Papers of medical doctor and physicist Max L.M. Boone, MD, PhD
(May 23, 1931 - November 17, 1996). One of the founders of the University of Arizona
Cancer Center. Includes professional research, publications, abstracts, correspondence
and associated photographs and figures.
Collection Number:
MS 701
Language:
Materials are in English.
Repository:
University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
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Biographical Note
Doctor and physicist Max L.M. Boone, MD, PhD (May 23, 1931 - November 17, 1996). One of
the founders of the University of Arizona Cancer Center. In 1972, Boone persuaded local
hospitals and the Legislature to support a $2.3 million cancer center for Southern
Arizona. Previously Boone was head of the radiation and oncology department at the
University of Wisconsin. In the early 1970s, Boone and Eugene Gerner, UA professor of
radiation/oncology, pioneered hyperthermia - the use of heat to kill cancer cells. For
this work he received the gold medal of the International Clinical Hyperthermia Society
in the early 1990s.
Scope and Content Note
Includes professional research, publications, abstracts, correspondence and associated
photographs and figures. Contains original inventory of collection. Not organized
topically or chronologically. Formerly collection number HT 0005.
It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission to publish from theowner of
the copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her
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hold harmless the Arizona Board of Regents for the University of Arizona, its officers,
employees, and agents from and against all claims made by any person asserting that he
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Max Lee Morrison Boone papers (MS 701). Special Collections, University of Arizona
Libraries
Processing History
Inventory compiled by Dave Piper circa 2007.
Container List
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Item inventory 2007
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Fast neutrons and pi-mesons in cancer therapy 1965-1971
Scope and Content Note
Reprint of Boone MLM, Wiley, Jr. AL. Fast neutrons and π – [negative pi] mesons in
cancer therapy. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Vol. NS-18, no. 3., June
1971, pages 36-45 [1 of 3 copies kept]. Photocopied reprint of Fowler PH. 1964
Rutherford Memorial Lecture: π mesons versus cancer? Proceedings of the Physical
Society. Vol. 85, 1965, pages 1051-1066. Typescript of Boone MLM, Wiley, Jr. AL.
"Fast neutrons and π – [negative pi] mesons in cancer therapy" which was published
in IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science. Vol. NS-18, no. 3., June 1971, pages
36-45. [Includes black-and-white photos of tables and figures].
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Rib notching: its many causes 1964-1965
Scope and Content Note
Reprint of Boone ML, Swenson BE, Felson B. Rib notching: its many causes. Am J
Roentgenol Radium Ther Nucl Med. 1964 May;91:1075-88.
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Use of lithium fluoride dosimeters for in vivo measurement of transmission
through bone and lung 1965
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of: Crosby EH, Boone MLM, Almond PR, Worsnop BR, McGoodwin MC, Shalek
RJ. Use of lithium fluoride dosimeters for in vivo measurement of transmission
through bone and lung (pages 380-392) in [Proceedings of the International
Conference on Luminescence Dosimetry, Palo Alto, California, June 1965] […or in
"Luminescence Dosimetry, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, April 1967, pp.380-392"
per Boone's CV (see folder 20)?]. Photocopy of typescript of same [retained
because of handwritten information identifying source: "International Conference
on Luminescence Dosimetry, Palo Alto, California, June 1965].
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Malignant tumors of the paranasal sinuses 1968
Scope and Content Note
Reprint of: Max L. M. Boone and Thomas S. Harle. Malignant tumors of the paranasal
sinuses. Seminars in Roentgenology, Volume 3, Issue 2 , April 1968, Pages 202-213
The Paranasal Sinuses.
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In vivo radiation dosimetry in the dog: maintenance of homeostasis during
implantation 1968
Scope and Content Note
Reprint of: Jardine JH, Boone MLM and Wright AE. In vivo radiation dosimetry in
the dog: maintenance of homeostasis during implantation. Medical Record and
Annals. Jun 1968; 61(6):172-174,192. June 1968; 61(6) issue of Medical Record and
Annals. Photocopy of typescript of a draft of foregoing article with corrections.
Per "Form to accompany manuscripts" submitted to Laboratory Animal Care with
slightly different title: In vivo radiation dosimetry in the dog: maintenance of
homeostasis during implantation of radiation dosimeters.Typescript of foregoing
Medical Record and Annals article. Attached note: "April 24, 1968 | Dr. Boone:
This was submitted to Medical Arts Publishing Foundation for publication in
MEDICAL RECORD and ANNALS this date. | Dr. J.H. Jardine | per Margie Smith".
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In vivo dosimetry – transmission of radiation through lung undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript photocopy of: Boone, MLM, Crosby EH and Shalek RJ, In vivo dosimetry –
transmission of radiation through lung.
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Articles and abstracts 1966
Scope and Content Note
1/15/1969 memo to R. Lee Clark MD from Boone re "Fast neutron therapy with Texas A
& M Cyclotron beam". Abstract: Harle TS, Boone MLM, and Higholt HW. Topography
of carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses: diagnostic and therapeutic implications.
3/17/1967 thank you letter to Norah duV. Tapley, Gilbert H. Fletcher and Boone
from W.H. Neil MD, RSNA, for presenting a refresher course on the clinical
applications of the 6-18 MeV Electron Beam. Abstract re in vivo radiation
dosimetry in the dog: maintenance of homeostasis… Handwritten citations:
"Pulmonary edema in the presence of a normal-sized heart. Harle TS, Kountoupis JT,
Fred HL and Boone MLM | Pulmonary edema without cardiomegaly | exhibit and paper"
(see also folder 27). Photocopied typescript: High-energy electron dose
perturbations in regions of tissue heterogeneity by Almond PR, Boone MLM and
Wright AE [line drawn to show that position of Almond's and Boone's names should
be switched] | This paper was presented at the conference on "High Energy
Radiation Therapy Dosimetry" of the New York Academy of Sciences and the American
Association of Physicists in Medicine. New York City, June 15-17, 1967, and is to
be published in the Annals of the Academy. Photocopied typescript of abstract:
Topography of carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses: diagnostic and therapeutic
implications by Boone MLM, Harle TS, Higholt HW and Fletcher GH. [January 31, 1966
at top of page]. Photocopied typescript of abstract: Clinical applications of the
6 to 18 Mev electron beam by duV. Tapley N, Fletcher GH, Boone MLM. Typescript
carbon copy of abstract: The physical basis of high energy therapy by Wright A,
Almond PR and Boone MLM Photocopy of 12/27/1966 Dear Friend letter from Milton
Friedman MD, President, American Radium Society: "I am happy to inform you that
your paper has been accepted for presentation before the American Radium Society
at Toronto in May 1967…".
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Articles and abstracts 1974-1981
Scope and Content Note
Abstract: Radiation tolerance of nervous tissue – evidence of decreased tolerance
in patients with Cushing's disease by Aristizabal S and Boone MLM. [In pencil: Red
Journal | vol. 2, supp. 1 | ASRT ann. mtg. | Apr 77]. Abstract: Radiation-drug
interactions: skin tolerance in patients treated postoperatively for carcinoma of
the breast by Schlichtemeier AL, Miller RC, Aristizabal S and Boone MLM [In
pencil: Proceedings of ASRT ann. mtg. | 12-16 Oct. 1976 | Atlanta, GA | supp. 1].
