Interviewer
Michael A. Cooke
Streaming Media
Abstract
In her June 1984 interview with Michael Cooke, Ruth Erline Mathis Martin (1934-2020) discussed her time as a DHEC employee in the sickle cell anemia program. She covered topics of DHEC’s involvement with community groups, sickle cell anemia community groups and their success and failures, and the James R. Clark Sickle Cell Foundation. This interview was conducted for inclusion into the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections Oral History Program.
Publication Date
6-5-1984
Unique Identifier
OH 328
Format
1 Cassette
Length
43 minutes
Restrictions
This interview is open for use
Series
Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation
Disciplines
Oral History
Keywords
Sickle cell anemia, Department of Health and Environmental Control, James R. Clark Sickle Cell Foundation, community groups
Recommended Citation
Martin, Ruth Erline Mathis and Sickle Cell Anemia, "Interview with Ruth Erline Mathis Martin" (1984). Winthrop University Oral History Program. OH 328.
https://digitalcommons.winthrop.edu/oralhistoryprogram/292
LC Subject Headings
South Carolina. Department of Health and Environmental Control, South Carolina. Department of Health and Environmental Control -- Employees, Sickle cell anemia -- South Carolina, Sickle cell anemia --Treatment -- South Carolina, Genetic disorders, Genetic counseling, Genetic screening, Health promotion, Fund raising
