Records of the Assistant to the President : records relating to the medical and health areas, 1947-1957 (inclusive).

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Records of the Assistant to the President : records relating to the medical and health areas, 1947-1957 (inclusive).

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Contains records for the Harvard Medical School, School of Dental Medicine and School of Public Health, related especially to grants and fund raising. The bulk of the material is from 1947 to 1949. Includes charts on the summary of grants to the respective schools, and to the Harvard Cancer Commission. Records for the Medical School include Summary of Income for the Medical Area form 1918 to 1947; a summary statement of the fund raising case for the Harvard Medical and Health area; list of individual gifts; information on corporation prospects; proposed financing program for the Division of Medicine; grant application to the American Cancer Society; Special Reports on Harvard Medical School, and Minutes of the Standing Committee Meeting of 1949. Also includes lists of prospective givers to Harvard Cancer Commission. Records for the School of Public Health include proposed financing program in 1949, and plan for further deveolpment; 1957 Fund Raising Report Prospect Summaries. These are records relating to the responsibilities and interest of the Assistant to the President, James R. Reynolds.

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