Martin Rodbell Papers
Martin Rodbell Papers
Correspondence, memoranda, laboratory notebooks, research reports, published articles and books, poems, unpublished manuscripts, speeches, news clippings, photographic prints, audiovisual materials, and printed material dating primarily from the 1970s through the 1990s. There are also materials relating to Rodbell's winning the Nobel Prize in 1994. Includes correspondence with other scientists, graduate students, editorial boards, universities, professional organizations, and National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials. The collection documents his extensive professional activities both inside and outside of the laboratory.
- Restrictions
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This collection contains some materials, such as correspondence and peer reviews, that are sensitive and thus restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
- Dates
- Creation: 1925-1999
- Extent
- 11.4 Linear Feet (29 boxes)
- Related Names
- Rodbell, Martin, 1925-1998
- Gajdusek, D. Carleton (Daniel Carleton), 1923-2008
- Korn, Edward D., 1928-
- Racker, Efraim, 1913-
- Ribeiro-Neto, Fernando
- Rodbell, Barbara Ledermann, 1925-
- Jośī, Anila, 1940-
- Schlegel, Werner, 1951-
- American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
- Baltimore City College
- Banbury Center
- Duke University
- Gairdner Foundation
- Georgetown University. Medical Center
- Inspire Pharmaceuticals
- Smith, Kline & French Laboratories
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. School of Medicine
- Medical College of Virginia
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Johns Hopkins University
- Karolinska institutet
- Manzanar Project
- National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
- J. Craig Venter Institute
- Language of Materials
- English
- Script
- Latn
This series contains materials related to the personal life of Martin Rodbell. This series is divided into five subseries, containing biographical materials, writings by Rodbell, non-professional correspondence, documents related to Rodbell's forty year career with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other articles about Rodbell. Apart from an assortment of family letters, the series is surprisingly thin on Rodbell's early life and career. There is, however, a good deal of information about his activities during the 1980s and 1990s. These personal materials also give the researcher good information on Rodbell's numerous appointments, directorships, and organizational affiliations, which are further described in the professional affiliations series.
The first subseries contains biographical materials such as pages from Rodbell's 1939 diary (the original kept in box 26), curricula vitae, family information, and a 1998 memorial service booklet outlining his life. The second subseries features some of Rodbell's writings, including his Ph.D. dissertation, various poems (including his 1994 Nobel Prize poem), and a 1995 book chapter. The next subseries includes various personal correspondence from family, friends, and colleagues. Some of the authors of these materials are unidentified and the topics are clearly of a non-professional or social nature. As Rodbell was associated with the NIH (including the NIEHS), the fourth subseries chronicles some of his NIH appointments, programs, research projects, and laboratory activities. This subseries also contains some of Rodbell's personnel and budgetary materials. The final subseries is a brief collection of articles about Rodbell, featuring a scholarly article in Science about Rodbell's work with the regulators of G proteins.
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- Creation: 1939-1999
I.1 Biographical Materials, 1939-1999
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- Creation: 1939-1999
Photocopy of Rodbell's Diary, 1939
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- Creation: 1939
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- Creation: 1939
Curricula vitae, 1964-1997
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- Creation: 1964-1997
Rodell Family Genealogy
Salomon/Blumenfeld Relationship chart, [no date]
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- Creation: [no date]
Rodbell Biographical Sketch, [no date]
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- Creation: [no date]
Who's Who Correspondence, 1992-1997
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- Creation: 1992-1997
"Memories of Marty" Memorial Service [booklet], 12 February 1999
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- Creation: 12 February 1999
A Tribute to Martin Rodbell, Symposium, NIH, 5 November 1999
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- Creation: 5 November 1999
I.2 Writings by Rodbell
"Some Aspects of Lecithin Metabolism in the Liver," Ph.D. diss., University of Washington, 1954
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- Creation: 1954
Poems and Essays, 1964-1997
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- Creation: 1964-1997
Poems and Essays, [no date]
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- Creation: [no date]
Chapter in a book honoring Albert Renold, 1995
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- Creation: 1995
I.3 Personal Correspondence
"Six Days War" Manuscript, 1967
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- Creation: 1967
Letters to Marty and Barbara, 1971-1975
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- Creation: 1971-1975
Correspondence with Children, 1971-1982
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- Creation: 1971-1982
Rodbell Letter describing European trip, 1988
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- Creation: 1988
Letters from Andras Spat, 1991
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- Creation: 1991
Raymond Kaempfer essay, "The Opera Fans: A Story of Survival,", 1998
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- Creation: 1998
"Portrait of a School," Manuscript, [no date]
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- Creation: [no date]
Party Invitations to the Rodbell Home, 13 August [no year]
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- Creation: 13 August [no year]
Apointments and Programs
NIAMD Assembly of Scientists, 12 March 1964
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- Creation: 12 March 1964
Notes from NIH meeting of scientists, 24-25 April 1970
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- Creation: 24-25 April 1970
Scientific Director of NIEHS, 1984-1988
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- Creation: 1984-1988
Rodbell draft of "Actual Achievements" at NIEHS, 1986
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- Creation: 1986
NIH Scholars Advisor Panel, 30 June 1988
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- Creation: 30 June 1988
Recommendation for Creation of a Senior Biomedical Research Service, 20 July 1988
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- Creation: 20 July 1988
Intramural Research Program, 1993
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- Creation: 1993
NIEHS Scientist Emeritus, 1993-1994
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- Creation: 1993-1994
NIH Senior Executive Service, 1994
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- Creation: 1994
NIH Alumni Association, 1994-1995
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- Creation: 1994-1995
Research Projects
1958-1964
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- Creation: 1958-1964
Citation
Cite Item
[Call Number, Collection Name, Series Number], Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, USA.
Cite Item Description
[Call Number, Collection Name, Series Number], Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, USA. https://findingaids.nlm.nih.gov/repositories/4/resources/945 Accessed August 13, 2025.