National Society for Medical Research (U.S.)
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Luther L. Terry Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 503
Abstract
Luther Terry was U.S. Surgeon General from 1961-1965. The collection primarily documents his professional activities and most notably contains all the speeches he gave while Surgeon General. The largest single portion of the collection documents the numerous organizations and government agencies in which Terry was either a member or advisor on the issue of anti-smoking.
Dates:
1935-2004 (bulk 1965-1983)
National Society for Medical Research Archives
Collection
Identifier: MS C 417
Abstract
The National Society for Medical Research was established in 1946 with the purpose of insuring the freedom of investigators and teachers to use laboratory animals, whenever such use is justified. Over three hundred organizations supported NSMR. Correspondence, minutes, photographs, publications, clippings, printed matter, and legal cases and legislation covering the society's entire history. Includes extensive materials from antivivisection groups from 1924 to 1983, and a large collection of...
Dates:
1946-1984