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Archives of the Cancer Research Campaign (formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign)

• Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:43:45 -0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
• To: sthc-l@library.ucla.edu
• From: Russell A. Johnson <rjohnson@library.ucla.edu>
• Subject: Archives of the Cancer Research Campaign (formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign)
• Message-ID: SIMEON.10108241545.E@pow-s-spc102.library.ucla.edu

Forwarded to STHC-L from ARCHIVES and H-SCI-MED-TECH.

Russell Johnson


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Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:09:39 +0100
From: Hall, Dr Lesley   [l.hall@wellcome.ac.uk]

The archive of the Cancer Research Campaign is now fully catalogued
and available to researchers at the Wellcome Library for the History and
Understanding of Medicine. Founded as the British Empire Cancer Campaign in
1923, "to attack and defeat the disease of cancer in all its forms, to
investigate its causes, distribution, symptoms, pathology and treatment and
to promote its cure", it was renamed in 1970. This important collection
(comprising 120 boxes) includes records of the Campaign's administrative and
scientific committees and material relating to its origins and organisation,
founding members, senior office-holders and committee members, local
branches, relations with other UK and overseas cancer organisations,
fund-raising appeals, research equipment and chemicals, cancer causes and
"cures", cancer education, publicity and enquiries from the general public.
It is thus an important primary resource for the study of the history of
cancer research and cancer charities, and also illustrates changing public
awareness and understanding of cancer, in the UK, from 1923 to 1981.

Any queries should be directed to Archives and Manuscripts, The
Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, The Wellcome
Trust, 183 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BE. E-mail: arch+mss@wellcome.ac.uk.
(Details of the Wellcome Library opening hours, registration procedures,
etc., are available on-line at: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/library)

Dr Lesley A Hall
Senior Assistant Archivist (Outreach)
Archives and Manuscripts
Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine
The Wellcome Trust
183 Euston Road
London NW1 2BE
Phone 020-7611-8483 Fax 020-7611-8703
The Wellcome Trust is a registered charity, no. 210183.

Its sole Trustee is The Wellcome Trust Limited, a company
registered in England, no. 2711000, whose registered office
is 183 Euston Road, London NW1 2BE.
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