Letter from Mary Lasker to Norman Winter
- Title:
- Letter from Mary Lasker to Norman Winter
- Creator:
- Lasker, Mary
- Recipient:
- National Heart Committee and Winter, Norman
- Date:
- 23 February 1948
- Description:
- Until World War II, disease-oriented voluntary organizations like the American Heart Association provided education and patient care, but did not underwrite research. Mary Lasker was instrumental in turning these organizations into modern fundraising and lobbying organizations that not only secured federal funding for research, but financed research directly.
- Original Repository:
- Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Mary Lasker Papers
- Location:
- Box: 229
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation.
- 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:
- TLBBFW
- NLM ID:
- 101584665X80
- Profiles Collection:
- The Mary Lasker Papers
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584665X80
- Story Section:
- Mary Lasker and the Growth of the National Institutes of Health