President's Birthday Ball Commission For Infantile Paralysis Research Records, 1934-1937

Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Administrative Information

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Box and Folder Listing

Series 1: Founding Documents and Early Records

test Material on the history of the establishment of the Commission; preliminary studies and conference materials; a report of the first full-scale meeting on June 10, 1935; grant and financial aid materials for medical research; periodic reports to Franklin D. Roosevelt; correspondence to and from Commission members; projected plans, and final Treasurer's reports.

Box 1

Establishment of the Commission by the President - Section 1

Correspondence and Reports of Commission - Section 2-6

Correspondence and Reports of Commission - Sections 7-11

Correspondence and Reports of Commission - 12-17

Correspondence and Reports of Commission - 18-21

Series 2: Correspondence and Reports from Grantees

test Correspondence among grantees and Commission members, including letters forwarding and acknowledging grants for research. Also included are grantees' progress reports; correspondence concerning personal contributions by Commission members to grantees after Commmission funds have been exhausted; some publicity material concerning new immunization methods; and materials pertaining to the importation of monkeys for experimentation.

Box 1

Correspondence and Reports from Grantees Section 1-3

Correspondence and Reports from Grantees Section 4-5

Correspondence and Reports from Grantees Section 6-8

Box 2

Correspondence and Reports from Grantees Section 9

Correspondence and Reports from Grantees Section 10-15

Correspondence and Reports from Grantees Section 16-18