'Radium - Campaign's original scheme'
- Date:
- Jul 1928-Nov 1929
- Reference:
- SA/CRC/M.2/4
- Part of:
- Cancer Research Campaign, formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Correspondence, memoranda and reports re role of Campaign and Executive Committee Chairman, Lockhart-Mummery (see E.3/12), in the foundation of the National Radium Fund, National Radium Trust and National Radium Commission in 1929, including the Campaign's original scheme for an appeal with The Times and other newspapers and information on amount of radium in use in various countries.
The National Radium Commission was set up to purchase and distribute radium for the treatment of cancer patients; radium was very expensive then - £12,000 per gram.
Publication/Creation
Jul 1928-Nov 1929
Physical description
1 file
Finding aids
Archives and Manuscripts online catalogue
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores