National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:
Animal Research at the NIH. Video Cassette of Television Programs on the Topic
UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. 81 Video Cassettes organized under various topics.
Bernadine Healy Papers
Bernadine Healy (1944-2011) was a cardiologist who served as the first female director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) between 1991 and 1993. In addition to her work at Johns Hopkins University and the Cleveland Clinic, she also served as CEO of the American Red Cross and President of the American Heart Association. She is well-known for her work helping to establish equality for women in health policy and research, notably establishing the Women's Health Initiative at NIH.
Bess Furman (Armstrong) Papers - Project materials pertaining to a history of the U.S. Public Health Service
Manuscript copy, and related materials, of Furman's history of the Public Health Service, 1798-1948, ending with the administration of Dr. Thomas Parran.
Christian Anfinsen Papers
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.
Correspondence of Wyndham D. Miles
UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Materials relating to Miles' history of the NIH. Includes correspondence between Dr. Miles and Harold J. Abrahams, and a 1988 draft obituary of Abrahams.
DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Papers
DeWitt Stetten, Jr., informally know as Hans, was a noted biochemist and Deputy Director of the National Institutes of Health. The collection primarily documents Stetten's post-NIH activities between 1979 and 1990 when he acted as a consultant to the NIH, especially through his personal correspondence which makes up the bulk of the collection.
Donald S. Fredrickson Papers
Edward Shorter "The Health Century" Interview Collection
The collection consists of interviews conducted by Edward Shorter in preparation for his book The Health Century (1987).
Harold E. Varmus Papers
Harold Leroy Stewart Papers
Dr. Harold Stewart became Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, in 1939, and was appointed chief of the Pathological Anatomy Department, National Institutes of Health, in 1954. He retired from NIH in 1969. Along with his longtime colleague Dr. Thelma Dunn, pioneered methods to induce cancer of the stomach and intestines in experimental animals.