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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Collection Summary
Index Terms
Administrative Information
Restrictions
Other Descriptive Information
Series Descriptions
Personal and Biographical, 1946-1985
General Correspondence
General Correspondence (Miscellaneous), 1936-1979
General Correspondence - Organizations, 1946-1974
U.S. Navy, 1942-1952
Weizmann Institute
Interdisciplinary Communication Associates Publications
Meetings and Conferences, 1946-1973
Reviews, 1954-1974
Writings, drafts
1989 Accession
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| Collection Number: | MS C 405 |
| Creator: | Shelesnyak, M.C. (Moses Chaim), 1909- |
| Title: | Moses Chaim Shelesnyak Papers
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| Dates: | 1946-1979 |
| Quantity: | 7.9 linear feet, 19 boxes |
| Abstract: | Dr. Shelesnyak received his doctorate from Columbia University, and taught physiology, pharmacology, and human growth and development. Includes biographical data, correspondence files with individuals and organizations, U.S. Navy material relating to arctic research, meetings, and conference data, reviews, and publications. |
Dr. Moses Shelesnyak received his doctorate from Columbia University, and taught physiology, pharmacology, and human growth and development. From 1942-49 he was engaged in research projects with the U.S. Navy, including the Canadian Arctic Expedition: Operation Musk Ox. In 1950 he moved to the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, and was active in reproductive physiology research and population-family planning. He returned to the U.S. in 1967 and directed the Interdisciplinary Communications Program of the Smithsonian Institution until 1977.
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Correspondence, diaries, photographs, reports, clippings, publications, and printed matter. Includes biographical data, correspondence files with individuals and organizations, U.S. Navy material relating to arctic research, meetings, and conference data, reviews, and publications. Among the correspondents are Hans Lindner, Elise Ottesen-Jensen, Gregory Pincus, Vilhjalmur and Evelyn Stefansson, and Solly Zuckerman.
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Restrictions
Restrictions
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| MeSH Subjects |
| | Endocrinology |
| | Family Planning |
| | Physiology |
| | Reproduction |
| Personal Names |
| | Lindner, Hans R. |
| | Ottesen-Jensen, Elise, 1886- |
| | Pincus, Gregory, 1903-1967 |
| | Stefansson, Evelyn Schwartz Baird, 1913- |
| | Stefansson, Vilhjalmur, 1879-1962 |
| | Zuckerman, Solly Zuckerman, Baron, 1904- |
| Corporate Names |
| | Interdisciplinary Communications Program |
| | Mekhon Vaitsman le-mada |
| | Smithsonian Institution |
| | Weizmann Institute of Science |
| Geographic Names |
| | Arctic Regions |
| | Israel |
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[Call Number, Collection Name, Series Number], Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, USA.
Acquired in 1984.
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Personal and Biographical, 1946-1985
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Box |
1 | | Biographical Data |
1 | | Membership lists and cards |
1 | | Certificates |
1 | | Oliver Bird Trust and Award, 1957-1959 |
1 | | Lectures and addresses - announcements |
| | Family correspondence, 1961-1973 |
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1 | | | Roslyn Shelesnyak (wife), 1963 |
1 | | | Henry Shelesnyak (son), 1966-1973 |
1 | | | Franz and Betty Sondheimer (daughter), 1961-1972 |
1 | | | Leon L. Cypress (uncle), 1964-1966 |
1 | | Photographs [see index], |
1 | | Diaries, 9146, 1949-1950, 1953-1955 |
1 | | Travel Diaries, 1966?, 1971 |
2 | | Diaries, 1956-1959, 1964-1967, 1970-1974 |
3 | | Diaries, 1975-1977 |
3 | | Appointment calendars, 1957-1962, 1967-1978 |
3 | | Clippings, 1947-1966 |
3 | | Clippings (in Hebrew) |
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General Correspondence
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4 | | Barnea, Ayalla, 1967-1969 |
4 | | Behre, Charles, 1947-1949 |
4 | | Bignami, Giorgio, 1961-1971 |
4 | | Binning, Dennis, 1971-1974 |
4 | | Borth, Rudi, 1962-1972 |
4 | | Bovet, Daniel, 1954-1972 |
4 | | Boving, Bent, 1956-1964 |
4 | | Bush, Ian E., 1962-1965 |
4 | | Challinor, David, 1971-1977 |
4 | | Chambon, Yves, 1954-1968 |
