Los Angeles County Medical Association Committee on Multiphasic Screening papers, 1953-1957

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Summary

Creators:
Los Angeles County Medical Association. Committee on Multiphasic Screening
Abstract:
The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera created by groups and individuals involved in research on multiphasic screenings.
Extent:
145 items
Language:
The records are in English.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains manuscripts, correspondence and ephemera. The manuscripts consist of 36 items arranged in alphabetical order by author. The material was created by the Health Plan Consultants Committee, the Committee on Multiphasic Screening and groups and individuals involved in research on multtiphasic screenings. The correspondence consists of 80 items arranged alphabetically by author. The majority of this section contains letters written by doctors and administrators involved in the multiphasic screening program. The ephemera consists of 29 items related to research into mutltiphasic screening and general health topics.

Notable participants include: Dr. Edgar F. Mauer, former president of the Los Angeles County Heart Association, Dr. Russel V. Lee, and Dr. Ian Macdonald.

Box 1 contains manuscripts and correspondence.

Box 2 contains ephemera, arranged alphabetically by type.

Biographical / historical:

The Inter-University Labor Education Committee created the Health Plan Consultants Committee in 1953 in order to research and test viable health care programs for laborers in the Los Angeles region. The Los Angeles County Medical Association (LACMA) was one of the groups who participated in this endeavor. The Committee on Multiphasic Screening was created to coordinate the physicians' activities regarding the screenings. The group conducted health screenings of employees and members of participating companies and unions.

Other participants in this endeavor include, but are not limited to: California Medical Association; University California, Department of Industrial Relations; Los Angeles County Heart Association; Los Angeles Tuberculosis and Health Association; Welfare Planning Council, Los Angeles Region; and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 1710.

Acquisition information:
On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Rules or conventions:
Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Location of this collection:
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108, US
Contact:
(626) 405-2191
reference@huntington.org
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