ICAR Research Data Repository for Knowledge Management

This dataset represents a group of paper records (a "series") within the Harvard School of Public Health Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development records, 1918-2015 (inclusive), 1930-1989 (bulk), which can be accessed on-site at the Center for the History of Medicine at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts. The series consists of research administrative and regulatory records generated during the fifty-year follow-up study of the Harvard School of Public Health Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development. Records include: codesheets and codebooks; blank data collection and classification instruments; grant applications and financial records; reports; meeting minutes; subject lists and appointment scheduling records; and correspondence. Topics include blood pressure, cardiac health, nutrition, and skeletal development. Series also includes occasional summarized, analyzed, and coded data.

Attached to this dataset is a file, digitized from its original paper copy, that serves as an example of the records that may be found in the series. A detailed description may be found with the file. Additional data and associated records are accessible onsite at the Center for the History of Medicine per the conditions governing access described below.

Conditions Governing Access to Original Collection Materials: The series represented by this dataset includes longitudinal patient information that is restricted for 80 years from the most recently dated records in the collection, and Harvard University records that are restricted for 50 years from the date of record creation. Researchers should contact Public Services for more information.

The Harvard School of Public Health Longitudinal Studies of Child Health and Development records were processed with grant funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as awarded and administered by the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) in 2016. An online finding aid to the collection may be accessed here: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.Count:med00211