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Dr. Leonard W. Larson Papers, 1948-1968
Collection Overview
Title: Dr. Leonard W. Larson Papers, 1948-1968
ID: OGLMC407
Primary Creator: Larson, Leonard W. (1898-1974)
Extent: 3.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 00/00/1977
Subjects: Health and Medicine
Languages: English
Abstract
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The Dr. Leonard W. Larson Papers, 1948-1968, have been divided into three series:
Series 1: Organizations
Series 2: Personal and Biographical
Series 3: Photographs
Collection Historical Note
Leonard Winfield Larson was born May 22, 1898, to John and Ida (Anderson) Larson, in Clarkfield, Minnesota. After attending grade school and high school there, Larson enrolled in St. Olaf Academy in Northfield, Minnesota. In 1918 he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota, and in 1924 received a Doctor of Medicine degree magna cum laude from the University of Minnesota Medical School.
From medical school, Larson went into general practice at Northwood, Iowa, for six months. He returned to the University of Minnesota for postgraduate work, and in 1924 joined the Quain and Ramstad Clinic in Bismarck, North Dakota, where he became the first practicing pathologist in the state.
During the 1930s he became active in various medical organizations. He was secretary from 1940 to 1947 and president from 1950 to 1951 of the North Dakota State Medical Association, and president of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists from 1939 to 1940. Larson was also involved as the American Cancer Society president, 1965-1966, U.S. Delegate to the World Medical Association, 1956-1966, and a member of the U.S. Delegation to the World Health Assemblies in 1952, 1953, 1959, and 1961.
Larson was especially active in the American Medical Association. He served on the House of Delegates, 1939-1950, Board of Trustees, 1950-1960, Executive and Finance committee, 1957-1959, chairman, 1958-1960, vice president and president-elect, 1960-1961, and president, 1961-1962. Important committees on which he served were Committee on Blood, chairman, 1948-1959, Correlating Committee on Lay-sponsored Voluntary Health Plans, chairman, 1948-1950, and Commission on Medical Care Plans, chairman, 1955-1959. This committee issued the "Larson Report" which became the basis for the AMA's position on national health care.
In Bismarck, Larson was a member of the school board for nine years and helped to organize Bismarck Junior College. He was a trustee of Jamestown College, which conferred on him an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1961. His involvement in honorary fraternities included Sigma Xi, Alpha Omega Alpha, and Phi Beta Pi.
Larson married Ordelia Miller October 23, 1923. They had two daughters, Margery and Dorothy. After Ordelia's death, Larson married Esther D. Knudston June 29, 1969. Leonard W. Larson died in Bismarck September 30, 1974.
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Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Esther Larson, Bismarck, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 77-413
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Dr. Leonard W. Larson Papers. OGLMC 407, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in February 2015.
Box and Folder Listing
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[Series 1: Organizations],
[Series 2: Personal and Biographical],
[Series 3: Photographs],
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- Series 2: Personal and Biographical
- Personal, biographical and subject files, including materials on a breast cancer study, meeting minutes from the Quain-Ramstad Clinic and the Bismarck Hospital, and articles written by Larson.
- Box 3
- Folder 1: Personal and biographical
- Folder 2: Personal and biographical
- Folder 3: Miscellaneous correspondence
- Folder 4: "Medical Education in the Future: A Review of the Millis Report" (draft)
- Folder 5: North Central Medical Conference
- Folder 6: Articles written by Larson
- Folder 7: Breast Cancer Study
- Folder 8: Minutes of staff meetings of Quain-Ramstad Clinic, 1939-1940, and of Bismarck Hospital, 1948-1950
- Folder 9: Krebiozen Controversy
- Folder 10: Black Lung Disease
- Folder 11: Miscellaneous Reports, statements and proceedings
- Folder 12: Citations
- Item 1: Phonograph of a speech by Larson: "Five Views of the Cancer Fight,” 1966
- Item 2: Reel to reel audio cassette tape: label notes "Dr. Larson, Amer Cancer Society"
- Item 3: Reel to reel audio cassette tape: Recorded speech by Larson at the Theodore Wiprud Testimonial Dinner, Washington, DC, May 1962
- Item 4: Unidentified film, 1961
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