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The Mary Lasker Papers

Cancer Wars: Documents

[Mary Lasker in front of one of her paintings]. [ca. Mid 1960s].
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Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Florence Mahoney. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 6 March 1946. pdf (125,254 Bytes) ocr (2,556 Bytes)
Metadata Record Heller, J. R., and National Cancer Institute. Letter from J. R. Heller to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 15 September 1948. pdf (121,935 Bytes) ocr (3,538 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to J. R. Heller. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 13 October 1948. pdf (76,954 Bytes) ocr (1,378 Bytes)
Metadata Record Heller, J. R., and National Cancer Institute. Letter from J. R. Heller to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 15 October 1948. pdf (77,035 Bytes) ocr (2,009 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to Matthew M. Neely. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 22 October 1948. pdf (35,426 Bytes) ocr (20 Bytes)
Metadata Record Kieley, James F., and National Cancer Institute. Letter from James F. Kieley to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 2 September 1954. pdf (53,130 Bytes) ocr (1,495 Bytes)
Metadata Record National Cancer Institute. [Press release on Mary Lasker's appointment to the National Advisory Cancer Council]. Announcement. Draft. Press Release. 2 Images. September 1954. pdf (117,393 Bytes) ocr (2,071 Bytes)
Metadata Record Farber, Sidney, and Harvard Medical School. Children's Hospital. Letter from Sidney Farber to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 3 Images. 19 August 1955. pdf (248,447 Bytes) ocr (294 Bytes)
Metadata Record Heston, W. E., and National Cancer Institute. Letter from W. E. Heston to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 20 May 1959. pdf (130,737 Bytes) ocr (4,077 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to W. E. Heston. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 25 May 1959. pdf (30,654 Bytes) ocr (612 Bytes)
Metadata Record Endicott, Kenneth M., and National Cancer Institute. Letter from Kenneth M. Endicott to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 28 June 1962. pdf (86,699 Bytes) ocr (2,495 Bytes)
Metadata Record Shannon, James A., and National Institutes of Health. Office of the Director. Letter from James A. Shannon to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 26 June 1964. pdf (106,097 Bytes) ocr (3,266 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to James A. Shannon. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 17 July 1964. pdf (128,030 Bytes) ocr (3,574 Bytes)
Metadata Record Gorman, Mike, and National Committee Against Mental Illness. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 3 Images. 4 September 1964. pdf (228,787 Bytes) ocr (9,663 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Caspersson, Torbjorn], and Karolinska Institute. Letter from Torbjorn Caspersson to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 4 January 1965. pdf (139,977 Bytes) ocr (4,963 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Wilbur J. Cohen. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 23 June 1965. pdf (73,136 Bytes) ocr (1,658 Bytes)
Metadata Record Farber, Sidney, and Harvard Medical School. Children's Hospital. Letter from Sidney Farber to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 4 September 1965. pdf (169,224 Bytes) ocr (5,834 Bytes)
Metadata Record Kotin, Paul, and National Cancer Institute. Letter from Paul Kotin to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 8 April 1966. pdf (114,036 Bytes) ocr (2,839 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Kotin, Paul], and National Cancer Institute. [Six suggested research activities to be initiated or expanded at the National Cancer Institute with additional funding]. Report. 5 Images. 8 April 1966. pdf (479,400 Bytes) ocr (13,616 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Robert H. Finch. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 14 October 1969. pdf (22,562 Bytes) ocr (230 Bytes)
Metadata Record Huebner, Robert J., and National Cancer Institute. Letter from Robert J. Huebner to Lloyd Shearer. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 18 November 1969. pdf (112,981 Bytes) ocr (2,780 Bytes)
Metadata Record Citizens Committee for the Conquest of Cancer. "Mr. Nixon: You Can Cure Cancer." Washington Post, (9 December 1969): C9. Article. 1 Image. pdf (82,634 Bytes) ocr (2,649 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. "Need for a Commission on the Conquest of Cancer as a National Goal by 1976." Report. 5 Images. 1969. pdf (196,283 Bytes) ocr (7,200 Bytes)
Metadata Record Yarborough, Ralph W., and United States Senate. Letter from Ralph W. Yarborough to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 2 June 1970. pdf (88,489 Bytes) ocr (1,908 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Melvin R. Laird. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 14 January 1971. pdf (32,872 Bytes) ocr (565 Bytes)
Metadata Record Humphrey, Hubert H., and United States Senate. Memorandum from Hubert H. Humphrey to Mary Lasker. Memorandum. 1 Image. 5 April 1971. pdf (47,520 Bytes) ocr (1,315 Bytes)
Metadata Record Humphrey, Hubert H., and United States Senate. Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 26 April 1971. pdf (27,591 Bytes) ocr (646 Bytes)
Metadata Record Humphrey, Hubert H., and United States Senate. Letter from Hubert H. Humphrey to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 7 July 1971. pdf (33,800 Bytes) ocr (956 Bytes)
Metadata Record Russell, Cristine. "The Politics of Cancer." Washington Post, (28 November 1971): C3. Article. 1 Image. pdf (115,613 Bytes) ocr (26 Bytes)
Metadata Record Rauscher, Frank J. Jr, and National Cancer Institute. Letter from Frank J. Rauscher, Jr. to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 7 Images. 18 March 1974. pdf (432,208 Bytes) ocr (16,395 Bytes)
Metadata Record Henle, Werner, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Letter from Werner Henle to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 10 October 1977. pdf (84,747 Bytes) ocr (2,768 Bytes)
Metadata Record Krim, Mathilde, Sergio Abreu, Carter Bancroft, Tadeusz Chudzio, Clarence Colby, Leo S. Lin, F. Kingsley Sanders, William E. Stewart II, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Letter from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 29 November 1977. pdf (102,349 Bytes) ocr (3,157 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to Kari Cantell. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 27 February 1978. pdf (85,459 Bytes) ocr (2,435 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to R. Lee Clark. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 20 June 1978. pdf (55,660 Bytes) ocr (1,618 Bytes)
Metadata Record Broder, Samuel, and National Cancer Institute. Letter from Samuel Broder to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 27 August 1990. pdf (66,672 Bytes) ocr (2,331 Bytes)
Metadata Record Gruber, Jack, and National Cancer Institute. Letter from Jack Gruber to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 27 August 1990. pdf (144,673 Bytes) ocr (5,527 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to William H. Natcher. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 31 October 1990. pdf (33,429 Bytes) ocr (866 Bytes)
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