Breslow (Lester) papers

Series 1: Teaching and university affairs 1938-2009

Scope and Contents

This series is composed of professional correspondence and materials related to Breslow's occupation as faculty member and dean of the UCLA School of Public Health (SPH), including biographical materials, administrative and planning documents, memos, and reports. The correspondence is largely between Breslow and colleagues at UCLA, other universities, and local and national agencies. Breslow was involved in the establishment of public health education programs throughout the UC system, as well as evaluation and development of UC employee health advocacy and medical plans.

box 1, folder 1-2

Biographical materials 1968-1990

box 1, folder 3

Correspondence: Abrams, Herbet 1995-2000

box 1, folder 4

Correspondence: Affifi, Abdelmonem 2000

box 4, folder 1

Correspondence: Armed Forces Epidemiological Board 1975-1976

box 1, folder 5

Correspondence: Bernstein, James, National Health Network 1985

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence: Cook, Donald 1983 April 7

box 1, folder 7

Correspondence: Fielding, Jonathan 1976-2002

box 1, folder 8

Correspondence: Finucane, Mark, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (LACDHS) 1996

box 1, folder 9

Correspondence: Glantz, Stanton 2003

box 1, folder 10

Correspondence: Lester Gorsline Associates 1974

box 2, folder 1

Correspondence: Halfon, Neal 2003

box 2, folder 2

Correspondence: Louis Harris and Associates 1978

box 2, folder 3

Correspondence: Health Services and Mental Health Administration 1972-1973

box 2, folder 4

Correspondence: Healthfax 1981-1982

box 2, folder 5

Correspondence: Karnow, Marvin 1984-1985

box 2, folder 6

Correspondence: Karsh, Yousuf 1980 January 1

box 2, folder 7

Correspondence: Kitching, William 1974 August 15

box 2, folder 8

Correspondence: Los Angeles County Medical Advisory Council 1975

box 2, folder 9

Correspondence: Los Angeles Office of Mayor 1973-1981

box 2, folder 10

Correspondence: The Nation's Health 1975 March 17

box 2, folder 11

Correspondence: Preventive medical services in state funded medical care programs 1976

box 2, folder 12

Correspondence: Public Citizen's Health Research Group 1976

box 2, folder 13

Correspondence: Riedel, Donald 1981-1982

box 2, folder 14

Correspondence: Rivin, Arthur 1981-1982

box 2, folder 15

Correspondence: Russo, Anthony 1982

box 2, folder 16

Correspondence: Satellite Network of America 1985

box 2, folder 17

Correspondence: Udvarhelvyi, George B. 1985

box 2, folder 18, box 3, folder 1

Correspondence: White, Gates, and Fielding 1980 October

box 3, folder 2

Correspondence: Viseltear/Carter 1975-1981

box 3, folder 3

Correspondence: Zeko, Thomas 1983-1985

box 3, folder 4

Correspondence 1938-1940

box 3, folder 5

Correspondence 1964

box 3, folder 6

Correspondence 1960s

box 3, folder 7-9, box 4, folder 2-7

Correspondence 1970s

box 4, folder 7-8, box 5, folder 1-7

Correspondence 1980s

box 5, folder 8-9, box 6, folder 1-3

Correspondence 1990s

box 6, folder 4-7

Correspondence 2000s

box 6, folder 8

Correspondence undated

box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10, box 11

UCLA: Academic Program Planning Review Board, UC Health Sciences Committee 1975-1985

