Blasingame, F.J.L., American Medical Association and Texas Medical Association Papers (1948-1978)



	Title:	F.J.L. Blasingame, American Medical Association and Texas Medical Association Papers (1948-1978)
	Identification:	MS 36
	Repository:	Truman G. Blocker, Jr. History of Medicine Collections, Moody Medical Library, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas 77555-1035, phone (409) 772-2397

The F.J.L Blasingame AMA and TMA Papers, (1948-1978), consist of files dealing with Dr. Blasingame's association with the AMA from 1948 to 1970; files dealing with Dr. Blasingame's association with the Texas Medical Association from 1951 to 1957; files dealing with Dr. Blasingame's service on the board of trustees of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas from 1954 to 1958; and correspondence, reports, clippings, publications and subject files concerning a wide variety of Dr. Blasingame's personal interests.

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SERIES DESCRIPTION

		Series 1 American Medical Association, 1948-70: Correspondence, reports, clippings, and subject files dealing with Dr. Blasingame's association with the AMA.
		Series 2 Texas Medical Association, 1951-57: Correspondence, reports, clippings, and subject files dealing with Dr. Blasingame's association with the TMA.
		Series 3 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, 1954-58: Correspondence, reports, and subject files dealing with Dr. Blasingame's service on the board of trustees.
		Series 4 Speeches, 1949-71: Drafts and correspondence.
		Series 5 Miscellaneous: Correspondence, reports, clippings, publications, subject files concerning a wide variety of Dr. Blasingame's personal interests. However, some of the files in this series contain materials that relate to other series in this collection.
		Series 6 Blasingame Associates, 1969-78: Correspondence, reports, and other materials concerning the operation of the consulting firm.
		Series 7 Publications, 1938-78: Included are correspondence, drafts, reprints and other materials concerning publications written by, edited, or about Dr. Blasingame.

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Administrative Information

The papers of Francis James Levi Blasingame, M.D. were donated to the History of Medicine and Archives Department of the Moody Medical Library by Dr. Blasingame on October 26, 1979.

The collection occupies 14 linear feet of shelf space and is contained in 31 manuscript boxes and 1 record center carton.

