Edward Bernecker and Israel Weinstein, 1946-1947
Scope and Contents
These records contain the health commissioners’ correspondence with a variety of constituencies, from the mayor to individuals within the Department of Health and the general public. Contained within the correspondence are also reports, promotional material, charts and news clippings. The correspondence pertains to the daily operations of the Department as well as issues such as restaurant cleanliness and food handling, barbiturate prescription regulations, ragweed, air pollution and vaccinations, including rabies inoculations for dogs. The 1947 smallpox outbreak threat is well documented.
Extent
19 cubic feet (38 boxes)
Dates
1946-1947
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Advance notice is required for using original material.
The New York City Municipal Archives collections may contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information relating to private individuals that is protected by New York City’s Personal Identifying Information Law, federal or state privacy laws, and various regulations. Thus, the New York City Municipal Archives may restrict access to portions of this collection per existing statutory restrictions on personally identifiable information.
Researcher is advised that disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications. Researcher agrees not to record, copy, scan, take a photo, disseminate, publish, or share personal identifying information in any form. The NYC Municipal Archives does not assume responsibility.
Please contact us to arrange access.
The New York City Municipal Archives collections may contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information relating to private individuals that is protected by New York City’s Personal Identifying Information Law, federal or state privacy laws, and various regulations. Thus, the New York City Municipal Archives may restrict access to portions of this collection per existing statutory restrictions on personally identifiable information.
Researcher is advised that disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals without consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications. Researcher agrees not to record, copy, scan, take a photo, disseminate, publish, or share personal identifying information in any form. The NYC Municipal Archives does not assume responsibility.
Please contact us to arrange access.
Additional Description
Arrangement
This sub-subgroup is arranged into one correspondence series with four subseries. Each subseries is organized chronologically and then alphabetically within that arrangement.
The material in Subseries 2 is mostly in its original order, with some alphabetical reorganization.
The material in Subseries 2 is mostly in its original order, with some alphabetical reorganization.
Subseries List
- Arranged by Subject
- Intra-agency
- City Departments [City Agencies]
- Cooperating Agencies [Non-city government]
Processing Information
The material in this series spans four different commissioners. The records from 1946 and 1947 were processed in their entireties in a single sub-subgroup in keeping with the collection’s original organization by calendar year.