Scope and Contents
The Franklin M. Foote Papers consist of Dr. Foote's files as Commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Health. Included among the papers are files on state and local public health agencies, commissions, and services, 1959-1960; the Connecticut Clean Air Commission and Air Pollution Control Program, 1970-1971; the Council on Tuberculosis and Control, 1972; and press releases, 1962-1963. Also included are the papers of Dr. Stanley Hart Osborne who served as Commissioner in 1935-1936.
The papers were received from Dr. Franklin M. Foote in 1977.
Dates
- 1935-1972
- Majority of material found within 1959 - 1972
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright status for collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Franklin M. Foote, 1977-1978.
Arrangement
- Series I. Papers of Dr. Franklin M. Foote, 1959-1972
- Series II. Papers of Dr. Franklin M. Foote and Dr. Stanley Hart Osborn, 1935-1936; 1959-1971
Extent
5 Linear Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
Office files, printed matter, and press releases documenting Franklin M. Foote's service as commissioner of the Connecticut State Department of Health (1959-1972), as a member of the Connecticut Clean Air Commission and Air Pollution Control Program (1970-1971), and the Council on Tuberculosis. Included also are a small amount of papers from 1935 and 1936 of Dr. Stanley Hart Osborn who was then commissioner of the Department of Health. These papers form part of the Contemporary Medical Care and Health Policy Collection.
Biographical / Historical
Franklin M. Foote: public health physician; B.S., Yale, 1930, M.D., 1933, D.P.H., 1935; chief, division of local health administration, Connecticut State Dept. of Health, 1937-1941; district health officer, New York City, 1941-1946; medical director, later executive director, National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, 1946-1959; commissioner, Connecticut State Dept. of Health, 1959-1973; lecturer in public health and epidemiology, Yale, 1959-.
- Title
- Guide to the Franklin M. Foote Papers
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- July 1982
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
Yale University Library
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New Haven CT 06520-8240 US
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Location
Sterling Memorial Library
Room 147
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511