4 | | Chang, M.C., 1955-1974 |
4 | | Chang, M.C., 1955-1974 |
4 | | Cobb, John C., 1964-1970 |
4 | | Cooper, Joseph, 1972-1974 |
4 | | Courrier, Robert, 1957-1967 |
4 | | De-Shalit, Amos, 1967-1968 |
4 | | De Watteville, Hubert, 1959-1971 |
4 | | Donini, Piero, 1961-1966 |
4 | | Eban, Abba, |
4 | | Field, John, 1948-1949 |
4 | | Fisher, Harwood, 1973-1974 |
4 | | Gaekwar, 1973-1974 |
4 | | Galler, Sidney, 1962-1967 |
4 | | Gell, Charles F., 1959-1967 |
4 | | Goldsmith, E.D., 1959-1960 |
4 | | Guttmacher, Alan, 1962-1973 |
4 | | Hartman, Carl, 1954-1964 |
4 | | Hellman, Louis, 1970-1977 |
4 | | Hertz, Roy, 1954-1959 |
4 | | Houssay, Bernard, 1962-1967 |
4 | | Innes-Taylor, Alan, 1948-1949 |
4 | | Jackman, Albert H., 1947-1950 |
4 | | Jailer, Joseph, 1954-1959 |
4 | | Johnson, T.H., 1958-1959 |
4 | | King, Barry G., 1952-1965 |
4 | | Kisch, Eldad, 1965-1968 |
4 | | Kraicer, Peretz, 1963-1975 |
4 | | Kuempel-Holmes, Jane, 1951-1968 |
5 | | Lebensohn, Zigmond, 1953-1977 |
5 | | Lindner, Hans, 1965-1969 |
5 | | Loewe, Walter S. and Ida, 1954-1966 |
5 | | Marcus, George, 1965-1976 |
5 | | Mayer, Gaston, 1959-1974 |
5 | | Meir, David, 1967-1968 |
5 | | Meites, Joseph, 1955-1974 |
5 | | Mendelssohn, Henrich, 1967-1973 |
5 | | Michaelis, Anthony, 1959-1977 |
5 | | Muhlbock, Otto, 1956-1966 |
5 | | Nazer, Isam, 1973-1976 |
5 | | Nelkin, William, 1969-1970 |
5 | | Novak, Franc, 1966-1970 |
5 | | Nuriel, Ezra, 1967-1971 |
5 | | Okediji, Olu, 1973-1975 |
5 | | Ottesen-Jensen, Elise, 1957-1971 |
5 | | Parkes, Alan, 1955-1976 |
5 | | Pincus, Gregory, 1954-1966 |
5 | | Psychoyos, A., 1960-1971 |
6 | | Ramsey-Klee, Diane, 1969-1977 |
6 | | Reed, John, 1949-1970 |
6 | | Rothschild, Irving, 1961-1966 |
6 | | Rothschild, Victor, 1956-1968 |
6 | | Schayer, Richard W., 1957-1967 |
6 | | Schroeder, Henry A., 1946-1969 |
6 | | Shechter, Betty, 1966-1970 |
6 | | Sinding, Steven, 1972-1976 |
6 | | Smelser, George, 1951-1962 |
6 | | Stefansson, Vilhjalmur and Evelyn, 1946-1953 |
6 | | Strauss, Jerome, 1967-1972 |
6 | | Tachi, Chikashi, 1967-1974 |
6 | | Tausk, Marius, 1958-1972 |
6 | | Tullner, William, 1966-1967 |
6 | | Varavudhi, Puttipongse, 1967-1968 |
6 | | Velasco Suarez, Manuel, 1972-1974 |
6 | | Villee, Claude, 1959-1967 |
6 | | Vollmer, Irwin, 1957-1970 |
6 | | Westman, Axel, 1955-1959 |
6 | | Von Euler, U.S., 1957-1970 |
6 | | Weisgal, Meyer, 1956-1967 |
6 | | Witschi, Emil, 1963-1967 |
6 | | Yitzchaki, Rina, 1967-1974 |
6 | | Zuckerman, Solly, 1955-1976 |
6 | | Zuckerman, Solly - Misc. materials |
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General Correspondence (Miscellaneous), 1936-1979
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7 | | A - G |
8 | | H - R |
9 | | S - Z |
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General Correspondence - Organizations, 1946-1974
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9 | | Aero Medical Association, 1946-1949 |
9 | | Agency for International Development, 1971-1974 |
9 | | A.I.D. - El Salvador, 1973-1974 |
9 | | American Psychiatric Association Task Force, 1972-1974 |
9 | | American Society for the Study of Sterility, 1960-1965 |
9 | | Biological Sciences Communication Project, 1970-1973 |
9 | | Brush Foundation, 1960-1961 |
9 | | Center for Population Research - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 1970-1975 |
9 | | CIBA Foundation, 1950-1977 |
9 | | Commercial Solvents Corporation, 1963-1967 |
9 | | Committee for International Coordination of National Research in Demography, 1972-1974 |
9 | | Corporacion Centro Regional De Poblacion, 1975-1977 |
9 | | East-West Center, 1973-1975 |
9 | | Encyclopedia Americana, 1947 |
9 | | European Society for the Study of Drug Toxicity, 1963-1966 |
9 | | International Brain Research Organization - UNESCO, 1960-1967 |
10 | | International Planned Parenthood Federation, 1957-1977 |
10 | | I.P.P.F. - Medical Committee, 1963-1971 |
10 | | I.P.P.F. - Research Committee, 1959-1967 |
10 | | International Society of Endocrinology, 1964-1967 |
10 | | International Society for Research in the Biology of Reproduction, 1965-1971 |
10 | | Internet, 1973-1974 |
10 | | Mansys Associates, 1961-1970 |
10 | | National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1968-1972 |
10 | | N.V. Organon, 1958-1967 |
10 | | Office of Naval Research - Orr Reynolds, 1953-1955 |
10 | | Office of Naval Research - Sidney Galler, 1955-1961 |
10 | | Office of Naval Research - London Office, 1955-1961 |
