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
H--General
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
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
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 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