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