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Baby conference note
Baby conference note
TitleBaby conference note
DescriptionA note by Professor J. Howell Atwood about "Baby conferences" held by the Visiting Nurse Association in Galesburg, Illinois. The note explains that separate baby conferences were held for while and African American families.
SubjectNurses
Named PersonMaxwell, Virginia;
CreatorAtwood, Jesse Howell;
Time Period1930s
TypeText
Formattiff
IdentifierJ. Howell Atwood Manuscript Collection (box 9)
Languageeng
RightsSee http://library.knox.edu/digitalcollections/rightsinfo.htm
CollectionStruggle and Progress-African Americans in Knox County, Illinois (Knox College)
Date Digital2012-07-18
TranscriptNegro -- White Relations Negro 53

Virginia Maxwell learned from
the Visiting Nurse Assn. that
the Assn first had "Baby Conf."
for both white and colored to-
gether, but that "at the request
of the Negroes themselves there
are 2 separate conferences now"
1 a month for N. [Negroes] 2 a month for whites.
Physical Descriptionhandwritten on 3 x 5 inch index card
FilenameBaby Conf Note
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