TABLE OF CONTENTS
Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Collection Summary
Index Terms
Related Materials
Administrative Information
Restrictions
Series Descriptions
Biography, 1942-1981
Correspondence and Notes, 1949-1980
Administrative Records, 1951-1978
Army Records, 1942-1978
Manuscripts, 1965-1979
Conferences, 1970-1976
Laboratory Data, ca. 1966
Asbestos - Subject Files, 1931-1974
Reprints, 1951-1978
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Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
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| Collection Number: | MS C 432 |
| Creator | Stanton, Mearl F. (Mearl Frederick), 1922-1980 |
| Title | Mearl F. Stanton Papers
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| Dates: | 1931-1980 |
| Quantity: | 3.75 linear feet (9 MS boxes) |
| Abstract: | Stanton's early work at the National Cancer Institute was on chemically-induced carcinogenesis, after which he shifted to viral oncology. His last years were spent working on fiber carcinogenesis, and in particular on the carcinogenic effect of asbestos. |
Mearl F. Stanton was born on 14 August 1922 in Staunton, Illinois. He attended the universities of Southern Illinois, Depaul and Wisconsin from 1940-44, though he did not receive a degree until June 1948 when he received an M.D. degree from St. Louis University. Stanton interned at St. Luke's Hospital in Chicago, after which he taught pathology at St. Louis University. From 1955 to 1957 Stanton served at the Army Chemical Center in Frederick, Maryland. In January, 1957 Stanton came to work at the Pathology Laboratory in the National Cancer Institute (NCI). In 1969, upon the retirement of Dr. Harold Stewart (MS C 228), Stanton was made Chief of the laboratory. He continued to work for NCI until his death from Shy-Drager syndrome on 18 May 1980.
Stanton's research covered a broad spectrum of questions. His early years at St. Louis University were spent working on host parasite relationships of obligate intracellular parasites. His early work at NCI was on chemically-induced carcinogenesis, after which he shifted to viral oncology. His last years were spent working on fiber carcinogenesis, and in particular on the carcinogenic effect of asbestos. From 1967 to 1974 Stanton also served as editor of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. More biographical information on Stanton can be found in vol. 67, no. 5 (November, 1981) of the journal, which is dedicated to Stanton.
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The collection is organized into nine series. The richest part of the collection is found in the correspondence series, which combines Stanton's personal correspondence with material from his files at NCI, and is arranged alphabetically. Correspondents represented by five or more items are singled out in the container listing, but especially noteworthy is the correspondence with Aurel Goodwin, Takahiro Hirano, J.R.M. (Hamish) Innes, Daniel S. Longnecker, Hisashi Otsuka, Henry Pinkerton, Irving J. Selikoff, and Harold L. Stewart.
All of Stanton's research interests are represented in the collection, but the bulk of the material concerns his investigations into the carcinogenic effect of asbestos and other fibers. Speeches, talks, correspondence, and subject files relating to his discoveries of asbestos are present. Also well documented are Stanton's long military service, and his administrative activities (including editorial duties) while at the National Cancer Institute. Unpublished manuscripts and an incomplete set of Stanton's published writings round out the collection.
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Restrictions
Restrictions
Portions of the collection are restricted. Some personnel records are closed for reasons of privacy. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.
Copyright
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| These terms are indexed in the National Library of Medicine's online catalog LocatorPlus. Researchers wishing to find related materials should search the catalog using these terms. |
| MeSH Subjects |
| | Asbestos |
| | Carcinogens |
| | Neoplasms |
| Personal Names |
| | Dement, John M. |
| | Innes, James Robert Maitland, 1903- |
| | Longnecker, Daniel S. |
| | Pinkerton, Henry, 1897- |
| | Selikoff, Irving J. |
| | Stewart, Harold L. (Harold Leroy), 1899- |
| Corporate Names |
| | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (U.S.) |
| | National Cancer Institute (U.S.) |
| | United States. Army Medical Dept. |
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Stanton, Mearl F. Mearl F. Stanton papers. 1931-1980. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 432.
The Mearl F. Stanton Papers were given to the National Library of Medicine on 1 September 1985 by his widow, Margie Stanton. Accession 392.
