Georgia Warm Springs Foundation papers
Scope and Contents
These programs, newspaper clippings, and photographs document the transfer of the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation from private to state hands. Governor Jimmy Carter and Franklin D. Roosevelt's son, James Roosevelt, were among the participants in this ceremony.
Dates
- 1974
Creator
- Georgia Warm Springs Foundation (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical / Historical
With four other men whose interest he obtained, Roosevelt formed the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation, a non-stock, non-profit center for after-care of poliomyelitis at Warm Springs, in Meriwether County, Georgia. In 1926, Roosevelt bought the property that would eventually house the Georgia Warm Springs Foundation and began to create and design the first modern treatment center for infantile paralysis in the country. Roosevelt and architect Henry J. Toombs designed a new pool complex featuring an indoor pool, a play pool, and an exercise pool. The Georgia Hall was built soon after as a part of the new polio treatment center, using money donated by average Georgians.
Extent
1 folders
Language of Materials
English
- Title
- Georgia Warm Springs Foundation papers
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States