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Title: Accomplishments: January-July, 1912
Description: A four page brochure of New York Milk Committee progress reports detailing accomplishments achieved in the first six months of 1912. The brochure's cover is adorned with a photo montage of healthy infants, while the back extol's the Committee's work during its first year of activity.
Subjects (LC): Progress, Milk, Standardization, Education, Infants
ID: nk1e046
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: The Baby and the Budget
Description: Headlines from the New York Evening Post, the New York Tribune, and the NY Times are reproduced on this 1911 postcard created by the New York Milk Committee. They read: "The Baby and the Budget," "Why More Doctors, Nurses, and Inspectors Are Needed," and "The 'Cops' Spread the News." That "News" is the promotion of the work of milk stations in preventing infant deaths and advocacy for the full budgetary allocation by the NYC Department of Health towards the summer time reduction of infant mortality. A portrait of a healthy baby and a list of "Babies' Rights,"almost all of which deal with milk, are found on the postcard verso.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Milk hygiene, Infants, Nutrition, Public welfare, Administrative agencies
ID: mk1e012
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Babies' Pure Milk Station
Description: Form 10,000 5-11, 8-11, a blank form printed in English for recording individualized milk formulas for infants receiving aid from the New York Milk Committee's Babies' Pure Milk Stations. Ingredients to be used include milk top; whole milk; lime water; milk sugar; boiled water; barley water; and oatmeal water. Space for the prescription of formula and for the establishment of a feeding schedule is also provided.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Bottle feeding
ID: mk1e017
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Stazione di latte pei bambini
Description: A blank form printed in Italian for recording individualized milk formulas for infants receiving aid from the New York Milk Committee's Babies' Pure Milk Stations. Ingredients to be used include milk top; whole milk; lime water; milk sugar; boiled water; barley water; and oatmeal water. Space for the prescription of formula and for the establishment of a feeding schedule is also provided.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Bottle feeding
ID: mk1e018
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Case History Card: Conditions Previous to Admittance
Description: New York Milk Committee form H-8-29-11-5000, a blank card for recording data about an infant's health and health history, housing situation, and nationality. Additionally, an area for the recording of economic information about the infant's parents is also provided.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Families, Maternal and infant welfare, Health
ID: mk1e027
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: To the Wet Nurse Registry of the N.Y. Milk Committee
Description: Blank application card for a woman seeking a position as a wet nurse with the New York Milk Committee. Applicants are asked to provide their age, nationality, age of any children they may have, their current location, and whether or not any referrals have been made on their behalf.
Subjects (LC): Breastfeeding, Wet nurses
ID: mk1e020
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Request for Relief
Description: New York Milk Committee form RR-5-13-11-2000, a blank card for recording information about the economic and social status of an individual family seeking milk and welfare assistance from the Committee. Aditional space is provided for the reporting nurse to record notes or observations.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Food relief
ID: mk1e021
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Eligible Baby
Description: New York Milk Committee form L-9-11-11-5000, a blank card for recording details about a single infant and family to whom milk assistance was delivered. Of primary concern is the infant's milk and food consumption, source of the milk provided, and periodic updates on the infant's status.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Nutrition
ID: mk1e022
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Institutional Case
Description: New York Milk Committee form C. 6-1-11-2000, a blank form for recording details of an institutional case in which an infant is reciveiving milk assistance at a health care facility or through a foster home.
Subjects (LC): Milk, Infants, Food relief
ID: mk1e023
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Look for the Blue Fronts: Babies' Pure Milk Stations [Yiddish]
Description: This New York Milk Comittee circular, written in Yiddish, contrasts the photo of an emaciated baby with the photo of a healthy baby to encourage caregivers to provide their infants with "good milk" and "good care." Free advice from nurses and doctors is also advertised.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
ID: mk1e040
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Look for the Blue Fronts: Babies' Pure Milk Stations
Description: This New York Milk Comittee circular contrasts the photo of an emaciated baby with the photo of a healthy baby to encourage caregivers to provide their infants with "good milk" and "good care." Free advice from nurses and doctors is also advertised. The stamp of the New York Milk commitee is present at the top of the card.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
ID: mk1e037
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Hledejte vždy Modré Průčelí: Čisté mléko pro děti stanice
Description: This New York Milk Comittee circular, written in Czech, contrasts the photo of an emaciated baby with the photo of a healthy baby to encourage caregivers to provide their infants with "good milk" and "good care." Free advice from nurses and doctors is also advertised.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
ID: mk1e038m001
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Expectant Mother
Description: Blank form for use by the Committee for the Reduction of Infant Mortality, a division of the New York Milk Committee, on which the personal and physical details of an expectant mother -- work situation, information about previous pregnancies, miscarriages, and infant feeding methods -- is recorded.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Maternal and infant welfare, Health, Childbirth, Breastfeeding, Bottle feeding, Bottle feeding
ID: mk1e025
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Information Card: Babies' Pure Milk and Health Stations
Description: An address list of milk stations, education centers and well-baby clinics run by the New York Milk Committee, organized by borough and district. These include Nathan Straus Pasteurized Milk Laboratories, the New York Diet Kitchen Association, and the Department of Health in Manhattan; the Children's Aid Society and Department of Health in Brooklyn; and the New York Diet Kitchen Association in the Bronx. Information describing the kind of milk (certified, pasteurized, sterilized etc.) available at each facility is also included.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health facilities
ID: mk1e034
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Are Clean Milk Producers Benefited?
Description: "Milk is no longer 'Just Milk," states this leaflet. Reproducing an excerpt form "The Milk Reporter," the case is made that the highest quality of milk will recieve the highest level of montary gain, benefiting clean milk producers. Grades for milk (A, B, C) and the equivalent price set for each, are also included.
Subjects (LC): Milk hygiene, Dairying, Milk--Grading
ID: mk1e004
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Fate attenzione alle facciate azzurre delle: Stazioni di Latte Puro per Bambini
Description: This New York Milk Comittee circular, written in Italian, contrasts the photo of an emaciated baby with the photo of a healthy baby to encourage caregivers to provide their infants with "good milk" and "good care." Free advice from nurses and doctors is also advertised.
Subjects (LC): Infants, Milk, Health, Maternal and infant welfare
ID: mk1e039
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

Title: Nurse's Daily Report
Description: Form N-5-1-11-5000, 7-31-11-5000, a blank form for recording the details of a New York Milk Committee nurse's daily case activity; including the number of cases seen, the kinds of instructions issued, and the quantity of milk delivered. Additionally, the form records infant health, the number of mothers requesting assistance, and the number of those requests that were accepted or refused.
Subjects (LC): Nurses, Nursing, Infants, Mothers, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Milk, Neonatal nursing, Neonatal nursing
ID: mk1e026
Geographic Subject: New York. New York City.
Collection: New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection

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