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Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Topical Files
Series IV: Oral History
Series V: Newspaper Clippings
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Series VIII: Memorabilia
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Mary Lasker papers, 1940-1993

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Series I: Cataloged Material

Cataloged materials are located on-site.

Subseries I.1: Cataloged Correspondence


Box 679 Adler, Mortimer To Mary Lasker, Rochester, NY, 10 January 1928, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Barnard, Christiaan To Mary Lasker, Cape Town, South Africa, 26 August 1968, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Barkley, Alben To Mary Lasker, (n.p.), 2 September 1948, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Baruch, Bernard M. To Mary Lasker, New York, 19 June 1946, 1 a.l.s.

Box 679 Benton, William To Mary Lasker, New York, 29 December 1972, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Bocher, Main To Mary Lasker, New York, 1949, 1 a.n.s.

Box 679 Bowles, Chester To Mary Lasker, (v.p.), 2 September 1948 - 12 July 1949, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Brademas, John To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 23 October 1950, 1a.l.s.

Box 679 Bradley, Omar To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 13 December 1945, 1t.l.s.

Box 679 Bridges, Styles To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 9 July 1948, 1t.l.s.

Box 679 Brown, Helen Gurley To Mary Lasker, New York, 26 January 1981, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Bunche, Ralph To Mary Lasker, (v.p.), 12 June - 30 June 1967, 2 t.l.s.

Box 679 Bush, Barbara To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 7 August 1991, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Bush, George To Mary Lasker, The White House, 19 Feb. 1992, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Capote, Truman To Mary Lasker, (n.p., n.d.), 1a.l.s.

Box 679 Carter, Jimmy To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 8t.l.s.; 1a.l.s.

Box 679 Carter, Rosalyn To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 31 October1977, 1 a.l.s.

(with envelope)

Box 679 Clifford, Clark To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 16 September 1992, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Cohen, Wilbur To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C, 17 July 1968, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Cuomo, Mario To Mary Lasker, Albany, NY, 19 February 1992, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Dali, Salvador To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 7a.l.s.; 1p.c.s.; 4telegrams

Box 679 Davenport, Marcia To Mary Lasker, (n.p.), 20 June 1946, 1 a.n.s.

Box 679 De Havliand, Olivia To Mary Lasker, Beverly Hills, CA(?), 26 February 1948, 1 a.l.s.

Box 679 Donovan, Bill To Mary Lasker, New York, (n.d.), 1 a.l.s.

Box 679 Douglas, Helen G. To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 7 May 1946 & 14 February 1950, 2t.l.s.

Box 679 Douglas, Kirk To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C, (n.d.), 1 a.l.s.

Box 679 Draper, Dorothy To Mary Lasker, New York, 26 December 1945 & 31 July 1946, 2t.l.s.

Box 679 Dufy, Ronald To Mary Lasker, Boston, (v.d.), 2 t.l.s.; 2 a.l.s.

Box 679 Dunne, Irene To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 2 t.l.s.; 2 a.l.s.

Box 679 Eban, Abba To Mary Lasker, Israel, 19 October 1968, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Eisenhower, Dwight To Mary Lasker, (v.p.), 8 June 1951 & 20 July 1960, 1 t.l.s.; 1 a.l.s.

(Includes a clipping from Collier's Magazine)

Box 679 Farber, Sidney To Mary Lasker, Boston, 31 December 1969, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Find, Bob (?)To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 5 March 1970, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Foujita, Leonard To Mary Lasker, (n.p.), July 1967, 1p.c.s.

Box 679 Francis, Sam To Mary Lasker, Santa Monica, CA, 14 October 1993, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Fromm, Erich To Mary Lasker, Mexico, (v.d.), 4 t.l.s.

Box 679 Fulbright, John To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 9 August 1946, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Golden, John To Mary Lasker, New York, 20 December 1950, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Grace, Princess of Monaco To Mary Lasker, Monaco, (n.d.), 1 a.n.s.

Box 679 Hammer, Armand To Mary Lasker, Los Angeles, 22 May 1985 & 16 August 1985, 2 t.l.s.

Box 679 Harriman, Pamela To Mary Lasker, (n.p., v.d.), 3 t.l.s.

Box 679 Harriman, Ronald To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 27 April 1948, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Hart, Gary To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 10 November 1986 & 10 January 1987, 2 t.l.s.

Box 679 Hatem, George To Mary Lasker, Peking, China, 15 August 1978, 1 t.l.s.

Box 679 Hayes, Helen To Mary Lasker, Paris, 8 June 1987, 1 a.n.s.