box 12, folder 1

UCLA: Academic Senate 1981-1984

box 12, folder 2-4

UCLA: Ad Hoc Committee on Psychological and Psychiatric Services 1978-1979

box 12, folder 5

UCLA: Ad Hoc Committee, Harary 1982 March 24

box 12, folder 6

UCLA: California Council for Health Plan Alternatives 1972-1973

box 12, folder 7, box 13, folder 1

UCLA: Center for Adolescent Health Promotion 1998-1999

box 12, folder 8

UCLA: Center on Aging 1994

box 13, folder 2

UCLA: Center for Health Enhancement Education and Policy circa 1981-1986

box 13, folder 3

UCLA: Center for Health Policy Research 1994

box 13, folder 4

UCLA: Chancellor's Public Service Committee 1975

box 13, folder 5

UCLA: Child Health Care Pre-Payment Plan 1973

box 15, folder 2

UCLA: Clinical Cancer Prevention Elective 1981

box 13, folder 6

UCLA: Committee on Alcohol and Drug Abuse 1972-1975

box 13, folder 7-10, box 14, box 15, folder 1

UCLA: Committee for the Center for the Study and Reduction of Violence 1973-1976

box 15, folder 3

UCLA: Committee on Delivery of Services to Defined Populations 1983-1984

box 15, folder 4

UCLA: Dental Research Institute 1971-1974

box 15, folder 5

UCLA: Dentistry, School of 1982-1984

box 15, folder 6

UCLA: Dependency disorders 1972-1973

box 15, folder 7

UCLA: Distinguished lectureship 1980-1988

box 16, folder 1

UCLA: Division of Health Services meeting minutes 1983-1987

box 16, folder 2

UCLA: General 1985-1986

box 16, folder 3

UCLA: Gerontology Center 1981

box 16, folder 4

UCLA: Graduate Council 1981

box 16, folder 5-7

UCLA: Health Promotion Center 1982-1986

box 16, folder 8

UCLA: Institute of Government and Public Affairs 1972-1973

box 16, folder 9-10, box 17, folder 1

UCLA: Medicine, School of 1972-1986

box 17, folder 2-5

UCLA: National Health Law Program 1976-1981

box 17, folder 6

UCLA: Neuropsychiatric Institute 1985

box 17, folder 7

UCLA: Nursing, School of 1983

box 17, folder 8

UCLA: Program for Advanced Study of Social and Behavioral Sciences 1984

box 17, folder 9, box 18, folder 1-2

UCLA SPH: Administrative materials circa 1979-1980

box 18, folder 4

UCLA SPH: Annual reports 1980-1988

box 18, folder 5-8

UCLA SPH: Association of Schools of Public Health 1978-1980

box 19, folder 1

UCLA SPH: Beverly Myers faculty appointment 1983

box 19, folder 2

UCLA SPH: Bioterrorism 2002

box 19, folder 3

UCLA SPH: California Pipe Trade Council 1980

box 19, folder 4-9, box 20, folder 1-3

UCLA SPH: China Exchange 1982-1992

box 20, folder 4

UCLA SPH: Community Affairs Committee 1981-1986

box 20, folder 5

UCLA SPH: Community involvement 1982-1999

box 20, folder 6

UCLA SPH: Community health report card 1997-1999

box 20, folder 7-8

UCLA SPH: Dean's Advisory Board 1995-2007

box 20, folder 9-11

UCLA SPH: Drew University collaboration 1984-1998

box 20, folder 12

UCLA SPH: Evaluations of administrators and staff 1979

box 21, folder 1

UCLA SPH: Faculty interviews 1972

box 21, folder 2

UCLA SPH: Faculty-student ratio 1976 March 9

box 21, folder 3

UCLA SPH: Goals and objectives undated

box 21, folder 4

UCLA SPH: Health Behavior and Cancer Control Advisory Committee 1976-1977

box 21, folder 5

UCLA SPH: Health Impact Assessment Impact Project 2002-2003

box 21, folder 6

UCLA SPH: Health Services, Department of 2004

box 21, folder 7

UCLA SPH: Hospital Satellite Network 1985

box 21, folder 8

UCLA SPH: HS 207 guest lecture 2009

box 21, folder 9

UCLA SPH: Jonsson Cancer Center 1993-1994

box 21, folder 10

UCLA SPH: Los Angeles County Department of Health Services 1994-1995

box 21, folder 11

UCLA SPH: Merger of Department of Preventive Medicine and Social Medicine and School of Public Health 1972-1975

box 21, folder 12

UCLA SPH: Office of Smoking and Health 1978-1981

box 21, folder 13

UCLA SPH: Preventive Medicine Residency program 1981-1987

box 22, folder 1

UCLA SPF: Professional schools restructuring initiatives 1993-1996

box 22, folder 2

UCLA SPF: Publications 1968-1987

box 22, folder 3-15

UCLA SPF: Statements by Breslow as Dean of SPH 1973-1976

box 23, folder 1

UCLA SPF: Strategic Planning Community Committee 1993

box 23, folder 2

UCLA SPH: Student Affairs Committee 1981-1985

box 23, folder 3

UC: Health Assessment/Living Well 2005-2006

box 23, folder 4-6

UC: Health plans 2002-2006

box 23, folder 7-8, box 24, folder 1-5

UC: Stay Well/Wellness Coalition 1993-2007

Series 2: Research and scholarship 1932-2008

Scope and Contents

This series consists of materials related to the research and scholarship conducted by Breslow. His research interests were health promotion, disease prevention, and public health programs. Materials include correspondence, research notes and files, authored reports and related materials, conference presentations and talks.

