Ezma Lea King Stevens Collection, 1945-55
RU 8.2

Summary Information

Repository
McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections
Title
Ezma Lea King Stevens Collection
ID
RU 8.2
Date [inclusive]
1945-1955
Extent
2.0 Linear feet
Location
Located in locked compact shelving, level 1.
Language
English

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ezma Lea King Stevens Collection, Radford University Archives, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA.

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Scope and Contents Note

The Ezma Lea King Stevens Collection contains public health flyers, publications, handouts, and other materials published between 1945-55. Materials were collected and donated by Ezma Lea King Stevens, a native of Pulaski County, Virginia who graduated from Radford in 1955. The collection was donated by Ezma Lea King Stevens, and her daughter, Vivan Lea Solek in November 2004.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections

McConnell Library
PO Box 6881
Radford, Virginia
540-831-5692
archives@radford.edu

Restrictions to Access

An appointment for research is required. The collection is open for research. No interlibrary loan.

Accruals note

No additional accruals are expected.

Processing Information

Processed by Ashley Tussey, finding aid by Ashley Tussey and Gene Hyde, Winter 2011-12.Edited by Aaron Spelbring, September 2019.

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Collection Inventory

Box 1: Public Health Materials 

Folder 1: Aids for Health Teaching contains- U.S. Health, Education, and Welfare health information lists of health information, Hillard Chemical Company order form, Catalog of Health Literature, 1951-54 

Folder 2: Arthritis: contains- clippings 1949-1953 

Folder 3: Athletics: contains- magazine clippings 1949-1953 

Folder 4: Bulletin Board Pictures contains- cartoons, clippings 

Folder 5: Cancer contains- articles "After Long Illness" and pamphlets/booklets "7 Signs of Cancer", "Who, What, When, Where, Why of Cancer", 1950-1954 

Folder 6: Cheerleading contains- National Cheerleader Uniforms and Modern Cheerleader article, 1953 

Folder 7: Dancing contains- Promenade All A complilation of song-dances, magazine picture clippings, newspaper article Donald O'Connor, 1952-1954 

Folder 8: Child Care contains- booklets "Your Child from 6-12", "Understanding your Young Child", "The Preschool Child", articles "Is your Child Scared of the Doctor?", "The RH Factor", "It's all in the way you say NO", 1942-1953 

Folder 9: Diagrams, field and court contains- field and court dimensions, 1953 

Folder 10: Driver Training contains- booklet "So- You're Going to Drive", clippings, "Rules of the Road in Pennsylvania", 1950 

Folder 11: Ears and Care contains- Sectional diagram of the human ear, "How We Hear" booklet, 1952 

Folder 12: Equpiment contains- MacGregor Sports Equipment booklet (1954), Louisville Grand Slam golf club brochure, Porter Recreation Equipment, Rawlings sports brochure. 

Folder 13: Exercise contains- Magazine articles "Figure Young", "Grow slim on McCall's 1951 low-cost, family-style diet", "The Skinny Line", 1950-51 

Folder 14: Eyes and Eye Care contains- Federal Security Agency pamphlet "care of the eyes", booklet "Healthy Eyes", 1950 

Folder 15: Care for Feet contains- Magazine clippings "This is the Way We Put on Our Shoes", "Oh, My Aching Feet!", pamphlet "Care of the Feet", 

Folder 16: Films contains- invitation to New Worlds of Entertainment and Education booklet, 1954 Guide to Aids for Physical Education, Athletics, and Recreation brochure, Letter from Ideal Pictures, 1954 

Folder 17: First Aid contains- Journals "American Junior Red Cross", October, 1954, March 1955, and December 1955 

Box 2: Public Health Materials 

Folder 1: Gym Suits and Costumes contains, 1953-55- National Schoolcrafters ordering information, Moore Gymware magazine (1955), Eileen Holden Dancewear, Gym-Togs ordering information 

Folder 2: Handcrafts contains- Crafters Craft Supplies Booklet, Handicraft Supplies, CLECO, Crown Leathercraft Catalog, Leathercraft Supplies, Osborn Brothers Supply Company 

Folder 3: Health, General, 1948-1952 contains- Booklets "Feeling TipTop?", "How Old Are You?", "Restaurant Sanitation in Virginia" (1948) "Health for Tweens", Articles "You and Your Health", Health Teaching Units 

Folder 4: Health Bulletins 1954, contains- Sanitary Landfill, Sanitation Training Courses, Tuberculosis Control, Your Family Pysician 

Folder 5: Health Heros contains- Health Heros Booklets, 1948 "Louis Pasteur" and "Florence Nightingale" from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company 

Folder 6: Heart contains- articles "What About Your Heart", "Hypertension", "New Hope for Your Heart", "Rheumatic Fever", Booklets "Heart Diseases", "The Doctor and the Rheumatic Heart Disease", "Your Heart" 

Folder 7: Infant Care contains- Articles "The Feeding Habits of Infants", "Dr. Spock Talks With Mothers", Booklets "Toilet Habits", "Infant Care", You and Your Baby" 

