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American Cancer Society

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Department of Surgery records

 Collection
Identifier: ua-01007
Abstract The collections of primarily correspondence files were compiled during the period when Owen Harding Wangensteen was head of the Department of Surgery, 1941-1967. During Wangensteen's administration, advances were made in cancer treatment, open heart surgery, and treatment of stomach ulcers. The collection also documents Wangensteen's fund raising efforts for support of Base Hospital 26 during World War II, construction of Diehl Hall, building the book and journal collections for the...
Dates: 1927-1968

Maurice B. Visscher papers

 Collection
Identifier: ua-01004
Abstract

Collection contains correspondence, publications, photographs, pamphlets, speeches and clippings regarding the life and work of Maurice Visscher, Regents professor emeritus of physiology at the University of Minnesota.

Dates: 1926-1981

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Cancer -- Research 1
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Digestive organs -- Cancer 1
Fund raising -- Minnesota 1
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