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Detailed Description



Box
1-13		Series 1. AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Box	Folder
4	17		Advertising Income of Tax-Exempt Organizations 1969
	18		Aging 1951, 56
	19		Alexander Hamilton Bicentennial Commission 1956
Box	Folder
6	53		AMA History and Background
Box	Folder
4	20		American Medical Political Action Committee 1960-61
	21		American Public Health Association: Clippings 1968
	22		Annis, Edward R.: Clippings and Biographical 1964-69
	23		Annual Meetings: Program and Clippings 1964, 69
Box	Folder
3	16		Blasingame Separation: Clippings
	15		Blasingame Separation: Correspondence and Notes 1968
Box	Folder
4	24		Blood Banks 1950-51
Box	Folder
1	2		Board of Trustees 1955
	3		Board of Trustees
	4		Board of Trustees
Box	Folder
2	5		Board of Trustees
	6		Board of Trustees
	7		Board of Trustees
	8		Board of Trustees
	9		Board of Trustees
	10		Board of Trustees 1957
Box	Folder
3	11		Board of Trustees
	12		Board of Trustees
	13		Board of Trustees
	14		Board of Trustees 1968-69
Box	Folder
1	1		Board of Trustees Executive Committee 1955
Box	Folder
4	25		Braun and Co. 1958-60
	26		Christian Science 1965
	27		Civil Rights Act of 1964: Analysis 1966
	28		Clinical Meeting 1955
	29		Cohen, Wilbur 1968-69
	32		Commission to Coordinate the Relationships of Medicine with the Allied Health Professions and Services 1967
	30		Communication Division 1964-69
	31		Conference on Physicians and Schools 1957
	33		Cost of Health Care 1956-69
Box	Folder
5	34		Council on Medical Service: Medical Care of Veterans 1949-54
	35		Council on National Defense 1955
	36		Council on National Defense
	37		Council on National Defense
	38		Dickinson, Frank G. 1954-56
	39		Division of Public Affairs 1968
	40		Drugs 1968-69
	41		Education and Research Foundation 1968-69
	42		Egeberg, Roger O.: Clippings 1969
	43		Ethics 1958-69
	44		Farr, Lee E. 1966-67
	45		Fee-Splitting 1954
	46		Ft. Dearborn Project 1957
Box	Folder
6	47		???len, John K. 1956
	48		???len, John K. 1957-67
	49		Greenbrier Meetings 1955
	50		Greenbrier Meetings 1956-57
	51		Health Manpower 1968-69
	52		Heller Report 1957
	54		Hospitals 1964-69
	55		House of Delegates 1966-69
	56		House of Delegates 1968
	57		House of Delegates 1969
Box	Folder
7	58		Howard, Ernest B.: "Diary" 1958, 68
	59		Industrial Health Conference 1954-55
	60		Institute for Biomedical Research 1965-70
Box	Folder
9	84		Keogh-Reed Bill 1952-53
Box	Folder
7	61		Knowles, John H. 1969
Box	Folder
9	87		Legislation: Bricker Amendment 1953-54
Box	Folder
10	92		Legislation: Dependents Medical Care Act 1956
Box	Folder
8	70		Legislation: Doctor Draft Law 1950-57
Box	Folder
9	86		Legislation: Electorial College System Change 1953-57
	74		Legislation: Federal Aid to Education 1950-51
	76		Legislation: Federal Aid to Education 1955
	75		Legislation: Federal Aid to Medical Education 1951
Box	Folder
10	89		Legislation: Flouridation of Water Supply 1954-57
	90		Legislation: Flouridation of Water Supply
	93		Legislation: Forand Bill 1957
Box	Folder
9	80		Legislation: H.R. 4473 1951
	81		Legislation: Humphery-Durham Bills 1951
Box	Folder
8	71		Legislation: Local Public Health Unit Bill 1950
	72		Legislation: Medical Education Bill 1950
Box	Folder
10	91		Legislation: Mundt-Coudert Amendment 1955
	95		Legislation: National Health Insurance 1958-70
Box	Folder
8	73		Legislation: National School Health Services 1950
Box	Folder
10	88		Legislation: Reinsurance Bill 1953-54
Box	Folder
9	79		Legislation: Social Security 1954-67
	78		Legislation: Social Security Amendments 1952
	77		Legislation: Social Security Extension 1950
Box	Folder
10	94		Legislation: Speeches and Statements concerning Medicare 1960-65
Box	Folder
9	83		Legislation: Universal Military Training 1952
	85		Legislation: Veterans Non-Service Connected Disabilities 1952
	82		Legislation: Vocational Nurse Bill 1951
Box	Folder
7	63		Legislative Committee 1954
	64		Legislative Committee
Box	Folder
8	66		Legislative Committee 1955-57
	67		Legislative Committee
	68		Legislative Committee
Box	Folder
7	62		Legislative Committee Contact Men 1951-54
Box	Folder
8	69		Legislators: Correspondence 1961-68
Box	Folder
10	96		Management Study 1966-69
Box	Folder
11	97		Medical Committee for Human Rights 1968
	98		Mills, Wilbur: Conference 1964
	99		National Advisory Food and Drug Council: Reports on Meetings 1966-67
	100		National Advisory Food and Drug Council: Reports on 1968
	101		National Medical Association: Reports, Position Papers, Clippings 1960-69
	102		Operation Hometown 1964-65
	103		Organization 1955-69
	104		Pension Plan 1966-67
Box	Folder
13	120		Periodic Report of the Executive Vice-President (Incomplete) 1964-68
	121		Periodic Report of the Executive Vice-President (Incomplete)
	122		Periodic Report of the Executive Vice-President (Incomplete)
	123		Periodic Report of the Executive Vice-President (Incomplete)
	124		Periodic Report of the Executive Vice-President (Incomplete)
Box	Folder
11	105		Philip Lesly Co. Reports 1968-69
	107		Polio Committee 1955-56
	106		Polio: Ralph E. Scobey 1951
Box	Folder
12	108		Public Relations 1955-68
Box	Folder
8	65		Regional Legislative Conference 1955
Box	Folder
12	109		Sears-Roebuck Foundation 1955
	110		Sears-Roebuck Foundation
	111		Smith, Austin 1955-57
	112		Specialization 1955-66
	113		Task Force on Socio-Economic Policy 1956
	114		Texas Delegation 1955-56
	115		Wilbur, Dwight L. 1968-69
	117		World Medical Association 1949-69
	118		World Medical Association: 16th General Assembly 1962
	116		World Medical Association: Minutes 1948-56
	119		World Medical Association: Publications

