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Abdellah, Faye Glenn  / [1952-1989] Title: Faye Glenn Abdellah Papers 1952-1989
Extent: 5.4 linear feet, 13 boxes
Call Number: MS C 424
Abstract: Rear Admiral Faye Glenn Abdellah, Ed.D., LL.D., Sc.D., R.N., F.A.A.N. has been a leader in both the development of nursing research and nursing as a profession within the Public Health Service (PHS). She has been active in professional associations devoted to nursing and has been a prolific author with over 130 publications to her credit.
Acadia Institute  / [May 20-22, 1991] Title: "Study of the Sick" Conference : Oral History Collection May 20-22, 1991
Extent: 1 linear foot
Call Number: OH 148
Abstract: Nineteen scientists, medical researchers, sociologists and historians were brought together to engage in a "long discussion" structured by clusters of questions formulated by the co-chairs. The agenda explored the post-war interconnections made between American and European clinical investigators, research teams, and institutions that came to represent these "golden years" of biomedical research.
Adriani, John, 1907-  / [1925-1988] Title: John Adriani Papers, 1925-1988
Extent: 45.4 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 453
Abstract: Dr. John Adriani (1907-1988) was a nationally known anesthesiologist who played a key role in anesthesiology's evolution into a full-blown medical specialty. Most of the collection reflects Adriani's career in anesthesiology after it began to flower in the late 1940s.
Agnew, Cornelius Rea, 1830-1888 / [1857-1888] Title: Cornelius Rea Agnew Papers 1857-1888
Extent: 0.84 linear feet (2 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 272
Abstract: Correspondence and biographical information about New York-based ophthalmologist Dr. Cornelius R. Agnew.
Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation  / [1944- ] Title: Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation - Albert Lasker Awards Archives 1944-
Extent: 15 linear feet (36 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 415
Abstract: The Lasker Awards were given through the American Public Health Association from 1946 through 1960. The collection includes correspondence, nominee files, legal papers, minutes, jury materals, guest lists, clippings, printed material, and files relating to award winners. It documents the selection process, public relations, and presentation of the Albert Lasker Awards. Four-year accumulations of records are added periodically.
Alpha Omega Alpha  / [1894-1968] Title: Alpha Omega Alpha Archives 1894-1968
Extent: 22 MS boxes
Call Number: MS C 271
Abstract: Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society was founded in 1902 by W.W. Root. Material relates to the history, organization, membership, meetings and publications. A large portion of the collection pertain to the different chapters of the Society.
Altemeier, William A.  / [1949-1983] Title: William A. Altemeier Papers 1949-1983
Extent: 2.9 linear feet (7 boxes), 1 map case
Call Number: MS C 411
Abstract: Dr. Altemeier received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati and was in the Department of Surgery at Cincinnati, 1940-78; he was Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the department, 1952-78. A sizable portion of the collection consists of correspondence. Includes letters from Christiaan Barnard, Lester Bryant, Stacey Day, Michael DeBakey, Warfield M. Firor, Steele Mattingly, Roy McClure, Jonathan E. Rhoads, Albert Wyss and Herbert E. Wyss.
American Association for Medical Systems Informatics / [1972-1984] Title: American Association for Medical Systems Informatics Records 1972-1984
Extent: 1.6 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 433
Abstract: On August 19, 1981, the American Association for Medical Systems and Informatics (AAMSI) was incorporated. AAMSI's main purpose is to support patient care, teaching, research, and health administration through the development and implementation of computer systems.
American Association for the Surgery of Trauma / [1938-2004] Title: American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Archives 1938-2004
Extent: 23 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 392
Abstract: The AAST was founded in 1938 with the purposes to furnish leadership and to foster advances in the surgery of trauma; to afford a forum for the exchange of knowledge pertaining to research, practice and training in the surgery of trauma; to stimulate investigation and teaching in the methods of preventing, correcting and treating injuries from all types of accidents; to enhance the study and practice of the surgery of trauma by establishing lectureships, scholarships, foundations, and appropriate evaluation procedures in the surgery of trauma where appropriate; and to afford recognition to those who have contributed to the surgery of trauma by extending to them membership in the Association.