10 | | Playtex, 1961 |
10 | | Population Council, 1953-1977 |
10 | | Population Crisis Committee, 1968-1974 |
10 | | Reproduction Crisis Committee, 1968-1974 |
10 | | Sandoz, 1954-1979 |
10 | | Schering A.G., 1969-1970 |
10 | | Smithsonian, 1966-1967 |
10 | | Smithsonian, 1966-1977 |
10 | | Society for the Study of Fertility, 1957-1968 |
10 | | Society Royale Belge de Gynecologie et D' Obstetrique, 1957-1958 |
10 | | Syntex, 1961-1972 |
11 | | Undersea Exploration Society of Israel, 1962-1970 |
11 | | Unesco, 1953-1960 |
11 | | University of Chile, 1963-1967 |
11 | | Weizmann Institute, 1953-1969 |
11 | | Weizmann Institute - American Committee, 1966-1969 |
11 | | Wellcome Foundation, 1957-1967 |
11 | | Worcester Foundation, 1967-1975 |
11 | | Worcester Foundation Training Program, 1958-1964 |
11 | | World Health Organization, 1962-1977 |
11 | | W.H.O. - R.T. Hill, 1964-1966 |
11 | | W.H.O. - A. Kessler, 1966-1967 |
11 | | Organizations - Miscellaneous, 1936-1977 |
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U.S. Navy, 1942-1952
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12 | | Documents, 1942-1949 |
12 | | Official Correspondence, 1942-1952 |
12 | | Duty Orders, 1942-1952 |
12 | | Travel Orders, 1945-1949 |
12 | | Projects and Reports, 1942-1945 |
12 | | Patents, 1943-1944 |
12 | | Appointments-Conferences, Boards, 1944-1949 |
12 | | Program Proposals, 1945 |
12 | | Statement Before Senate Armed Services Committee, 1948? |
12 | | Notes on Leaving the Office of Naval Research, 1949 |
| | Arctic Materials, 1946-1950, 1969 |
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12 | | | Navy Arctic Program - Proposals, 1946-1948 |
12 | | | "Arctic Laboratory" (Partial MS) - John Reed and Andreas G. Ronhovde |
12 | | | Papers on the Arctic, 1946-1950 |
12 | | | Seminar on Problems of the Arctic - Papers, 1949-1950 |
12 | | | Naval Arctic Research Laboratory Symposium, 1969 |
| | Operation Musk Ox - Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1945-1946 |
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12 | | | Supply Documents, 1945-1946 |
12 | | | Transcription of Letters, 1945-1946 |
12 | | | Personal Letters, 1946 |
12 | | | Miscellaneous Material, 1946 |
13 | | | Log Books and Diaries, 1945-1946 |
13 | | | Diary Transcription, 1945-1946 |
13 | | | Daily Log, 1946 |
13 | | | Charts, 1946 |
13 | | Arctic - Printed Matter |
13 | | Encylopedia Arctica, 1947-1950 |
13 | | Encyclopedia Arctica - Drafts, 1948-1950 |
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Weizmann Institute
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13 | | Printed Matter |
| | Weizmann Institute, 1950-1966 |
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14 | | | Research Reports, 1950-1965 |
14 | | | Israel Government - Miscellaneous, 1951-1962 |
14 | | | Research Reports - Birmingham, 1957-1958 |
14 | | | International Conference, 1959-1960 |
14 | | | Budgets - Sandoz Project, 1961-1962 |
14 | | | Yeda - Sandoz Project, 1961-1962 |
14 | | | Proposals and Reports - Institute of Biodynamics, 1961-1967 |
14 | | | Proposal drafte for W.H.O., 1962 |
14 | | | Grant Proposals, 1963-1964 |
14 | | | Inquiries re: Ergocornine, 1963-1964 |
14 | | | Research with Tel-Hashomer Hospital, 1963-1965 |
14 | | | Report - "Studies on the Mechanism of Nidation", 1964? |
14 | | | Canadian West Mining Affair, 1964 |
14 | | | Research Reports - Sandoz, 1964-1965 |
14 | | | Kaltman and Company Affair, 1964-1965 |
14 | | | Re: Swedish Research Grants, 1964-1966 |
| | Interdisciplinary Communications Program, 1967-1975 |
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14 | | | Miscellaneous Material, 1970-1975 |
14 | | | List of Participants - Conferences, 1967-1975 |
14 | | | Proposals, 1969-1971 |
14 | | | Budgets, 1970-1972 |
14 | | | Conferences, 1972-1973 |
14 | | "Chronology of Events Relating to the Proposed Continuation of the I.P.P.A.", 1976 |
14 | | Interdisciplinary Communication Associates, 1977 |
14 | | I.C.P. Conferences, 1967-1975 |
15 | | Interdisciplinary Communications Program - Printed Matter |
15 | | I.C.P. - Semi-Annual and Annual Reports, 1971-1975 |
16 | | Transcript of Proceedings - Third Annual Meeting of the Advisory Council, International Program for Population Analysis, 1975 |
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Interdisciplinary Communication Associates Publications
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16 | | Philosophy and Technology of Drug Assessment, Volume 1-7 |