2 tables and 2 figures paper-clipped together: "Comparison of survival ratios in
vitro with thermal enhancement ratios in vivo for the same treatment protocols,"
etc. 3/13/1973 letter to John Faust from Richard (Dick) L. Hutson re abstract
entitled "Progress toward using mu-mesic x-rays as a diagnostic tool" with one
copy of the abstract attached. Handwritten on reverse of letter: "Max, Dick sent
this to me for you. I'll call you later about it. John". 9/24/1980 letter to Boone
from Mike Freeman, Radiological Research Laboratories, Department of Radiology,
College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia, New York: "The paper we have
submitted to the European J. Cancer has been rejected. I have rewritten the
manuscript and have submitted it to the Int. J. Radiat. Oncology Biol. Phys…
Enclosed with this letter are the referee's comments and the new manuscript"
Photocopy of referee's comments re Freeman and al.'s European Journal of Cancer
submission entitled "The influence of environmental pH on the interaction and
repair of heat and radiation damage." 2/20/1981 letter to Boone from Freeman: "Our
paper entitled 'The influence of environmental pH on the interaction and repair of
heat and radiation damage' has been accepted by the Int. J. Radiation Oncol. Biol.
Phy… Enclosed you will find the revised manuscript and the reviewers' comments."
Reviewers' comments to foregoing manuscript [Citation to published article:
Freeman ML, Boone ML, Ensley BA, Gillette EL. The influence of environmental pH on
the interaction and repair of heat and radiation damage. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol
Phys. 1981 Jun;7(6):761-4.]
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Dissertation photos, 34 black and white circa 1968
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Dissertation – writings 1965-1968
Scope and Content Note
Proposal for investigation – graduate studies April, 1965. Research proposal. "In
vivo dosimetry in high-energy electron therapy" Max Boone MD PhD, Peter R. Almond
PhD [handwritten in pencil: Max Boone's handwriting?]. Typescript of the first
several pages of Boone's dissertation [Early draft, late draft, final version?].
Additional handwritten pages. Several pages of figures. "Draft #1" [on blue
paper]. Undated handwritten draft. "Notes for Mar 7, 68 talk | Lithium fluoride
dosimetry in vivo" [5 handwritten pages]. Publications based on dissertation
studies 9/11/1968.
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Rat radiography 1975
Scope and Content Note
To Max | Rat radiography | (x-ray control on top) | File: Particle radiography |
(Rat radiographs) [written on front of folder]. Hand-drawn graphs in ink on inside
front and back covers of folder]. "3/6/75 | Joy: Here are slides and prints for
Dr. Boone…" Black-and-white and color photographs.
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Memo from Fred H.G. Lathrop 1977
Scope and Content Note
Memo from Fred H.G. Lathrop, Accelerator Research Coordinator, Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory to "Distribution"; subject: "Patient radiography at the
Bevatron/Bevalac".
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Holographic microscopy 1971
Scope and Contents
Handwritten on outside front cover of folder: "Correspondence from R. van Ligton".
6 black-and-white photographs. "Final report for James Picker Foundation Grant no.
133-7187: Alterations in the microcirculation of transplanted normal and malignant
tissue during growth and following radiation" Principal investigator: Max L.M.
Boone 7/10/1971 [report includes additional color and black-and-white
photographs]. Reprint: Nature July 16, 1966 Holographic microscopy article reprint
[Raoul F. vanLigten and Harold Osterberg] [with hand-drawn ink sketch on back of
reprint]. Reprint: Coller RJ. Holography and integral photography. Physics Today,
July 1968, [54]-63. Photocopy: van Ligten RF. Holographic microscopy. Framingham,
Massachusetts: American Optical Corporation, 1968. 18 pages. Hand-drawn ink
sketch: 6, mirror or tilt screws, polarizing filter, wavefront curvature setter,
pinhole focussing, pinhole-centering, objective. Hand-drawn ink sketch: 1, fiber
bundle, knurled knob.
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AZ RadiOnc plans, letters 1972-1974
Scope and Content Note
Detailed list of folder contents with summaries and partial transcriptions.
Items
11/27/1972 typed carbon letter from Boone to William R. Noyes, Office of
Coordinator of Curricular Matters, UA: "Dear Bill, Thank you for doing such a
superb job in interviewing me on the 'Multiversity' program…"
11/21/1972 typed letter from Noyes to Boone: "As I watched the show Sunday
night I couldn't believe how closely the material from the film fit what we
were discussing….My mother in Sun City was able to pick up the
broadcast…."
11/29/1973 typed letter from Al (A.B.) Weaver, UA Executive Vice President
to Boone: "I want to thank you for reviewing the proposal for a radiation
facility at the National Accelerator Laboratory…"
11/21/1973 typed carbon letter: M. Paul Capp MD, Chief, Radiology | Max L.M.
Boone MD, PhD, Radiation Oncology | National Accelerator Therapy Project: "I
believe that there are very sound reasons for establishing a medical facility
at the National Accelerator Laboratory…" MLMB:jf. Mrs. Ann Graves 512 478-7573
| "Dr. Boone, You offered to call my sister and I think this is a good idea
because your calm voice and explicit information would help her. Call collect
to Austin, Texas, Mrs. Ann Graves, area code 512, number 4774729….Sincerely,
George Raborn" [hand-written in pencil].
4/16/1974 typed letter to Boone from Thomas F. Budinger, Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory: "Dear Max: You are a super person and have put together a super
department…."
5/17/1974 handwritten note to Boone from Marge: "How can I ever thank you
adequately for your warm kindness, consideration and personal concern during my
recent "episode"?…. [letterhead: Mrs. Leon F. Levy | 3230 East Third Street |
Tucson, Arizona 85716].
12/28/1973 handwritten note to Boone from Pauline Carrasco: "Seeing your
picture standing by that wonderful machine had a lot of meaning to me, for I
recently finished radiation therapy and am coming along fine…" [923 South 3rd
Ave. | Tucson, Ariz. 85701].
