HEALTH DEPARTMENT: COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE:

An Inventory of Its Subject Files at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minnesota. Department of Health. Commissioner's Office.
Title:Subject Files.
Dates:1902-1999 (bulk 1960s - 1980s).
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Subject files documenting the administration and operation of the commissioner's office, mainly during the terms of Robert N. Barr (1955-1971), Warren R. Lawson (1971-1979), George R. Pettersen (1979-1983), and Sister Mary Madonna Ashton (1983-1991). The files particularly detail the department's relationship with other state government departments, boards, and commissions; with numerous state and federal legislators; with numerous private health-related organizations; and with its own divisions and departments.
Quantity:36.25 cubic feet (37 boxes).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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A wide variety of health related topics are covered in the files including asbestos, chemical dependencies, civil defense and natural disasters, county health departments, community health services, dental health, emergency medical services, environmental health, family planning, fluoridation, health care facilities, health maintenance organizations, home health care, health planning, immunization, Indian health, migrant health, child health screening, mortuary science, nursing homes, occupational safety and health, poison control, power lines, preventive medicine, public health nursing, health system agencies, tuberculosis, venereal disease, maternal and child health, the aged, and handicapped, gifted, and exceptional children.

Especially significant sets of records cover AIDS; legislation; the Minnesota Institute for Addiction and Stress Research; the Minnesota State Board of Health; the 1958 World Health Organization Assembly and 1962 Pan American Health Organization Conference, both held in Minnesota; regional health agencies; a non-smoking initiative; both state government and departmental reorganization; Reserve Mining Company asbestos findings; the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials; the Governor's Office; the Minnesota State Medical Association; the State Health Advisory Council; the Governor's Commission on Promoting Minnesota's HealthCare Resources; the Northlands Regional Medical Program; the University of Minnesota; and the U. S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

The files also include department heads, division directors, and executive office meetings files; the 1969 State Plan for Public Services; personnel policy and procedure manuals and related materials; and human resources planning and salary classifications files.


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Expand/CollapseARRANGEMENT

The files are arranged in two alphabetical series.

Note to Researcher: While these files are now two alphabetical sets, some of them appear to have been created as separate series. The researcher should check for possible variations in both topical and organizational/governmental file titles.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Health. Commissioner's Office. Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: 982-151; 988-208; 989-82; 990-31; 991-38; 991-165; 994-154; 997-43; 2002-78; 2007-26; 2008-37; 2017-25

Processing Information:

Catalog ID number: 001716760


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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126.B.13.10FActivity analysis: Program Inventory of State Government, 1968-1969.
Activity analysis: Study for the Health Function of State Government, 1972.
Activity analysis, 1974.
Administration Department, 1949-1975. 4 folders.
Administrative Services Advisory Committee, 1981-1987.
Adolescent occupational injuries agreement, 1990.
Advisory committee memberships, 1976-1982.
Agency action plans, 1984-1989.
Agriculture Department (federal and state), 1961-1975. 2 folders.
AIDS, 1985-1990. 54 folders:
Adolescence and AIDS Prevention Proposal, November 6, 1987.
AIDS Weekly Surveillance Report, 1986–1988.
Incomplete.
Commissioner’s Task Force on AIDS, 1985-1987. 35 folders:
Minutes and agenda packets, 1985-1987; 1994-1999. 17 folders:
September 9, 1985–December 10, 1987.
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119.J.2.3BMeeting Minutes: File copies, 1994-1997.
Minutes and agenda packets, 1994-1999. 10 folders.
Prioritization Subcommittee, 1994.
Subcommittees, 1996-1998. 4 folders.
Subcommittees include: Executive; Public Policy; Prioritization; Procedures, Bylaws, and Operations;and Research and Evaluation.
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126.B.13.10FProposals for federal and state funding, August 30 and September 5, 1985.
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119.J.2.4FSubject files:
Bylaws, 1996.
Co-factor Discussions, 1995-1996.
Correspondence, 1994-1999.
Formation of Task Force - Planning Documents, 1994.
Forms - Master Copies of Score Sheets and HIV Positive Forms, 1994.
Manual - Task Force, 1998.
Membership / New Members Stuff, 1994-1995.
Orientation Materials, 1998.
Petitions:
Community Feedback - Including People with HIV on Task Force, 1994.
Prostituted Women, 1998.
Youth HIV Prevention Funding Cut, 1997.
Retreat, 1994.
STD Disparities Planning Committee Manual, 1999.
Workplan Notes, 1995.
Youth Council Mailings, 1998.
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126.B.13.10FCorrespondence, 1985–1989. 2 folders.
Includes reports and summary statistics.
Epidemiology and Health Economics of AIDS in Minnesota: Summary Report, March 1986.
Healthcare financing, 1988.
HIV Issues Team, 1985–1988.
Includes committee and subcommittee minutes, correspondence, and reports. The committee did not meet during 1987, but was reactivated on January 29, 1988.
HIV testing, 1986–1989.
Includes some protocols.
HMO Coverage Report, May 1986.
LAC [Legislative Advisory Committee] budget/funding, 1988.
Media, 1985–1990.
Includes local newspaper clippings and news releases.
Minnesota AIDS Project, 1985–1987.
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126.B.13.11BOfficial statements, 1985–1987.
Premarital blood screening, 1987–1988.
Protocols for handling HIV-related issues, 1986–1987.
Developed by the Acute Disease Epidemiology Section.
Resources, 1985–1988.
Spring Hill Conference, November 13-14, 1987. 2 folders.
AIDS: Confronting the Crisis in Minnesota.
Survey of HIV-Related Acts of Discrimination: Cases within the Department of Health, 1985–1986.
Alternatives to Institutionalization of the Aged Committee, 1973.
American Board of Preventive Medicine, 1971-1974.
American Lung Association of Hennepin County, 1971-1976.
American Medical Association, 1971.
American Public Health Association, 1970-1971, 1975. 2 folders.
Animal Control Commission, 1989.
