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National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

 Organization

Found in 52 Collections and/or Records:

Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 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.

Dates: 1937-2003 (bulk 1957-1997)

Martin Rodbell Papers

 Collection
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

Murray J. Shear Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 548
Abstract

Correspondence, reports, minutes, reprints documenting Dr. Shear's professional activities with the National Cancer Institute, including interaction with the International Union Against Cancer and the American Association for Cancer Research.

Dates: 1908-1983

National Institutes of Health Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 25
Abstract

Contains American College of Physicians certificate presented to NIH (1972), and papers presented at the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of the Clinical Center (1973).

Dates: 1972-1973

National Library of Medicine Miscellaneous Recordings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH 70
Abstract

Miscellaneous reel-to-reel tape recordings pertaining to the history of the National Library of Medicine found in HMD.

Dates: 1944-1981

National Science Foundation Special Committee on Medical Research Records

 Collection
Identifier: 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.

Dates: 1948-1975

NIH Centennial Celebration Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 597
Abstract

Photographs, negatives, videotapes, and speech texts documenting the celebration of NIH's centennial in 1987.

Dates: 1986-1987

NIH Directors' Files

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 536
Abstract

Correspondence, speeches, articles, reports, committee agendas and minutes maintained by the Directors office of the National Institutes of Health.

Dates: 1937-1983 (bulk 1950-1970)

NIH Office of the Associate Director, Program Planning and Evaluation Records

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 420
Abstract

Contains appropriations and obligations for the National Institutes of Health, by institute, from fiscal year 1950 through fiscal year 1984, as generated by the Office of Program Planning and Evaluation's Management Databank.

Dates: 1985