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This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities; this finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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Collection Overview
| Size | 3.0 feet of linear shelf space (approximately 2,100 items) |
| Abstract | The North Carolina Good Health Association, Inc., headquartered in Durham, N.C., was a public relations organization which promoted the activities of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, a state agency. The Association engaged chiefly in popularizing the building of hospitals, nursing education, and health insurance in rural North Carolina. The collection includes office files of Henry C. Cranford, executive director of the North Carolina Good Health Association, circa 1946-1952, and of George Watts Hill, member of the organization's Board of Directors. Files include promotional material, pictures, and clippings. There is a sizeable group of promotional photographs some of notable persons including Ava Gardner, Isaac Greer, Kay Kyser, Red Skelton, Josephus Daniels, Frank Porter Graham, and Kerr Scott, among others. |
| Creator | North Carolina Good Health Association. |
| Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
| Language | English |
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Historical Information
The North Carolina Good Health Association, Inc., of Durham, N.C., was a public relations organization which promoted the activities of the North Carolina Medical Care Commission, a state agency. The Association engaged chiefly in popularizing the building of hospitals, nursing education, and health insurance in rural North Carolina. Henry C. Cranford served as executive director of the organization, circa 1946-1952.
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Scope and Content
The collection is chiefly office files of Henry C. Cranford, executive director of the North Carolina Good Health Association, circa 1946-1952. Cranford's files include correspondence, promotional material, photographs, and clippings. Some photographs feature celebrities, politicians, and other notable persons including Ava Gardner, Kathryn Grayson, Skinnay Ennis, Isaac Greer, Kay Kyser, Margaret O'Brien, Red Skelton, Thomas Parran Junior, John Charles Thomas, John Scott Trotter, Josephus Daniels, Frank Porter Graham, and Kerr Scott. Also included is an office file of George Watts Hill, member of the North Carolina Good Health Association Board of Directors.
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Series 1. Henry C. Cranford Papers, circa 1946-1953 and undated.
Series includes correspondence, mimeographed material, drafts, reports, and other papers related to promotional activities in various media including radio, newspapers, posters, billboards, movies, displays and speeches. Topics include the North Carolina Good Health Association, generally; Good Health Sunday; Hospital Week; and hospital building campaigns in North Carolina locations. Also included are photographs of film celebrities, musicians, politicians, notable North Carolinians, and other persons, events, and scenes intended for use in promotional campaigns of the North Carolina Good Health Association. Among identified subjects are Ava Gardner, Kathryn Grayson, Skinnay Ennis, Isaac Greer, Kay Kyser, Margaret O'Brien, Red Skelton, Dr. Thomas Parran Junior, John Charles Thomas, John Scott Trotter, Josephus Daniels, Frank Porter Graham, and Kerr Scott. Photographs are chiefly undated but are presumed to have been taken circa 1946-1953 during Henry C. Cranford's tenure with the North Carolina Good Health Association.
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Series 2. George Watts Hill Papers, 1947-1953.
Office file of George Watts Hill of Durham, N.C., containing his correspondence and related papers as a member of the Board of Directors of the North Carolina Good Health Association.
| Folder 66 |
Papers, 1947-1953 #03550, Series: "2. George Watts Hill Papers, 1947-1953." Folder 66 |
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Items Separated
Photographs (PF-3550/1-8)
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Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Updated by: Kate Stratton and Jodi Berkowitz, August 2009
This collection was rehoused and a summary created with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This finding aid was created with support from NC ECHO.
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