Archives Commission, 1941-1970.
Arrowhead Regional Council for Planning Health Facilities and Services, 1964-1968. 2 folders.
Asbestos findings: Reserve Mining Company, 1948, 1969-1970, 1977-1978. 4 folders.
Includes correspondence, depositions and statements, and technical appraisals and analyses.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials, 1949-1981. 19 folders:
Proceedings, 1949-1968. 3 folders.
Secretary/Executive Officer Warren R. Lawson files, 1971-1975. 15 folders:
Workshop: Health Program Reporting System, 1971.
Indian Health Committee, 1972.
Indian Health Service Committee Conference, 1973.
Ad Hoc Committee Meeting: Indian Health, 1974-1975.
Officers, 1974-1976.
HPRS [Health Program Reporting System] Project, 1975-1976. 2 folders.
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126.B.13.12FHPRS [Health Program Reporting System] Project, 1975-1976. 8 folders.
Environmental Health Task Force, 1980-1981.
Attorney General, 1959-1966, 1983-1988. 3 folders.
Awards for excellence in health promotion, 1989.
Commissioner Robert N. Barr files, [1940s]-1971. 6 folders:
Photographs, [1940s]-1971.
Biographical sketches, 1957-1967.
Awards received, 1963-1971.
Funeral arrangements, December 1970.
Dr. Robert N. Barr Memorial Fund donations, 1971.
Miscellaneous, 1970-1971.
Clippings, eulogy, obituaries.
Bethany Covenant Home summons and complaint, 1984.
Biennial reports to the Legislature: Background information, 1964-1967.
Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 1971-1976. 2 folders.
Boards of Health meetings, 1983-1985.
Cancer surveillance, 1983-1988.
Capital for a Day, 1979-1980.
Centennial Commission, 1956.
Center for Disease Control, 1968-1975.
Central Minnesota Planning Council for Health Facilities and Services, 1967-1968.
Certificate of Need (Miscellaneous and Sec. 1122), 1970-1974.
Chemical dependencies, 1971-1972, 1977. 2 folders.
Chemical Use Problems Task Force, 1979-1981.
Child health screening/health promotion, 1981-1984.
Child sex abuse, 1984.
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126.B.13.14FCivil defense and natural disasters, 1965-1972. 6 folders.
Civil Rights Act, 1965-1973.
Civil Service Commission, U.S., 1968-1970.
Civil Service Department, 1950-1975. 3 folders.
Commission on Health Plan Regulatory Reform, circa 1988.
Commission on Minnesota’s Future, 1973.
Commission on Municipal Laws, 1960.
Commissioner’s correspondence, 1980-1989. 7 folders.
Primarily interoffice correspondence and memos with the Disease Prevention and Control Division.
Communicable disease, 1969-1970.
Community-based facilities for the mentally ill, 1983-1984.
Community Development Office, 1980-1985. 5 folders.
Community Health Services, 1977-1984. 2 folders.
Community nursing, 1969-1970.
Community Services Division, 1978-1989.
Complaints, 1980.
Conference of State and Provincial Health Authorities of North America, 1973-1976.
Congressional representatives and senators, 1956-1985. 45 folders:
Anderson, H. Carl, Representative, 1958-1963.
Anderson, Wendell R., Senator, 1977-1978.
Berglund, Bob, Representative, 1972-1976. 2 folders.
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126.B.13.15BBlatnik, John A., Representative, 1958-1974. 2 folders.
Erdahl, Arlen, Representative, 1979-1982.
Fraser, Donald M., Representative, 1964-1978. 2 folders.
Frenzel, William, Representative, 1971-1975.
General, 1957-1962.
Hagedorn, Tom, Representative, 1975-1982. 2 folders.
Humphrey, Hubert H., Senator (and Vice-President), 1956-1978. 8 folders.
Humphrey, Muriel, Senator, 1978.
Judd, Walter H., 1958-1968.
Karth, Joseph E., Representative, 1962-1976. 2 folders.
Knutson, Coya, Representative, 1958.
Marshall, Fred, Representative, 1958-1968.
Mondale, Walter F., Senator (and Vice-President), 1965-1977. 4 folders.
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126.B.13.16FNelsen, Ancher, Representative, 1959-1974. 2 folders.
Nolan, Richard, Representative, 1975-1979. 2 folders.
Oberstar, James, Representative, 1985.
O’Hara, Joseph P., Representative, 1958.
Olson, Alec G., Representative, 1963-1966.
Quie, Albert H., Representative, 1958-1978. 3 folders.
Thye, Edward J., Senator, 1957-1958.
Wier, Roy W., Representative, 1957-1960.
Zwach, John M., Representative, 1967-1974. 2 folders.
Consumer Services, Office of, 1976-1982.
Conwed, 1988-1989.
Concerns the Health Department’s response to the possibility of asbestos exposure of workers at the Cloquet, Minnesota, Conwed plant.
Cooperative agreement between Minnesota departments of economic security and health, October 7, 1981.
Corrections Department, 1973-1980. 2 folders.
Council for the Handicapped, 1973-1976.
County health departments, miscellaneous, 1958-1969, 1973-1976. 2 folders.
Crippled Children Services, 1973-1975.
Dental health, 1971-1975. 2 folders.
Dental health: Evaluation of the City of Brainerd’s Dental Health Plan, 1984.
Department/division directors meetings, 1973-1977. 2 folders.
Department head meetings and seminars with Governor [Rudy] Perpich, 1971-1978.
Department staff meetings, 1972-1975, 1985-1991. 2 folders.
Departmental retreat/division summaries, June 1988.
Description of Health Department activities, 1983-1985.
Diagnostic X-Ray Quality Assurance Program, 1981.
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126.B.14.1BDivision directors’ meetings, 1961-1969. 2 folders.
Includes minutes, agendas, directives, and memos.
Drug abuse letters from Governor, 1989-1990.