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Box
14-18		Series 2. TEXAS MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
Box	Folder
18	195		"President's Page": Correspondence, notes, information, suggestions 1954-55
	196		"President's Page": Correspondence, notes, information, suggestions
Box	Folder
14	132		Board of Trustees 1953-55
Box	Folder
15	133		Board of Trustees
	138		Civil Defense 1955
	149		Committee on Blood Banks 1954-55
	151		Committee on Cancer 1954-55
	152		Committee on Coordination of Insurance Claims 1954
	153		Committee on Doctor Distribution 1954-55
	155		Committee on Infringment of Medical Practice 1954
	156		Committee on Library Endowment 1954-55
	158		Committee on Medical History 1954
Box	Folder
16	159		Committee on Medical Practice 1954-55
	160		Committee on Memorial Services 1954-55
	161		Committee on Mental Health 1954
	162		Committee on Negro Medical Facilities 1954-55
	163		Committee on Nursing Care 1954-55
	164		Committee on Public Health 1954-55
	165		Committee on Public Relations 1954-55
	166		Committee on Revision of Constitution and Bylaws 1954-55
	167		Committee on Rural Health 1954-55
	169		Committee on Scientific Exhibits 1954-55
	168		Committee on Study of Alcoholism 1954
	170		Committee on Tuberculosis 1954-55
	171		Committee to Study Proposed Transfer of State TB Hospitals to State Health Department
	174		Council on Medical Defense 1954-55
	175		Council on Medical Economics 1954-55
	173		Council on Medical Education and Hospitals 1954-55
	176		Council on Medical Jurisprudence 1954-55
	177		Council on Scientific Work 1954
	178		Council on Scientific Work 1954
	179		Council on Scientific Work 1954
	180		Council on Scientific Work 1954
Box	Folder
17	181		Council on Scientific Work 1954
	182		County Medical Societies 1954-55
Box	Folder
15	134		Executive Council Meeting 1954-55
	135		Executive Council Meeting
	136		Executive Council Meeting
	137		Executive Secretary's Office 1954-55
Box	Folder
14	130		General Practitioner of the Year 1955
Box	Folder
17	183		Group Insurance 1955-56
	184		Holle, Henry A. 1954-56
	185		Homan, Robert B. 1954-55
	186		Hospitals-Insurance-Physician Joint Advisory Commission of Texas 1954
	187		Interprofessional Council 1954-55
Box	Folder
15	154		Joint Committee on Health Costs 1954-55
	140		Liaison File: Advisory Committee to the Board for the Texas State Hospital and Special Schools 1954-55
	141		Liaison File: Advisory Committee to the Executive Committee of the Texas Society for Crippled Children 1955
	142		Liaison File: Advisory Committee to the President 1954-55
	143		Liaison File: Advisory Committee to the President
	146		Liaison File: Advisory Committee to the Texas Society of Medical Technologists 1954-55
	147		Liaison File: Advisory Committee to the Woman's Auxilary 1954
	139		Liaison File: Allied Groups 1954-55
	145		Liaison File: Committee for Liaison with the State Bar of Texas 1954-55
	148		Liaison File: Committee on Liaison with Workmen's Compensation Insurance Companies 1954
	144		Liaison File: State Advisory Committee to the Selective Service Committee 1955
Box	Folder
17	188		Library 1955-57
Box	Folder
14	131		Meeting Speaker 1955
	125		Meetings 1954
	126		Meetings
	127		Meetings
	128		Meetings 1955
	129		Meetings
Box	Folder
17	189		Polio Vaccine 1954-56
	190		Political Correspondence 1954-57
	191		President-Elect 1953-54
	192		President-Elect: Congratulatory Letters 1953
Box	Folder
18	193		President-Elect: Problems, etc. 1954
	194		President-Elect: Suggestions for Committee Appointments 1954-55
	197		Reference Committee 1955
	198		Representatives to Private Clinics and Hospitals of Texas 1954-55
	199		Section on Clinical Pathology 1954
	200		Section on EEN & T 1954
	201		Section on General Practice 1954
	202		Section on Internal Medicine 1954
	203		Section on OB/GYN 1954
	204		Section on Pediatrics 1954
	205		Section on Public Health 1953-54
	206		Section on Radiology 1954
	207		Section on Surgery 1954
	208		Shivers, Allan: Correspondence on Political Campaign 1954
Box	Folder
15	150		Special Committee on Brucellosis 1954
	157		Special Committee on Maternal Mortality 1954-55
Box	Folder
16	172		Special Committees 1954
Box	Folder
18	209		Special Delegates 1954-55
	210		State and American Medical Education Foundation 1954-55
	211		State Council on National Emergency Medical Service 1954-55
	212		Stevenson, Adlai: Reply to National Health Plan 1956
	213		Telephone Postgraduate Broadcast Committee 1954
	214		Texas Interprofessional Council
	215		Texas Joint Commission for the Improvement of Care of the Patient 1951-55

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Box	Folder
19	216-221	Series 3. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD
	216		Board of Trustees 1955-56
	217		Board of Trustees 1957
	218		McBee, Walter R. 1954-58
	220		Medical Indemnity of America, Inc. 1956
	221		Medicare Program 1957
	219		Meetings 1956-57

