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There are 219 items in this collection
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Creator / [Collection date] Item information
National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.)  / [1975-1978] Title: National Institute of Mental Health Oral History Collection 1975-1978
Extent: 2.1 linear feet
Call Number: OH 144
Abstract: Interviews with 42 former directors and other individuals significant to the foundation and early history of the National Institute of Mental Health conducted by Eli A. Rubenstein between 1975-1978.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)  / [1937-1983 (bulk 1950-1970)] Title: NIH Directors' Files 1937-1983 (bulk 1950-1970)
Extent: 15 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 536
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, committee agendas and minutes maintained by the Directors office of the National Institutes of Health.
National Institutes of Health (U.S.) Office of the Director / [1949-1971] Title: National Institutes of Health (U.S.) Office of the Director. Congressional Inqueries Correspondence 1949-1971
Extent: 2.8 linear feet (3 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 557
Abstract: Congressional correspondence regarding various aspects of NIH's research programs, appropriations and policy. Topics range from mundane constituent letters to top-level policy questions from Senate and House members.
National League for Nursing  / [1894-1952] Title: National League for Nursing Records 1894-1952
Extent: 6 MS boxes
Call Number: MS C 274
Abstract: Includes proceedings of annual conventions, minutes of meetings, biographical data of early leaders, correspondence, photos, and miscellaneous material.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)  / [1944-1981] Title: National Library of Medicine Miscellaneous Recordings Collection 1944-1981
Extent: 2.75 linear feet
Call Number: OH 70
Abstract: Miscellaneous reel-to-reel tape recordings pertaining to the history of the National Library of Medicine found in HMD.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.)  / [1671-1992] Title: National Library of Medicine correspondence and autograph collection 1671-1992
Extent: 5.04 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 1
Abstract: Collection of items gathered for their autographs of siginficant figues in the history of medicine, the NLM, and U.S. History.
National Library of Medicine (U.S.) Office of the Director / [1944-1989] Title: National Library of Medicine. Office of the Director, Martin M. Cummings Papers 1944-1989
Extent: 116 linear feet (96 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 554
Abstract: Administrative records, correspondence, medical research files, publications, and speeches document the administrative and medical career of Martin Marc Cummings, Director of the National Library of Medicine from 1964-1984. The bulk of the collection consists of Cummings' administrative files as NLM Director.
National Science Foundation Special Committee on Medical Research  / [1948-1975] Title: National Science Foundation Special Committee on Medical Research Records 1948-1975
Extent: 2.1 linear feet
Call Number: MS C 419
Abstract: The papers in the collection reflect the committee's activities and interests. Included in the files are the program analyses prepared for the committee, background information on medical research in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and other information reflective of the state of federal medical research in the mid-1950's.
National Society for Medical Research / [1946-1984] Title: National Society for Medical Research Archives 1946-1984
Extent: 40.1 linear feet (75 boxes, one oversize folder)
Call Number: MS C 417
Abstract: The National Society for Medical Research was established in 1946 with the purpose of insuring the freedom of investigators and teachers to use laboratory animals, whenever such use is justified. Over three hundred organizations supported NSMR. Correspondence, minutes, photographs, publications, clippings, printed matter, and legal cases and legislation covering the society's entire history. Includes extensive materials from antivivisection groups from 1924 to 1983, and a large collection of animal pound laws, federal legislation, and government regulations relating to the research use of animals.
Nemec, Jaroslav, 1910  / [1972-1976] Title: Jaroslav Nemec Medico-Legal Collection 1972-1976
Extent: .8 linear feet (2 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 430
Abstract: Material assembled by Jaroslav Nemec as part of his work at the National Library of Medicine. Included are short biographies of important figures in forensic medicine, a directory of institutes of legal medicine, and correspondence and other material resulting from a project to identify all conferences, congresses, and meetings on legal medicine.
Neurosurgical Society of America  / [1948-1985] Title: Neurosurgical Society of America Records 1948-1985
Extent: 5 linear feet (11 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 375
Abstract: Founded in 1948, the Society was formed to enhance the advancement of the specialty of neurological surgery in America. Includes material relating to incorporation and constitution of the organization, Executive Committee meetings, annual meetings, membership, finances, and activities of the society.
Nichtenhauser, Adolf  / [1933-1955] Title: Adolf Nichtenauser Medical Film Materials 1933-1955
Extent: 10 linear feet (24 boxes)
Call Number: MS C 277
Abstract: Nichtenhauser's major accomplishment is the unpublished "History of Motion Pictures in Medicine." The collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reviews, catalogs, and a variety of printed matter pertaining to technical, historical, educational, and miscellaneous aspects of the medical motion picture.
Nichtenhauser, Adolf, 1903-  / [ca. 1950] Title: Adolf Nichtenhauser History of Motion Pictures in Medicine Collection ca. 1950
Extent: 2.5 linear feet (6 ms boxes)
Call Number: MS C 380
Abstract: Nichtenhauser's major accomplishment is the unpublished History of Motion Pictures in Medicine. This portion of the collection contains his original typescript; several volumes; pagination varies, includes illustrations.
Nirenberg, Marshall W. / [1937-2003 (bulk 1957-1997)] Title: Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers 1937-2003 (bulk 1957-1997)
Extent: 172.5 linear feet (159 boxes + oversize materials)
Call Number: MS C 566
Abstract: Marshall W. Nirenberg is best known for his work on deciphering the genetic code by discovering the unique code words for the twenty major amino acids that make-up DNA, for which he won the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in 1968. This collection of correspondence, laboratory administrative and research materials, and publications documents Nirenberg's career as a researcher in biochemical genetics at the National Institutes of Health.