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The Controversy over the Regulation of Recombinant DNA Research, 1975-1981: Documents

[Director's Advisory Committee]. February 1976.
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Metadata Record Lederberg, Joshua. "Statement Concerning Safety Hazards Associated with Research on Recombinant DNA Molecules." Speech. 3 Images. 28 February 1975. pdf (338,638 Bytes) ocr (9,397 Bytes)
Metadata Record National Academy of Sciences. National Research Council. "Summary Statement of the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA Molecules." Official Report. Summary. 16 Images. 20 May 1975. pdf (1,119,905 Bytes) ocr (26,055 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Fredrickson, Donald S.]. "Summary of the Proposed Guidelines for Research on Recombinant DNA Molecules." Draft. Summary. 37 Images. 27 February 1976. pdf (2,548,799 Bytes) ocr (56,108 Bytes)
Metadata Record United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. [Press release for NIH's recombinant DNA guidelines]. Press Release. 5 Images. 23 June 1976. pdf (323,539 Bytes) ocr (7,464 Bytes)
Metadata Record National Institutes of Health. "Containment." Section II in National Institutes of Health: Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules. National Institutes of Health, [June 1976]. Pp. 4-16. Excerpt. Monograph. 13 Images. pdf (1,028,683 Bytes) ocr (24,706 Bytes)
Metadata Record National Institutes of Health. "Experimental Guidelines." Section III in National Institutes of Health: Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules. National Institutes of Health, [June 1976]. Pp. 17-19. Excerpt. Monograph. 3 Images. pdf (200,599 Bytes) ocr (4,821 Bytes)
Metadata Record National Institutes of Health. "National Institutes of Health: Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules" [Index and introduction]. National Institutes of Health, [June 1976]. Excerpt. Monograph. 5 Images. pdf (291,678 Bytes) ocr (7,382 Bytes)
Metadata Record "A Scientific Breakthrough" [Editorial]. Washington Post, (2 July 1976). Article. Newspaper Column. 1 Image. pdf (107,103 Bytes) ocr (3,430 Bytes)
Metadata Record Kennedy, Edward M., Jacob K. Javits, and United States Senate. Letter from Edward M. Kennedy and Jacob K. Javits, United States Senate to President Gerald R. Ford. Letter (correspondence). 3 Images. 19 July 1976. pdf (268,592 Bytes) ocr (5,783 Bytes)
Metadata Record Kennedy, Edward M., and United States Senate. Committee on Labor and Public Welfare. Letter from Edward M. Kennedy, United States Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare to Donald S. Fredrickson. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 22 July 1976. pdf (72,711 Bytes) ocr (1,398 Bytes)
Metadata Record United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. "Recombinant DNA Research Guidelines. Draft Environmental Impact Statement." Federal Register 41, 176 (9 September 1976): 38426-38483. Legislative Record. Official Report. 59 Images. pdf (15,154,234 Bytes) ocr (538,836 Bytes)
Metadata Record Sinsheimer, Robert L. Letter from Robert L. Sinsheimer to Karim Ahmed, Natural Resources Defense Council. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 28 October 1976. pdf (150,656 Bytes) ocr (3,811 Bytes)
Metadata Record McGowan, Alan, and Scientists' Institute for Public Information. Letter from Alan McGowan, Scientists' Institute for Public Information to Burke K. Zimmerman, Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 5 November 1976. pdf (114,498 Bytes) ocr (2,175 Bytes)
Metadata Record Environmental Defense Fund, and Natural Resources Defense Council. "Petition of Environmental Defense Fund, Inc. and Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare." Petition. 21 Images. 11 November 1976. pdf (1,622,239 Bytes) ocr (34,701 Bytes)
Metadata Record Zimmerman, Burke K., and Environmental Defense Fund. Letter from Burke K. Zimmerman, Environmental Defense Fund to David Mathews, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 11 November 1976. pdf (53,143 Bytes) ocr (1,062 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. "An Overview of the Role of NIH and Other Federal Agencies in the Conduct of Research with Recombinant DNA." Research with Recombinant DNA/G: An Academy Forum. National Academy of Sciences, [7-9 March 1977]. Pp. 255-262. Excerpt. Monograph. 9 Images. pdf (872,608 Bytes) ocr (24,572 Bytes)
Metadata Record United States House of Representatives. [Statement of Donald Fredrickson to the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce]. Legislative Record. 54 Images. 17 March 1977. pdf (4,000,283 Bytes) ocr (86,030 Bytes)
