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The Mary Lasker Papers

Mary Lasker and the Growth of the National Institutes of Health: Documents

[Mary Lasker]. [1940s].
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Metadata Record Memorandum to Edward Flynn [asking him to take a leadership role in demanding more research and government funds for battling heart disease, cancer, and mental health disease]. Memorandum. 4 Images. [ca. 1940s]. pdf (362,244 Bytes) ocr (10 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to H. M. Marvin. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 26 July 1944. pdf (19,893 Bytes)
Metadata Record Marvin, H. M., and American Heart Association. Letter from H. M. Marvin to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 22 August 1944. pdf (170,326 Bytes) ocr (6,306 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Claude Pepper. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 24 February 1947. pdf (80,754 Bytes) ocr (1,910 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Louis Katz. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 9 March 1947. pdf (81,945 Bytes) ocr (1,441 Bytes)
Metadata Record Maynard, Edwin P. Jr, and New York Heart Association, Inc. Letter from Edwin P. Maynard, Jr. to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 4 Images. 17 April 1947. pdf (369,900 Bytes) ocr (12,404 Bytes)
Metadata Record Pepper, Claude, and United States Senate. Letter from Claude Pepper to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 28 June 1947. pdf (77,297 Bytes) ocr (2,214 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Alfred Howell. Letter (correspondence). 4 Images. 14 January 1948. pdf (258,669 Bytes) ocr (7,658 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Norman Winter. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 23 February 1948. pdf (78,677 Bytes) ocr (10 Bytes)
Metadata Record Winter, Norman, and National Heart Committee. Letter from Norman Winter to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 3 Images. 18 March 1948. pdf (160,407 Bytes) ocr (5,258 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to Claude Pepper. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 1 April 1948. pdf (111,300 Bytes) ocr (2,263 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to James E. Murray. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 2 April 1948. pdf (116,203 Bytes) ocr (1,847 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Memorandum on heart legislation]. Memorandum. 1 Image. 26 April 1948. pdf (106,630 Bytes) ocr (1,634 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Mike Gorman. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 17 March 1951. pdf (90,374 Bytes) ocr (2,526 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Gorman, Mike]. "Memorandum from Mike Gorman." Memorandum. 5 Images. [1951]. pdf (474,931 Bytes) ocr (14 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Leonard H. Goldenson. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 16 January 1952. pdf (67,166 Bytes)
Metadata Record Gorman, Mike, and National Mental Health Committee. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 4 Images. 13 July 1954. pdf (307,474 Bytes) ocr (10,732 Bytes)
Metadata Record Davis, Michael M., and Committee for the Nation's Health, Inc. Letter from Michael M. Davis to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 14 March 1956. pdf (133,165 Bytes) ocr (4,398 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lasker, Mary. Letter from Mary Lasker to James A. Shannon. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 30 April 1957. pdf (59,691 Bytes) ocr (1,722 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Harry Lyons. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 6 February 1958. pdf (36,450 Bytes) ocr (621 Bytes)
Metadata Record Gorman, Mike, and National Committee Against Mental Illness. Letter from Mike Gorman to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 4 Images. 28 August 1959. pdf (312,532 Bytes) ocr (7,477 Bytes)
Metadata Record Huebner, Robert J., and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Letter from Robert J. Huebner to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 10 June 1966. pdf (98,620 Bytes) ocr (3,465 Bytes)
Metadata Record Mintz, Morton. "Heart Research and the 'Lobby'." Washington Post, (29 June 1968): A12. Article. 1 Image. pdf (75,784 Bytes) ocr (4,737 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Walter P. Reuther. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 23 October 1969. pdf (54,404 Bytes) ocr (973 Bytes)
Metadata Record Reuther, Walter P., and United Auto Workers. Letter from Walter P. Reuther to Sidney Farber. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 13 November 1969. pdf (95,977 Bytes) ocr (2,948 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fine, Max W., and Committee for National Health Insurance. Letter from Max W. Fine to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 9 July 1971. pdf (97,087 Bytes) ocr (3,702 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Leonard Woodcock. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 14 July 1971. pdf (32,298 Bytes) ocr (644 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cohn, Victor. "Health Alliance Seeks Extra $1 Billion." Washington Post, (26 July 1971): A2. Article. 1 Image. pdf (108,002 Bytes) ocr (5,426 Bytes)
Metadata Record Woodcock, Leonard, Committee for National Health Insurance, and [United Auto Workers]. Letter from Leonard Woodcock to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 31 August 1973. pdf (173,028 Bytes) ocr (5,005 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Lasker, Mary]. Letter from Mary Lasker to Leonard Woodcock. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 14 September 1973. pdf (37,242 Bytes) ocr (762 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fine, Max W., and Committee for National Health Insurance. Letter from Max W. Fine to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 18 July 1974. pdf (100,255 Bytes) ocr (3,675 Bytes)
Metadata Record Sinclair, Ward. "Disease Lobbies: Where, How of NIH Spending." Washington Post, (8 March 1980): A7. Article. 1 Image. pdf (146,884 Bytes) ocr (7,685 Bytes)
Metadata Record Committee for National Health Insurance. "Committee for National Health Insurance Program for 1981." Program. 2 Images. 9 December 1980. pdf (206,842 Bytes) ocr (3,920 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fraser, Douglas A., and Committee for National Health Insurance. Letter from Douglas A. Fraser to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 17 December 1980. pdf (191,635 Bytes) ocr (4,101 Bytes)
Metadata Record Kennedy, Edward M., and United States Senate. Letter from Edward M. Kennedy to Mary Lasker. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 15 May 1991. pdf (56,466 Bytes) ocr (1,615 Bytes)
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