Governor Rudy Perpich solicited responses from the public concerning the problem of drug abuse for a special segment of his 1990 State of the State address which would consist of a video presentation of Minnesotans telling their stories of the struggle with abused substances.
Duluth [Minnesota] water supply: Asbestos findings, 1973-1976. 2 folders.
Early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment, 1973-1974.
Education Department, 1958-1975. 2 folders.
Efficiency in Government “Little Hoover” Commission, 1950. 3 folders.
Correspondence, drafts, and reports.
Emergency Medical Services, 1967-1990. 5 folders.
Emergency Operations Plan Notification Procedure, 1989.
Employee Health Promotion Program, 1977-1980.
Engineering Services, 1980-1981.
Environmental health, miscellaneous, 1976-1991. 2 folders.
Topics covered include power lines, the Reilly tar litigation, school health, and pesticides.
Environmental Health Committee of the Minnesota Medical Association, 1976-1978.
Environmental Quality Board, 1981-1982.
Executive Office, 1962-1968.
Executive Office staff meetings, 1979-1982.
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126.B.14.2FExecutive Office staff meetings, 1987-1991. 5 folders.
Executive Office and division directors’ meetings, 1986-1991.
Exxon, 1986.
Concerns oil overcharge money.
Family planning, 1964-1975, 1981-1986. 4 folders.
Family planning film concerns, 1983-1985.
Mainly letters of complaint and news releases concerning two Health Department produced family planning videos: Love Carefully and Hope Is Not Enough.
Federal legislation: HR16204 [National Health Policy Planning and Resources Development Act of 1974], 1974.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Executive Summary, 1989.
Finance Department, 1972-1975, 1980-1984. 2 folders.
First Call for Health, 1974-1976.
First Responder Notification Advisory Committee, 1988-1989.
Fitness for Youth Project, circa 1980.
Flesch Readability Report, April 1988.
Description of a method for assessing the reading material difficulty for grade schoolers.
Fluoridation, 1970-1976.
Fluoridation controversy in Brainerd [Minnesota], 1979-1985.
Fluoride Commission, 1978-1979.
Food service and restaurant issues, 1976-1987.
Foundation for Health Care Evaluation, 1973-1976.
Governor’s Commission on Crime Prevention and Control, 1969-1971.
Governor’s Committee on Voyageur’s National Park, 1972.
Governor’s Council on Executive Reorganization, 1968-1969. 2 folders.
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126.B.14.3BGovernor’s Council on Executive Reorganization, 1968-1969. 4 folders.
Governor’s Council on Health, Welfare and Rehabilitation, 1967-1969. 3 folders.
Governor’s Council on Rural Development, 1980-1986.
Governor’s Council on Youth, 1984.
Governor’s Department Head Seminar Address, October 1971.
Governor’s Human Services Council, 1972-1975. 2 folders.
Governor’s Inter-Agency Committee for Employment of the Handicapped, 1971-1973.
Governor’s Loaned Executives Action Program [LEAP], 1972-1973. 2 folders.
Governor’s Office, 1961-1989. 27 folders:
Correspondence, 1961-1969. 7 folders.
The various Governor’s Office correspondence files include letters, memoranda, reports, and miscellany exchanged by the Governor’s Office and the Health Department and letters from citizens to the governor that were forwarded to the Health Department for response.
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126.B.14.4FCorrespondence, 1967-1973, 1982-1989. 14 folders.
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126.B.16.9BCorrespondence, 1989.
Department heads, 1967-1970.
General notices, 1984-1986.
Referral correspondence, 1963-1968. 3 folders.
Governor’s Quality Environment Program Report, 1984.
Governor’s Task Force on Health Care, 1981-1983.
Governor’s Task Force on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management, 1981-1982.
Handicapped, Gifted and Exceptional Children Governor’s Advisory Board, 1957-1974. 2 folders.
Hazardous Substance Disclosure Act, 1984.
Letters of support.
Hazardous Substance Injury Compensation Board, 1985-1986.
Health Care Exploring Task Force (St. John’s Hospital), 1979-1980.
Health Care Facilities, 1971-1975.
Health Care Facilities Certificates of Need, 1971-1975.
Health Care Facilities Survey and Compliance, 1973-1975. 3 folders.
Health, Education and Welfare, U.S., 1965-1975. 7 folders:
General, 1968-1975. 2 folders.
Audit Agency, 1969-1975.
Food and Drug Administration [FDA], 1967-1975.
Region V Chicago Office, 1971-1975. 2 folders.
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126.B.16.10FRehabilitative Services—Reorganization, 1965-1969.
Health Facilities Advisory Council, 1976-1979.
Health issues, 1979-1980.
Health Law Division, Attorney General’s Office, 1976-1982.
Health maintenance organizations, 1973-1975. 2 folders.
Health manpower programs, 1973-1975.
Health planning, 1957-1971. 2 folders.
Health Policy Analysis Group Advisory Board, 1982.
Health Problem Definition Group, 1980-1982.
Health related licensing boards, 1984-1988.
Health Research Institute, 1986-1987.
Health Section, Functional Analysis of Minnesota State Government, 1971.
Health Services Occupations Advisory Council, 1976-1980.
Health systems agencies (general), 1964-1968.
Hennepin County Medical Society, 1968-1976. 2 folders.
Hill-Burton, 1964-1968. 2 folders.
Home Health Aide Homemaker Service, 1970.
Home health care, 1979-1990.
Hospital Administrators Registration Advisory Council, 1977-1980.
Hospital licensure, 1983-1985.
Hospital planning, 1963-1970.
Housing and urban development, 1964-1969.
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126.B.16.11BHuman Resources Planning Council, 1970-1975. 2 folders.
Human Rights Department, 1967-1970.
Human Services Act, 1973-1976. 2 folders.
Human Services Budget Task Force, 1980.
Human Services Cabinet, 1979-1980.
Human Services Department, 1980-1982.
Human Services Office, 1975.
Human subjects policies, 1969-1970.
Immune milk, 1959-1963.
Immunization, 1967-1975. 2 folders.
