Harvard Medical School

Abstract Albert Baird Hastings was with the U. S. Public Health Service, 1917-21; the Rockefeller Institute, 1921-26; the University of Chicago, 1926-35; and, was Head of the Department of Biochemistry, Harvard University, 1935-59. From 1959-66 he was with the Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation. Collection has extensive general correspondence from individuals as well as relating to conferences and organizations. Includes a large number of photographs. Contains reports, memoranda, and other data,...

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Five lecture cards for Harvard (1815) and at the Académie de Paris (1820)

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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.

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Julius B. Richmond Papers (1941-2004) document the career of the pediatrician and public health advocate. The collection highlights his time as the U.S. Surgeon General as well as his academic career at the State University of New York at Syracuse and Harvard Medical School. It also details important programs which Richmond help establish, such as Head Start.

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Thomas C. Chalmers, MD, clinician- scientist- teacher- administrator- entrepreneur, played a pivotal role in the scientific development of the randomized control trial and clinical trial meta-analysis. Research files, teaching materials, correspondence, publications, conference packets and notes, audiovisuals, and personal material document his life and medical career.