2/25/1974 typed carbon letter from Boone to Ms. Ceil Edwards | 3645 W. 120th
Street | Cleveland, Ohio: "…The Radiation Therapy Cancer Center here at the
University of Arizona College of Medicine first opened for patient treatment in
August of 1972. I had come here in September of 1971, and found the new medical
school with absolutely no radiation therapy equipment or any capability for
cancer treatment at all. Together with some concerned citizens and other
physicians around the state, we introduced a request to the State Legislature
for funding to initiate this new center. An emergency bill …was signed into law
by the governor on May 23, 1972. We installed our first linear accelerator
radiation treatment machine in July of 1972, and initiated patient treatment
about one month later…." [attached to 1/11/1974 note from Ms. Edward "…Please
answer | Intend to donate $…"
6/28/1974 typed letter to Boone from Richard Fayette, Administrator, Cancer
Therapy and Research Center, San Antonio, Texas: "Just a note to express my
appreciation for the opportunity to listen to your talks…and to have a chance
to show you our facilities and discuss our plans…"
7/17/1974 typed letter to "dr.Boon" from Jorgen Rygard [Gilleleje |
Strandager 17]: "A broken arm and some silly congresses have come in between my
thanks to you for arranging the visit to your beautifull department, in spight
of your being indisposed and on top of that loaded with budgettering….Something
is certainly rotten in the state of Denmark, if not murder, still economical
suicide…"
6/6/1974 typed letter to Boone from John H. Lawrence, Donner Laboratory and
Donner Pavilion, University of California, Berkeley: "I had a talk with Nat
Berlin today, and apparently Dr. Zubrad is going to the University of
Miami….With reference to protons…it seems that the project would be to design a
proton machine that would do proton radiography and proton therapy….I have
looked over the list of the present Board of California Medical Examiners, and
I don't know any of them. I did talk to the former President of the Board,
however, and he is going to meet with the Board next week, and will bring up
your case without mentioning your name…"
9/5/1974 typed letter from Boone to Alexander R. Margulis MD, Professor and
Chairman, Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine: "I have been familiar with the work and accomplishments of
Dr. Glenn E. Sheline over the past 13 to 14 years. In my opinion, he is an
outstanding teacher of radiation oncology and a truly outstanding practitioner
of this specialty….I trust that this information will be of value to your group
in assessing him for promotion." [stapled to Margulis' letter]
9/265/1974 typed carbon letter from Boone to Mr. Lombard Squires, Chairman,
General Advisory Committee, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission: "I would like to
write this letter in support of the nomination of Dr. Edward A. Knapp for the
1975 E.O. Lawrence Award in Physics…." [attached to letter to Boone from Louis
Rosen, Director, LAMPF, University of California, Los Alamos Scientific
Laboratory asking Boone to consider nominating Knapp for the Ernest O. Lawrence
Award].
10/14/1974 typed carbon letter from Boone to F. Dale Loomis MD, Chairman,
Department of Psychiatry, Illinois Masonic Medical Center: "Dear Sonny, …the
only really salutary effects of the Newsweek article have been letters from old
friends…." [attached to Loomis' letter to Boone: "I am enclosing a copy of the
September 23 article in Newsweek….Of course, it only confirms my long-held
suspicion regarding your breast fixation. You do seem to be lagging a bit
behind the times, too. This seems to be the wrong approach just as bras are
going out….Seriously, congratulations…." [photocopy of September 23, 1974
Newsweek attached: "New aid for breast cancer" (p.65): "….Known as BEST (Breast
Examination through Simultaneous Temperature evaluation), the device was
developed by the University of Arizona's Dr. Max L.M. Boone, in cooperation
with engineers at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico…."]
10/14/1974 typed carbon letter from Boone to John R. McLaren MD, Chief,
Radiation Therapy, Emory University Clinic: "I'm sorry you had difficulty
locating me to firm up the date for the dedication of the 18-MeV accelerator. I
think November 15th will work well for me….Since I have several talks to give
out there [Berkeley, California] as the 'Buschke Lecturer'…." [attached to
9/26/1974 letter from McLaren to Boone]
10/15/1974 typed letter to Boone from James L. Born MD, Director, Donner
Laboratory and Donner Pavilion, University of California, Berkeley: "…Barry
Chauser…all of us seem to have certain reservations about him….I wrote today to
Mary Catterall and asked for her candid evaluation of Dr. Chauser….I…shall get
in touch with you to assess possibilities of getting a young radiotherapist to
join our staff and act as resident liaison with the Bay Area community. I gave
Toby the name of a young radiotherapist who is Chief Resident in Radiotherapy
at Walter Reed Hospital…."
11/18/1974 typed, signed letter to Boone from Franz Buschke MD, Professor of
Radiology Emeritus, Division of Radiation Oncology, University of California,
San Francisco: "Dear Max: …just a note to express again my great appreciation
of your participation in my Second Obituary."
12/4/1974 typed letter to Boone from Theodore L. Phillips MD, Professor and
Chairman, Division of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San
Francisco: "We would like to thank you very much for your visit with us as the
Buschke lecturer…"
2/11/1975 typed carbon letter from Boone to Robert D. Moseley, Jr. MD,
Professor of Radiology, Chief of Diagnostic Radiology, University of New Mexico
School of Medicine: "Thank you so much for taking the time to send a note
regarding my having been named as a Fellow of the College…." [attached to
2/4/1975 letter to Boone from Moseley: "…Please accept my
congratulations…"]
3/24/1975 letter to Boone from William J. Tuddenham MD, Director, Department
of Radiology, Pennsylvania Hospital: "…I am delighted to learn that you are
willing to contribute an article on the forthcoming fascicle on the planning of
radiotherapy installations…" [includes handwritten postscript]
4/1/1975 typed, signed carbon(?) letter to Boone from Daniel I. Sessler,
3071 Buena Vista, Berkeley, CA: "Although I have always found hospitals
fascinating, I've never been exposed to one in any capacity except that of a
patient. How much more pleasant to be on the doctor's end! Bob Veomett
introduced me to the pure research part of Oncology (and your son Bob!) which
was very exciting….I must admit that I am a convert to Oncology…"
4/3/1975 handwritten note to Boone from Mary Peacock(?) [written on
University Hospital Auxiliary stationery]: "I wish to express for the Auxiliary
our thanks and appreciation for the excellent program you presented at our
general meeting…."
4/23/1975 handwritten note to Boone from Randy Van Nostrand: "Wanted to
personally thank you for your help when I needed it about my dad…."
10/28/1975 typed letter to Boone from Raymond N. Kjellberg MD [Neurological
surgery by appointment], Massachusetts General Hospital: "Speaking with John
Lawrence in Milan a few weeks ago, I learned you were interested in
construction of a medical cyclotron. I share this interest…"
10/31/1975 typed carbon letter from Boone to C. Allen Good MD, Secretary,
American Board of Radiology: "I am deeply honored by the invitation to serve as
a Relief Examiner at the next oral examination….however, unfortunately, the
dates are in direct conflict…" [attached to 10/21/1975 letter to Boone from
Good]
12/8/1975 letter to Boone from J. Eugene Robinson, Martha V. Filbert
Radiation Center, University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore: "…thank you for
participating in the symposium 'Hyperthermia and Radiation Therapy'…"
12/22/1975 typed carbon letter from Boone to Michael J. Schneider MD,
Division of Radiation Oncology, Portor Memorial Hospital, Denver: "…Tom
Cetas…John Leith…Dan Hightower…Jim Eltringham….There is still no resolution to
our most basic problem with the Division with respect to the future plans of
Eric & Silvio. I do hope this can work out satisfactorily from their
standpoint as well as from the standpoint of the future of radiotherapy in
Tucson." undated handwritten note to Max & Carol [Boone] from Jack &
Kath [perhaps J.F. Fowler?] [stationery: Gray Laboratory, Mount Vernon
Hospital, Northwood, Middlesex]: "Thanks ever so much for having me stay with
you and making my stay so pleasant…"
10/22/76 referee's comments by Boone on Lawrence et al. manuscript entitled
"Experience and expectations in the use of neutrons, protons, and heavy ions in
radiation therapy."
