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New York State Division of Public Health Education "Empire County" Radio Series


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Overview of the Records

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New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:
This series consists of the "Empire County" radio drama series produced to emphasize preventive health care and the benefits of a full-time county public health program. Topics include child and infant care, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, immunization, alcoholism, blood banks, diphtheria, fluoridation, medical defense against atomic radiation, narcotics, obesity, polio, rheumatic fever, tuberculosis, undulant fever, and water pollution. The series "Community Controversy," presents the public hearing as a lesson about community about decision-making in a democracy.
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"Empire County" radio series
Quantity:

9.9 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:
1949-1958
Series Number:
B1070

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of the "Empire County" radio drama series produced to emphasize preventive health care and the benefits of a full-time county public health program. Child and infant care, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and immunization are the most frequent topics. Others include alcoholism, blood banks, diphtheria, fluoridation, medical defense (against atomic radiation), narcotics, obesity, polio, rheumatic fever, tuberculosis, undulant fever, and water pollution. The series "Community Controversy," on a twelve-inch vinyl disk, presents the public hearing as a lesson about community decision-making in a democracy. There are also several twelve-inch disks on public health topics from sources outside of New York State.

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Contents Item

Accretion: B1070-78
Just Across the Road

1.01
Just Across the Road

1.02
Just Across the Road

1.03
The Shot In Time

1.04
The Shot In Time

1.05
The Independence of Grandpa

1.06
The Independence of Grandpa

1.07
Lost Lake, Found

1.08
Lost Lake, Found

1.09
Lost Lake, Found

1.10
The Invisible Body Guard

1.11
The Invisible Body Guard

1.12
The Invisible Body Guard

1.13
The Invisible Body Guard

1.14
The Common Enemy

1.15
The Long Shot

1.16
The Long Shot

1.17
The Long Shot

1.18
The Long Shot

1.19
The Long Shot

1.20
The Time is Now

1.21
The Time is Now

1.22
The Time is Now

1.23
The Time is Now

1.24
A Heavy Date

1.25
Tomorrow is Too Late

2.01
Shadow Without Substance

2.02
Johnny Starts the Wheels Turning

2.03
Johnny Starts the Wheels Turning

2.04
Turning the Corner

2.05
Turning the Corner

2.06
Turning the Corner

2.07
Turning the Corner

2.08
The Premature Panic

2.09
The Premature Panic

2.10
The Premature Panic

2.11
The Premature Panic

2.12
The Premature Panic

2.13
About Face

2.14
About Face

2.15
About Face

2.16
About Face

2.17
A Worthwhile Walk

2.18
A Worthwhile Walk

2.19
A Worthwhile Walk

2.20
The Time is Now

2.21
No Rubies for Barbara

2.22
No Rubies for Barbara

2.23
Shadow Without Substance

3.01
Shadow Without Substance

3.02
Shadow Without Substance

3.03
Shadow Without Substance

3.04
The Battle of the Bulge

3.05
Dental Health Presentation No. 1 and No. 2 - Bing Crosby

3.06
Dental Health Presentation No. 3 and No. 4 - Bing Crosby

3.07
Dental Health Presentation No. 5 and No. 6 - Bing Crosby

3.08
The West Coleville Story: A documentary of a family and a community faced with a child's battle against leukemia - narrated by Joseph Cotton

3.09
Health Announcements - Polio, Triple Vaccine, Cancer, Diabetes, Regular Medical Check Ups, Glaucoma

3.10
A Community Controversy: A Condensation of a Public Hearing with Commentary by Walter E. Boek, 1958

3.11
A Community Controversy: A Condensation of a Public Hearing with Commentary by Walter E. Boek, 1958

3.12
The Hungary Cow

4.01
The Hungary Cow

4.02
The Hungary Cow

4.03
The Hungary Cow

4.04
The Hungary Cow

4.05
The Child Who Was Different

4.06
West of Fortieth Street

4.07
West of Fortieth Street

4.08
West of Fortieth Street

4.09
The Independence of Grandpa

4.10
Additions and Corrections

4.11
Additions and Corrections

4.12
Additions and Corrections

4.13
A Short Step to Happiness

4.14
A Short Step to Happiness

4.15
A Short Step to Happiness

4.16
A Short Step to Happiness

4.17
A Better Shot

4.18
It's Always a Pleasure

4.19
It's Always a Pleasure

4.20
It's Always a Pleasure

4.21
It's Always a Pleasure

4.22
It's Always a Pleasure

4.23
Never Come Mondays

4.24
Never Come Mondays

4.25
Never Come Mondays

4.26
Conquest of Polio

4.27
Conquest of Polio

4.28
Conquest of Polio

4.29
Nothing to Sneeze At

4.30
The Human Heart (Audition Set)/Program 3: Susan Douglas in The Candy Store/The Human Heart (Audition Set)/Program 4: Martha Scott in The Beautiful Noise

