Anti-vaccination movement
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Anti-vaccination scrapbook
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 478
Scope and Contents
This unbound scrapbook contains clippings, leaflets, typescript letters and reports, reprints, and other printed ephemera related to vaccination and the anti-vaccination movement. Material comes from a variety of anti-vaccination societies and leagues from across the country and internationally, including in Brooklyn, Chicago, London, Terre Haute, and Toronto. The National Anti-Vaccination League in London and the Anti-Vaccination Society of America are particularly well represented. Also...
Dates:
1886-1903
[Scrapbook of anti-vaccination clippings]
Collection
Identifier: MSS 477
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook contains clippings of articles, reports, letters to the editor, etc. related to and expressing opposition to vaccination, especially compulsory vaccination. Many reports are from Muncie, Terre Haute, and other parts of Indiana, but coverage also includes Brooklyn, Chicago, Milwaukee, and parts of England. The clippings focus on the arguments against vaccination, including letters to the editor and responses to letters signed by “Anti-Vaccination” or “Anti;” court...
Dates:
1887; 1892-1897