Indian health, 1955-1987. 8 folders.
Indian Health Board of Minneapolis, 1971-1973.
Interagency health database for youth, circa 1985.
Interim Technical Advisory Committee: Development of a State-Wide Cancer Surveillance System, 1981-1982.
Iron Range asbestos related health problems, 1985-1988.
Laboratory certification, 1987.
Law: Reporting of Defective Children, 1953.
Commissioner Warren R. Lawson files, 1971-1979. 10 folders:
Correspondence, 1974-1979. 2 folders.
Location
126.B.16.12FGovernor, 1973-1974.
Memberships, 1974-1975.
Includes correspondence with the Minnesota Academy of Medicine.
Miscellaneous, 1976-1977.
Personal information, 1971-1979.
Personal organizations and committee memberships, 1971-1978.
Photographs, 1971-1974.
Pictures, biographical sketch, etc., 1971-1973.
Talks and lectures, 1971-1978.
Lead issue, 1984-1989.
League of Minnesota Municipalities, 1971-1975.
Legislation, 1971-1979. 15 folders:
Covers state and federal legislation.
Legislation, 1979.
Legislation-Proposed, 1979.
Legislation, 1971-1975. 4 folders.
House, 1974.
House: Health and Welfare Committee, 1975.
Legislative Audit Commission, 1975.
Pharmacy, 1973-1974.
Senate, 1975.
Senate: Health, Welfare and Corrections Committee, 1974-1975.
U.S. Senate: Special Committee on Aging, 1971-1975. 2 folders.
U.S. Senator John Milton, 1974-1975.
Legislation: Federal Public Health Training Program, 1958-1964.
Legislative interim commissions and committees, 1963-1965.
Legislative Research Committee, 1948-1957. 1 folder and 1 volume.
Legislative Task Force on Epilepsy, 1981.
Location
126.B.16.13BLegislators, Minnesota, 1957-1966. 2 folders.
Letters to the Editor, 1989.
Lieutenant Governor’s Office, 1977-1989.
Listing of department employees on various committees, 1961-1970.
Loaned Executives Action Program, 1972. 2 folders.
Local Environmental Health Manual (old), 1970-1971.
Local Health Administration Division, 1961-1972. 2 folders.
Long term care, 1986.
Major Health Problems in Minnesota: 1982 Summary, May 1982.
Manpower Services, 1972-1974.
Maternal and Child Health Advisory Task Force, 1978-1990. 3 folders.
Maternal and Child Health Division, 1969-1975. 6 folders.
Includes the Minnesota Maternal Child Health Plan.
Maternal and Child Health Division: Child Study Center [Project], 1965-1970.
Maternal and Child Health Division: Staff meetings, 1985-1991.
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126.B.16.14FMedical Examiner’s Board, 1959-1971. 2 folders.
Medical Care Planning Project 2010, 1989.
Medical Laboratories Division, 1980-1985.
Medical Laboratories Division staff meetings, 1985-1989.
Medicare/Medicaid, SSI [Supplemental Security Income], 1968-1971.
Merger of MDH [Minnesota Department of Health] and DPW [Department of Public Welfare], 1983-1984.
Metropolitan Council, 1967-1968.
Metropolitan Mosquito Control Commission, 1959-1976. 2 folders.
Midwestern Governors’ Conference Preventive Health Care Task Force, 1978-1980. 2 folders.
Migrant health, 1957-1984.
Migrant Health Project, 1967-1970. 2 folders.
Migrant Health Services, 1971-1975. 2 folders.
MIN-DAK Health Systems Agency, 1960-1968.
Minneapolis Age and Opportunity Center, 1971-1980. 4 folders.
Minneapolis City Health Department, 1954-1975. 2 folders.
Location
126.B.16.15BMinneapolis City Health Department: Comprehensive Health Services for Children and Youth, 1966.
Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank, 1977-1979. 2 folders.
Minnesota Academy of Family Physicians, 1958-1968.
Formerly the Minnesota Academy of General Practice.
Minnesota Academy of Medicine, 1980.
Minnesota Ambulance Association, 1973.
Minnesota Association for Retarded Citizens, 1976.
Minnesota Association of Family Physicians, 1977-1978.
Minnesota Association of Health Care Facilities, 1973-1976.
Minnesota Board of Aging, 1973-1976.
Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act, 1983-1988.
Minnesota Commission on Interstate Cooperation, 1959-1960. 1 volume.
Minnesota Council on Aging, 1971-1972.
Minnesota Disease Control Immunization Program, 1971-1976.
Minnesota Heart Association, 1949-1976. 3 folders.
Minnesota Hospital Association, 1966-1976. 4 folders.
Minnesota Institute for Addiction and Stress Research, 1977-1989. 11 folders:
Correspondence, 1987–1989.
D-Day, 1977–1978.
Don’t Smoke Day, January 19, 1978.
Health Fair 1980, 1980.
Legislation, 1988-1989.
Minutes of board meetings, 1988–1989.
Minutes of Personnel and Finance Committee meetings, 1988–1989.
Minutes of Research and Program Committee meetings, 1988–1989.
Mission statement, undated.
Proposals and reports, 1988–1989.
Research ideas, March 1–22, 1989.
Summary of activities prepared for the Governor’s Office, December 21, 1988.
Minnesota Interagency Advisory Committee on Child Health Screening, 1978-1981. 2 folders.
Minnesota Medical Association, 1973-1976. 3 folders.
Minnesota Medical Association committees (general), 1948-1967.
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110.B.19.2FMinnesota Medical Association: Committee on Environmental Health, 1970.
Minnesota Medical Association: House of Delegates, 1957-1967. 3 folders.
Minnesota Nurses Association, 1972-1976.
Minnesota Nursing Home Association, 1969-1972.
Minnesota Public Health Association, 1963-1976. 4 folders.
Includes records of the Metropolitan Regional Action Council.
Minnesota Regional Program for Kidney Disease: Joint Planning Committee, 1970-1975. 2 folders.