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Subseries 2.1: Resource files 1932-2005

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of Breslow's subject files related to his research, as well as materials related to his personal life. This includes correspondence, data sets, reports, meeting minutes and agendas, materials related to the Academic Senate, faculty interviews, and lectures. Topics include AIDS, air pollution, health care issues in California, cancer, public health legislation, pre-paid health plans, anti-smoking campaigns, correspondence with public health administrator David Satcher, and tobacco.

box 24, folder 6

AIDS 1988-1989

box 24, folder 7

Air pollution 1972

box 25, folder 1

Assorted 1981-2004

box 25, folder 2-4

Bulletin of the International Corresponding Club 1955-1958

box 25, folder 5

Bureau of Health Care Services 1966

box 25, folder 6-7

CA health issues 1953-1980

box 26, folder 1-2

California legislation: Beilenson legislation 1973-1975

box 26, folder 3

California policy seminar 1982

box 26, folder 4-5

Cancer control and research methods 1963-1977

box 26, folder 6

Cardiovascular data 1974-1975

box 26, folder 7

Carter, Jimmy file 1976-1977

box 27, folder 1

Center for Health Enhancement Education and Research 1980-1985

box 27, folder 2

Coastal region public health service 1981-1984

box 27, folder 3-4

E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Co. 1979-1984

box 27, folder 5-6

Evaluation criteria for functioning pre-paid health plans and HMOs 1972-1973

box 27, folder 7

Governor's health care proposal circa 2007

box 27, folder 8

Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP) 1970

box 27, folder 9

Health care 1970-1980

box 27, folder 10

Health consequences of the Casmalia resources waste disposal facility 1989

box 28, folder 1-3

Health promotion 1940-1991

box 28, folder 4

Health publications circa 1968-1970

box 28, folder 5

Health workers 1975-1976

box 28, folder 6

Heart disease 1978 October

box 28, folder 7

Implications of national health insurance for health care in California 1970

box 28, folder 8

Incorporation of preventive medical services into national health services circa 1974-1978

box 28, folder 9-10

Kabasele, Karl. Transcripts of oral interviews 1997 September

box 29, folder 1

Mammography 1975-1976

box 29, folder 2-4

National Cancer Institute 1974-1978

box 29, folder 5-7

National health insurance 1932-1977

box 29, folder 8

Pediatrics 1965

box 29, folder 9-10

Preventive health care 1967-1994

box 29, folder 11

Progress report on mammography 1976

box 29, folder 12

Responses to "Challenges" listed in community-based cancer program 1975

box 30, folder 1

San Diego State University circa 1981

box 30, folder 2

Santa Barbara County health care service 1980-1982

box 30, folder 3

Satcher, David 1996

box 30, folder 4

Smoking and medical care 1960-1977, 1995

box 30, folder 5

State of California 1981

box 30, folder 6, box 31, folder 1

Tobacco: Enstrom, James circa 2000-2005

box 31, folder 2

US health care reform and public health 1993 April

box 31, folder 3

Veterans administration 1982-1986

box 31, folder 4

Violence prevention programs circa 1991-1994

box 31, folder 5

Vitamin A material 1981

box 31, folder 6

Weinerman, E.R. 1970

box 31, folder 7

Well-being and medical care 1973-1980

box 31, folder 8

Western consortium 1983

Subseries 2.2: Grants and research 1958-2006

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains materials related to grants and funding for Breslow's research projects. This includes correspondence, reports, applications, meeting minutes, and planning and program documents. Areas of research or funders include the American Cancer Society's California division, public health improvement projects, children's health care, the Kaiser Family Foundation, community cancer control in Los Angeles, Medi-Cal programs, national health insurance, cancer and related health risks, and the Human Population Laboratory (HPL). HPL was a landmark study conducted in Alameda County by Breslow which looked at the correlation between lifestyle factors such as exercise, smoking, and sleep and a person's lifespan.

