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Providence Medical Association Milk Commission records (Ms.2008.018)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Business records, 1937-1968
Box 1, Folder 1-5
This series contains circular letters, annual reports regarding the quality of milk sold in Rhode Island, and correspondence.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Circular letters
Contents Note: These are form letters regarding the health benefits of certified milk.
1937-1938
Box 1, Folder 2 Reports
Contents Note: These are annual reports of the Commission. Most are reprinted from the Rhode Island Medical Journal. Reports for 1945-1947, 1950, 1952, and 1953-1964 are included.
1945-1967
Box 1, Folder 3 Certified Milk
Contents Note: This folder contains a variety of material supplied to the Commission by the Certified Milk Producers of America and the AAMMC. It includes correspondence, regulations, mailing lists and the minutes of the AAMMC annual meeting in 1968.
1967-1968
Box 1, Folder 4 Providence Medical Association committees
1968
Box 1, Folder 5 Correspondence
Contents Note: Most of this correspondence concerns the withdrawal of Hillside Farms from the certified milk program.
1968

Series 2. Financial records, 1931-1985
Box 1, Folder 6-10
This series contains financial statements, bank records, tax statements and receipts for expenses such as advertising, travel and meals.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 6 Financial statements 1931-1939
Box 1, Folder 7 Financial statements 1940-1967
Contents Note: Statements for the years 1943 to 1965 are missing.
Box 1, Folder 8 Bank records
Contents Note: This folder includes the passbook for the Commission's saving account as well as money order receipts and bank statements.
1966-1972
Box 1, Folder 9 Expenses
1946, 1966-1968
Box 1, Folder 10 Tax records
Contents Note: This folder contains copies of the IRS forms for 1967, 1970-1974 and 1985 regarding interest on the Commission's savings account.
1967-1985

Series 3. Hillside Farms, 1966-1968
Box 1, Folder 11-16
This series contains reports on the health of Hillside Farms employees and reports on the quality of milk produced there.

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 11 Monthly averages for certified milk
1966-1967
Box 1, Folder 12 Rhode Island Quality Milk Association reports
1967
Box 1, Folder 13 Rhode Island Quality Milk Association reports
1968
Box 1, Folder 14 Rhode Island Department of Health reports
1967
Box 1, Folder 15 Rhode Island Department of Health reports
1968
Box 1, Folder 16 Monthly physician's report
1968