Roswell Park Scanner Newsletters, 1957-1987

Roswell Park Mirand Library

Front page of Sept 27, 1957 Roswell Scanner - Image Source

Collection Facts

Extent:

146

Dates of Original:

1957-1987

Historical Context

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center was founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, an eminent surgeon and Edward H. Butler, the owner of the Buffalo Evening News. The center has operated under the following names:

• The Pathological Laboratory of the University of Buffalo (1898)

• The Gratwick Research Laboratory (1900)

• The State Institute for the Study of Malignant Disease (1912)

• Roswell Park Memorial Institute (1946)

• Roswell Park Cancer Institute (1992)

• Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (2018-present)

Scope of Collection

This collection includes internal (employee-only) newsletters by Roswell Park Memorial Institute. This is not a full run of the publication; there are no issues for the years 1968-1969 and missing issues include 1971 2(2) and 1972 2(8).