletins and annual reports from the Health Services of the member schools,
correspondence with member schools and regional sub-sections, journal articles, general correspondence, and administrative
records.
Historical Note:
The American Student Health Association was founded in 1921 by Drs. Warren E. Forsythe, John Sundwall, and others to provide
an organization in which institutions of higher learning and interested individuals might work together to promote student
health. Thomas A. Storey, director of Stanford's Student Health Service for many years, was closely involved in the early
work of the association.
The Student Health Services of this period attracted creative young physicians, women and men, who were anxious to develop
new approaches to the practice of medicine. The first attempts at group health plans in the United States grew out of student
health work. The A. S. H. A. involved iself in this effort to ensure that all students -regardless of financial status -received
first-rate medical care. The A. S. H. A. promoted a "positive health" approach to medicine, which saw its primary purpose
as treating the sick.
Growth of the organization led to the creation of regional sub-sections in the late 1920s. Subsequent to the time period covered
in this collection, the A. S. H. A. changed its name to the American College Health Association.
Processed by:
Maren Pedersen,
1976
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], American Student Health Assocation Records, SC 0146, Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives.
Access Restrictions
None.
Acquisition Information:
Administrative transfer
Provenance:
Stanford University. Department of Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American College Health Association..
Stanford University. Health Service.
Storey, Thomas A.
Annual reports.
Students--Health and hygiene.
Box 1
Correspondence and proceedings of the annual meetings of the A.S.H.A. from 1925 to 1930
Box 2
Materials from the annual meetings of 1938 and 1939
Scope and Contents note
The bulk of the material in this box is annual reports and bulletins of the Health Services of the member schools, and miscellaneous
journal articles.
Box 3
Correspondence with member schools from 1937 to 1939, organized alphabetically by state; and correspondence and reports of
annual meetings of the various regional sections of the A.S.H.A.
Box 4
Records for 1939 of the regional sections of the A.S.H.A.
Box 5, Folder 1
American Association of School Physicians, 1920s-1930s
Box 5, Folder 2
American Medical Association Exhibit
Box 5, Folder 3
American Physical Education Association, 1920s-1930s
Box 5, Folder 4
Applications for Positions in Student Health Work, 1931-34
Box 5, Folder 5
Applications for Positions, Men, 1920s-1930s
Box 5, Folder 6
Applications for Positions, Women, 1920s-1930s
Box 5, Folder 8
Committees -- General, 1920s-1930s
Box 5, Folder 9
Correspondence -- 1922-25
Box 5, Folder 10
Correspondence -- 1922-25
Box 5, Folder 11
Correspondence -- 1922-25
Box 5, Folder 12
Correspondence -- 1922-25
Box 5, Folder 13
Correspondence -- 1922-25
Box 6, Folder 1
Correspondence -- 1926, 1929, 1930s
Box 6, Folder 2
Correspondence -- 1926, 1929, 1930s
Box 6, Folder 3
Correspondence -- 1926, 1929, 1930s
Box 6, Folder 6
Editorial Committee, 1920s-1930s
Box 6, Folder 8
Executive Committee, 1920s-1930s
Box 6, Folder 9
Expenses, Other, 1920s-1930s
Box 6, Folder 13
Health Problems of College Women, 1920s-1930s
Box 6, Folder 14
Health Service, 1920s-1930s
Box 6, Folder 15
Historical Material, 1920s-1930s
Box 7, Folder 1
Hygiene of Physical Activity, 1920s-1930s
Box 7, Folder 2
Informational Hygiene, 1920s-1930s
Box 7, Folder 3
Inquiries, Non-members, 1920s-1930s
Box 7, Folder 6
Mental Hygiene, 1920s-1930s
Box 7, Folder 7
Miscellaneous, 1920s-1930s
Box 7, Folder 9
Organization and Administration, 1920s-1930s
Box 7, Folder 11
Positions to be filled, 1920s-1930s
Box 8, Folder 6
School Health Education, Conference on
Box 8, Folder 7
Social Hygiene, 1920s-1930s
Box 8, Folder 8
Special Reports, 1920s-1930s
Box 8, Folder 11
Surveys of Student Health Services, 1920s-1930s
Box 8, Folder 12
Training Personnel, 1920s-1930s
Box 8, Folder 13
Tuberculosis, 1920s-1930s