7/22/1975 letter to Ms. Mary Ann Grant, 2802 North Eastgate, Tucson, Arizona
85712 from Merlin K. DuVal MD, Vice President Health Sciences, UA Arizona
Medical Center: "…not…accustomed to receiving letters as thoughtful and lovely
as that which you sent to me….You may rest absolutely assured that I will see
to it that your very thoughtful letter is shared with those who, like me, will
be so very grateful to know the reaction of our patients…" [attached to Grant's
handwritten, undated letter]
9/26/1978 letter from Boone to John H. Ebersole MD, Director, Division of
Radiation Therapy, Department of Radiology, Lancaster General Hospital,
Pennsylvania: "We would be very pleased to have you visit…" [attached to
Ebersole's 9/19/1978 typed letter]
11/4/1977 typed carbon letter from Boone to Professor I.V. Chuvilo, Chairman
of the Organizing Committee, Institute for Theoretical & Experimental
Physics, Moscow, Russia: "…I will be unable to participate in the International
Seminar on the Use of Proton Beams in Radiation Therapy December 6-13, 1977,
because my continued ill health prevents me from making such a trip…" [attached
to 7/22/1977 Western Union mailgram from Boone confirming "conditional
acceptance of participation in seminar…depending on status of my health at that
time…" and 7/13/1977 Western Union telegram to Boone from Shuvilo asking
confirmation of participation in seminar and handwritten note from Boone"I wish
to confirm conditional acceptance…" and typescript mimeograph copy of
invitation to Boone by Chuvilo to participate in seminar with seminar program
and related information and Boone abstract attached
10/23/1974 handwritten note to Boone from Joy Abbott re warts receding after
a scorpion sting: "Could such sting have the same affect [sic] on a cancer
virus – if cancer is a virus?"
1/29/1975 unsigned handwritten note to Boone [Shamokin, PA postmark]:
"Cancer | Cause – A virus to humans through eggs not fully cooked. | Cure – A
serum derived from sheep (ewes)."
1/27/1975 handwritten letter to Boone from Dr. Forest Ervin, ND [Doctor of
Naturopathy] DC [Doctor of Chiropractic] & RO (R-Reflex O-ologist), 24 Main
Street, Orange Walk Town, Belize, C. America: "Tumors of the breast are, of
course, very easy to 'remove', as are 'cancers' of the breast (cancer) takes
almost 6 weeks) & it can be done (without an operation) the method is
called 'doctoring'….Please acknowledge this letter as I am in a destitute
financial position & you may know a source of help that I may be able to
get."
2/19/1974 typed carbon letter from Boone to Ronald Russell & Theresa
Ludwig, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio: "…Bob
Waggener…my father-in-law had just been hospitalized and diagnosed as having
carcinoma of the prostate…Lowell Miller from the M.D. Anderson Hospital… As you
can imagine, this decision led to a good deal of sole [sic] searching as to how
far we had gotten in our treatment techniques and equipment here at the
University of Arizona. I do feel clinically we have arrived at very near our
original objective; although in terms of basic clinical research and full
teaching programs, we have still some distance to go…. I was also pleased to
hear that Theresa has decided to attempt medical school. I know that she has
the ability, and can only hope that the financial problems will not prevent you
both from finishing up as M.D.'s as Carol and I once tried to do. As I believe
I have told both you and Theresa, I have often thought we concentrated our
limited financial resources on the wrong person in the pair to finish me up in
medicine…radiobiologist from Southwest Research (Dr. Meltz)….After talking with
both you and Bob, I decided the situation at San Antonio might be pretty
intolerable as far as the Radiology Department in general was concerned, and
specifically with regard to Radiation Oncology…Dr. LeMaistre…" [attached to
1/18/1974 handwritten note to Boone from Ron [Russell]: "…I am at work in the
library (circulation clerk)…Bob Waggener…I am relieved and happy to hear that
your recovery was so rapid and complete…Theresa [Lugwig]…San Antonio Community
Hospital…. Well, Max, as far as I am concerned, I will be forever in your debt.
Medical school has opened a whole new world to me which would have been
unattainable without your assistance at a time when you were critically ill and
had so many pressures upon you…University of Wisconsin…. As regards
radiotherapy and medical physics here, the situation is not quite what one
might prefer…A strong radiologist is sorely needed…There is not even one
full-time therapist here and yet half the number of patients treated at
Galveston is the current census here. The main treatment unit is an old cobalt
machine from Scott & White Hospital…plenty of potential but little kinetic
energy at the present time in our radiology department…interests in
radiobiology and physiology…microcirculation studies…radium dosimetry….
Supposedly there is to be clinical trials of bone mineral measurements as soon
as the adjacent VA hospital gets its "Norland-Cameron" Scanner. Also, a new
radiation therapy center is opening across the street at Methodist. They will
have an 18 Mev Lenac [Linac?] (after you solve the problems c [with] yours – hi
to Bill C.)…there is one radiobiologist here in town by the name of Meltz. He
is supposed to be good and is located at Southwest Research (where we did our
trial run with the Argon ion in 1969 c [with] Dr. Wallace Anderson.)…Hi to Bill
Connor and Bob Miller.
Photocopied page: "A Tribute to Max L.M. Boone… | Max L.M. Boone, M.D.,
Ph.D., was presented a special award at the 6th International Congress on
Hyperthermic Oncology (ICHO) to recognize his leadership in establishing the
Hyperthermia Program at The University of Arizona. Dr. Boone was born on May
23, 1931 in Peru, Indiana…. He retired from the university [of Arizona] in
1979…" [includes photo captioned "M. Paul Capp (left), Head, University of
Arizona, Department of Radiobiology and Max Boone (right)." [page "xv"]
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RSNA Presentation 1961-1972
Scope and Content Note
The potential of localized heating as an adjunct to radiation therapy
[Folders 18-22 are in a hanging folder labeled "Cin: Memorabilia"] [Cin =
Cincinatti (?)] Photocopy: "The potential of localized heating as an adjunct to
radiation therapy | by | Eugene W. Gerner, Ph.D., William G. Connor, Ph.D. | Max
L.M. Boone, M.D., Ph.D., J. Daniel Doss, MSEE* | Eric G. Mayer, M.D., & Robert
C. Miller, M.D. | University of Arizona Medical School | Department of Radiology |
Division of Radiation Oncology | Tucson, Arizona 85724 | and | * Los Alamos
Scientific Laboratory | Group MP-3 | Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544 | To be
presented at the Radiological Society of North America, 60th Scientific | Assembly
and to be submitted for publication to Radiology".