American Association for Thoracic Surgery / [1899-2002] Title: American Association for Thoracic Surgery Archives 1899-2002
Extent: 11 linear feet (9 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 355
Abstract: The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) was founded by Dr. Willy Meyer in 1917 as a venue devoted to exchanging ideas regarding the growing field of thoracic surgery. Other founding members of the AATS include Alexis Carrel, Armistead C. Crump, Nathan W. Green, Howard Lilienthal, Rudolph Matas, and Samuel Robinson. Institutional material, historical manuscripts and data, biographies, member information, curriculum vitae, bibliographies, correspondence, minutes, transcripts, programs, reports, reprints, and photographic media document the association's history and administrative practices and the professional accomplishments of its members.
American Burn Association  / [1917-1996 (bulk 1963-1996)] Title: American Burn Association Archives 1917-1996 (bulk 1963-1996)
Extent: 11.8 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 500
Abstract: The American Burn Association (ABA) is a not-for-profit Illinois corporation dedicated to the treatment of burn victims and their injuries. The collection is of significant interest to researchers as it documents the rapid growth in the body of knowledge relating to burn care, and the development of national standards and procedures for treatment. The collection generally contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, financial statements, printed material, notes, meeting programs, typed speeches, photographs, and artifacts.
American College of Nurse-Midwives / [1910-1999] Title: American College of Nurse-Midwives Records 1910-1999
Extent: 92.25 linear feet (78 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 330a
Abstract: The American College of Nurse-Midwifery (ACNM) was incorporated on 7 November 1955 as the professional organization for certified nurse-midwives in the United States. Meeting minutes, correspondence, reports, publications, subject files, photographs, audio and video tapes, and general and historical document document the activities of the leadership and membership of this professional nurse-midwives association.
American College of Nurse-Midwives  / [1946-1978] Title: American College of Nurse-Midwives Records 1946-1978
Extent: 16.4 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 330
Abstract: Correspondence and documents relating to the founding, membership, meetings, publications, and business of the organization.
American Medical Association / [1906-1969] Title: AMA Deceased Physicians Masterfile 1906-1969
Extent: 87.5 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 556
Abstract: Biographical sketches on note cards for AMA-member physicians that died between 1906-1969.
American Surgical Association  / [1880-2005] Title: American Surgical Association Archives 1880-2005
Extent: 18.7 linear feet (16 boxes and 33 volumes)
Call Number: MS C 379
Abstract: The archives of the American Surgical Association consist mostly of records of the preparation for, and the proceedings of, the Association's annual meetings, including presentation of scholarly papers and presidential addresses.
American-Soviet Medical Society  / [1942-1987 (bulk 1943-1948)] Title: American-Soviet Medical Society Records 1942-1987 (bulk 1943-1948)
Extent: 2.1 linear feet (5 ms boxes)
Call Number: MS C 470
Abstract: The society's major objective was to keep American physicians informed of Soviet medical advances, believing that these advances had not been adequately publicized in the United States. The American-Soviet Medical Society papers consist of the files generated by Robert Leslie as the Society's business manager and an incomplete copy of the FBI's file on Leslie and the society.
Anfinsen, Christian B. (Christian Boehmer), 1916-1995  / [1939-1999 (bulk 1964-1999)] Title: Christian Anfinsen Papers 1939-1999 (bulk 1964-1999)
Extent: 16.9 linear feet (43 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 496
Abstract: Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, Jr. (1916-1995), was an American biochemist who shared the 1972 Nobel Prize for work that helped explain the structure and composition of proteins in living cells. The collection consists primarily of materials related to Anfinsen's scientific career and is geared toward Anfinsen's research activities both inside and outside of the laboratory.