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box 31, folder 9-11

American Cancer Society-California division 1971-1973

box 31, folder 12-13, box 32, folder 1-5

American Health Foundation 1971-1977

box 32, folder 6-9, box 33, box 34, folder 1-7

Beverly Hills school district circa 1983-1984

box 34, folder 8, box 35, box 36

California Council for Health Plan Alternatives 1968-1971

box 37, folder 1

California public health improvement project 1982-1998

box 37, folder 2-4

California state health plan policy strategy 1972-1973

box 37, folder 5

Center for Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease 1973

box 37, folder 6

Children's coverage program 2005

box 37, folder 7-8

Children health services 2001-2005

folder 38, box 39, box 40, box 41, folder 1

Community cancer control, Los Angeles 1976-1984

box 41, folder 2-7, box 42, folder 1-3

El Monte health promotion 1989-1994

box 42, folder 4-7, box 43

Enstrom, epidemiology of cancer among Mormons 1975-1980

box 44, folder 1-2

Health care financing administration 1996-2000

box 44, folder 3

Health risk appraisal for the elderly 1997-1998

box 44, folder 4-6

Health promotion 1982-1992

box 44, folder 7-8

Health maintenance committee 1980-1981

box 44, folder 9, box 45, folder 1

Healthy children circa 1985

box 45, folder 2-8, box 46, box 47, box 48, folder 1

History of cancer control 1974-1977

box 48, folder 1

HIV prevention trials unit 1999

box 48, folder 3-7, box 49, box 50, box 51, box 52, folder 1-3

Human population laboratory 1958-2001

Scope and Contents

Box 48 contains one CD labelled: HPL - Breslow data.

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box 52, folder 4

Kaiser Family Foundation health promotion program 1986-1989

box 52, folder 5

Know Your Body program circa 1995

box 52, folder 6-7, box 53, box 54, box 55, box 56, folder 1-2

Los Angeles cancer control research unit 1975-1985

box 56, folder 3-6, box 57, box 58, box 59, folder 1

Mammography 1975-1978

box 59, folder 2-7, box 60, box 61, folder 1

Medi-Cal 1966-1975

box 61, folder 2-4

Milbank Memorial Fund 1977-1982

box 61, folder 5

National Coalition on Disease Prevention and Environmental Health 1978-1979

box 61, folder 6-7, box 62, box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66, box 67, box 68, box 69, box 70, folder 1-4

National health insurance committee 1970-1980

box 70, folder 5

Natural history of health disparities 2001-2004

box 70, folder 6

New York Academy of Sciences public health and medicine 1996-1997

box 71, folder 1

Prevention of disease 1977-1978

box 71, folder 2

Proposition 99 1989-1995

box 71, folder 3

Public health programs for California children circa 2004-2006

box 71, folder 4-6

Rand Corporation 1973-1983

box 71, folder 7-13, box 72, box 73, box 74, box 75, box 76, box 77, box 78, box 79, box 80, box 81

Risk factors project 1978-1984

box 82, folder 1

School health undated

box 82, folder 2

Senior health profile 1994-1997

box 82, folder 3

Task force on heart disease 1978

box 82, folder 4

UCLA cancer control developmental outreach grant 1974-1984

box 82, folder 5

UCLA Jonsson Cancer Center Core Grant 1980-1982

Subseries 2.3: Publications and reports 1949-2008

Scope and Contents

This subseries covers reports and other publications authored or co-authored by Breslow. Materials include correspondence, notes, and reports. Topics addressed in this subseries include cancer and health care, epidemiology, health education, mammography, follow-up for the San Mateo nutrition study, and links between smoking, chronic diseases and cancer.

box 82, folder 6

Cancer and healthcare 1960-1968

box 82, folder 7-8

Epidemiology manpower circa 1974

box 82, folder 9, box 83, folder 1-5

Health education and promotion 1966-2003

box 83, folder 6

Lifetime health monitoring program 1968-1978

box 83, folder 7

Malignant melanoma for Kaiser Foundation 1984-1985

box 83, folder 8

Mammography 1977

box 83, folder 9

Measuring health in the third era 2007-2008

box 84, folder 1-2

Policies for cancer control circa 1988-1991

box 84, folder 3-4

Risk factors 1977-1979

box 84, folder 5

Seven-year follow-up of the San Mateo nutrition study population 1957

box 84, folder 6

Smoking, chronic disease, and cancer 1949-1958

box 84, folder 7-18, box 85, box 86, box 87, box 88, box 89, box 90, box 91, box 92, box 93, box 94, box 95, box 96, folder 1-5

Subseries 2.4: Conference presentations and talks 1955-2007

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains materials related to conferences Breslow attended and talks he gave. Topics include children's health care, health care provision in California, environmentally influenced disease, the role of health workers, epidemiology, the Human Population Laboratory, and the National Conference on Preventative Medicine. Box 94 includes one DVD that contains a lecture by Breslow.

