Albert Lasker papers, 1928-1952, bulk 1946-1952

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Series I: Correspondence, 1928-1952

Lasker's correspondence files include personal and business correspondence on both unique and routine matters. The files include correspondence handled by both Lasker and his secretary. Notable correspondents include Claude Pepper, David Sarnoff, and Major Alexander P. de Seversky.



Box 1 Folder 1 A--General, 1947-1952


Box 1 Folder 2 to 3 B--General, 1947-1951


Box 1 Folder 4 to 5 C--General, 1947-1951, (2 Folders)


Box 1 Folder 6 Cale, Ruth, 1946-1951


Box 1 Folder 7 D--General, 1947-1952



Box 2 Folder 1 E--General, 1947-1952


Box 2 Folder 2 to 3 European File, 1949, 1951, 1949, 1951, (2 Folders)

(Correspondence received by the Laskers while on vacation)


Box 2 Folder 4 Ewing, Oscar R., 1950


Box 2 Folder 5 to 6 F--General, 1950-1952, (2 Folders)


Box 2 Folder 7 G--General, 1950-1951


Box 2 Folder 8 Gimbel, Bernard, 1950


Box 2 Folder 9 Golden, John, 1950-1952

(includes John Gunther)


H--General


Box 2 Folder 10 1950-1951



Box 3 Folder 1 1949-1951


Box 3 Folder 2 Harvard, 1948


Box 3 Folder 3 Health Insurance, 1947

(Re: National Health Insurance bills)


Box 3 Folder 4 I--General, 1949-1950


Box 3 Folder 5 J--General, 1949-1951


Box 3 Folder 6 K--General, 1949-1951


Box 3 Folder 7 L--General, 1949-1951


Box 3 Folder 8 to 9 Lasker Foundation for Medical Research--University of Chicago,, 1928, (2 Folders)


Box 3 Folder 10 Lord & Thomas, 1950



Box 4 Folder 1 to 4 M--General, 1947-1951, (4 Folders)


Box 4 Folder 5 Madison File, 1951

(Correspondence with the University of Wisconsin regarding an honorary degree for Mary Lasker)


Box 4 Folder 6 Mahler, Ernst, 1950-1951


Box 4 Folder 7 Mc General, 1949-1950


Box 4 Folder 8 Meyer, Andre, 1949-1950


Box 4 Folder 9 Murray, Senator James E., 1950-1951



Box 5 Folder 1 to 2 N--General, 1949-1951


Box 5 Folder 3 O--General, 1949-1951


Box 5 Folder 4 Oughterson, Dr. A.W., 1946


Box 5 Folder 5 P General, 1950-1951


Box 5 Folder 6 Patterson, Chat, 1950


Box 5 Folder 7 Pepper, Senator Claude, 1950-1951


Box 5 Folder 8 Q--General, 1948-1952

(Joint Queensview Housing Enterprise)


Box 5 Folder 9 to 10 R General, 1949-1952, (2 Folders)


Box 5 Folder 11 Rosensohn & Family, Etta Lasker (Mrs. Samuel), 1951-1952

(Lasker's sister)



Box 6 Folder 1 to 2 S--General, 1949-1952, (2 Folders)


Box 6 Folder 3 to 4 Sarnoff, David, 1950-1951, (2 Folders)


Box 6 Folder 5 Selz, A.K., 1950-1952


Box 6 Folder 6 to 7 Seversky, Major Alexander P. de, 1947-1951


Box 6 Folder 8 Simon & Schuster, 1950-1951


Box 6 Folder 9 Spies, Dr. Tom, 1950-1951


Box 6 Folder 10 T--General, 1947-1951


Box 6 Folder 11 U--General, 1949


Box 6 Folder 12 V--General, 1949-1952



Box 7 Folder 1 to 2 W--General, 1948-1952, (2 Folders)


Box 7 Folder 3 X-Y--General, 1950-1952


Box 7 Folder 4 Z--General, 1949

Series II: Subject Files, 1933-1952

This series contains subject files documenting Lasker's activities and interests. Most of these files are related to medicine, and include material on cancer, the Committee for the Nation's Health, the Lasker Foundation for Medical Research at the University of Chicago, the National Fund for Medical Education, Michael Reese Hospital, and legislation on national health insurance (1947-1950). The series also includes a small amount of personal material, including appointment books, biographical information, clippings, contribution information, and mailing lists.