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Biography, 1942-1981
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | Biographical Articles, JNCI, v. 67, n.5, November 1981 |
| 1 | 2 | Memorabilia, 1942-1951 |
| 1 | 3 | Curriculum Vitae, Jan. 24, 1965 |
| 1 | 4-5 | Stanton - Personnel Folders, 1963-1980 |
| 1 | 6 | Stanton's Medical Record, 1972 |
| 1 | 7 | Family Records, 1961-1964 |
| 1 | 8 | Notebook, 2nd Year Pathology, St. Louis University School of Medicine, 1945 |
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Correspondence and Notes, 1949-1980
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| Miscellaneous correspondence interfiled alphabetically
by correspondent with the general correspondence file from Stanton's office. Correspondence consisting of
five or more items has been separately identified by correspondent. Correspondence relating to Stanton's
editorial service is filed separately.
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| 1 | 9-10 | Unidentified, n.d. |
| 1 | 11 | A Correspondence, 1963-1977 |
| 1 | 12-13 | B Correspondence, 1963-1979 |
| 1 | 14 | Benbrook, Stanley C., 1969 |
| 1 | 15 | Brand, K. Gerhard, 1977-1980 |
| 1 | 16-17 | C Correspondence, 1960-1977 |
| 1 | 18 | Castleman, Barry, 1973-1974 |
| 1 | 19 | Chesterman, Frederick C., 1965-1971 |
| 1 | 20 | Congdon, C.C., 1969 |
| 1 | 21 | Cumley, R. W., 1961 |
| 1 | 22-23 | D Correspondence, 1957-1978 |
| 1 | 24 | Dalton, Alan J.P., 1976 |
| 2 | 25 | Davis, Olive S., 1960 |
| 1 | 26 | DeMent, Jack, 1949-1972 |
| 1 | 27-30 | DeMent, Jack, 1973 |
| 1 | 31 | Dunn, Thelma B., 1956-1976 |
| 1 | 32 | E Correspondence, 1957-1977 |
| 2 | 1-2 | F Correspondence, 1959-1977 |
| 2 | 3-4 | G Correspondence, 1960-1978 |
| 2 | 5 | Glasoe, Paul J., 1976 |
| 2 | 6-7 | Goodwin, Aurel, 1976 |
| 2 | 8 | Gross, Paul, 1965-1972 |
| 2 | 9-10 | H Correspondence, 1956-1977 |
| 2 | 11 | Hirano, Takahiro, 1970-1973 |
| 2 | 12 | Hockett, Robert C., 1961-1972 |
| 2 | 13 | I Correspondence, 1972-1977 |
| 2 | 14-16 | Innes, J.R.M. (Hamish), 1958-1971 |
| 2 | 17 | J Correspondence, 1963-1977 |
| 2 | 18-19 | K Correspondence, 1959-1977 |
| 2 | 20 | Kirsten, Werner H., 1965-1967 |
| 2 | 21 | Kotin, Paul, 1975-1976 |
| 2 | 22 | Kraybil, H.F., 1974 |
| 2 | 23 | L Correspondence, 1958-1979 |
| 2 | 24 | Lee, Douglas H.K., 1973 |
| 2 | 25 | Longnecker, Daniels, 1969-1971 |
| 2 | 26-27 | M Correspondence, 1961-1979 |
| 2 | 28 | Meinkoth, Norman A., 1963-1965 |
| 2 | 29 | N Correspondence, 1962-1977 |
| 2 | 30 | O Correspondence, 1962-1968 |
| 2 | 31 | Otsuka, Hisashi, 1961-1966 |
| 2 | 32 | P Correspondence, 1959-1979 |
| 2 | 33 | Pelnar, Premysl V., 1973 |
| 2 | 34 | Pinkerton, Henry, 1958-1967 |
| 2 | 35 | Pohle, Elizabeth B., 1959-1960 |
| 2 | 36 | Porter, Robert, 1974 |
| 2 | 37 | Price, James M., 1965 |
| 3 | 1 | R Correspondence, 1958-1977 |
| 3 | 2 | Rall, David P., 1973 |
| 3 | 3 | Reif, Arnold E., 1977 |
| 3 | 4-7 | S Correspondence, 1958-1979 |
| 3 | 8-9 | Selikoff, Irving J., 1966-1974 |
| 3 | 10 | Shapiro, Raymond E., 1973-1976 |
| 3 | 11 | Shimkin, Michael B., 1966-1968 |
| 3 | 12 | Sorenson, George D., 1969-1970 |
| 3 | 13 | Speil, Sidney, 1970-1971 |
