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Title
Interview with Dr. Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr.
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- 1/23/1976 (Creation)
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one U-matic (3/4") videocassette (25:00 minutes)
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Dr. Benjamin F. Byrd, Jr. Interviewed by Don Macon. Video tape recorded 1/23/1976. Approximately 25min, Color-sound, MDAHH Master #473-1-76. Produced for the University of Texas - Texas Medical Center Historical Resources Project. Summary: Dr. Byrd, current President of the American Cancer Society, discussed his educational training at Vanderbilt in Nashville, Tennessee where he was born and raised. He spoke of his own studies in cancer and those of the American Cancer Society and the American College of Surgeons Cancer Commission. Emphasis was lent to environmental and nutritional factors in breast cancer.
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Digital copies made available by the Texas Medical Center Library
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Creative Commons License 4.0, Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. Images are to be used for educational purposes only, and are not to be reproduced without permission from The TMC Library, McGovern Historical Center, 1133 John Freeman Blvd, Houston, TX, 77030, mcgovern@library.tmc.edu, 713-799-7899
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- English
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Digital copy available at: https://archiveslibrarytmcedu-001a.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/IC084/AVV_IC084_019.mp4
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U-matic (3/4") Master
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- Texas Medical Center (Subject)
- Macon, N. Don (Subject)
- MDA-TV (Television station : Houston, Tex.) (Subject)
- American Cancer Society (Subject)
- Vanderbilt University (Subject)
- American College of Surgeons. Commission on Cancer (Subject)