| LC control no. | n 79039851 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | American Cancer Society |
| Variant(s) | ACS A.C.S. |
| See also | Predecessor: American Society for the Control of Cancer |
| Beginning date | 1944 |
| Located | Atlanta (Ga.) |
| Found in | Encyc. of assoc., 1988 (American Cancer Society; founded 1913; formerly (1944) American Society for the Control of Cancer) Its WWW home page, June 23, 2008 (American Cancer Society; American Cancer Society, Inc.; ACS) <http://www.cancer.org/> English Wikipedia website, viewed Feb. 23, 2017 (American Cancer Society; the society was originally founded on May 23, 1913 by 15 physicians and businessmen in New York City under the name American Society for the Control of Cancer (ASCC). The current name was adopted in 1944. According to Charity Navigator the ACS is one of the oldest and largest volunteer health organizations; current location: American Cancer Society Center, Atlanta, Georgia) |
| Not found in | NUCMC data from Univ. of Pittsburgh, Univ. Archives |
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