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Box
20-24		Series 4. SPEECHES
Box	Folder
20	223		Speeches 1949
	224		Speeches 1950
	225		Speeches 1951
	226		Speeches 1952
	227		Speeches 1953
	228		Speeches 1954
	229		Speeches 1955
	230		Speeches 1956
	231		Speeches 1957
	232		Speeches 1958
Box	Folder
21	233		Speeches
	234		Speeches
	235		Speeches 1959
	236		Speeches
	237		Speeches 1960
	238		Speeches
	239		Speeches 1961
Box	Folder
22	240		Speeches
	241		Speeches 1962
	242		Speeches
	243		Speeches 1963
	244		Speeches
Box	Folder
23	245		Speeches 1964
	246		Speeches
	247		Speeches 1965
	248		Speeches 1966
	249		Speeches
Box	Folder
24	250		Speeches 1967
	251		Speeches
	252		Speeches 1968
	253		Speeches 1969
	254		Speeches 1970
	255		Speeches 1971
Box	Folder
20	222		Speeches n.d.

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Box
25-28		Series 5. MISCELLANEOUS
Box	Folder
25	256		A
	257		American Good Government Society
	258		Anatomy Class Lectures 1946-47
	260		Awards and Recognitions: Ashbel Smith Award 1966
	259		Awards and Recognitions: Blasingame Week (Wharton, TX) 1965
	261		Ballantine, Thomas A. 1957
	262		Biographical: Blasingame
	263		C
	264		Communism
	265		Communism
	266		Communism
	267		D
Box	Folder
28	315		Episcopal Diocese of Texas: Executive Board 1956
Box	Folder
25	268		F
	269		Foundation for Economic Education
	270		G
	271		H
	272		Heritage Foundation
	273		Income Tax Repeal 1952-57
	274		J
	275		Johnson, Lyndon B.: Correspondence and campaign materials
	276		Johnson, Lyndon B.: Correspondence and campaign materials
	277		K
	278		L
	279		Life Line Foundation 1958-59
Box	Folder
26	280		M
	281		Manivest, Inc.
	282		Medical Appraisal Team to South Vietnam
	283		Medical Research Foundation of Texas 1955-57
	284		Medical Research Foundation of Texas
	285		Medical Research Foundation of Texas
	286		Medical Research Foundation of Texas
	287		Medical Research Foundation of Texas
	288		Medical School Campus Unrest 1969
	289		Memberships
Box	Folder
27	290		N
	291		O
	292		P
	293		Photographs: Blasingame
	294		R
	295		Republican Party
	296		S
	297		Segregation
	298		Shepperd, John Ben
	299		Socialized Medicine
	300		South Texas Chamber of Commerce: Health Councils Committee 1953-54
	301		T
	302		Texas Medical Committee for Good Government 1954
	303		Tyndall, T.M.
	304		U
	305		University of Texas
	306		University of Texas Medical Branch: Selection of Dean 1955
Box	Folder
28	307		V
	308		W
	309		Wharton County Junior College 1949
	310		Wharton County Junior College: Board of Trustees 1955-57
	313		Wharton County Junior College: Financial 1956-57
	314		Wharton County Junior College: Financial
	311		Wharton County Junior College: Minutes 1955-57
	312		Wharton County Junior College: Student Union 1955-56
	316		Y

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Box
29-31		Series 6. BLASINGAME ASSOCIATES
Box	Folder
29	321		"Atlas of Health" 1973
	322		"Atlas of Health"
	323		"Atlas of Health"
Box	Folder
30	328		"Blasingame Plan" for Medical Malpractice Insurance
	329		"Blasingame Plan" for Medical Malpractice Insurance
	327		American Association of Medical Associations
Box	Folder
29	318		Amway Corp. 1977-78
	319		Anderson, Gerald L. 1969-76
	320		Anderson, Gerald L. 1970
Box	Folder
30	324		Brookings Institution
Box	Folder
29	317		Consultant Concept 1969
Box	Folder
30	325		International Clinical Services, Inc.
	326		Medicredit System
	331		Medisystems, Inc.
	332		Medisystems, Inc.
	330		Professional Liability
Box	Folder
31	333		Sears, Roebuck and Co.
	334		Texas Tech School of Medicine
	335		Texas Tech School of Medicine
	336		Texas Tech School of Medicine
	337		Texas Tech School of Medicine

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Box	Folder
32	338-386	Series 7. PUBLICATIONS
	345		"Let's Stay Well" 1974-78
	346		"Let's Stay Well"
	344		Health News Report 1975-77
	338		Medical News Report 1969-74
	339		Medical News Report
	340		Medical News Report
	341		Medical News Report
	342		Medical News Report
	343		Medical News Report
	347-386		Miscellaneous Publications 1938-76

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Blasingame, F.J.L.,

American Medical Association and Texas Medical Association Papers (1948-1978)

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

SERIES DESCRIPTION

Administrative Information

Detailed Description