Box 679 Hepburn, Katharine To Mary Lasker, (n.p.), 2 November 1974, 1 a.l.s.

Box 679 Hill, Lister To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., (v.d.), 3t.l.s.

Box 679 Hobby, Oveta To Mary Lasker, Houston, 26 December 1950 & 22 December 1952, 2t.l.s.

Box 679 Humphrey, Hubert H. To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C, (v.d.), 105 t.l.s.; 2 telegrams

(With 1 t.l.s. from Muriel Humphrey to May Lasker, 31 July 1967)

Box 679 Javits, Jacob To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C, 11 April 1972, 1 t.l.s.


Box 680 Johnson, Lady Bird To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 205 t.l.s.; 15 a.l.s.; 11 p.c.s.; 1 t.n.s.; 2 a.n.s.; 3 telegrams

(Also, a signedLyndon B. Johnson; Commemorative Stamp Ceremoniesbrochure, 27 August, 1973)

Box 680 Johnson, Luci Baines To Mary Lasker, (n.p., v.d.), 1 t.l.s.; 3 a.l.s.

Box 680 Johnson, Lynda To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 9 a.l.s.; 1 p.c.s.


Box 681 Johnson, Lyndon To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., (v.d.), 61 t.l.s.; 1 a.n.s.; 2 signed leaflets; 1 telegram

Box 681 Kennedy, Edward To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 75 t.l.s.; 2 a.l.s.; 2 telegrams; 2 postcards

Box 681 Kennedy, Ethel To Mary Lasker, (n.p., v.d.), 4 t.l.s.; 3 a.l.s.


Box 681A Kennedy, John F. To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 19 Jan. 1961-3 July 1963, 3 t.l.s.; 1 telegram

(With 2 related telegrams)

Box 681A Kennedy, Robert To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C. & New York, (v.d.), 10 t.l.s.; 1 a.l.s.; 3 telegrams; 1 a.n.s. (card); 1 New Year Card

(With 1 telegram re. his Requiem Mass and 1 t.l.s., 1 a.l.s. from Bobby Kennedy, Jr.)

Box 681A Kennedy, Rose To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 33t.l.s.; 6a.l.s.; 1a.n.s. on card; 1Christmas Card

Box 681A Kennedy To Mary Lasker, Kennedy-related material, (v.p., v.d.)

Box 681A Koch, Edward To Mary Lasker, New York, 17 Sept. 1982 & 21 June 1985, 2 t.l.s.

Box 681A Kolek, Teddy To Mary Lasker, Jerusalem, Israel, 11 July 1972, 1 t.l.s.

Box 681A Laird, Melvin To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 4 January 1974, 1 t.l.s.

Box 681A Landers, Ann (Eppie Lederer)To Mary Lasker, Chicago, 1973-1983, 266 t.l.s.; 57 a.l.s.; 1 t.l.; 4 a.n.s.; 2 postcards


Box 682 Lehman, HerbertTo Mary Lasker, New York, 2 November 1949, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Lindsey, John To Mary Lasker, New York, 3 December 1969, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Loewy, Raymond To Mary Lasker, Boston, 29 May 1964, 1 first-day issue J.F.K. stamp on envelope

Box 682 Luce, Henry To Mary Lasker, New York, (v.d.), 1 t.l.s.; 1 a.l.s.

Box 682 Malraux, Andre To Mary Lasker, Versailles, France, 11 September 1965, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 McGovern, George To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 27 September 1972, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Marcos, Imelda To Mary Lasker, Manila, Philippines, 14 August 1967, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Mendl, Charles To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 3 t.l.s.

Box 682 Mendl, Elsie To Mary Lasker, Versailles, France, 4 August 1949 & 14 September 1949, 2 t.l.s.

Box 682 Molyneaux, (?) To Mary Lasker, New York, 1949, 1 a.l.s.

Box 682 Muskie, Edmund To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 22 December 1970 & 10 August 1972, 2 t.l.s.

Box 682 Murray, Charles To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 28 September 1949 & 28 April 1950, 2 t.l.s.

Box 682 Newman, PaulTo Mary Lasker, Westport, CT, 21 August 1987, 1t.l.s.

Box 682 Nixon, Pat To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 11 July 1969, 1 t.l.s.

((with envelope))

Box 682 O'Dwyer, Bill To Mary Lasker, New York, 9 May 1946 & 2 November 1949, 2 t.l.s.

Box 682 Onassis, Jacquline Kennedy To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 8 t.l.s.; 1 a.l.s.; 2 a.n.s.

Box 682 O'Neill, Thomas (Tip)To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., (v.d.), 6 t.l.s.

