Records. Rogers Formula-Roosevelt, Eleanor, Cancer Fund (inclusive), 1914-1961.

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Records. Rogers Formula-Roosevelt, Eleanor, Cancer Fund (inclusive), 1914-1961.

Correspondence, advertisements, articles and clippings, and promotional and supplementary materials concerning Rogers Formula, a drug claimed to lower blood cholesterol, 1957; Roman Meal, a bread promoted as a cure for indigestion and related ailments, 1914-1943; Dr. Amante Rongetti, a quack whose rackets included fake diplomas, a cancer cure, and abortions, 1919-1953; and Eleanor Roosevelt Cancer Fund, a foundation, 1960-1961.

8 folders.

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