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[Identification of item], in the J. W. Roy Norton papers #4571, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Transferred from University Archives and Records Service, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in 1991.

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• Birth control--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Communicable diseases--Transmission.
• Epidemiology--North Carolina.
• Norton, J. W. Roy, 1898-1974.
• Public health administration--Study and teaching.
• Public health--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Substance abuse--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Public Health.

• School of Public Health Records, University Archives and Records Service, UNC-CH, and the State Health Director Records, Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, N.C.

J. W. Roy Norton, North Carolina state health director, 1948- 1965, and professor in the School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Correspondence, writings, notes, clippings, and other materials relating to Norton's career in public health. Included are materials about many public health issues, especially birth control, alcohol and substance abuse, and control of diseases like pellagra and polio. Also included are materials relating to Norton's activities in various public health organizations in the United States and abroad and to his teaching duties at UNC, particularly to his courses on public health administration.