Box 682 Oswald, Angela To Mary Lasker, London (?), 26 November 1990, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Pepper, Claude To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., (v.d.), 9 t.l.s.; 1 telegram

Box 682 Reagan, Nancy To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., (v.d.), 2 t.l.s.; 2 a.n.s.

Box 682 Reagan, Ronald To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 7 November 1983, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Reuther, Walter To Mary Lasker, Detroit, MI, (v.d.), 4 t.l.s.

Box 682 Rockefeller, Nelson To Mary Lasker, Albany, NY, (v.d.), 5 t.l.s.

Box 682 Rogers, William To Mary Lasker, 16 January 1969, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Roosevelt, Eleanor To Mary Lasker, (v.d.), 143 t.l.s.; 1 a.l.s.

Box 682 Roosevelt, Franklin To Albert Lasker, Washington, D.C., 27 December 1938, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Roosevelt, Franklin To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 8 June 1943, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Rosenman, Samuel J. To Mary Lasker, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2 August 1965, 1 a.l.s.

Box 682 Rusk, Dean To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 28 December 1966, 1 t.l.s.

Box 682 Sanger, Margaret To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 32 a.l.s.; 41 t.l.s.; 1 t.l. (carbon); 4 telegrams

Box 682 Shriver, Eunice Kennedy To Mary Lasker, Paris, (n.d.), 3 a.l.s.; 6 t.l.s.; 1 a.n.s.; 2 t.n.s.

Box 682 Shriver, Saregent To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., (n.d.) & 8 Jan. 1965, 2 t.l.s.

Box 682 Simon, JenniferTo Mary Lasker, 25 June 1993, 1t.l.s.


Box 683 Stevenson, Adlai To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 52 t.l.s.; 76 a.l.s.; 35 p.c.s.; 9 telegrams; 13 a.n.s.; 3 booklets

(Box also contains some clippings)

Box 683 Stokes, Tom To Mary Lasker, (n.p., v.d.), 2 t.l.s.; 7 a.l.s.

(Includes two letters by Mary Lasker)

Box 683 Strauss, Lewis To Mary Lasker, New York, 24 July 1946, 1 t.l.s.

Box 683 Taylor, Elizabeth To Mary Lasker, 9 March 1987, 1 a.l.s.

Box 683 Truman, Bess To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 15 a.l.s.; 2 a.n.s.


Box 684 Truman, Harry To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 19 t.l.s.; 1 a.l.s.

Box 684 Truman, Harry-- Speech to American Public Health Assoc. Convention, Kansas City, MO,, 17 November 1955, 1 t.ms.

(Includes note from Mary Lasker)


Box 777 "The Letters of President Harry S. Truman, Mrs. Truman, Mrs. Margaret Truman Daniels and President Dwight D. Eisenhower to Mrs. Albert D. Lasker" (in red binder), 1945 December 14-1963 January 28


Box 684 Truman, Margaret To Mary Lasker, (v.p., v.d.), 3 t.l.s.; 13 a.l.s.

Box 684 U Thant To Mary Lasker, 17 January 1972, 1 t.l.s.

Box 684 Van Buren, Abigail To Mary Lasker, CA, 4 Feb. 1977-8 Sept. 1978, 6 t.l.s.

(With clipping and t.l.s. (copy))

Box 684 Wagner, Robert To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 10 January 1946 & 15 May 1946, 2 t.l.s.

Box 684 Watkins, James To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 31 March 1989, 1t.l.s.

Box 684 Watson, Marcia (?)To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C., 31 March 1989, 1 t.l.s.

Box 684 Weicker, Lowell To Mary Lasker, Washington, D.C. & Glenville, CT,, 15 April 1986 & 9 July 1990, 2 t.l.s.

Box 684 Wellington, Gerald Wellesley, 7th Duke of, 1885-1972 To Mary Lasker, London,, 4 June 1953, 1 a.l.s.

((with one envelope))

Box 684 Weissmann, (?) To Mary Lasker, Zurich, Switzerland, 28 October 1980, 1 a.l.s.

Box 684 Windsor, Edward, Duke of, 1894-1972 To Mary Lasker, Paris, (n.d.), 1 a.l.s.

Box 684 Wray, Fay To Mary Lasker, (n.p., n.d.), 1a.l.s.

Box 684 Wylie, Philip To Mary Lasker, New York, 24 August 1945, 1 t.l.s.

Subseries I.1: Cataloged Documents

Box 684 Lasker, Mary-- Will and Codicil to Will, 1971-1992, 7 folders