{"id":4330,"date":"2026-08-17T21:08:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T21:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll048\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:11:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T15:11:16","slug":"coll048","status":"publish","type":"finding_aid","link":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll048\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Baker oral history interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview<\/h1>\n
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Title:<\/td>\nCarl Baker oral history interviews<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Call Number:<\/td>\nColl048<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Creator:<\/td>\nBaker, Carl G.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dates:<\/td>\n1995-1996<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Size:<\/td>\n2 boxes (2 linear feet)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Language:<\/td>\nEnglish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Abstract:<\/td>\nContains twenty-four transcripts from oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Carl Baker with scientists at the National Cancer Institute, Cancer Viruses Research Programs, National Institutes of Health. Interviewees include: Dr. Norman Anderson, Dr. John Bader, Dr. Carl Baker, Dr. Nathaniel Berlin, Dr. Charles Boone, Dr. Robert Depue, Dr. James Duff, Dr. Robert Gallo, Dr. Giovanni Gori, Dr. Janet Hartley, Dr. Samuel Herman, Dr. Robert Holdenried, Dr. Gary Kelloff, Dr. Ruth Kirschstein, Dr. Robert Manaker, Mr. Gerry Meyer, Dr. Robert Miller, Dr. Bayard Morrison, Dr. Marvin Schneiderman, Dr. Lou Sibal, Dr. Robert Stevenson, Dr. Harold Varmus, Dr. William Walter, and Dr. Gordon Zubrod.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Citation:<\/td>\nCarl Baker oral history interviews, Center for Biological Sciences Archives, Collection 48, Special Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County (Baltimore, MD).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n
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Administrative\/Biographical Note<\/h1>\n

Dr. Carl G. Baker (1920-2009) was a prominent viral oncology researcher, former director of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from 1969-1972, and a proponent of the National Cancer Act (1971).<\/p>\n

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Scope & Content<\/h1>\n

Arrangement<\/h2>\n

Transcripts are arranged alphabetically by interviewee.<\/p>\n

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Provenance Information<\/h1>\n

Provenance and Acquisition Information<\/h2>\n

Donated by Catherine Baker, 2009.<\/p>\n

Related Collections<\/h2>\n

Oral History Archive, Office of History, National Institutes of Health.<\/p>\n

Processing Note<\/h2>\n

Collection unprocessed.<\/p>\n

Descriptive Rules Used<\/h2>\n

Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)<\/p>\n

Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015)<\/a><\/p>\n

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Access & Use<\/h1>\n

Finding Aids<\/h2>\n

Finding Aid: \/specialcollections\/finding-aids\/coll048\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Access Conditions<\/h2>\n

No restrictions.<\/p>\n

Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use<\/h2>\n

Release forms are unavailable so reproductions are not currently allowed. Forms may be available at the National Institutes of Health, Office of History. Copyright maintained by the creator.<\/p>\n

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Subject Headings<\/h1>\n

Creators<\/h2>\n

Baker, Carl G.<\/p>\n

Subjects<\/h2>\n

National Cancer Institute (U.S.)<\/p>\n

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)<\/p>\n

Cancer — Research<\/p>\n

Anderson, Norman G. (Norman Gulack), 1919-<\/p>\n

Berlin, Nathaniel I., 1920-2008<\/p>\n

Boone, Charles W.<\/p>\n

Gallo, Robert C.<\/p>\n

Hartley, Janet<\/p>\n

Kelloff, Gary<\/p>\n

Kirschstein, Ruth L.<\/p>\n

Miller, Robert<\/p>\n

Schneiderman, Marvin<\/p>\n

Stevenson, Robert<\/p>\n

Varmus, Harold<\/p>\n

Walter, William<\/p>\n

Zubrod, C. Gordon (Charles Gordon), 1914-1999<\/p>\n

Depue, Robert<\/p>\n

Bader, John<\/p>\n

Duff, James<\/p>\n

Gori, Giovanni<\/p>\n

Herman, Samuel<\/p>\n

Holdenried, Robert<\/p>\n

Meyer, Gerry<\/p>\n

Morrison, Bayard<\/p>\n

Sibal, Lou<\/p>\n

Manaker, Robert<\/p>\n

Baker, Carl G. — Archives<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false},"class_list":["post-4330","finding_aid","type-finding_aid","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid\/4330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/finding_aid"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/finding_aid"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.umbc.edu\/specialcollections\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}