Minnesota Rubella Eradication Project, 1969-1970.
Minnesota Selective Service Committee, 1971-1975.
Minnesota Society of Anesthesiology, 1966-1968.
Minnesota State Board of Health, 1944-1967. 8 folders and 1 volume:
Membership listings, 1954-1960.
Board members—obsolete prior to 1963, 1956-1967.
Policy statements, 1954.
Letters to State Board of Health members, 1944-1958. 5 folders.
Committee Reviewing Health Department Programs, 1952-1954. 1 volume.
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110.B.19.3BMinnesota State Medical Association, 1968-1972. 4 folders.
Minnesota State Medical Association committees, general, 1968-1972.
Minnesota State Medical Association: Committee on Environmental Health, 1973-1975. 2 folders.
Minnesota State Medical Association: Health Care Cost Commission, 1977-1978.
Minnesota State Medical Association: Industrial Health Committee Subcommittee on OSHA, 1972-1975.
Minnesota State Medical Association: Proposed Cervical Cancer Study, 1970-1972.
Minnesota State Medical Association: Subcommittee on Standards of Medical Care, 1968-1970. 3 folders.
Minnesota State Medical Association: Subcommittee on Standards of Medical Care: Committee on Medical Standards, 1971.
Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association, 1973-1974.
Minnesota Water Resources Council, 1973.
Miscellaneous proceedings, 1963-1967.
Mental Retardation Facilities Planning, 1964-1966; Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing, 1967; State and Provincial Health Authorities of North America, 1963.
Miscellaneous state agencies, 1959-1961.
Monthly reports of Commissioner Sister Mary Madonna Ashton to the Governor, 1987-1988.
Incomplete.
Mortuary science, 1959-1974. 2 folders.
Mortuary Science Examiners Advisory Committee, 1978-1980.
Multiple myeloma, 1969-1970.
National Health Service Corps, 1972-1974.
National Health Survey, 1961-1967.
North Central Medical Conference, 1970-1974. 2 folders.
Northlands Regional Medical Program, 1971-1976. 13 folders and 1 volume:
General, 1971-1976. 4 folders.
Includes minutes, correspondence, newsletters, reports, and grant applications.
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110.B.19.4FContinuation Grant Application, 1972-1973. 1 volume.
Health Manpower Committee, 1972.
Mini-Clinic Study Committee, 1972.
Regional Advisory Group, 1972-1976. 7 folders.
Includes minutes, agenda materials, and correspondence.
Northwestern Minnesota Planning Council for Health Services, 1967-1968.
Nuclear reactors, 1972.
Nurses strike, 1984.
Nursing Home Advisory Council, 1978-1982.
Nursing homes, 1983-1989.
Includes the December 1984 report, A Study of Public Policy and Availability of Nursing Home Beds in Minnesota.
Nursing homes: Patient abuse, 1979.
Nursing homes: Proposed nursing home licensure rules, circa 1980.
Summary and fiscal analysis.
Occupational Safety and Health Task Force, 1971-1972. 2 folders.
Includes minutes.
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110.B.19.5BOffice of Health Facility Complaints: Monthly reports, 1982-1987.
Office of Waste and Management in State Government, 1977-1985.
Organizations: Miscellaneous, 1968-1984. 5 folders.
Osteopaths, 1966-1969.
Pan American Health Organization [PAHO], 1962. 7 folders and 5 volumes:
Files relating to the XVI Quadrennial Conference held in Minneapolis in September 1962.
Minnesota Citizens’ Committee for PAHO: Expense voucher record, 1962.
Minnesota Citizens’ Committee: Listings, 1962.
Printing: Invitations, envelops, etc., 1962.
Mimeographed material (file copies), 1962.
Reservations listings, 1962.
Hospitality Kit, 1962.
Delegate Kit, 1962.
Minnesota Citizens’ Committee: Listings, correspondence, miscellaneous, 1962. 1 volume.
Hospitality Committee, 1962. 1 volume.
Finance Committee: Tax exemption, 1962. 1 volume.
Correspondence, delegate and staff listings, press releases, 1962. 1 volume.
Robert N. Barr personal files, 1962. 1 volume.
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106.I.18.6FPersonnel policy and related materials, 1965-1973. 2 folders.
Pesticide Monitoring Surveys Interim Report, 1986.
Commissioner George R. Pettersen files, 1975-1982. 6 folders:
Bibliography, 1975-1982.
Curriculum vitae, circa 1979.
Memo to People Concerned with Public Health in Minnesota, 1982.
Miscellaneous correspondence, 1979-1982. 3 folders.
Pharmacy Board, 1965-1967.
Phenylketonuria [PKU] testing, 1973.
Pilot City, 1967-1968.
Planning, 1972-1975.
Poison Control Center designation, 1982-1985.
Poison Information Center, 1958-1972.
Poison Information Service Advisory Council, 1980-1984.
Policy and Procedure Manual, 1975, 1986-1989. 2 folders.
Pollution Control Agency, 1967-1975. 2 folders.
Power line, 1979-1982. 3 folders.
Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee, 1981-1982.
Professional Standards Review Organization [PSRO], 1973-1976.
Programs, circa 1985-1986.
Project 70: 10 Year Program, 1961-1962. 1 folder and 1 volume.
New Dimensions for Minnesota, Planning Guide for 1963-1973; background materials and drafts.
Public Employer-Employee Relations Commission of Minnesota Legislature, 1959.
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106.I.18.7BPublic Health Emergency Powers Statutory Team, 1985-1986.
Public health nursing, 1972-1989. 2 folders.
Public Health Service, 1971-1975.
Public Health Service: DHEW [Department of Health, Education, and Welfare], 1959-1961.
Public Health Service: DHEW Region V, Chicago office, 1968-1973.
Public Safety Department, 1970-1982. 3 folders.
Public Welfare Department, 1974-1980. 9 folders.
Public Welfare Department/Health Department joint meetings, 1978-1982.
Quality assurance and review, 1974-1984. 2 folders.
