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3 cubic ft., 1932-1959. Contains speeches and reprints, publications, subject files, correspondence, bibliographies, biographical material, obituaries, War Department service, and material relating to human experimentation lawsuit against Dr. Chester Southam. Includes material relating to the controversy garnered by Rhoads' Time magazine cover story.

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2.3 cubic feet. Consists of correspondence, papers, lectures, and photographs, particularly pertaining to the topics of lung cancer and thoracic service.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: 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,...

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4.3 cubic feet. Correspondence, reprints, speeches, meeting files, subject files, films, videotapes regarding cryosurgery, mediatinoscopy, tobacco studies, and instrument brochures. Contains information relating to the cryosurgical techniques pioneered in the mid 1960s by William G. Cahan. Publicity surrounding Dr. Cahan's surgical procedures led to his receiving numerous letters containing pleas for assistance from people afflicted with various ailments.