George D. Cannon papers, 1932-1982.

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George D. Cannon papers, 1932-1982.

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The George D. Cannon Papers consist of personal papers including copies of Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central Intelligence Agency files on Cannon, 1943-1963. There are research papers about Cannon's father, George E. Cannon, also a physician, and William Augustus Hinton, the first black professor at Harvard University's medical school. Incoming and outgoing correspondence files, 1932-1981, document Cannon's early professional career as he sought to further his studies in the tuberculosis field, his attempts to improve conditions at Harlem Hospital and reduce mortality rates from tuberculosis, as well as a resolution he authored introduced in the New York County Medical Society urging the American Medical Association to admit Southern black physicians to regular membership (1950). In other letters of the 1940's he wrote about his participation in founding the Health Insurance Plan of Greater New York (HIP). Also included are letters recommending that Cannon be awarded citations that summarize his contributions to his medical and civic pursuits, and correspondence with publishers about his unpublished autobiography (not included here). In an interview with the City-Wide Citizens' Committee on Harlem, he discussed discrimination of black physicians and tuberculosis patients in New York City hospitals in the 1940's. Cannon's speeches concern tuberculosis patients, Lincoln University and his advocacy of national health insurance (1940's-1950's). Other files include his published writings, 1935-1975, his radiology logs and account books, 1978-1982, and lists of black physicians and dentists in Manhattan. Additionally, there is a speech by Judge Constance Baker Motley entitled "The Continuing American Revolution" (1975). The collection also contains papers relating to Cannon's work with the Barnes Foundation, 1960-1977, the NAACP Legal and Educational Fund, 1940-1982, and the Sub-Committee on Health and Hospitals of the City-Wide Citizens' Committee on Harlem, 1942. Included are correspondence, committee reports, legal papers, printed material, newsletters and news clippings. Among the correspondents are artist Andrew Wyeth; Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University; Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Rudolph J. Thomas, executive director of the Harlem Branch of the Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York, and A. Philip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.

1.4 lin. ft. (3 archival boxes, 1 print box)

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New York Public Library System, NYPL

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