4.31
The Human Heart (Audition Set)/Program 2: Bill Leonard in Detour/The Human Heart (Audition Set)/Program 1: Arlene Francis in A Matter of Strategy

4.32
The Human Heart (Audition Set)/Program 6: Sam Levene in Too Careful/The Human Heart (Audition Set)/Program 5: Melvyn Douglass in Next Spring

4.33
The Human Heart (Audition Set)/Progrm 7: Arnold Moss in The Syncopated Heartbeat/The Human Heart (Audition Set)/Program 8: John Daly in The Salesman

4.34
Musical Health Messages - Cut 1: Acne, Cut 2: Glaucoma, Cut 3: Cancer, Cut 4: Home Safety, Cut 5: Diabetes, Cut 6: Heart

4.35
Mystery of Route 77

5.01
Mystery of Route 77

5.02
Mystery of Route 77

5.03
Mystery of Route 77

5.04
Mystery of Route 77

5.05
The Writer Needs a Plot

5.06
The Writer Needs a Plot

5.07
The Case of the Careless Cook

5.08
The Case of the Careless Cook

5.09
The Case of the Careless Cook

5.10
Tomorrow is Too Late

5.11
Tomorrow is Too Late

5.12
Tomorrow is Too Late

5.13
Tomorrow is Too Late

5.14
The Cupboard Was Bare

5.15
The Shot In Time

5.16
The Shot In Time

5.17
The Shot In Time

5.18
Something to Sing About

5.19
Something to Sing About

5.20
Something to Sing About

5.21
A Matter of Timing

5.22
A Matter of Timing

5.23
A Matter of Timing

5.24
A Matter of Timing

5.25
Never Come Mondays

5.26
Never Come Mondays

5.27
A Longer Lease

5.28
A Longer Lease

5.29
The Case of the Careless Cook

6.01
The Case of the Careless Cook

6.02
New Menu for Kit

6.03
Home Sweet Home

6.04
Home Sweet Home

6.05
Home Sweet Home

6.06
The Common Enemy

6.07
The Common Enemy

6.08
The Common Enemy

6.09
The Common Enemy

6.10
Change of Heart

6.11
Change of Heart

6.12
Change of Heart

6.13
Change of Heart

6.14
No Rubies for Barbara

6.15
Mr. Hippocrates

6.16
The Search (Audition Set)/Susan Douglas in Flight (small pox - immunization)/The Search (Audition Set)/Program 8: Lee J. Cobb in The Clue (arthritis -current research)

