Burlington Area Community Health Study Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains public affairs pamphlets, a scrapbook with newspaper clippings pertaining to the study and correspondence between the Steering and Advisory Committee, and Mrs. Ethan Sims, chairperson of the Advisory Committee. Also included are reports on such specific community needs as housing, water supplies and systems, educational and recreational systems, schools and institutions and aid to the mentally handicapped.
Dates
- 1963-1964
Language of Materials
English
Access:
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights:
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Curator of Manuscripts.
Project History
The greater Burlington area was one of 22 communities in the United States chosen in 1963-1964 to make a self study of local health need and resources. The Burlington Area Community Health Study included Burlington, South Burlington, Colchester, Shelburne, Williston, Winooski, and Essex. It was sponsored by the University of Vermont, the city of Burlington and the National Commission On Community Health. Its stated goals were to gather the information necessary to plan for the future needs of the growing greater Burlington community. Dorothea Sims pioneered work in diabetes patient education, founding the Vermont Chapter of the American Diabetes Association (ADA), serving on the national board of the ADA and the National Diabetes Advisory Board, and giving talks in 22 states about living with diabetes
Extent
3 Linear Feet
Abstract
The greater Burlington area was one of 22 communities in the United States chosen in 1963-1964 to make a self-study of local health needs and resources. This collection contains public affairs pamphlets, a scrapbook with newspaper clippings pertaining to the study, and the correspondence between the steering and Advisory Committee and Mrs. Dorothea F. (Merriman) Sims, Chairperson of the Advisory Committee.
Physical Location
Library Research Annex; contact uvmsc@uvm.edu for access.
- Title
- Inventory of the Burlington Area Community Health Study Collection, 1963-1964
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processor: unknown.
- Date
- 1997
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Vermont Libraries, Special Collections Repository
Silver Special Collections Library
48 University Place, Room B201
Burlington Vermont 05405 U.S.A. US
(802) 656-2138
(802) 656-4038 (Fax)
uvmsc@uvm.edu
