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Radium

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:

Hayes Martin Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0023
Scope and Contents Approximately 7.5 cubic ft., 1782-1973. Contains materials relating to the treatment of cancer, to the history of Memorial Hospital, and to certain individuals associated with it. This includes biographical information on James Ewing, James Douglas, and J. Marion Sim; material on Mme. Marie Curie's visits to the U. S. in the 1920s; and files on cancer therapies and quackery. Also includes notes, drafts, and other materials relating to both editions of Martin's Surgery of Head and Neck...
Dates: 1782 - 1973

Helen Q. Woodard, 1981

 File
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,...
Dates: 1981

History of Head and Neck Service, 1995

 File
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,...
Dates: 1995

James Douglas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0014
Scope and Contents

.3 cubic ft, 1909-1918. Contains correspondence, deeds of trust, news clippings, and agreements between Douglas and Memorial Hospital. These materials may provide insight into the radium gifts received by Memorial Hospital from Douglas and their stipulations.

Dates: 1909 - 1918

John L. Pool Jr Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0002
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1960

Katherine S. Douglas, Mrs. Percy, 1981

 File
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,...
Dates: 1981

National Radium Institute Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 0029
Scope and Contents

Contains reports, clippings, financial records, and correspondence related to the National Radium Institute and associated individuals, companies, and governmental departments, as well as materials from the Journal of American Chemical Society and Radium American Mining Congress. Includes records relating to James Douglas and James Ewing.

Dates: 1913 - 1921

Norman Higinbotham, 1981

 File
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,...
Dates: 1981

Willet F. Whitmore Jr., 1991

 File
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,...
Dates: 1991