Box 7 Folder 5 American Committee for a United Europe, 1949-1950


Box 7 Folder 6 American Jewish Committee, 1947-1951


Box 7 Appointments, 1947 January-1948 January, 1950 1951 April-1952 January, 1947, January, 1950, 1951 April-1952 January, 3 folders


Box 7 Folder 7 Arthritis, 1948



Folder 8 Atomic Information, 1946-1947

(Includes correspondence with Albert Einstein)


Cancer



Box 8 Folder 1 Adams, John, 1946


Box 8 Folder 2 to 4 American Cancer Society, 1946-1947, 1949-1952, 1946-1947, 1949-1952, (3 Folders)


Box 8 Folder 5 Memo of Interview with Mr. Jacobi in Re: Cancer, 1946


Box 8 Folder 6 to 7 New York Cancer Committee, 1949-1952, (2 Folders)


Committee for the Nation's Health

(includes correspondence with Chat Patterson)


Box 8 Folder 8 1949 January-June



Box 9 Folder 1 1949 July-December


Box 9 Folder 2 Contributions (Given), 1949


Box 9 Folder 3 Contributions (Foundation) Given, 1950


Box 9 Folder 4 Cortisone, 1950


Box 9 Folder 5 to 8 Friends of Democracy, 1947-1951, (4 Folders)


Health Insurance


Box 9 Folder 9 to 11 Testimony on National Health Insurance Bills, 1947 July 11, (3 Folders)


Box 9 Folder 12 to 13 1949 January-June, (2 Folders)



Box 10 Folder 1 1949 July-December


Box 10 Folder 2 Lasker, Albert D. Testimony on National Health Insurance Bills, 1947 July 11 & 1949, 1947 July 11, 1949


Box 10 Folder 3 1950


Box 10 Folder 4 National Health Bill (Speeches, Articles, Etc.), 1947-1948, Undated, 1947-1948, Undated


Box 10 Folder 5 Bills, 1949


Box 10 Folder 6 Jewish Affairs--Organizations, 1950


Lasker, Albert D.


Box 10 Folder 7 Clippings, 1950-1952


Box 10 Folder 8 Personal, 1950


Box 10 Folder 9 Trustee, 1947-1950


Box 10 Folder 10 Lasker Foundation for Medical Research (University of Chicago), 1933-1937, 1949-1951, 1933-1937, 1949-1951


Box 10 Folder 11 Luckman, Charles, 1946-1950


Box 10 Folder 12 Mailing Lists, 1951-1952, Undated, 1951-1952, Undated

(Lists for Christmas cards, thank-you notes, etc.)


Box 10 Folder 13 The Marshall Plan, 1947-1948


Box 10 Folder 14 Medical Education, 1948-1950



Box 11 Folder 1 Medical Research--General, 1928-1952


Michael Reese Hospital


Box 11 Folder 2 The Psychiatric and Psychosomatic Institute, 1945


Box 11 Folder 3 1945, 1949-1950, 1945, 1949-1950


Box 11 Folder 4 Motion Pictures, 1946-1952


Box 11 Folder 5 The Nation , 1949-1950


Box 11 Folder 6 National Broadcasting Company (NBC)--Niles Trammell/John Royal, 1950-1952


Box 11 Folder 7 National Committee on Housing, Inc., 1948-1949


Box 11 Folder 8 to 9 National Foundation for Medical Education, 1949-1952, (2 Folders)


Box 11 Folder 10 New School of Social Research, 1948-1949


Box 11 Folder 11 Public Affairs Expense, 1949


Box 11 Folder 12 Theatrical Productions, 1949-1951


Box 11 Folder 13 Travel, 1951