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Title: Pope A. Lawrence Papers
Creator: Lawrence, Pope A. Dates: 1924-1983Extent: 14.5 linear feet (34 boxes + oversize) Abstract:The collection documents the varied research and policy-making career of this environmental health specialist with the U.S. Department of Heath, Education and Welfare and the Public Health Service. His papers contain a wealth of primary source research materials and scientific data related to: environmental and industrial hygiene; radon activity; use of beryllium as a rocket propellant; uranium mining; and toxicological, biological and chemical weapon systems. standard view | full text
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Biography
• ...-1961, he supervised a fifteen-year study on the health of American uranium miners for the National Cancer Institute. He also served as a specialist consultant in the areas of chemical warfare, indust ...
Collection Scope and Content Note
• ...other similar state agencies (state health Departments in Texas, New Mexico and Utah); the National Cancer Institute (NIH Field Investigations and Demonstrations Branch); and as Chief of the EPA's Fed ...
• ...administrator and policy chief for a 10 year, fifteen state research project involving respiratory cancer. Its goal was to identify specific types of cancer deaths due to oral and pulmonary cancer an ...
• ...een state research project involving respiratory cancer. Its goal was to identify specific types of cancer deaths due to oral and pulmonary cancer and recommend strategies for reducing the spread of t ...
• ...piratory cancer. Its goal was to identify specific types of cancer deaths due to oral and pulmonary cancer and recommend strategies for reducing the spread of these cancers through workplace and envir ...
• ...ps of the United States that detail the field study areas used in the ten-year study on respiratory cancer. The maps reflect the work of several federal agencies involved in developing environmental s ...
Subject Terms
• ... Corporate Names National Cancer Institute (U.S.) United States. Envi ...
Contents List
Series 1: Personal and Biographical,
1930-1977
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• ...commissioned officer while working with the United States Public Health Service (PHS), the National Cancer Institute (NIH), and various state agencies involving health and safety issues for the Americ ...
Series 2: Correspondence,
1936-1976
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• ...al Hygiene Division U.S.P.H.S., W. C. Hueper, M.D., Chief of Cancerigenic Research Studies Section, Cancer Control Branch. 3 ...
Series 3: Air Pollution Control Office,
1924-1979
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• ... This series also documents Lawrence's participation in a fifteen state study on respiratory cancer to identify specific types of cancer deaths due to oral and pulmonary cancer. HEW provided as ... • ...wrence's participation in a fifteen state study on respiratory cancer to identify specific types of cancer deaths due to oral and pulmonary cancer. HEW provided assistance to state health agencies by ... • ...e study on respiratory cancer to identify specific types of cancer deaths due to oral and pulmonary cancer. HEW provided assistance to state health agencies by providing research scientists and resear ... • ...research materials in order to advance collaborative efforts on finding the causes of environmental cancer and creating potential solutions. The states involved were Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Kentu ... • ...rginia and Utah. States were selected based on evidence of unusual mortality rates from respiratory cancer; observations were made throughout a ten year period between 1939-1948. The study compared th ... • ...were made throughout a ten year period between 1939-1948. The study compared those with respiratory cancer on the basis of age, site of occurrences, sex, and race (white male, white female, non-white ... • ... occupational health agencies of various states; the Cancerigenic Research Studies Section, Cancer Control Branch, NCI; the U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S. military branches; and many others ...
Uranium Miner's Study
subseries • ... 14 5 Sputum Cytology and Lung Cancer, 1961-1966: ... • ... [view online] ...
Field Study Sites
subseries • ... 16 10 Fifteen State Cancer Study, Report and Data, 1956-1959: ... • ... [view online] ...
Monitoring Cancer Studies
subseries • ...ine] Monitoring Cancer Studies: 101084435Y172 ... • ... 17 7 Cancer Mortality Data by County, 1939-1948: ... • ... [view online] ... • ... 17 8-9 Standard Mortality Ratios for Cancer of All Sites by County, 1948-1952: ... • ... [view online] ... • ... 10-15 Statistical Figures and Tables on Cancer, Amer. Cancer Society, 1933-1948: ... • ... 10-15 Statistical Figures and Tables on Cancer, Amer. Cancer Society, 1933-1948: ... • ... [view online] ... • ... [view online] ... • ... 17 16 "Changing Concepts Concerning Cancer", 1960: : ... • ... [view online] ...
