The Baby Hygiene Committee of the Association of American University Women collection consists of documents recording fifty years of community health work between 1909 and 1959. Included in the papers is the history of the committee, financial records, various membership lists, and monthly reports on activities and projects. The collection contains extensive correspondence between committee members, as well as communications with doctors and hospitals concerning the various projects. Of particular interest are the case histories and a 1927 survey of mothers and children who attended the health center. There are several articles about child raising, spanning the years 1909 to 1959, as well as photographs of the members and clients.

In May of 1909, a group of concerned women formed the Certified Milk Fund Committee of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae in order Francisco's poor." Aided by local dairies, the committee successfully reduced infant mortality through their city-wide drive for uncontaminated milk. In addition to supplying milk, the Milk Fund Committee offered instruction in the care and feeding of foster babies.

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