Series 2235: Underwood Commemorative Display. ca. 1958.
Health, Dept. of (RG 51).

Series 2235: Underwood Commemorative Display. ca. 1958.
Health, Dept. of (RG 51).

      Two poster display boards with black and white photographs and memorabilia pertaining to the career of Dr. Felix Underwood, perhaps used upon the occasion of his retirement in 1958. The boards contain these items with the following captions:

Display Board #1

1. 2 Photographs – early years of practice, 1904-1918
2. Photograph – International Child Health Conference in Mexico City, 1935
3. Photograph – Children’s Bureau Conference, White House, 1935
4. Photograph – 1st Meeting of the Mississippi Public Health Association, 1937
5. Photograph – President Hoover, Governor Murphree and Dr. Underwood, 1930
6. “He saved a million lives” article by John Kobler from American Magazine, Sept. 1954

Display Board #2

1. Photograph – King of the Carnival Ball, 1950
2. “Planned Parenthood – 1912” article and printed picture
3. Photograph – Lasker Award, 1953
4. Photograph – 1st shipment of polio vaccine, 1955
5. Cut-outs of Official Program title page of the Miss. State Medical Association and slate of officers, 1920
6. Cut-out of Southern Medical Journal title page (Felix Underwood, President), 1931
7. Photograph – 25th Anniversary with Miss. State Board of Health, 1949 (Dr. Underwood holding congratulatory proclamation with wife (?) looking on)