John W. Hatch Papers, 1967-1995.

Summary

Creator:
Hatch, John W. (John Wesley), 1928-
Abstract:

John W. Hatch began teaching at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Public Health in 1971 and retired from UNC-CH as Kenan Professor of Health Education in 1995.

Papers of John W. Hatch, documenting his involvement in health education issues in the United States and throughout the world. The collection reflects Hatch's interest in improving health care for underserved populations, including African-Americans. Domestically, the papers document, among other projects, Hatch's work with the Delta Health Center, a nonprofit health organization located in Mound Bayou, Miss., and the Community Health Education and Resources Utilization Project (Black Churches Project), an effort to train lay people to be health resources in their local communities. There is also material relating to sickle cell anemia research. International health projects covered include the UNC-CH School of Public Health's Practical Training in Health Education project in Cameroon, Hatch's work on the World Council of Churches' Christian Medical Commission, and Hatch's travels to South Africa under the aegis of the Progressive Primary Health Care Network.

Extent:
4700 items (23.5 linear feet)
Language:
Materials in English
Library Catalog Link:
View UNC library catalog record for this item

Background

Biographical / historical:

John W. Hatch, who earned his B.A. degree from Knoxville College and his M.S.W. from Atlanta University, served as an assistant professor in Tufts University School of Medicine's Department of Preventive Medicine starting in 1965. Simultaneously, he headed the community health action division of the Tufts Delta Health Center, an Office of Economic Opportunity-sponsored comprehensive health center in Mound Bayou, Miss.

Hatch began teaching in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's School of Public Health in 1971 and earned his D.P.H. degree from the same institution in 1974. During his tenure at UNC-CH, Hatch continued his involvement in health issues related to underserved populations. At the time of his retirement in 1995, he was William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor in the School of Public Health's Department of Health Behavior and Health Education.

Scope and content:

This collection primarily documents John W. Hatch's professional interests and activities. It contains little personal documentation. General subject files comprise the largest part of the collection. These include correspondence, articles by people other than Hatch, materials about projects in which Hatch was involved, project proposals, and memoranda and other papers related to Hatch's work in the UNC-CH School of Public Health. Also included are articles, reports, and presentations relating to research and health projects in which Hatch was involved, including the Black Churches Project, and the Delta Health Center; as well as correspondence, memoranda, reports, and other materials from some of the major projects and organizations with which Hatch was affiliated.

Acquisition information:

Received from John W. Hatch of Durham, N.C., in April 1996 (Acc. 96039).

Processing information:

Processed by: Arturo S. Bagley, September 1997

Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008

Sensitive materials statement:

Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, the North Carolina Public Records Act (N.C.G.S. § 132 1 et seq.), and Article 7 of the North Carolina State Personnel Act (Privacy of State Employee Personnel Records, N.C.G.S. § 126-22 et seq.). Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill assumes no responsibility.

Access and use

Restrictions to access:

No restrictions. Open for research.

Restrictions to use:

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

No usage restrictions.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], in the John W. Hatch Papers #4801, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Location of this collection:
Louis Round Wilson Library
200 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
Contact:
(919) 962-3765
wilsonlibrary@unc.edu