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NIH Centennial Celebration Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS C 597
NIH Centennial Celebration Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS C 597
Collection consists mostly of photographs and accompanying 35mm negatives taken during NIH Centennial activities during 1987. The texts of four speeches delivered on October 16, 1987 are the collection's only documents. Some of the photographed activities are represented among five videocassettes, which also cover some news items promoting the centennial.
- Access Restrictions
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No restrictions on access.
- Dates
- Creation: 1986-1987
- Extent
- 3.5 Linear Feet (3 boxes)
- Related Names
- National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- Language of Materials
- English
- Language of Materials
- English
Series 1: Speeches, 1987
Series
- Dates
- Creation: 1987
Presentation given by Mrs. William McCormick Blair, Jr., vice president, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation to the NIH on its 100th anniversary, October 16, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
- Dates
- Creation: October 16, 1987
"NIH Centennial presentation" - Edward N. Brandt, J., October 16, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
- Dates
- Creation: October 16, 1987
"The NIH: a remarkable concept" - Theodore Cooper, October 16, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
- Dates
- Creation: October 16, 1987
Remarks - Arthur Kornberg, October 16, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
- Dates
- Creation: October 16, 1987
- Dates
- Creation: 1987
Alphabetical and Numeric sets
Sub-Series
1 - Saturday, orientation dinner - Scholars/Teachers Program, February 28, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
- Dates
- Creation: February 28, 1987
1A - Sunday, tours of D.C. - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 1, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
- Dates
- Creation: March 1, 1987
2 - Saturday, Feb. 28, orientation dinner - Sunday, March 1, NAS reception - Scholars/Teachers Program, February 28-March 1, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
- Dates
- Creation: February 28-March 1, 1987
3 - Sunday, NAS recption, awards ceremony - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 1, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
- Dates
- Creation: March 1, 1987
4 - Sunday, NAS reception - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 1, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
- Dates
- Creation: March 1, 1987
5 - Sunday 3/1/87, actual NAS awards received - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 1, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
- Dates
- Creation: March 1, 1987
6 - Sunday, actual awards - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 1, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
- Dates
- Creation: March 1, 1987
7 - Sunday, NAS dinner- Monday, Nobelist lunch - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 1, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
- Dates
- Creation: March 1, 1987
8 - Monday, Nobelists luncheon, pre and post luncheon - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
9 - Sabin and individual Nobelists, Monday lunch - Scholars/Teachers Progranm, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
10 - Monday lunch speakers, Watson, Sabin, Wyngaarden - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
11 - Nobelist lunch, Wyngaarden, Sabin - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
11A - Monday lunch, Windom - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
12 - Nobelist lunch, Watson, Masur presentation - Scholars/ Teachers Program, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
13 - Masur auditorium - Scholars/Teachers Program, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
14 - Monday, Masur auditorium, Fauci and labs, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
15 - Monday, Masur, NIH labs, HHMI reception, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 21
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
16 - Kennedy breakfast, Kennedy handshaking, March 3, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 22
- Dates
- Creation: March 3, 1987
17 - Kennedy speaking and shaking hands, March 3, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 23
- Dates
- Creation: March 3, 1987
18 - Kennedy breakfast, hand shaking, Tuesday, March 3, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 24
- Dates
- Creation: March 3, 1987
19 - Kennedy shaking hands, HHMI dinner, teachers part, March 3, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 25
- Dates
- Creation: March 3, 1987
20 - Tuesday, Kennedy speaking and senator from Arizona, March 3, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 26
- Dates
- Creation: March 3, 1987
21 - HHMI reception, teacher certificates, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 27
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
21 - Monday night reception, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 28
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
22 - Monday night reception and teacher certificates, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 29
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
23 - Monday night, teacher certificates, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 30
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
24 - Monday night, teacher certificates, March 2, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 31
- Dates
- Creation: March 2, 1987
B - Opening ceremony, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 32
- Dates
- Creation: 1987
L - Opening ceremony, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 33
- Dates
- Creation: 1987
M - Opening ceremony, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 34
- Dates
- Creation: 1987
N - Opening ceremony, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 35
- Dates
- Creation: 1987
P - Opening ceremony, 1987
File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
- Dates
- Creation: 1987
Citation
Cite Item
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). NIH Centennial Celebration Collection. 1986-1987. Located in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 597.
Cite Item Description
National Institutes of Health (U.S.). NIH Centennial Celebration Collection. 1986-1987. Located in: Archives and Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 597. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/663 Accessed September 03, 2025.