| 3 | 14 | Spencer, Herbert, 1963 |
| 3 | 15-16 | T Correspondence, 1958-1979 |
| 3 | 17 | Thayer, Robert H., 1961 |
| 3 | 18 | Thayer, Stephen B., 1961-1962 |
| 3 | 19 | Trexler, Duke C., 1973 |
| 3 | 20 | Turusov, Vladimir, 1969-1972 |
| 3 | 21 | V Correspondence, 1967-1977 |
| 3 | 22-23 | W Correspondence, 1957-1979 |
| 3 | 24 | Wagner, J.C. (Chris), 1970-1979 |
| 3 | 25 | Wands, Ralph C., 1973-1976 |
| 3 | 26 | Weber, Giorgio, 1965-1969 |
| 3 | 27 | Wrench, Constance, 1956 |
| 3 | 28 | Y Correspondence, 1967-1973 |
| 3 | 29 | Z Correspondence, 1968 |
| 3 | 30 | Journal of Environmental Pathology and Toxicology, 1976-1980 |
| 3 | 31 | Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), 1966 |
| 3 | 32 | JNCI, 1968; 1970 |
| 3 | 33-37 | JNCI, 1973 |
| 3 | 38 | JNCI, 1974 |
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Administrative Records, 1951-1978
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| Interoffice memoranda, letters, personnel files, and reports. Includes some records from Harold L. Stewart's tenure as laboratory chief.
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| 4 | 1-30 | Memoranda and correspondence, 1951-1953; 1957-1978; 1981 |
| 4 | 31 | Visiting Fellows, 1968-1976 |
| 4 | 32 | Personnel File: Constance P. Wrench, 1969-1973 |
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| 4 | 33 | Annual Reports, 1965-1967 |
| 4 | 34 | Annual Reports, 1969-1972 |
| 4 | 35 | Annual Reports, 1975-1977 |
| 4 | 36 | 5-Year Report for 1967-1971, 1972 |
| 4 | 37-40 | Individual Project Reports , 1960; 1962; 1964-80 |
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Army Records, 1942-1978
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| Correspondence and unique records pertaining to Stanton's military career. Non-unique material relating to assignments, promotions, and general Army policy has been removed.
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| 5 | 1-2 | Administration, 1947-1962; 1965-1977 |
| 5 | 3 | Chronology, 1942-1960 |
| 5 | 4 | Commissions, 1942-1952 |
| 5 | 5 | Correspondents, 1953-1961 |
| 5 | 6 | Army Correspondence Course Program, 1974-1976 |
| 5 | 7 | Retention of Active Status, 1975 |
| 5 | 8 | Draft, 1952-1954 |
| 5 | 9 | Health Immunization, 1962-1974 |
| 5 | 10 | Public Law, 1952-1953 |
| 5 | 11 | Reserve Activities, 1952-1972 |
| 5 | 12 | Retirement, 1974-1979 |
| 5 | 13 | Stanton's Medical Records, 1943 |
| 5 | 14 | Stanton's Medical Records, 1952-1956 |
| 5 | 15 | Stanton's Medical Records 1961-1962, |
| 5 | 16 | Stanton's Medical Records, 1962 |
| 5 | 17 | Stanton's Medical Records, 1971-1978 |
| 5 | 18-20 | Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) Manual of Histologic and Special Staining Technics, 1957 |
| 5 | 21-22 | AFIP Staining Techniques: Notes, n.d. |
| 5 | 23-24 | AFIP Staining Techniques: Notes, 1957 |
| 5 | 25 | AFIP Staining Techniques: Notes, 1960-1964 |
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Manuscripts, 1965-1979
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| Published manuscripts and manuscripts of articles not found in the reprint series (below). Non-distinctive drafts of published material have been removed.
