Series 2: Laboratory Notes and Notebooks, 1946-1971

This series contains materials related to Axelrod's laboratory work. The first subseries includes four sets of lab notes from the late 1940s. The second subseries features eighteen clothbound lab notebooks, mostly from the 1950s, but some date from the 1960s and 1970s. Each notebook's subject is written on the spine, and many of the experiments are undated. The notebooks document Axelrod's research into how caffeine, LSD, and narcotic drugs affect the central nervous system. Most of the work in these notebooks appears to be in Axelrod's hand, some of which is illegible. Despite their age, these items are in relatively good condition.