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Publications, notes 1961-1972
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Typed mimeograph copy dated 11/17/1961: "Carcinoma of the cervix, its pathological
anatomy, treatment and prognosis | Max L. Boone" [11 pages]. Undated typed carbon
copy with handwritten notations: "Case 1 | Congenital deficiency of the
pericardium" [2 pages: pages 2 and 3; no page 1]. Undated typescript with
handwritten notations: "This 20 year old colored female was admitted March 8, 1961
for pilonidal cystectomy. Past history revealed persistently abnormal cardiac
roentgen findings since the age of three, but with no definite clinical evidence
of disease…. Answer Page | Congenital Partial Deficiency of Parietal Pericardium…"
[3 pages]. Undated typed sheet labeled "References" with nine bibliographic
citations. Undated typed photocopy: "Patterns of agenesis and /or destruction of
cerebral substance in intrauterine life –by- Max L. Boone, M. D." [5 pages].
Undated typed carbon copy with handwritten corrections: "Patterns of agenesis and
/or destruction of cerebral substance in intrauterine life –by- Max L. Boone, M.
D." [4 pages]. Undated typed carbon copy with handwritten corrections: "Patterns
of agenesis and /or destruction of cerebral substance in intrauterine life –by-
Max L. Boone, M. D." [5 pages]. Undated typed mimeograph copy: "Patterns of
agenesis and /or destruction of cerebral substance in intrauterine life by Max L.
Boone, M. D." [2 pages]. Undated handwritten card: "Original draft – hand
corrected – without bibliography" [paperclipped to a 4-page typed and a 4-page
typed carbon copy of "Patterns of agenesis and /or destruction of cerebral
substance in intrauterine life –by- Max L. Boone, M. D." both with handwritten
notations. Booklet: "A proposal for integrated cancer management in the United
States: The role of radiation oncology | Report to the National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health | by the | Subcommittee for Revision of the "Blue
Book" (1968 Report) | of the | Committee for Radiation Therapy Studies | November
1, 1972" [Boone is listed as one of the members of the Committee for Radiation
Therapy Studies].
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Curriculum vitae 1987
Scope and Content Note
CV Jan. '87 Original. Boone CV (with small slip attached to first page: "Jan 29
1987"): Max M.L. Boone, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.R. Date of birth: 23 May 1931. Place of
birth: Peru, Indiana. Professional status: Retired due to medical disability in
1980 – ankylosing spondylitis. [Membership: National Writer's Club, 1986-present |
Professional membership, 1987] [CV includes list of 108 publications] [A second
copy of the CV is also here.]
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Publications 1978-1984
Scope and Contents
"Major publications" handwritten on front cover of folder. August, 1984 issue of
Pima County Medical Society journal Sombrero which has Boone's article "Home
computers – The user abusers: Can a microcomputer be a therapeutic device?" [pp.
10-11] [from photo caption: "[Boone has] almost completed his first novel"].
Additional copies of CV including earlier drafts. Handwritten sheet with acronyms
and what they stand for: ROC-W: Radiation Oncology Committee – Working Group
LAMPF: Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility CROS: Committee for Radiation Oncology
Studies (CRTS) AAPM: American Association of Physics in Medicine NSF: National
Science Foundation RANN: Research Applied to National Needs LET: Linear Energy
Transfer Portion of mailed envelope with "Cypress, CA Apr-2'04" postmark
[Handwritten note: "Carol W. Boone | 717 Pebble Hill Ln. | Prescott AZ 86303 |
928-778-5917 | destination: | Athens AL (via Huntsville) | 256-232-1414"]
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First publication 1962
Scope and Content Note
Reprint of : Boone ML. Roentgenogram of the month: congenital partial deficiency
of parietal pericardium. Dis Chest. 1962 Nov;42:553-4. ["Max L. Boone, M.D.,
Cincinnati, Ohio."] [4 copies]
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Gas target for FN radiotherapy 1970
Scope and Content Note
Kelsey, Boone, Hevezi et al. Typed photocopy: "Abstract page | Gas target source
for fast neutron cancer therapy" [handwritten: "File: my publications"] [stamped:
"Received Dec 29 1970"] [6 pages, stapled]. Typed photocopy: "Gas target for fast
neutron radiotherapy" [stamped: "Received Oct 07 1970"] [6 pages, stapled].
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Growth points in radiotherapy undated
Scope and Content Note
Typed photocopy: "Discussion paper for session D | 'Growth points in radiotherapy'
| Max L.M. Boone, M.D., Ph.D. and Albert L. Wiley, Jr., M.D. | University of
Wisconsin Medical Center | Madison, Wisconsin" [15 pages, stapled].
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Physical effects of an extended source of fast neutrons for
radiotherapy 1970
Scope and Content Note
Typed copy: "Physical effects of an extended source of fast neutrons for
radiotherapy | by | C.A. Kelsey, M.L. Boone and J.M. Hevezi | Medical Physics
Department | University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wisconsin" [stamped "Received Sep
15 1970"] [1 page].
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Fast neutron radiobiology & radiotherapy 1970-1971
Scope and Content Note
5/13/1971 typed carbon letter on onion skin paper to Jerome L. Duggan, Special
Training Division, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, PO Box 117, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee 37830 from Theresa Russell, Secretary to Max L.M. Boone, MD, PhD,
Director & Professor, Radiotherapy: "Would it be possible for us to obtain 20
reprints of the article entitles 'Fast neutron radiobiology and radiotherapy,'
prepared by Dr. Max L.M. Boone and Dr. James M. Hevezi…? This article is found on
pages 393-406 in the published proceedings of the Second Oak Ridge Conference on
the Use of Small Accelerators for Teaching and Research (March 23-25, 1970)."
Photocopy of aforementioned Boone & Hevezi article. 11-page handwritten
account: "Therapeutic experience with fast neutron at Hammersmith Hospital"
[written on yellow, lined legal pad stock; second sheet has water stain and fine
sediment].
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Radiation casualties: Newer aspects of mass casualty care 1962
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy: "Radiation casualties – Newer aspects of mass casualty care" | Eugene
L. Saenger MD & Max L.M. Boone MD | From the Radioisotope Laboratory and
Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine…Presented at
the Thirteenth County Medical Societies Conference on Disaster Medical Care,
Chicago, Illinois, November 4, 1962. [Title page + 12 pages, stapled]. "Radiation
casualties – Newer aspects of mass casualty care" | Eugene L. Saenger MD & Max
L.M. Boone MD | From the Radioisotope Laboratory and Department of Radiology,
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine…Presented at the Thirteenth County
Medical Societies Conference on Disaster Medical Care, Chicago, Illinois, November
4, 1962. [Title page + 12 pages, double-sided = 7 sheets, stapled] [Quantity:
2].
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Apparent rapid decay of a 60Co teletherapy source 1962
Scope and Content Note
5/21/1971 typed carbon letter on onion skin paper to Krishnadas Banerjee PhD,
Department of Radiation Therapy & Nuclear Medicine, St. Francis General
Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa. 15201 from Henning Hansen, Radiotherapy Physicist:
"Thank you for your request of the paper entitled 'Apparent rapid decay of a 60Co
teletherapy source' which I presented at the AAPM in July 1970…" Banerjee's
reprint request card. Reprint request card from W.R. Brown, Atomic Energy of
Canada Limited, PO Box 6300, Postal Station J, Ottawa, Canada K2A 3W3. 5/21/1971
typed carbon letter on onion skin paper to W.R. Brown from Henning Hansen
responding to Brown's request for a reprint. Copy of the published abstract,
"Apparent rapid decay of a 60Co-teletherapy source" by M.L.M. Boone and H. Hansen,
along with three diagrams [additional copies of the abstract and diagrams] [rust
and evidence of water damage to items in this folder].