16 | | Utilization of Space Biosciences Technology, Volume 1 |
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Meetings and Conferences, 1946-1973
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17 | | Meetings Attended, 1946-1949 |
17 | | Papers and Remarks - Conferences, 1948-1970 |
17 | | Conferences Attended - Programs, 1950-1973 |
17 | | Bombay Seminar, 1955-1956 |
17 | | Minutes - I.P.P.F. Committees, 1959-1968 |
17 | | Meetings Attended - Misc. Minutes, 1960-1973 |
17 | | National Institute of Child Health and Human Development - Puerto Rico Meeting, 1965-1966 |
17 | | Meetings - Notes |
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Reviews, 1954-1974
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17 | | Child Development Abstracts - Reviews, 1954-1973 |
17 | | Reviews of Grant Proposals - National Science Foundation, 1967-1973 |
17 | | Review of Journal Manuscripts, 1969-1974 |
17 | | Reviews of Contract Proposals - N.I.C.H.D., 1970-1971 |
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Writings, drafts
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17 | | Drafts of Book Reviews |
17 | | Drafts of Publications |
18 | | Miscellaneous Typescripts |
18 | | "Steroids in Nidation" - George Marcus and M.C.S. |
18 | | Growth of Population: Consequences and Controls, ed. M.C. Shelesnyak, , 1969 |
18 | | Ovum Implantation: Its Hormonal, Biochemical, Neurophysiological and Immunological Bases, Ed, M.C. Shelesnyak, 1969 |
18 | | Publications and Reprints, 1930-1944 |
18 | | Aviation Hygiene Training, 1943 |
19 | | Publications and Reprints, 1945-1975 |
19 | | Frontiers in the Teaching of Physiology: Computer Literacy & Simulation, ed. Charles S. Tidball and M.C.S., 1981 |
19 | | Miscellaneous Printed Matter |
20 | | Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Population Growth, Belmont Conference Center, Maryland, 1971 |
20 | | Shelesnyak Material in the Ford Foundationi Archives |
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20 | | | Invertebrate Zoology notebook (Dr. Noland) |
20 | | | Art History paper, 1928 |
20 | | | BA Thesis, University of Wisconsin (orginal and copy), 1930 |
| | 1981 Nidation Symposium Materials, 1979-1985 |
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21 | | | Background material and M.C.S. correspondence, 1985 |
21 | | | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1985 |
| | | General Correspondence (all from 1985, except when noted), 1985, et al. |
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21 | | | | Bowen, John (Syntex) |
21 | | | | Brandon, Janet |
21 | | | | De Feo, Vincent J. |
21 | | | | Dey, S.K., 1979, 1985 |
21 | | | | Johnson, Donald 1979, 1981 |
21 | | | | Kennedy, Thomas |
21 | | | | Lala, P.K. |
21 | | | | Leroy, Fernand |
21 | | | | Marcus, George |
21 | | | | Mead, Rodney |
21 | | | | Moulton, Bruce, 1984-1985 |
21 | | | | Parr, Margaret |
21 | | | | Psychoyos, Alex |
21 | | | | Segal, Sheldon |
21 | | | | Tachi, Chikoshi |
21 | | | | Waserman, Manfred, 1984-1985 |
21 | | | | Yitzchaki, Rina |
21 | | | | Yochim, Jerome |
21 | | | | Yoshinaga, Koji |
21 | | | "Nidation History" : galley proofs and revisions |
21 | | | Nidation: a Symposium Held In Honor of Professor M.C. Shelesnyak, ed. Koji Yoshinaga, 1986 |
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Addenda - Photographs
M.C. Shelesnyak - Portraits and photos taken at Weizmann Institute |
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Family Photographs |
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Dr. Shelesnyuak with colleauges and friends, including:
Abba Eban |
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Amalia Fleming |
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Shri Nehru |
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Elise Ottesen-Jensen |
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Michael Wilcox Perrin |
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S. Radhakrishnan |
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Lady Rama Rau |
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Shou-Town Tsou |
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Abbe Fulbert |
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You Lou |
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Dr. Shelesnyak and colleagues at Weizmann Institute, including:
andersen, Lucile |
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Adisman, Kenneth |