6.17
A Bitter Bench

6.18
A Bitter Bench

6.19
A Bitter Bench

6.20
A Bitter Bench

6.21
A Bitter Bench

6.22
The Cupboard Was Bare

7.01
The Pit and the Ladder

7.02
The Pit and the Ladder

7.03
The Pit and the Ladder

7.04
The Pit and the Ladder

7.05
A Sure Step Forward

7.06
A Sure Step Forward

7.07
A Sure Step Forward

7.08
A Sure Step Forward

7.09
A Sure Step Forward

7.10
Additions and Corrections

7.11
Additions and Corrections

7.12
Additions and Corrections

7.13
Home Sweet Home

7.14
Feeling Better 'bout Baby

7.15
Feeling Better 'bout Baby

7.16
A Worthwhile Walk

7.17
A Worthwhile Walk

7.18
No Rubies for Barbara

7.19
A Community Controversy: A Condensation of a Public Hearing with Commentary by Walter E. Boek, 1958

7.20
The Unwelcome Guest

8.01
The Unwelcome Guest

8.02
Just Across the Road

8.03
A Report on Younger Friends

8.04
A Report on Younger Friends

8.05
A Report on Younger Friends

8.06
A Report on Younger Friends

8.07
The Battle of the Bulge

8.08
The Battle of the Bulge

8.09
The Battle of the Bulge

8.10
Johnny Starts the Wheels Turning

8.11
Johnny Starts the Wheels Turning

8.12
Johnny Starts the Wheels Turning

8.13
Lost Lake, Found

8.14
Headlines and Heart Lines

8.15
Headlines and Heart Lines

8.16
Headlines and Heart Lines

8.17
Headlines and Heart Lines

8.18
Headlines and Heart Lines

8.19
Feeling Better 'bout Baby

8.20
A Heavy Date

8.21
The Child Who Was Different

9.01
The Child Who Was Different

9.02
The Child Who Was Different

9.03
The Child Who Was Different

9.04
The Hidden Threat

9.05
West of Fortieth Street

9.06
West of Fortieth Street

9.07
The Ruckus at Four Corners

9.08
The Battle of the Bulge

9.09
New Menu for Kit

9.10
New Menu for Kit

9.11
New Menu for Kit

9.12
New Menu for Kit

9.13
Turning the Corner

9.14
The Invisible Body Guard

9.15
Something to Sing About

9.16
Something to Sing About

9.17
The Heart of Henry Travis

9.18
The Heart of Henry Travis

9.19
The Heart of Henry Travis

9.20
A Matter of Timing

9.21
Mr. Hippocrates

9.22
The Search (Audition Set)/Program 5: John Beal in the Prehistoric Sea (dehydration - saline solution)/The Search (Audition Set)/Program 6: Raymond Edward Johnson in Of Cows and Clover (thrombosis - anticoagulants)

9.23
The Search (Audition Set)/Program 3: Anne Seymour in the High Fence/The Search (Audition Set)/Program 4: Alexander Scourby in The Invader

9.24
The Hidden Threat

10.01
The Hidden Threat

10.02
The Independence of Grandpa

10.03
The Game of His Life

10.04
The Game of His Life

10.05
The Game of His Life

10.06
The Game of His Life

10.07
The Game of His Life

10.08
A Short Step to Happiness

10.09
Birth of a New Man

10.10
Birth of a New Man

10.11
Birth of a New Man

10.12
Birth of a New Man

10.13
Birth of a New Man

10.14
Feeling Better 'bout Baby

10.15
A Better Shot

10.16
A Better Shot

10.17
A Better Shot

10.18
A Better Shot

10.19
Nothing to Sneeze At

10.20
Nothing to Sneeze At

10.21
Nothing to Sneeze At

10.22
Nothing to Sneeze At

10.23
The Search (Audition Set)/Program 2: Myron McCormick in Back in the Line-Up (diabetes-insulin)/The Search (Audition Set)/Program 1: John Lund in Father's Gone A-Hunting (plague-sanitation)

10.24
Program 6: The Lonesome Road/Program 1: The Lonesome Road

10.25
The Cupboard Was Bare

11.01
The Cupboard Was Bare

11.02
The Cupboard Was Bare

11.03
The Hidden Threat

11.04
The Hidden Threat

11.05
A Report on Younger Friends

11.06
The Ruckus at Four Corners

11.07
The Ruckus at Four Corners

11.08
The Ruckus at Four Corners

11.09
The Ruckus at Four Corners

11.10
Conductor of the Belt Line

11.11
Conductor of the Belt Line

11.12
Conductor of the Belt Line

11.13
Conductor of the Belt Line

11.14
Conductor of the Belt Line

11.15
The Heart of Henry Travis

11.16
A Heavy Date

11.17
A Heavy Date

11.18
A Heavy Date

11.19
Health Announcements - Polio, Triple Vaccine, Cancer, Diabetes, Regular Medical Check Ups, Glaucoma

11.20
A Community Controversy: A Condensation of a Public Hearing with Commentary by Walter E. Boek, 1958

11.21
A Longer Lease

11.22
A Longer Lease

11.23
A Longer Lease

11.24
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service Announcements - Asian Flue Vaccination Spots

11.25
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service Announcements - Asian Flue Vaccination Spots

11.26
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service Announcements - Asian Flue Vaccination Spots

11.27
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service Announcements - Asian Flue Vaccination Spots

11.28
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service Announcements - Asian Flue Vaccination Spots

11.29
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Public Health Service Announcements - Asian Flue Vaccination Spots

11.30