Ventura County Public Health Department records

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Ventura County Public Health Department records

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Ventura County Community Council records, I. 1955-1966

Physical Description: 0.3 linear_ft.

Arrangement

Foundational documents precede meeting materials and membership rosters.

Scope and Content Note

Records consist of minutes, agenda, reports, membership rosters, lists of board members, an amended consititution, and pamphlets, dating 1955-1966, of the Ventura County Community Council. The materials cover the meetings of the Council from the group's foundation in 1955 until 1961, and include reports from its three divisions. Lists of Board members run from 1956 to 1962 and membership rosters date from the 1960s. Topics covered in the meetings include updates on the activities of the Council's three divisions, administrative and business matters, fundraising, and lists of accomplishments.

Box 1

Establishment, amended constitution, and board of directors, 1955-1960

Box 1

Meeting materials and early history, 1955-1957

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Meeting materials and reports, 1958-1959

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Meeting materials and reports, 1959-1960

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Meeting materials and reports, 1960-1961

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Health Division committee reports, 1957-1963

Box 1

Membership rosters, 1961-1962, 1965-1966

Health Division project files, II. 1930-1981 (bulk 1957-1966) 1957-1966

Physical Description: 0.7 linear_ft.

Arrangement

Health education workshop planning materials precede polio immunization and vaccination initiative records. A few miscellaneous clippings and items related to Ventura County health issues appear at the end.

Scope and Contents Note

Records consist of notes, press materials, clippings, memoranda, correspondence, programs, evaluations, photographs, statistics, and flyers, dating 1930-1981 (bulk 1957-1966) created and maintained by the Health Division of the Ventura County Community Council. The majority of the materials concern planning for the Health Division's major initiative to provide health education workshops for teachers and other interested parties during the 1950s and 1960s. The files include a few evaluations. Other records describe Ventura County's participation in California's state-wide polio initiatives; a joint venture between the Ventura County Medical Society, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, and other service groups including, presumably the Ventura County Community Council's Health Division. The files include memoranda, flyers, and general information provided by the state.

Health education workshop files

Box 1

2nd Annual Health Education Workshop planning materials, 1959

Container Summary: (includes 14 photographs)

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3rd Annual Health Education Workshop planning materials, 1960

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4th Annual Health Education Workshop planning materials, 1961

Container Summary: (2 folders)

Box 1

8th Annual Health Education Workshop planning materials, 1 of 2 1965

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8th Annual Health Education Workshop planning materials, 2 of 2 1965

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Annual Health Education Workshops planning materials, 1 of 2 1970-1972

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Annual Health Education Workshops planning materials, 2 of 2 1970-1972

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Health Education Workshop evaluations, 1961-1963

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Workshop registrations, 1966

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Workshop programs, 1958-1959, 1961-1963, 1966-1968, 1970-1972

Polio immunization and vaccination programs

Box 2

Ventura County Polio Days [Polio vaccination program], 1957

Box 2

California Department of Public Health, information kit for use in California Polio Vaccination Program, 1957

Box 2

Ventura County polio vaccination statistics, 1956-1957

Box 2

Ventura County Polio Vaccination Program, 1 of 2 1955-1959

Box 2

Ventura County Polio Vaccination Program, 2 of 2 1955-1959

Box 2

Ventura County Medical Society oral polio immunization program, 1963-1965

Miscellaneous

Box 2

Assorted clippings regarding health education workshops and polio programs, 1957-1958

Box 2

Miscellaneous Ventura County health information, 1930, 1949, 1963, 1969-1970, 1973, 1981

Collection Contents

Ventura County Community Council records,

Health Division project files,