Arrangement

This subseries has been organized in chronological order.

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Series 3: Non-university work 1950-2009

Scope and Contents

This series covers Breslow's work that was not related to his teaching position at UCLA. This includes committees he sat on, consulting work, legislation he worked on, and testimonies he provided for court cases. Topics include tobacco, Los Angeles County health services, the Little Hoover Commission, reports for the California legislature, and health care costs.

Subseries 3.1: Committees and consulting 1971-2009

Scope and Contents

This subseries consists of materials related to Breslow's participation in local, state, and national committees and commissions, as well as consulting services he provided. His involvement varied from chair to reviewer, and prominent committees he served on include the Asbestiform Fibers Committee, the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board, the Governor's Committee on Health Care Costs, the Institute of Medicine, National Cancer Institute, and the President's Commission on the Health Needs of the Nation.

box 96, folder 6-7, box 97, folder 1-4

Asbestiform fibers committee 1982-1983

box 97, folder 5

American Cancer Society California Division Task Force 1982-1984

box 97, folder 6

American Heart Association 1975-1985

box 98, folder 1

Armed forces epidemiological board 1978-1979

box 98, folder 2

Blue Cross Association 1978-1982

box 98, folder 3

California Wellness Foundation 1996-1999

box 98, folder 4

Citizens for the treatment of high blood pressure 1973-1978

box 98, folder 5-7, box 99, folder 1-6

Center for Health Improvement 2000-2008

box 99, folder 7

Cleveland Hospital Association 1993

box 99, folder 8

Efficacy and safety advisory panel circa 1980

box 100, folder 1-2

Governor's committee on health care costs 1978-1979

box 100, folder 3-4

Health Care Policy Advisory Board 2000

box 100, folder 5-6

Health systems management 1975-1982

box 100, folder 7-9, box 101, box 102, box 103, folder 1-5

Institute of Medicine 1976-1986

box 103, folder 6

King/Drew Medical Center 2004

box 103, folder 7-8, box 104, box 105, box 106, box 107, box 108, folder 1-2

Los Angeles County health services and public health 1972-2009

box 108, folder 3-4

Little Hoover Commission 1987-2004

box 108, folder 5

Maryland state-wide health network 2000-2001

box 108, folder 6-12

National Cancer Institute 1973-1974

box 109, folder 1

Oregon state 1995-1998

box 109, folder 2

Partnership for prevention 1993-1994

box 109, folder 3

Pew Charitable Trusts 1995

box 109, folder 4-8, box 110, box 111, box 112, box 113, box 114, box 115, box 116, box 117, box 118, box 119, box 120, box 121, box 122, box 123, box 124, folder 1

President's commission 1943-1952

box 124, folder 2-8, box 125, box 126, folder 1-4

Senior risk reduction program 1971-2003

box 126, folder 5-6, box 127, box 128, box 129, folder 1-4

Tobacco control 1981-2006

box 129, folder 5-10, box 130, folder 1

U.S. National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics 1976-1980

Subseries 3.2: Legislation and testimonies 1950-2003

Scope and Contents

This subseries contains materials related to court cases Breslow testified for or legislation he supported. Materials include correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and other documents regarding state and national legislation. Topics include health care costs at the state level, the Child Health Assurance Act, health care workers, public health recodification, and support and funding for health services and research.

box 130, folder 2

Annotations of California legislature report 1950

box 130, folder 3-6, box 131, folder 1-4

Association of Schools of Public Health 1978-1979

box 131, folder 5-6, box 132, folder 1

California Assembly on health care costs 1978

box 132, folder 2

Child health assurance act 1978

box 132, folder 3

Cranston presidential campaign 1983

box 132, folder 4

Health manpower 1978

box 132, folder 5-8, box 133, box 134, folder 1-2

Health services and research 1977-1982

box 134, folder 3

Public health recodification 1984

box 134, folder 4-5

Senate subcommittee on health and scientific research 1977-1978

box 134, folder 6

Superior Court of California 2003-2003

box 134, folder 7-8

U.S. Senate 1985 June 14