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Miss Alice Lou Plastridge was the Director of Physical Therapy at the Warm Springs Foundation from the early 1930’s to the early 1940’s. This unit supervised the therapy provided the patients in an effort to strengthen their muscles through exercise and provided a referral service for outpatients.

Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence, fiscal records, insurance records, reports on physical plant inspections, personnel records, monthly statistical reports. and other records documenting the support services furnished by the office of the business manager. All business of a non medical nature was handled by this official except for a brief period in the 1920's when the business manager even conducted some of the medically oriented duties as well. Among the subjects addressed in these...

Scope and Contents This series contains a large proportion of correspondence, but also annual reports of the Warm Springs Foundation and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and other reports, applications, research data, reprints of Dr. Irwin's papers, evaluations of such things as Sister Kenny's famous treatment for polio, salary vouchers and other records which document the career of one of the Foundation's chief staff members. Dr. C.E. Irwin was employed by the Foundation perhaps longer than any...

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This series contains correspondence, memorandums, schedules, cost comparison reports and other records created by the office of Dr. Edward D. Haak, a physician on the staff of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Apparently Dr. Haak served in a capacity very similar to that of Dr. Hoke in an earlier period as the contents of the two files are very similar. Both professional duties and some personal business are documented in these files.

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This series contains the correspondence of Dr. James A. Johnson who served as a physician at the Warm Springs Foundation in the mid 1930's. The series is very brief, especially when compared to the volume of records generated by Dr. Irwin who was employed at the Foundation during this time period. (see Series 21) Dr. Johnson, by contrast, generated only two unlabeled file folders of correspondence. There is, of course, no arrangement.

Scope and Contents This series contains the correspondence of a professional nature of Dr. Michael Hoke who was employed by the Foundation during the early 1930's as an assistant to the then Chief Surgeon, Dr. C.E. Irwin. Since the vast majority of these records dates from the year 1935 and since most of the letters were exchanged with individuals with surnames beginning with the last letters of the alphabet, it may be assumed that Dr. Hoke's responsibilities at the Foundation gradually increased over the...

Scope and Contents This series contains a large proportion of correspondence, but also interoffice memorandums, publications apparently filed for reference, professional papers, circulars, committee records, functional tests, muscle and other test schedules, records of professional symposiums, annual, monthly and miscellaneous reports, staff schedules, reprints of various articles authored by Dr. Bennett, requests for treatment, residencies, speaking engagements, etc., a biographical sketch, other personal...