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

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

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Albert Lasker is best known as an advertising executive and philanthropist. His papers consist primarily of correspondence and subject files from the last five years of his life. During these years, he experienced bouts of ill health that forced him to restrict his activities for extended periods. His papers do document his interests and philanthropic work in medicine, particularly as related to cancer and proposals for national health insurance and a national medical education fund. There is also some material related to the Lasker Foundation for Medical Research at the University of Chicago. The collection includes a small amount of personal material, including appointment books, biographical information, clippings, contribution information, and mailing lists. There is necessarily overlap between Albert Lasker's papers and the more extensive papers of his wife, Mary Lasker, whom he married in 1940. Additional information on the couple's philanthropic work is filed with her papers.

4.62 linear ft. ( 1 document boxes)

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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SNAC Resource ID: 7163731

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Committee for the Nation's Health

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Incorporated 1946 with Michael M. Davis, Ph.D., as chair of its Executive Committee. Its purpose was to promote national health insurance. With the election of Eisenhower in 1952 began to function as a health information office for organized labor. Abolished in January, 1956. From the description of Committee for the Nation's Health records, 1939-1956 (bulk 1946-1955) [microform]. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 181359085 ...

Lasker, Mary

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Mary Lasker and her husband were founders of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation which gives an award for contributions to medical research and public health administration. She was associated with many charitable organizations. From the description of Papers, 1945-1962. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155523699 Mary Lasker (1900-1994) along with her husband Albert D. Lasker, co-founder of the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Between 1900 and 1940 major sources of financi...

Lasker, Albert Davis, 1880-1952

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Advertising executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Albert Davis Lasker : oral history, 1950. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309736545 Albert Davis Lasker was born in Freiberg, Germany, on May 1, 1880, but was raised in Galveston, Texas. He was the third child of Morris Lasker, an investor and banker, and Nettie Davis Lasker. Lasker was initially interested in journalism, and worked as a newspaper repor...

National Fund for Medical Education (U.S.)

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University of Chicago Lasker Foundation for Medical Research.

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