Metadata Record [Fredrickson, Donald S.]. "Chronology of Events in Preparation of 'Environmental Impact Statement: Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules'." List. 5 Images. 18 March 1977. pdf (408,309 Bytes) ocr (9,466 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. "Summary Statement by Donald S. Fredrickson, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health, on Recombinant DNA Technology before the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Senate Committee on Human Resources." Speech. Summary. 9 Images. 6 April 1977. pdf (566,430 Bytes) ocr (12,700 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. [Excerpt from Fredrickson's diary on a hearing with Adlai Stevenson III]. Diary. Excerpt. Memoir. 7 Images. [8, 20 November 1977]. pdf (493,649 Bytes) ocr (11,273 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cohen, Stanley N. Letter from Stanley N. Cohen to Donald S. Fredrickson. Letter (correspondence). 4 Images. 9 November 1977. pdf (395,656 Bytes) ocr (10,342 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. [Excerpt from Fredrickson's diary on the release of the recombinant DNA guidelines into the Federal Register]. Diary. Excerpt. Memoir. 3 Images. 20 July 1978. pdf (157,626 Bytes) ocr (3,439 Bytes)
Metadata Record United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Cancer Institute. Office of Research Safety, and Special Committee of Safety and Health Experts. "Secondary Barriers in Representative P4 Facility." National Institutes of Health Laboratory Safety Monograph: A Supplement to the NIH Guidelines for Recombinant DNA Research. National Institutes of Health, [July 1978]. P. 154. Excerpt. Monograph. Photographic Print. 1 Image. jpg (307,380 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. [Excerpt from Fredrickson's diary on the reaction of several scientists to restructuring the Recombinant DNA Research Advisory Committee]. Diary. Excerpt. Memoir. 1 Image. 29 January 1979. pdf (49,624 Bytes) ocr (1,185 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. "A History of the Recombinant DNA Guidelines in the United States." Recombinant DNA Technical Bulletin 2, 2 (July 1979): 87-90. Speech. Transcript. 4 Images. pdf (611,540 Bytes) ocr (19,540 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. [Excerpt from Donald S. Fredrickson's diary on the exemption of E. coli experiments from the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving Recombinant DNA Molecules]. Diary. Excerpt. Memoir. 3 Images. 29 October 1979. pdf (194,816 Bytes) ocr (4,637 Bytes)
Metadata Record Bereano, Philip L. Letter from Philip L. Bereano to Patricia Harris, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 21 November 1979. pdf (134,420 Bytes) ocr (3,582 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goldstein, Richard. Letter from Richard Goldstein to Donald S. Fredrickson. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 29 December 1979. pdf (271,261 Bytes) ocr (7,429 Bytes)
Metadata Record Wright, Susan. Letter from Susan Wright to Patricia Harris, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Letter (correspondence). 6 Images. 30 December 1979. pdf (701,989 Bytes) ocr (16,555 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. "A History of the Recombinant DNA Guidelines in the United States." Recombinant DNA and Genetic Experimentation, edited by W. J. Whelan and Joan Morgan. Pergamon Press, 1979. Pp. 151-156. Excerpt. Monograph. Proceedings. 6 Images. pdf (639,582 Bytes) ocr (20,650 Bytes)
Metadata Record "Infection Risk Small in Some DNA Experiments." Unknown title, ([ca. 1979]). Article. 1 Image. pdf (96,189 Bytes) ocr (3,133 Bytes)
Metadata Record Robinson, Francine, and Coalition for Responsible Genetic Research. Letter from Francine Robinson, Coalition for Responsible Genetic Research to Patricia Harris, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 21 January 1980. pdf (217,744 Bytes) ocr (6,249 Bytes)
Metadata Record "DNA: Risks and Guidelines" [Editorial]. Washington Post, (4 February 1980). Article. 1 Image. jpg (519,626 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. "Recombinant Reflections." Diary. Excerpt. Memoir. 6 Images. 26 July 1986. pdf (591,819 Bytes) ocr (16,130 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. [Excerpt from Fredrickson's diary on the subsequent revisions of the recombinant DNA guidelines]. Diary. Excerpt. Memoir. 1 Image. June 1988. pdf (49,837 Bytes) ocr (1,128 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. "The Debt to Taft." Diary. Excerpt. Memoir. 3 Images. 7 March 1989. pdf (167,183 Bytes) ocr (3,790 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fredrickson, Donald S. "The Recombinant DNA Controversy: A Memoir: Science, Politics, and the Public Interest 1974-1981" [Introductory Material]. American Society for Microbiology, 2001. Pp. vii-xix. Excerpt. Monograph. 13 Images. pdf (1,128,877 Bytes) ocr (29,397 Bytes)
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