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Physical basis of high energy electron therapy undated
Scope and Content Note
Typed original (?) of "Physical basis of high energy electron therapy" by Ann
Wright BS, Peter R. Almond PhD and Max L.M. Boone MD. [14 numbered pages followed
by tables, diagrams and a black-and-white photograph of Table II: Energy of
primary beam at given depths of water] [Tucked between numbered pages 13 and 14,
the calling card of Mrs. R.H. Eagan. Handwritten on the back of this card: John
Scott | 865 Iris Lane | Beaumont 77706]. Photocopy of aforementioned paper by
Wright, Almond and Boone.
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The effects of sternum upon the central axis depth dose curves for high
energy electrons 1966
Scope and Content Note
Reprint of: "The effects of sternum upon the central axis depth dose curves for
high energy electrons" by Peter R. Almond PhD and Max L.M. Boone MD in Radiology,
vol. 86, no. 1, pages 148-149, January, 1966 in the section "Works in progress:
Physics investigation" [1 original + 3 reprints + 1 photocopy] [just 1 original +
1 reprint retained]. Photocopy of a report on the aforementioned Almond and Boone
work that appeared on pages 426-427 of an unknown publication (running title:
Cancer – Radiobiology and radiophysics"). *Photocopy of: "In vivo dosimetry" by
Max L.M. Boone MD [pages 56-57] from: Textbook of radiotherapy [edited by] Gilbert
H. Fletcher. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1966. [AHSL: WN 100 F612T 1966]
[These pages are part of chapter 5, "Electron Beam," by Norah DuV. Tapley.
Photocopied typescript of "The effects of sternum upon the central axis depth dose
curves for high energy electrons" by Peter R. Almond PhD and Max L.M. Boone
MD.
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High-energy electron dose perturbations in regions of tissue
heterogeneity. Part II: Physical models of tissue heterogeneities 1967-1969
Scope and Content Note
Photocopied typescript of "High-energy electron dose perturbations in regions of
tissue heterogeneity. Part II: Physical models of tissue heterogeneities" by P.R.
Almond PhD, A.E. Wright BS, M.L.M. Boone MD [title page + 15 numbered pages
followed by 11 figures]. Photocopy of Author's abstract form for Second
International Conference on Medical Physics, August 11-15, 1969, Boston: "In vivo
dosimetry in high-energy electron therapy" by Boone and Almond. Reprint request
cards from Dr. P.E. Morrow, Radiation Biology & Biophysics, School of Medicine
& Dentistry, Rochester, NY; Dr. I. Trujillo, Instituto Venezolano de
Investigaciones Cientificas, Caracas; and Dr. H. Aiginger, Atominstitut der
Österr. Hochschulen, Wien, Austria.
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Biological dosimeters' and assessment of damage in radiation accidents,
negatives 1966
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of 'Biological dosimeters' and assessment of damage in radiation
accidents" | Max L.M. Boone MD | M.D. Anderson Hospital & Tumor Institute |
May 1966 ["April 9, 1966" typed at top of page; also, handwritten "Dr. Miller"]
[26 numbered pages followed by a figure legend page, figures, a table and a
bibliography]. Mounted photographic negatives (4) corresponding to four of the
figures in the preceding item.
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High energy electron dose perturbations in regions of tissue
heterogeneity. Part I: In vivo dosimetry 1967-1971
Scope and Content Note
Original typescript of the Boone, Jardine, Wright and DuV. Tapley article
including black-and-white photos of the figures 1/7/1971 typed carbon letter on
onion skin paper to M.P. Olivares, Ciudad Sanitaria Provincial, Francisco Franco
Hospital Oncologico Marquesa de Villaverde, Madrid from Theresa Russell, Secretary
to Boone: "…we no longer have reprints of the article entitled 'High-energy
electron dose perturbations in regions of tissue heterogeneity'…" Reprint request
card from Olivares.
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Clippings, photographs 1961, undated
Scope and Content Note
Newspaper clipping: "The [Pero, Indiana] Tribune asks…Are Americans getting soft?"
"We eat too much, walk too little" by Dr. Max Boone. Peru (Ind.) Tribune, February
6, 1961, page 4. [Includes photo of Boone] [See also reverse side.]
Black-and-white photo: [Medical school class with instructors standing on steps in
front of medical building? Boone here?] Portrait and copy [of Boone?]
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Publications, clippings, correspondence 1972-1976
Scope and Content Note
Photocopy of 6/1/1979 memo from Boone to Robert S. Heusinkveld MD, PhD
[then-Radiation Oncology division head (?) in the UA COM Department of
Radiology]re "A preliminary statement of research goals and plans": "Spontaneous
animal tumors…clinical hyperthermia…selective heating of tumors from external
electromagnetic or inductive fields…budget". 5/16/1972 typed carbon copy to [?]
Mr. George Mack from [?] Boone re "Personnel for the Division of Radiation
Oncology". UA COM Department of Radiology "Site visit agenda" for 2/2/1972.
Photocopy of undated memo to Merlin K. DuVal from M. Paul Capp re "Radiation
Oncology expansion": "…and as we anticipated, we find ourselves in a crisis
situation regarding the care of cancer patients requiring radiation therapy… I
formally request that we proceed with adjacent new construction to the Radiation
Oncology wing…" [following attached:] 6/12/1973 memo from John B. Trimble,
Director [?], UA Division of Physical Resources to Mr. Sherwood E. Carr, UA Vice
President and Treasurer, Division of Business Affairs re "Modifications to Room
0414, Arizona Medical Center": "I would like to recommend that we proceed to issue
a contract to Lloyd Construction Company…" [Request approved per Carr's signature
dated 7/9/1973]. Various additional memos and documents related to this
construction project. Copy of 4/23/1974 memo to Mr. Lawrence D'Antonio from Marvin
D. Johnson, Vice President, University Relations re "Dr. James Simpson & Lea
Rosa Simpson Foundation for the University of Arizona College of Medicine Building
and Educational Fund" requesting assistance from the foundation toward the
purchase of a house at 1842 East Elm so that it could be converted into research
laboratory space. Copy of 7/10/1973 CLINAC #1 and CLINAC #2 "daily schedule".
"Radiation Therapy operating expenses" including budget, needs and estimated
operating expenses for July 1972-July 1973. Copy of 6/13/1972 memo from Dr.
William Connor, Department of Radiology, to Dr. M.P. Capp, Mr. G. Ellis and Mr. G.