Quality of medical data on birth record supplements, 1965-1966.
Radioactive materials and x-ray exposure, 1976-1989.
Rate review, 1979-1983.
Redesignation of health planning function, 1975-1982.
Regional health agency files, 1968-1973. 26 folders:
Includes correspondence, regional plans, grant applications and proposals, reports, and minutes of some regional agency meetings.
County health departments, miscellaneous, 1968-1972. 2 folders.
Health systems agencies, 1969-1971.
Agassiz Health Systems Agency, 1970-1972.
Location
106.I.18.8FCentral Minnesota health systems, 1970-1972.
Metropolitan Council Health Board, 1969-1972. 7 folders.
Includes minutes and other records of the Long Term Health Care Advisory Committee.
Min-Dak Health Systems Agency, 1970-1972.
Minneapolis Health Department, 1969-1972. 8 folders:
Active Care Satellite Project Final Report, 1971. 4 folders.
Volumes I and II.
Comprehensive Health Services for Youth and Children, 1970-1972.
Family Planning Project, 1969-1971.
Pilot City Project, 1979-1972. 2 folders.
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106.I.18.9BSt. Paul Health Bureau, 1969, 1973. 3 folders.
Report and grant applications for the Maternal and Infant Care Project.
Southwestern Minnesota Health Systems Agency, 1971-1973.
Western Lake Superior Health Systems Agency, 1970-1972.
Reorganization files, 1902-1964, 1979. 10 folders and 1 volume:
Historical and reorganization data, 1902-1961.
Proposed reorganization, 1964.
Reorganization, State of Minnesota, 1939, 1955-1959.
Task Force, Self-Survey, 1959-1960.
Self-Survey, Minnesota Department of Health, 1955-1958.
A Study of the Minnesota Health Department, 1956. 1 volume.
By the Legislative Research Committee.
Proposed reorganization, 1959.
Governor’s Conference on Reorganization proposals, 1959.
Reorganization, 1946-1953, 1979. 3 folders.
Report to Legislative Interim Committee, 1923, circa 1946.
Reportable Disease Rules Revision Work Group, 1983.
Reviewing Committee, 1953-1954, 1957-1959. 2 volumes.
Richardson, Mary Jo, 1979.
St. Paul Bureau of Health, 1973-1976.
St. Paul Health Department, Maternity and Infant Care Project, 1965-1968.
Salaries, specific classifications, 1949-1967.
Salary classifications and ranges, 1968-1974. 2 folders.
Saturn Project, 1985.
Includes documentation of and accompanying materials from the Health Care Costs Group meeting concerning the state’s bid for the General Motors’ Saturn automobile assembly plant.
Scientific and Ethical Review Committee, 1971-1973.
Secretary of State, 1957-1967.
Select Committee on Nursing Homes, 1975. 2 folders.
Location
106.I.18.10FSelect Committee on Nursing Homes, 1975. 3 folders.
Selective Service (U.S., Minnesota), 1950-1970.
Smoking, 1973-1974.
Special Advisory Committee on Treatment of Committed Patients, 1973-1974.
Speeches: Commissioner Sister Mary Madonna Ashton, 1984-1990.
State Advisory Committee on Social Services, 1972-1973.
State Building Code Advisory Committee, 1966-1967.
State Function Inventory—Health, 1970.
State Health Plan, 1979-1982.
State Merit Award Board, 1954-1960, 1979. 2 folders.
State Plan for Public Health Services, 1969. 7 folders.
Includes plan and exhibits.
State Planning Agency, 1971-1986. 11 folders:
Allied Health Personnel Task Force, 1972.
Location
128.K.4.14FComprehensive Health Planning Advisory Council, 1971-1975. 4 folders.
Developmental Disabilities Advisory Council, 1972.
General, 1976-1986. 4 folders.
Regional Development in Minnesota, 1971-1972.
State Retirement System, 1977-1982.
Statement of Departmental Objectives, September 1971.
Statewide Health Coordinating Council, 1976-1983. 3 folders.
Statutorily designated committees, councils and task forces, 1983-1984.
Strike committee, 1981.
Location
128.K.5.1BSuggested State Legislation Program, 1959-1960.
Survey and Compliance Section, 1979-1989.
Technical consultation and training, 1977-1979.
Transportation Department, 1956-1969.
Tuberculosis, 1964-1975. 4 folders.
Unemployed medical care, 1982-1983.
United States Environmental Protection Agency, 1969-1970.
University of Minnesota, 1964-1977, 1988. 9 folders:
General, 1972-1974.
Anti-Steroid Campaign, 1988.
Medical School, 1968-1972.
Nursing School, 1973-1977.
School of Public Health, 1965-1976. 4 folders.
Student-Staff Directory, 1964-1972.
Urea formaldehyde, 1979-1980.
Venereal disease, 1968-1975. 2 folders.
Location
111.G.5.9BVenereal disease, 1968-1975. 2 folders.
Veterans’ homes, 1983-1990.
Veterans’ homes: Report on the Minnesota Veterans’ Home in Minneapolis, 1987.
Vinland Center Committee, 1978.
War Memorial Blood Bank, 1975.
Washington Office [State of Minnesota] reports and communications, 1980-1986.
Water Well Contractors Advisory Council, 1978-1984.
Welfare Department, 1969-1970.
Wellness Council of Minnesota, 1985-1986.
Wells and drinking water, 1976-1990. 2 folders.
Wheaton [Minnesota] leukemia issue, 1984-1987.
Situation regarding a high incidence of leukemia, referred to as a cancer cluster, among Wheaton area highway workers.
Women, Infants, and Children [WIC] Special Supplemental Food Program, 1973-1974, 1985-1989. 3 folders.
Work plan, Commissioner’s, 1980-1982.
World Health Organization [WHO] files, 1946, 1956-1963. 2 folders and 13 volumes:
Relating to the Eleventh World Health Assembly held in Minneapolis on May 26 – June 14, 1958 and hosted by the Minnesota World Health Organization and Centennial Health Committee.
