Fluoridation collection
Scope and content
Materials concerning the question of whether or not the public water supply should be fluoridated, collected from various sources by Howard Evans as Ithaca, New York was debating whether or not to fluoridate its water. Collection includes leaflets, letters (including public mass mailings), and newspaper clippings, with arguments for and against fluoridation from residents and government officials in Rhode Island, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and in the New York City area and Long Island. Correspondents and authors include the Montclair Committee for Fluoridation (in New Jersey), the Medical-Dental Committee on Evaluation of Fluoridation (a national organization), Dr. Benjamin Spock, the Montclair Committee Against Fluoridation, the Greater New York Committee Opposed to Fluoridation, and the Ithaca Committee Opposed to Fluoridation.
Dates
- 1956-1963.
Creator
- Evans, Howard E. (Howard Edward), 1922- (Collector, Person)
- Spock, Benjamin, 1903-1998. (Person)
- Montclair Committee for Fluoridation (N.J.) (Organization)
- Montclair Committee Against Fluoridation (N.J.) (Organization)
- Medical-Dental Committee on Evaluation of Fluoridation (U.S.) (Organization)
- Greater New York Committee Opposed to Fluoridation (Organization)
- Ithaca Committee Opposed to Fluoridation (Organization)
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
Professor of veterinary medicine at Cornell University.
Extent
.1 cubic feet. (.1 cubic feet.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
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607-255-9524 (Fax)