Lung Association Collection
Finding aid created by Contra Costa County Historical Society staff using RecordEXPRESS
Contra Costa County Historical Society
2018
724 Escobar Street
Martinez, California 94553
(925) 229-1042
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Title: Lung Association Collection
Dates: 1939-1975
Collection Number: 1985.36
Creator/Collector:
Lung Association of Contra Costa-Solano
Contra Costa Public Health Association
Contra Costa Tuberculosis and Health Association
Extent: 3 boxes
Repository:
Contra Costa County Historical Society
Martinez, California 94553
Abstract: The Lung Association Collection includes newspaper clippings from area newspapers about the Lung Association of Contra Costa-Solano
and its predecessor organizations. Articles also cover public health and air quality issues.
Language of Material: English
Collection is open for research.
Contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society for publication permission.
Lung Association Collection. Contra Costa County Historical Society
Scope and Content of Collection
Mostly mounted in scrapbooks except for Box 1939-45 which also has many loose newspaper clippings, organized as follows:
• 1939-45 newspaper clippings (some loose, some in scrapbooks) about the Contra Costa Public Health Association
• 1956-66 newspaper clippings in scrapbooks about the Contra Costa Tuberculosis and Health Association
• 1966-75 newspaper clippings in scrapbooks about the Lung Association of Contra Costa-Solano.
Health, tuberculosis
Air quality, pollution
Tobacco
newspaper clippings