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- Title
- Seeing New York
- Description
- Addressed to students attending summer school at Columbia University and NYU, this folded circular produced by the New York Milk Committee asks students to pay attention to a novel New York attraction -- the successful reduction of summertime infant mortality. From July 1-29, 1911 ,the Committee's efforts were bolstered by educational outreach, the cleanliness of milkmen, nurses, applied hygene, and the activities of the "Little Mother's League." Statistical data and a range of photographs accompany an assesment of the goals and accomplishments of the Committee's infant mortality reduction program. Information pertaining to the location of educational seminars and the methodology employed when recording facts is also provided. Labeled "Efficient Citizenship No. 460" on the final page.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Mothers, Infants, Health, Summer, Poetry, Health, Hygiene, Hygiene, Girls
- ID
- mk1e007
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- The House with the Blue Front: Babies' Pure Milk Stations
- Description
- A four-sided circular containing the reprinted text of the article, "The House With the Blue Front," published by the New York Times on Sunday, May 14, 1911. The article highlights and justifies the educational outreach program instituted by the New York Milk Committee as a facet of their fight against infant mortality. This program includes maternal education programs conducted both at milk stations and in the home by visiting nurses. Photographs illustrating these "consultation classes" accompany the text.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk depots, Infants, Mothers, Education
- ID
- mk1e016
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Out of Town
- Description
- Within this folded circular produced by the New York Milk Committee is a sentimental poem contrasting the summer holidays of wealthy city dwellers with the fate of working-class infants struck down by disease. Opposing phtographs of healthy children, poor children, country life, and city life emphasize the poem's theme. The back side of the circular lists milk stations where city parents can find care and relief for their children.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Mothers, Summer, Death, Poetry, Funeral processions, Mortality, Mortality
- ID
- mk1e001
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- Record of Accomplishments and Prospectus
- Description
- This leaflet documents the Record of Acomplishments and Prospectus of the New York Milk Committee from 1906 to 1910. Areas highlighted include research, education, the promotion of clean milk, and the initiation of legislation designed to raise the standards and quality of the milk supply. A program for fututre action in 1911 is outlined in reference to these four facets of the Committee's activities. The names of board and committee members are included on the back.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Milk depots, Milk hygiene, Infants, Mortality, Education, Legislation, Publicity, Publicity, Mothers, Tuberculosis, Dairy farming, Economic policy, Physicians
- ID
- mk1e002
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- A Letter to Expectant Mothers
- Description
- Illustrated with the image of a mother embracing her infant beside a changing table, this New York Milk Committee circular aims at promoting prenatal care. Inside the circular a letter to the expectant mother advises on the health of both mother and unborn child and provides a list of NYC hospitals and clinics providing maternity care. On the back, a list of pure milk and health clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is provided.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Pregnancy, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Mothers, Prenatal care
- ID
- mk1e035
- Geographic Subject
- New York. New York City.
- Collection
- New York Milk Committee Ephemera Collection
- Title
- A Letter to Expectant Mothers [Yiddish]
- Description
- A Yiddish language circular of the New York Milk Committee, illustrated with the image of a mother embracing her infant beside a changing table and aimed at promoting prenatal care. Inside the circular a letter to the expectant mother advises on the health of both mother and unborn child and provides a list of NYC hospitals and clinics providing maternity care. On the back, a list of pure milk and health clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx is provided.
- Subjects (LC)
- Milk, Infants, Pregnancy, Health, Maternal and infant welfare, Mothers, Prenatal care
- ID
- mk1e036m001
- 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