File of duplicated data (Stencils 1-106), 1958. 2 folders.
Delegation listings, 1958. 1 volume.
Conference proceedings and materials, 1958. 1 volume.
Minnesota WHO and Centennial Committee appreciation letters, 1958. 1 volume.
Federal correspondence, 1957-1959. 1 volume.
Location
111.G.5.10FMiscellaneous correspondence and arrangements, 1957-1958. 1 volume.
Minnesota Statewide Committee, 1957-1958. 1 volume.
Finance Committee, 1957-1963. 2 volumes.
Hospitality Committee, 1957-1958. 1 volume.
Exhibit Committee, 1957-1958. 1 volume.
Public Relations Committee, 1957-1958. 1 volume.
Delegates and WHO personnel, 1957-1958. 1 volume.
Information and publicity, 1946, 1956-1958. 1 volume.

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Expand/CollapseSERIES 2: 1973-1991

The majority of these records are from the term of Commissioner Sister Mary Madonna Ashton; a few are from Commissioners Warren R. Lawson and George R. Pettersen, and Assistant Commissioner Nancy J. Feldman.


Location
126.B.13.13BAgriculture, 1975–1986.
AIDS/HIV, 1985–1987.
American College of Surgeons, 1986–1988.
Associations, 1977–1990. 7 folders.
Association of State and Territorial Health, 1977–1990. 3 folders.
State Health Advisory Council, 1977–1980. 4 folders.
Career Executive Services [CES], 1984–1987.
Centers for Disease Control, 1976–1989.
Consumer Product Safety Commission, 1975–1979.
Dental health, 1976–1989.
Executive Office [EO], 1975–1991:
Files relating mainly to the internal operations of the department, a non-smoking initiative, and administrative hearings.
Appropriations Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives, 1982–1983.
Federal, 1975–1988. 3 folders.
Congress of the United States, 1975–1988.
House of Representatives, general, 1975–1986.
Senate, general, 1975–1986.
Finance Committee, Minnesota Senate, 1975–1988.
Governmental Operations Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives, 1975–1977.
Location
119.H.4.7BHealth and Human Services, Department of, 1983–1986.
Health and Welfare Committee, Minnesota House of Representatives, 1976–1984.
Local, 1976–1989. 19 folders:
Agassiz Health Planning Council, 1979–1983.
Anoka County Comprehensive Health Department, 1980.
Central Minnesota Health Systems Agency, 1980.
Cook County, 1983.
Health systems agencies, miscellaneous, 1979.
Hennepin County, 1979–1984.
Minneapolis Health Department, 1980–1983.
Minnesota Health Systems Agency Six, 1978–1982.
Olmsted County Health Department, 1977–1982.
Other city departments, 1977–1980.
Pilot City, 1979.
Public health education, 1976–1985.
Ramsey County, 1980–1981.
Saint Louis County Health Department, 1977–1983.
Saint Paul Health Department, 1977–1983.
Southeastern Minnesota Health Systems Agency, 1978.
University of Minnesota, 1977–1980.
University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, 1977–1989.
Western Lake Superior Health Systems Agency, 1978–1980.
Organizations, 1975–1991. 33 folders:
American Cancer Society, 1975–1985.
American Hospital Association, 1976–1985.
American Lung Association of Hennepin County, 1977–1984.
American Medical Association, 1978–1989.
American Public Health Association, 1985–1986.
American Red Cross, 1977–1983.
Blue Cross-Blue Shield, 1977–1985.
Council for the Handicapped, Minnesota State, 1977–1984.
Foundation for Health Care Evaluation, 1978–1982.
Hennepin County Medical Society, 1977–1981.
Indian Health Service Committee, 1977 –1986.
Minnesota Association of Health Care Facilities, 1977–1983.
Minnesota Board of Aging, 1981–1986.
Minnesota Cancer Council, 1979–1984.
Minnesota Coalition on Health Care Costs, 1981–1986.
Minnesota Dental Association, 1980–1984.
Minnesota Department of Health, Annual Reports to Minnesota Medical Association, 1978–1983, 1986–1989, 1991.
Minnesota Hospital Association, 1979–1990.
Minnesota Medical Association, 1978–1986.
Minnesota Nurses Association and Minnesota League for Nursing, 1977–1987.
Minnesota Public Health Association, 1977–1988.
Minnesota Society of Anesthesiology, 1977.
Minnesota Society for Medical Technology, 1977.
Minnesota Veterinary Medical Association, 1977–1979.
National Coalition for Disease Prevention and Environmental Health, 1978.
National Governor’s Association Committee on Human Resources Subcommittee on Health, 1984–1987.
National Health Testing Services, Inc., 1978–1980.
National Rural Primary Care Association, 1982.
North Central Medical Conference, 1977–1978.
Northlands Regional Medical Program, 1977.
Nursing Home Residents’ Advisory Council, 1980–1983.
Pharmacy Board, 1980–1984.
Senior federations, Minnesota and Metro, 1978–1983.
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119.H.4.8FState of Minnesota, 1973–1989. 8 folders:
Anoka State Hospital, 1983.
Civil defense and natural disasters, 1973–1974.
Health and Human Services Committee, 1983.
Legislative, 1978–1983.
Legislative Auditor, Office of, 1980–1989.
Legislative Committee to Review Administrative Rules, 1980–1983.
Personnel, 1980–1984.
Senate Governmental Operations Committee, 1975–1982.
Federal government, 1976–1986.
Food and Drug Administration, 1976, 1983.
Fund-Raising Committee, 1986–1987.
Governor’s Commission on Promoting Minnesota’s HealthCare Resources, 1986–1988. 8 folders:
General, 1986–1987. 2 folders.
Advisory Group, 1987-1988.
Commission meeting minutes, 1986–1987.
International Promotion Committee, 1986.
In-State Promotion Committee, 1986.
Out-of-State Promotion Committee, 1986–1987.
Steering Committee, 1986–1987.
