Douglas, James, 1837-1918
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: 1837-1918. Douglas, a scientist and mining engineer, became a proponent of radium therapy in the treatment of cancer after losing his daughter to breast cancer in 1910. In 1913, Douglas established the National Radium Institute to mine radium in the United States. In 1917, Douglas gave his share of radium to Memorial Hospital, stipulating in the deeds of the donation that the hospital serve as a cancer hospital rather than a general hospital and that the hospital pursue the study of radium in cancer treatment.
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Oral History Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 0030
Scope and Contents
Contains tape recordings of interviews of MSK doctors and significant individuals conducted by Archivist Diane Rosenwaser, Dr. Joseph Burchenal, and Dr. Nael Martini. This includes interviews with Katherine S. Douglas, Anna S. Craver, Laurance S. Rockefeller, and Drs. Higinbotham, Woodard, Cahan, Southam, Blady, Stock, Hutchison, Pool, Beattie, Quan, Tan, and Oettgen, among others. Also contains Hayes Martin's Collection of Tapes, which includes recordings of Chemotherapy Group meetings,...
Dates:
1981 - 1998
Public Affairs Office of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
Collection
Identifier: MSK 0005
Scope and Contents
Contains printed materials, publications, photographs, and audiovisual materials regarding the workings of the Public Affairs Office. Publications include Memorial-published periodicals, pamphlets, and press releases, as well as outside publications, clippings and citations of news and magazine articles ,and transcripts of radio and television interviews and reports featuring or referencing MSK and/or cancer treatment and research. Some article clippings were compiled into...
Dates:
1885 - 1992