Title:

Letter from Sidney Farber to Mary Lasker

Creator:

Harvard Medical School. Children's Hospital
Farber, Sidney

Recipient:

Lasker, Mary

Date:

31 December 1969

Description:

Farber was a close ally of Lasker in calling for a War on Cancer in the late 1960s, a controversial combination of funding increases for basic science, greater emphasis on applied research, and administrative changes designed to accelerate cancer research and "conquer" the disease within a matter of years.

Original Repository:

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers

Location:

Box: 679

Rights:

Courtesy of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers. 12417

Legacy ID:

TLBBLB

NLM ID:

101584665X167

Profiles Collection:

The Mary Lasker Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X167

Story Section:

Biographical Information