Governor’s Office, 1976–1989. 4 folders:
Executive Orders, 1976–1989.
Includes awards, executive orders, and correspondence.
General correspondence, 1988– 1989. 2 folders.
Governor’s Awards Program, 1987–1989.
Directives from the Governor for identifying candidates for the Annual Governor’s Awards and the Commissioner’s nominations.
Health and Human Services, 1973–1987. 3 folders:
General, 1973–1982. 2 folders.
Region V, Chicago, 1981–1987.
Health Care Financing Administration, 1977–1983.
Health departments, 1961–1983.
Health Promotion Grant with University of Minnesota, 1984.
Health Resources Administration, 1973–1982.
Health Services Administration, 1975–1976.
Health vote, 1984–1985.
The John Hopkins University, 1989.
Indian Affairs Council, 1984.
Internal Committee on Nonsmoking and Health, 1988–1989.
International Hearing Foundation, 1988.
Legislative, 1983–1989. 22 folders:
Committee assignments, 1989.
Coordinating Group, 1983–1987. 2 folders.
Health-related meetings, 1985.
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119.H.4.9BInitiatives, 1984–1989. 11 folders.
Legislative Session, 1985–1989:
General, 1985–1986.
Hearing agendas, 1989.
Fiscal notes, 1989.
Thank you letters, 1989.
Summary, 1987–1989. 3 folders.
Market Research Liaison Committee [MRL], 1986–1987.
Minnesota Association of Homes for the Aging, 1991.
Minnesota Association of Public Teaching Hospitals, 1983.
Minnesota Chiropractic Association, 1974–1988.
Minnesota Council on Health Promotion and Wellness, 1981–1983.
Minnesota Department of Health Employee Promotion Committee, 1990.
Minnesota Radiological Society, 1983–1987.
Location
119.H.4.10FMinnesota Weather Information Network [MnWIN], 1987–1988.
National Institutes of Health, 1977.
Non-smoking initiative, 1984–1989. 3 folders.
Nutrition, 1976–1986.
Nutrition Technical Advisory Committee, 1986.
Organizations, miscellaneous, 1977–1989.
Topics covered include laws/rules for the regulation of midwifery, continuing education for medical examiners, the Governor’s Task Force on Promoting Minnesota’s Health/Medical Care Resources, and the Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life and Association for Retarded Citizens.
Press conference, 1987.
Public Health Foundation, 1990–1991.
Public Health Service, 1977–1983.
Publications, 1987–1988.
Regional development commissions, 1979–1984.
Social Security, 1977.
Social Security, 1977.
State agencies, 1974–1990. 20 folders:
Administration, 1976–1990. 2 folders.
Agriculture, 1981–1988.
Attorney General, 1975–1990.
Commerce, 1974–1988.
Corrections, 1981–1989.
Education, 1976–1984.
Employee Relations, 1985–1990.
Ethical Practices Board, 1976–1978.
Finance, 1987–1989.
Human Rights, 1982–1985.
Human Services, 1983–1990.
Labor and Industry, 1975–1983, 1990.
Legislative Auditor, Office of, 1985–1989.
Natural Resources, 1976–1987.
Pollution Control Agency, 1976–1988.
Public Safety, 1983–1989.
Revenue, 1985–1989.
Transportation, 1977–1987.
Veterans Affairs, 1983.
University of Minnesota general, 1980–1987.
Women in state government, 1985–1987.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Administrative agencies -- Minnesota -- Reorganization.
AIDS (Disease) -- Minnesota.
Asbestos -- Health aspects -- Minnesota.
Birth control -- Minnesota.
Children with disabilities -- Minnesota.
Dental public health -- Minnesota.
Electric lines -- Health aspects -- Minnesota.
Emergency medical services -- Minnesota.
Employee handbooks -- Minnesota.
Environmental health -- Minnesota.
Executive departments -- Minnesota -- Reorganization.
Fluoridation -- Minnesota.
Gifted children -- Minnesota.
Health -- Societies, etc.
Health facilities -- Minnesota.
Health maintenance organizations -- Minnesota.
Health planning -- Minnesota.
Health services administration -- Minnesota.
Health systems agencies -- Minnesota.
Home care services -- Minnesota.
Immunization -- Minnesota.
Indians of North America -- Health and hygiene -- Minnesota.
Industrial safety -- Minnesota.
Maternal and infant welfare -- Minnesota.
Medical policy -- Minnesota.
Medicine, Preventive -- Minnesota.
Migrant labor -- Medical care -- Minnesota.
Multiphasic health screening -- Minnesota.
Nursing homes -- Minnesota.
Occupational health services -- Minnesota.
Personnel management -- Minnesota.
Poison control centers -- Minnesota.
Preventive health services for children -- Minnesota.
Preventive health services for older people -- Minnesota.
Public health administration -- Minnesota.
Public health laws -- Minnesota.
Public health nursing -- Minnesota.
Sexually transmitted diseases -- Minnesota.
Smoking -- Minnesota -- Prevention.
Stress (Physiology) -- Minnesota -- Testing.
Substance abuse -- Research -- Minnesota.
Tuberculosis -- Minnesota.
Undertakers and undertaking -- Minnesota.
Persons:
Ashton, Mary Madonna.
Barr, Robert N.
Feldman, Nancy J.
Lawson, Warren R.
Pettersen, George R.
Organizations:
Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (U.S.)
Minnesota Institute for Addiction and Stress Research.
Minnesota Medical Association.
Minnesota. State Board of Health.
Minnesota. Office of the Governor.
Minnesota. State Health Advisory Council.
Minnesota. Governor's Commission on Promoting Minnesota's HealthCare Resources.
Minnesota. Department of Health -- Officials and employees -- Salaries, etc.
Minnesota. Department of Health -- Personnel management.
Northlands Regional Medical Program.
Reserve Mining Company.
United States. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
University of Minnesota.
Meetings:
Pan American Health Organization XVI Quadrennial Conference (1962 : Minneapolis, Minn.).
World Health Assembly.

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