Lung Cancer
subseries • ...[view online] Lung Cancer: 101084435Y206 ... • ... 20 2 Mexican Females dying of Lung Cancer, 1957: : ... • ... [view online] ... • ... 20 3 Smog, Smoking and Lung Cancer Study, 1960: ... • ... [view online] ... • ... 6 Occupational Backgrounds of Hospitalized Cases of Lung and Bowel Cancer, 1954-1958: ... • ... [view online] ... • ... 20 7 Etiology of Lung Cancer, Laryngeal and Bladder Cancer in New Orleans, 1953; ... • ... 7 Etiology of Lung Cancer, Laryngeal and Bladder Cancer in New Orleans, 1953; 1956: ... • ... ... • ... [view online] ...
Occupational Health
subseries • ... 14-15 Pennsylvania Study of Mortality by Cancer Respiratory System, 1952: ... • ... [view online] ...
Radiation
subseries • ... 21 8 Death Rates from Cancer, US (Tables and Charts), 1947-1953: ... • ... [view online] ...
Soil Types and Cancer
subseries • ...nline] Soil Types and Cancer: 101084435Y246 ...
Geographical Distribution and Cancer
subseries • ... Geographical Distribution and Cancer: 101084435Y252 ... • ... 22 10 Cancer in New York, 1954-1959: ... • ... [view online] ... • ... 22 11 Historical Observations on Cancer Causations Worldwide [portions of an article]: 101084435X25 ... • ... [vi ...
Series 4: Environmental Health Reports and Research Articles,
1939-1978
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• ...26 4 Hueper, W.C. Cancer Surveys (notes, etc), 1951-1952: ... • ... [view online] ... • ... 29 6 PHS Cancer Study-"Parotid #456-2", 1939: ... • ... [view onli ...
Series 5: Publications,
1936-1981
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• ... 30 3 Cancer Control Misc., 1952-1954: ... • ... [view online] ...
Series 6: Lawrence Speeches and Writings,
1941-1968
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• ... 4 A Project for Studying the Geographic Distribution of Cancer within a Single County as Related to Environment Factors, ... • ...-101084435X350-leaf#page/1/mode/thumb" title="A Project for Studying the Geographic Distribution of Cancer within a Single County as Related to Environment Factors, 1958" show="new" actuate="onrequest ... • ... 32 9 Cancer Mortality Patterns Army U.S. Uranium Miners and Millers, 1950 thru 1962, ... • ...ps://collections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-101084435X355-leaf#page/1/mode/thumb" title="Cancer Mortality Patterns Army U.S. Uranium Miners and Millers, 1950 thru 1962, 1963" show="new" act ... • ... 32 10 Panel Discussion on Occupational Cancer A.M.A. Council on Industrial Health, Jan. 22, 1953 ... • ... ... • ... 33 1 "Cancer Mortality Patterns Among U.S. Uranium Miners and Millers, 1950-1962", ... • ...ollections.nlm.nih.gov/bookviewer?PID=nlm:nlmuid-101084435X358-leaf#page/1/mode/thumb" title=""Cancer Mortality Patterns Among U.S. Uranium Miners and Millers, 1950-1962", 1964" show="new" a ... • ... 2 "A Project for Studying the Geographical Distribution of Cancer within a Single Country as Related to Environmental Factors", ... • ...35X359-leaf#page/1/mode/thumb" title=""A Project for Studying the Geographical Distribution of Cancer within a Single Country as Related to Environmental Factors", 1959" show="new" actuate=" ...
Series 7: Conferences and Meetings,
1952-1977
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• ... 8 Recommendations Adopted by the Symposium on the Endemiology of Cancer of the Lung, 1952: ... • ... [view online] ... |
