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| Title: | University of Chicago. Cancer Research. Records |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1938-1980 |
| Size: | 2.5 linear feet (3 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | This collection includes press releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets and brochures, and fundraising newsletters and materials related to cancer research at the University of Chicago, including the Committee on Cancer and the Cancer Research Foundation. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago. Cancer Research. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Cancer research has involved multiple different departments and research centers within the University of Chicago Medical Center. Cancer research has specifically been centered within the Argonne Cancer Research Hospital, and the Ben May Laboratory located within the Nathan Goldblatt Memorial Hospital. Examples of research conducted at the university are how individual cells are affected by radiation through proton beams, controllable cell mutations, the enzyme system of cancer cells, and radiation therapy through radioactive cobalt.
The University of Chicago Cancer Research Foundation was founded by Maurice Goldblatt in 1947. Through the combined efforts of the Cancer Research Foundation and its many associates, the University was able to build the Nathan Goldblatt Memorial Hospital and the cyclotron building in 1949 and fund cancer research.
This collection is organized into 3 series:
Series I: Research at the University
Series II: Cancer Research Foundation
Series III: Oversized
This collection includes press releases, newspaper and magazine clippings, pamphlets and brochures, and fundraising newsletters and materials related to cancer research at the university, the Committee on Cancer, and the Cancer Research Foundation. A more detailed series description can be found in the series description section.
The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:
University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. Records
University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies. Records
Series I: Cancer Research |
This series contains press release drafts, newspaper and magazine clippings, publications, brochures, and pamphlets related to cancer research at the university. Materials date from 1938 to 1980, and are arranged by type, then chronologically.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Press Releases, 1938-1949 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1945-1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Publications, 1947-1963 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Miscellaneous Brochures and Pamphlets, 1945-1980 |
Series 2: Cancer Research Foundation |
This series contains press release drafts, fundraising correspondence, newsletters, and other materials, membership lists, program brochures, reports to members, documents about the Women’s Board of the foundation, and the Cancer Research Center Proposal. Materials date from 1938 to 1978, and are arranged by type, then chronologically.
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Press Releases, 1946-1949 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1947-1951 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Fundraising Materials, 1947-1966 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Membership Lists and Program Brochures, 1947-1978 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Reports to Members, 1948-1950 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Women’s Board, 1954-1970 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Cancer Research Center Proposal, 1972 |
Series 3: Oversized |
This series contains oversized brochures, pamphlets, reports to members, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Materials date from 1935 to 1950, and are arranged by type, then chronologically.
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Miscellaneous Brochures and Pamphlets, n.d. |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Reports to Members, 1935-1947 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1947-1950 |