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Teche Action Clinic. Collection, 1938-1958, n.d.

 Collection
Identifier: UAAMC-COLL-0459

Scope and Contents

This collection contains photographs, articles, correspondence, and scrapbooks that were collected by members of Teche Action Clinic. Many of these materials relate to the St. Mary Parish Health Unit and Franklin Health Council.

Dr. Gary Wiltz, CEO of Teche Action Clinic, donated the digitized version of this collection with the help of Phebe Hayes.

Dates

  • 1938-1958, n.d.

Biographical / Historical

The Teche Action Clinc (also known as Teche Action Board, Inc.) is a non-profit health center based in Franklin, LA. Founded in 1974, the clinic’s board of directors is made up of community volunteers. This clinic was the first community health center in Louisiana to receive accreditation by the Joint Commission in 1999, and they were certified as a Primary Care Medical Home in December 2011.

As stated on their website, the mission of Teche Action Clinic is to “continually improve its ability to identify and eliminate the unique health disparities of the residents of St. Mary, St. John, St. James, and Terrebonne Parishes.” More information can be found at http://www.tabhealth.org/Default.asp.

Extent

2.8266 Gigabytes (Digitized copies of materials divided into 7 folders, all on 1 DVD)

Language of Materials

English

Title
Teche Action Clinic Collection
Status
Completed
Author
Zack Stein
Date
04/18/2018
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository

Contact:
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031