Medicine and Health of Black South Florida collection, 1950-2007 | The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South FL, Inc.

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Collection Overview

Title: Medicine and Health of Black South Florida collection, 1950-2007

ID: 01/BAF MS_00085

Primary Creator: Black Archives (1977-present)

Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in the following series: Correspondence, Documents, Newspaper articles (arranged chronologically), Photographs, Publications.

Subjects: Overtown (Miami, Fla.)

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection consists of materials documenting health and medicine in black South Florida, assembled by staff of The Black Archives between 1999 and 2007. The collection was started in 1998 with a donation from Dr. Marie Oleatha Pitts Mosley. The collection consists of correspondence, documents, photographs, newspaper articles, publications and magazine articles. Subjects in the collection include: 1950s medicine and health, AIDS, cancer, diabetes, segregated healthcare, and family and community healthcare.

Subject/Index Terms

Overtown (Miami, Fla.)

Administrative Information

Repository: The Black Archives History & Research Foundation of South FL, Inc.

Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this material.

Use Restrictions: Medicine and Health collection(c)2011 The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation, Inc. All Right Reserved. Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the Director of The Black Archives, History and Research Foundation, Inc. An image license agreement must be signed prior to recording or copying images.

Separated Materials: Personalities-M- Marie Oleatha Pitts Mosley

Related Materials: Susan F. Harris papers

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