Mack re "Categories list for ACRO fund expenditures" [total: $2,205,365]. Copy of
undated "Radiotherapy Center Development Plan". Copy of "Radiotherapy Center
Development Plan | Supplement – April 8, 1972". "Expansion of the expiration date
of House Bill 2369 from January 1, 1974 to January 1, 1977" ["Information copy
only"]. Copy of undated "Proposal for a Radiation Therapy Center | The University
of Arizona | Arizona Medical Center" [handwritten notations on cover page]. Typed
6/1/1976 letter to Boone from William Z. Penland, Head, Bioengineering Unit,
Office of the Director, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute:
"I very much appreciate your kind invitation to visit…on June 7th… Dr. Tom
Cetas…Dr. Atkinson…Dr. Magin" [cc: Dr. DeVita] *Typed 6/8/1976 letter on onion
skin to Boone from Carlos Roberto Monti MD, Hospital Municipal de Campinas,
Departamento de Radioterapia, Campinas, Brazil: "…looking forward to meeting you
here, because next year the XIV International Congress of Radiology will be at Rio
de Janeiro…" Typed carbon letter dated 5/24/1976 from Boone to Edward L. Gillette,
DVM PhD, Professor and Director, Comparative Oncology Unit, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins re interest in collaborating on research [following
attached:] Typed letter dated 5/12/1976 to Boone from Gillette who enjoyed his
recent visit, will send a copy of final proposal for the Comparative Oncology
Research Program as soon as it is available and requests that Boone "…provide a
letter indicating your willingness to act as a consultant and explore
possibilities for direct collaboration between our two institutions." Typed
5/28/1974 letter to Boone from Ralph A. Jackson MD (Hematology, Thomas-Davis
Clinic, Alverson at Fifth Street): "Each and everyone of the 25 patients or so
that have received therapy [in Boone's department] have gone out of their way to
complement your staff for their thoughtfulness, concern and care. I have never
before heard such consistent strongly favorable response concerning any group of
physicians anywhere, much less for a radiotherapy department. In a situation where
technology is the ultimate, the human values shine through stronger than your
rays." Typed carbon copy of 3/31/1975 letter from Boone to Mrs. James F. Cartier,
1217 7th Avenue, Yuma, Arizona: "All of us on the staff of the Radiation Oncology
Division appreciated your lovely letter…" [handwritten: "expired"] [following
attached:] Typed 3/12/1975 letter to Boone from Mrs. James F. Cartier: "…great
praise for the wonderful Doctors and Staff in your Department…Dr. Aristizable…Dr.
Schlichtemeier…Sheryl Plating, Karen, Mike, Jerry…" Typed 8/28/1974 letter to
Boone from Richard Byrne MD, Director, Department of Radiology, Columbia Hospital,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: "…mutual friend, Chuck Kelsey… I am writing to you now
because my father, Basil Byrne, is being treated in your department for carcinoma
of the prostate…." [handwritten: "Dr. Aristizabal is staff dr. for this patient"
and "expired"]. Typed 6/28/1973 letter to Boone from Frank E. Drachman,
Advertising Director, Tucson Newspapers, Inc.: "…sincere appreciation for the
wonderful treatment…extended to Isabel. …she was very fond of all of you and I am
sure that the treatments…extended her life…" [handwritten: "expired"]. Typed
carbon copy of 5/3/1976 letter from Boone to Richard Ericson, BS, JD, Executive
Director, GE-PS Cancer Memorial, Park Ridge, Illinois: "…George Hahn at Stanford
University…Phil Day, Sterling Edwards and Danny Doss at the University of New
Mexico/Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory…Robert Pettigrew. Although I have read
extensively from von Ardenne's work, I will confess that the more I read of his
approach the more confused I become….Dr. Eugene Robinson [University of
Maryland]…" [following attached:] Typed 4/29/1976 letter to Boone from Ericson:
"…Robert T. Pettigrew…M. von Ardenne and R. Kirsch…veterinarian Dr. Philip Day at
the University of New Mexico School of Medicine…Dr. Robert A. Berman MD…Far
Rockaway, NY…Roswell Park…Dr. George Hahn...of Stanford University's Radiology
Laboratory…Dr. W. Sterling Edwards, Chairman of Surgery, New Mexico's Vernalillo
County Medical Center."
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Papers – Wisconsin (Some) 1970-1972
Scope and Content Note
Reprint [?] of : Boone, M. L. M. andWiley, A. L. (1970) Growth points in
radiotherapy. Computers in Radiotherapy, Special Report No. 5. Proceedings of the
second international conference on computers in radiotherapy.Brit. J. Radiol.,
129–133. Reprint of "Fast neutron radiobiology and radiotherapy" by M.L.M. Boone
and J.M. Hevezi published in the Proceedings of the Second Oak Ridge Conference on
the Use of Small Accelerators for Teaching and Research [March 23-25, 1970].
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Mu-mesic x-rays 1972-1973, undated
Scope and Content Note
Typed copy of: "Progress toward using mu-mesic x-rays as a diagnostic tool" by Max
L.M. Boone, John Faust, Richard L. Hutson and Arvid S. Lundy (2 pages). Typed copy
of "Multivariate analysis" (5 sheets) [following attached:] Typed carbon copy of
7/19/1973 letter from Faust to Dr. Richard Hudson, University of California, Los
Alamos Scientific Laboratory: "This is the last section of the Multivariate
Analysis. Dr. Boone feels it is not necessary for me to go to the meeting in San
Diego…" Typed copy dated 12/8/1972 of "Addendum to LAMPF research proposal #100
'Tissue chemical analysis with mu-mesic x-rays' " by Richard L. Hutson, LASL;
Arvid S. Lundy, LASL (4 pages).
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High-energy electron dose perturbations in regions of tissue
heterogeneity 1967, undated
Scope and Content Note
Typescript copy of the Ann N Y Acad Sci article. [Handwritten on backside of last
page: "Dietrich Harder | Max Plank Inst. for Biophysics (?) | Kennedyallee 70 |
Wolfgang Pahlet, Biophysics Institute, | Frankfurt, Germany | Dr. D. Harder |
Julius Maximillans Universitat | Wurzburg, Sanderring 2 (?) | Germany]. Reprint
request card for this Ann N Y Acad Sci article from M. Prignot | Institut du
Cancer | 37, Voer de Capucins | Louvain (Belguique). Reprint request postcard for
same from Marvin Rosenstein | Guest worker, Dosimetry Section | Center for
Radiation Research | C209 Building 245 | U.S. Department of Commerce | National
Bureau of Standards | Washington D.C. 20234 [postcard depicts "Model of the new
National Bureau of Standards Laboratories near Washington"]. Typescript copy of
the Ann N Y Acad Sci article with corrections in pencil.
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Biological dosimeters 1958-1966
Scope and Content Note
Typescript dated 5/9/1966 of " 'Biological dosimeters' and assessment of damage in
radiation accidents" by Max L.M. Boone MD with corrections. [26 numbered pages +
figure legends page + table 1 + 3 numbered bibliography pages + 5 pages of
figures; written on last figure page: "Return negatives"] Printed [proof (?)]
sheets of "Use of somatic chromosomal aberrations in the evaluation of human
radiation exposures" by Michael A. Bender, Biology Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Summer Lecture Series | New York University |
Institute of Environmental Medicine | July 30, 1965. [21 numbered pages, some ink
underlining and squiggles (in bibliography)] Reprint of: Gooch PC, Bender MA,
Randolph ML. 1964. Chromosome aberrations induced in human somatic cells by
neutrons. In: Biological effects of neutron and proton irradiations, Volume I.
Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency. p. 325–342.*Reprint of: Bender MA.
Chromosome aberrations in irradiated human subjects. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1964 Mar
31;114:249-51. [AHSL: WN 610 H218P 1964] Printed [proof (?)] sheets of "Cytogenic
effects of radiation in man" by Michael A. Bender, Biology Division, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Symposium on: Chromosomes and
Pathology. Eighth International Congress of Internal Medicine; November 27, 1964,
Buenos Aires, Argentina. [27 numbered pages + 3 unnumbered pages of figures]
Handwritten bibliography with 5 citations: -Radiation induced chromosome
aberrations – Sheldon Wolff, Columbia University Press, New York, 1963 -Mammalian
radiation lethality, Bond, Fliedner, Archambeau, Academic Press, N.Y. 1965
-Sinclair, W.K. J. Appl. Rad. Isotopes 3: 93, 1958 -Radiation Research, Jan, 1966
-Anderson, D.R., Joseph, B.J., Krise, G.M., and Williams, C.M. ((1958) Amer. J.
Physiol., 192, 247 Letter dated 2/21/1966 to Boone from Eugene L. Saenger MD,
Radioisotope Laboratory, Cincinnati General Hospital, Ohio | University of
Cincinnati, College of Medicine: "As you might suspect, I do not know where you
can find a concise discussion of biological dosimeters, since no one has written
explicitly on this subject recently…Gerber, Hempelmann and Kurohara…Phil
Rubin…Bender…International Atomic Energy Commission…Sheldon Wolff…Bond, Fliedner,
Archambeau…" Manuscript of: " 'Biological dosimeters' and assessment of damage in
radiation accidents" by Max L.M. Boone MD. [Early draft? 20 numbered pages + 3
bibliography pages + 1 page of additions ("Doris, Could you add these to the last
page of the report? Thanks, Max")] [Between pages 4 and 5 appears the following:]
Typescript copy of: "Radiation casualties – Newer aspects of mass casualty care"
by Eugene L. Saenger MD and Max L.M. Boone MD. Presented at the Thirteenth County
Medical Societies Conference on Disaster Medical Care, Chicago, Illinois, November
4, 1962. [12 numbered pages; opened to page 8; "Stop here" in red ink] 2
mimeograph copy diagrams: "Sympathetic, parasympathetic, somatic…" and "Drugs
acting on parasympathetic neuroeffector junctions" Handwritten sheet dated 5/9/66
titled "Core – autonomic nervous system" Handwritten sheet titled "Mechanism of
the effect of ionizing radiation on sodium uptake by human erythrocytes" Reprint:
Blackwell LH, Sinclair WK, Humphrey RM. Effect of whole-body x radiation on plasma
iron disappearance in the rat. Am J Physiol. 1962 Jul;203:87-90. Journal issue:
King ER. Survival in nuclear warfare. Clin Symp. 1962 Jan-Mar;14:3-33. [Author:
Captain E. Richard King, MC, USN] [issue signed in two places by Boone; includes
card inside front cover with this handwritten note: "2, 35 mm slides | one of each
of these 2 pages eliminating gray band at bottom of page" (refers, perhaps, to
pages 18-19)] Reprint: Berry HK, Saenger EL, Perry H, Friedman BI, Kereiakes JG,
Scheel C. Deoxycytidine in urine of humans after whole-body irradiation. Science.
1963 Oct 18;142:396-8. [not retained] Typed letter dated 4/12/1966 from Boone to
Medical Communications: "Please make one slide each 35 mm of the following
pictures…" Photocopied reprint: Moshman J, Upton AC. Depigmentation of hair as a
biological radiation dosimeter. Science. 1954 Feb 5;119(3084):186-7. [with
underlining] Reprinted abstract: Kereiakes JG, Saenger EL, Berry H. Deoxycytidine
levels in the urine of x-irradiated rats. Radiat Res. 1964 May;22(1): Abstract
103. Reprinted abstract: Saenger EL, Kereiakes JG, Berry H. Urinary excretion of
amino acids and nucleosides by cancer patients following whole-body irradiation.
Radiat Res. 1964 May;22(1): Abstract 172. Typescript copy dated March 1967 of "
'Biological dosimeters' and assessment of damage in radiation accidents" by Max
L.M. Boone MD with pencil corrections. [31 numbered pages + table 1 + 3 numbered
bibliography pages] Manuscript pages titled "Rad. Acc * Biol. Dosimeters"
[Radiation accidents and biological dosimeters] [2 double-sided pages] Manuscript
pages titled "Rad. Acc * Biol. Dosimeters" [Radiation accidents and biological
dosimeters] [5 double-sided pages; 3 sheets are pink] Manuscript page titled
"Euraton Report EUR 2505 e(?) (1965) 33p, 14 fig | The feasibility of a new
procedure for biological dosimetry" by Whitfield J. F. ; Kellerer S. ; Brohee H. ;
Youdale T. [Report number: EUR - 2505-GB]
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Obituaries 1996, 2007
Scope and Content Note
Obituary (newspaper clipping dated 11/20/1996): "Max Boone regarded as a 'caring'
doctor | The pioneer in radiation therapy helped develop cancer treatment
techniques" by Paul L. Allen, [Tucson] Citizen Staff writer [newspaper clipping
moved from inside cover of dissertation into this folder] Obituary (newspaper
clipping [dated 11/19/1996] located in inside front cover): "Dr. Max L.M. Boone
dies; UA Cancer Center founder" by Hanh Kim Quach, The Arizona Daily Star
[newspaper clipping moved from inside cover of dissertation into this folder]
Photocopies made 2/5/2007 of the same two obituaries also placed in this
folder
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Dissertation, bound 1968
Scope and Content Note
High-energy electron dose perturbations in regions of tissue heterogeneity: A
dissertation presented to the faculty of the University of Texas Graduate School
of Biomedical Sciences at Houston in partial fulfillment of the requirements for
the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by Max Lee Morrison Boone, AB MD | Houston,
Texas | August 1968. "…Robert J. Shalek PhD, Gilbert H. Fletcher MD, Norah duV.
Tapley MD, John H. Jardine DVM, Peter R. Almond PhD, Ann Elizabeth Wright MS, E.
Howard Crosby MS…John F. Fowler PhD…James Picker Foundation…US. Public Health
Service Research Grant No. CA 06294…Training Grant No. CA 5009 from the National
Cancer Insititute…" [bound; 125 pages] [Vita: pages 123-124]. Obituary (newspaper
clipping dated 11/20/1996 located in inside front cover): "Max Boone regarded as a
'caring' doctor | The pioneer in radiation therapy helped develop cancer treatment
techniques" by Paul L. Allen, [Tucson] Citizen Staff writer [newspaper clipping
moved to Folder 42]. Obituary (newspaper clipping [dated 11/19/1996] located in
inside front cover): "Dr. Max L.M. Boone dies; UA Cancer Center founder" by Hanh
Kim Quach, The Arizona Daily Star [newspaper clipping moved to Folder 42].