Folder 8: Infant Paralysis contains 1952-53- Booklet "Doctor, What Can I Do?", "Handbook on Infantile Paralysis", "Teachers guide to be used with Poliomyelitis", Articles "Our Daugher Had Polio", A better break for polio patients", "When Greensboro licked Polio" 

Folder 9: Leotards and Modern Dance Costumes contains- Booklet "Tops in Toqs" "Dance- footwear, practice wear, accessories", Order forms- Baum's Theatrical Department Store, Stepping Tones, Eileen Holding Dance Supplies, 1953 

Folder 10: Marriage and Courtships contains- articles "The Vice Nobody Talks About", "Keep it cool", "Making Marraige Work", Booklet "Growing in Love's Personal Witness" 

Folder 11: Medicine contains- articles "Give Your Child the Blessing of Inoculation", "You'll be Hearing About Enzymes", "Keep Up With Medicine", Leaflets "Osteopathy", 1953 

Box 3: Public Health Materials 

Folder 1: Menstruation contains- Booklets "It's Natural, It's Normal", "Growing Up and Liking It", "Sally and Mary Kate Wondered", Articles "Are you in the Know?", Diagram: Female reproductive system, Posters: "Menstrual Physiology" 

Folder 2: Modern Dance contains- booklets "American Squares", "Books on Dance, Ballet Book Shop", "Costumes for Modern Dance", Order forms: American Squares, Partnering by Richard Ellis and Christine De Boulay, Ballets arranged by Edna Lucille Baum 

Folder 3: Modern Dance Pictures contains- articles "Slaughter off Stage", "They Danced into Marraige", "Ballet Beauties" Pictures: Various Ballet and Modern Dance Clippings 

Folder 4: Nutrician contains- booklets "Food for the Family", "Good Food Ideas that Starts with Borden's", "What to Eat and Why", Articles: "Why Don't You?", "Butter vs. Margarine" 

Folder 5: Organization contains- article "Program Planning for the Community School", Virginia State Department of Health Division of Local Health Services "Organization Plan of Local Health Unit" 

Folder 6: Overweight and Underweight contains- Booklets "Is Yours a Weighty Problem?", "Pounds and Inches", "Waitlines", Articles "There's No Trick to Reducing", "How you Can Stick To a Diet", "Should You Diet Now?" 

Folder 7: Physical Activity for Various Grade Levels contains- Articles "Play is Serious Business", "Planning Games and Sports for Youngsters", Printouts "Physical Activities for Various Grade Levels", "7th Grade Games", "Fifth Grade Games" 

Folder 8: Records contains- Russell Ballet Records- order form Pamphlets- Russell Records Sept. 1, 1953- record listing, Folkcraft Records, May 1, 1953, Russell Records Catalog, 1953 

Folder 9: Respiratory Diseases contains- Pamphelts "Disorders of the Digestive System", Virginia Department of Health "Influenza", Posters "How to Catch a Cold (Disney), "How to Chase Cold Germs-- With Soap, Water, and Sunshine" (Disney), Booklets "Kerchoo and You", "Colds and Other Respiratory Diseases" 

Folder 10: Rules and New Games contains- 1953 Booklet "Shuttle Loop" List Games Rules for PE 332 class test, The Spiral: Combination Theme Notebook, Handball-softball terminology, Gillette World Series Record Book (1953) 

Box 4: Public Health Materials 

Folder 1: Safety contains- "They are never too young to learn safety", "Boo! How Many Hazards do you Have Learking in Your Home?", "L-M-C Children's Safety Lessons", Amico Safety Lessons, 1-10 

Folder 2: Skin and Care contains- "Don't Let Winter Punish your Face", "Dry Skin?", "Look Lovelier in 10 Days, or your Money Back" 

Folder 3: Swimming contains- picture of Alfredo Mendoza Jumping on Skis, picture of Folrida water ski entertainers, "You Can Save your Child from Summer's Child Killer-Drowning", Ocan Pool the finest in swim suits and accessories, Swimming (styles and definitions) 

Folder 4: Tennis contains- Badminton and Tennis Strokes booklet, Harvard Table Tennis Teacher, Tennis Future in Kids, Tennis Outline 

Folder 5: Therapy contains- Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Army Occupational Therapy, Manuscript Physical Therapy 

Folder 6: Trampoline contains- "Sizing Up the Trampoline", "Trampolining is for Girls, Too", Nissen Trampolines, The Elementary Bounces of Trampolining 

Folder 7: Tuberculosis contains- "So You Have Tuberculosis", "The Low-Down on TB", "The Long Adventure", Facts about TB 1952-1953, How to Kill TB Germs, "Can Surgery Lick TB?", "Your Children and Tuberculosis" 

Folder 8: Venereal Disease contains- "The Dread Come Back- Undiscovered and untreated Syphilis still Menaces Health of this Nation", "Why a Blood Test?", "What Every Woman Should Know", "The New Pre-Marital Examination Law"