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| 6 | 1 | "Cancer - The Problem of Definition", 1965 |
| 6 | 2-5 | "Factors Affecting Development Induced with Asbestos, Fibrous Glass and Related Minerals", 1971 |
| 6 | 6-7 | "Cell Anchorage and its Possible Relationship to Carcinogenesis by Fibers", 1972 |
| 6 | 8 | Correspondence relating to above article, 1972 |
| 6 | 9 | "Fiber Carcinogenesis - Editorial", 1973 |
| 6 | 10-11 | "Some Aetiologic Considerations of Fiber Carcinogenesis", 1973 |
| 6 | 12-14 | "Squamous Carinoma of the Lung from Cigarette Smoke Condensate in Implated Beeswax Pellets", 1975 |
| 6 | 15-17 | "The Carcinogenicity of Fibrous Glass" [Speech Copy], 1976 |
| 6 | 18-19 | "Research into Carcinogenic Mechanisms with Fine Fibers", 1976 |
| 7 | 1 | "Abnormal Response of Nonleukemic Rats Infected with Moloney Leukemia Virus to Two Latent Infectious Diseases, Bartonellis and Nosematosis", 1977 |
| 7 | 2 | "Public Health Risks of Exposure to Asbestos", 1977 |
| 7 | 3 | "Pulmonary Carcinogenesis in Rats Implanted with Cigarette Smoke Condensate Pellets", 1977 |
| 7 | 4-8 | "Ultrastructural Observations on Preneoplastic Epideroid Metaplasia in the Lungs of Rats", 1979 |
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Conferences, 1970-1976
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| Includes correspondence, minutes, agendas, programs, lists of delegates, handwritten notes, charts, manuscripts, reprints, and memoranda.
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| 7 | 9 | Symposium of Tissue Response to Asbestos, April 7-9, 1970 |
| 7 | 10-13 | International Agency for Research on Cancer - Lyon France, Oct. 2-5, 1972 |
| 7 | 14-15 | Mechanisms on Fiber Carcinogenesis (Gordon Conference), July 19-23, 1976 |
| 7 | 16 | Miscellaneous Conferences and Committees, 1976 |
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Laboratory Data, ca. 1966
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| 7 | 17 | [Epidermod Carcinoma Induced in Rats], n.d. |
| 7 | 18-20 | Moloney Virus Infection of Rats, [1966] |
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Asbestos - Subject Files, 1931-1974
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| Consists of scholarly and popular reprints, and speeches.
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| 8 | 1 | Clippings, n.d. |
| 8 | 2-18 | Reprints, 1931-1976 |
| 8 | 19-21 | Asbestos Speeches, 1970-1974 |
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Reprints, 1951-1978
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| Offprints of articles by Stanton. |
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| 9 | 1 | Reprints, 1951-1954 |
| 9 | 2 | Reprints, 1955-1958 |
| 9 | 3 | Reprints, 1959 |
| 9 | 4 | Reprints, 1960-1961 |
| 9 | 5 | Reprints, 1963-1964 |
| 9 | 6 | Reprints, 1965 |
| 9 | 7 | Reprints, 1966-1967 |
| 9 | 8 | Reprints, 1969 |
| 9 | 9 | Reprints, 1970 |
| 9 | 10 | Reprints, 1971 |
| 9 | 11 | Reprints, 1972 |
| 9 | 12 | Reprints, 1973 |
| 9 | 13 | Reprints, 1974 |
| 9 | 14 | Reprints, 1975 |
| 9 | 15 | Reprints, 1976 |
| 9 | 16 | Reprints, 1977 |
| 9 | 17 | Reprints, 1978 |
| 9 | 18 | Reprints, 1979 |
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Photographs Transferred to Prints and Photos, 4/1/87
| Stanton and Eliza Miller, Technician, ca. 1960 |
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| Portrait of Stanton, ca. 1970 |
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| Portrait of Stanton, undated |
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| Attendees at the "Confrenza Internationale Sui Tumori Del Polmone Negli Animali," Universita degli Studi Perugia, 1965 |
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| Mear. F. Stanton with Co. Eddinger, May 4, 1973 |
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