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National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:

Christian Anfinsen Papers

 Collection — Box 43
Identifier: 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.

Dates: 1939-1999 (bulk 1964-1999)

Irvine H. Page, M.D. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 386
Abstract Irvine H. Page, M.D., was born in 1901 in Indianapolis. From 1931 to 1937 while working with Dr. Donald Van Slyke at the Rockefeller Institute Dr. Page began a life-long series of investigations on hypertension. A large portion of the collection relates to the National Academy of Sciences. The collection also contains volumes of laboratory data and notes taken by Page from chemistry lectures in college, notes on his unpublished history of hypertension research, and copies of his editorials...
Dates: 1917-1989

John Shaw Billings Papers at New York Public Library [microform]

 Collection
Identifier: MS Film 25
Abstract

When John Shaw Billings left the Army in 1895 to become first a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and shortly thereafter the director of the New York Public Library, he took with him many of his personal and professional papers.

Dates: 1854-1913

Martin Rodbell Papers

 Collection — Box 27 - RECORDS CLOSED
Identifier: MS C 495
Abstract This collection documents the life and career of American biochemist and molecular endocrinologist Martin Rodbell. The papers consists primarily of professional and travel correspondence, materials related to awards and prizes (including the Nobel and the Gairdner), Rodbell's reprints, laboratory notebooks, photographic prints, and some personal papers. Most of the materials come from the 1970s through the 1990s. The collection documents his extensive professional activities both inside and...
Dates: 1925-1999