Army Medical Library (U.S.) / [1916-1951] Title: Army Medical Library Archives 1916-1951
Extent: 4.1 linear feet (10 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 309
Abstract: The collection as a whole is rich in material on the Library, its day-to-day operations, and its growth. Especially of interest are the summary histories in Box 1, information on proposed new buildings, merger plans with the Library of Congress, and the very thorough records detailing Mary L. Marshall's role in the development of the AML Classification.
Army Medical Library (U.S.). Office of the Director / [1936-1969] Title: Army Medical Library (U.S.). Office of the Director Correspondence 1936-1969
Extent: 2.31 linear feet (6 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 205
Abstract: Primarily correspondence files of AML/NLM Deputy Director Scott Adams. Topics include AML transfer, MEDLARS origins, science and technology literature and informatics, NLM Extramural Programs creation.
Artz, Curtis P. (Curtis Price), 1915- / [1947-1975] Title: Curtis P. Artz Papers 1947-1975
Extent: 0.84 linear feet (2 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 368
Abstract: Artz was Director of a U. S. Army Surgical Team in Korea in 1953, and became a founding member and first president of the American Burn Association. He later became Professor of Surgery and Chairman of the Department at the Medical University of South Carolina.
Association of American Medical Colleges  / [1938-1966] Title: Association of American Medical Colleges Archives 1938-1966
Extent: 113 MS boxes
Call Number: MS C 267
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, minutes of meetings, reports, printed matter, studies and surveys relating to medical schools, hospitals, faculties and students, associations and societies, institutes and conferences, publications, foundations and funds, pharmaceutical firms, and government affairs and legislation. Most of the material dates from the 1950s and 1960s.
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States  / [1933] Title: Association of Military Surgeons, Wellcome Prize Essays Collection 1933
Extent: 0.21 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 543
Abstract: These 15 essays are entries for the 1933 Sir Henry Wellcome Medal and Prize which is awarded to the author of an article published in the AMSUS official journal, "Military Medicine," or published in another peer-reviewed professional journal.
Association of Military Surgeons of the United States / [c.1901-1941] Title: Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Biographical Sketch Collection c.1901-1941
Extent: 2.94 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 142
Abstract: Contains personal record forms of Association members, created c.1901-c.1909, some correspondence, membership lists and a history of the Association.
Association of State and Territorial Health Officers  / [1946-1967] Title: Association of State and Territorial Health Officers Archives 1946-1967
Extent: 24 MS boxes
Call Number: MS C 270
Abstract: The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials is the national non-profit organization representing the state and territorial public health agencies of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and the District of Columbia. ASTHO's members, the chief health officials of these jurisdictions, are dedicated to formulating and influencing sound public health policy, and to assuring excellence in state-based public health practice. Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, newsletters, conference agenda and resum`es, proceedings of annual meetings, and Executive Committee material.
Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955 / [1912-2005] Title: Oswald T. Avery Collection 1912-2005
Extent: 2.6 linear feet (6 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 497
Abstract: Artificial collection of primarily secondary research materials and photocopies of originals from the Rockefeller Archive Center assembled by Avery's colleague Joshua Lederberg. Avery's career focused on a "systematic effort to understand the biological activities of pathogenic bacteria through a knowledge of their chemical composition," focusing most of his research on a single species of pneumococcus, Diplococcus pneumoniae. The collection falls roughly into two parts: items related to the discovery of the transforming principle and items related to the discovery's reception by the scientific community.
Axelrod, Julius, 1912- / [1910-2004 (bulk 1946-1999)] Title: Julius Axelrod Papers 1910-2004 (bulk 1946-1999)
Extent: 12.1 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 494
Abstract: The collection consists primarily of materials related to Axelrod's scientific career. The bulk of these materials consists of awards, laboratory notebooks, reprints, and photographs. The collection is especially stong in documenting Axelrod's receipt of the Nobel Prize in 1970. There is little correspondence.