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Bakamjian, Vahram |
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Berelson, Bernard |
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Bloedorn, Fernando G. |
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Brown, Robert L. |
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Clark, R. Lee |
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Conley, John |
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Dietz, J. Herbert |
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Diedrich, William M. |
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Egerton, Milton T. |
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Everett, John |
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Folley, S.J. |
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Golden, Joshua |
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Healey, John E., Jr. |
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Hills, W.J. |
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Keith, Liza |
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Laney, William R. |
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Leavitt, Lewis A. |
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Lebensohn, Zigmond |
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Lennenberg, Edith |
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Liverman, Lonis W. |
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Loeb, Leo |
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Loewe, Walter S. |
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Lufburrow, William A. |
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MacComb, William S. |
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Martin, Richard G. |
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Moreton, Robert D. |
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Murphy, Eugene F. |
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Parsons, Langdon |
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Pool, J. Lawrence |
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Remine, W.H. |
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Sinding, Steven |
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Snyderman, Reuben K. |
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Stein, Justin J. |
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Velasco, Suarez, Manuel |
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Wilson, Vernon E. |
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Zondek, Bernard |
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Conferences:
Steroid Congress, Milan - M.C. Shelesnyak and M.C. Chang1966 |
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Ford Foundation Conference On the Physiology of Human Reproduction, Venice1966 |
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Shering Symposium IV, Venice. Includes: Hans Lindner, Gerhard Raspe, 1970 |
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Interdisciplinary Communications Program Conferences, 1972-1974 |
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Conference On The Philosophy And Technology Of Drug Assessment, 1973. Participants include:
Craig Burwell |
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R.L. Hodge |
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Louis Lasagna |
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Jerome Levine |
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Herbert Ley |
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Ake Liljestrand |
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Rudolf Preisig |
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Derek Quantock |
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Kumeo Shirota |
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Owen Wade |
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Other
First Aid Kit for Aviation Personnel, Designed by M.C. Shelesnyak, 1944 |
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Operation Musk Ox - Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1945-1946 |
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Arctic Scene |
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Man and Snowplane, 1946-1947? |
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U.S.S. Nautilus in the Arctic, 1931, 1937 |
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