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Murray J. Shear Papers

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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

Harold Leroy Stewart Papers

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Identifier: MS C 228
Abstract

Dr. Harold Stewart became Chief of the Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, in 1939, and was appointed chief of the Pathological Anatomy Department, National Institutes of Health, in 1954. He retired from NIH in 1969. Along with his longtime colleague Dr. Thelma Dunn, pioneered methods to induce cancer of the stomach and intestines in experimental animals.

Dates: 1908-1998

Sarah E. Stewart Papers

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Identifier: MS C 360
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NIH microbiologist and bacteriologist, Stewart was known for her discovery that certain virus strains can jump species and produce cancers in other hosts. Collection consists of biographical data, correspondence, clippings, reprints, oral history memoir, and laboratory notes.

Dates: 1926-1974

Harold E. Varmus Papers

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Identifier: MS C 598
Abstract Correspondence, speeches, administrative files, photographs, and audiovisual materials document the professional career of Harold Eliot Varmus, who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for the discovery of the cellular origins of cancer, and who later served as Director of the National Institutes of Health from 1993-2000 and President of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer from 2000-2010. The bulk of the collection consists of Varmus' speeches and professional activities at...
Dates: 1904-2010

Edward Shorter "The Health Century" Interview Collection

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Identifier: OH 136
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The collection consists of interviews conducted by Edward Shorter in preparation for his book The Health Century (1987).

Dates: 1986-1987

W. H. Sebrell Papers

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Identifier: MS C 354
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Sebrell was appointed director of the National Institutes of Health in 1950.

Dates: 1915-1987

Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

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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)

Joshua Lederberg Papers

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Identifier: MS C 552
Abstract

Lederberg won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum and George Beadle "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria." He was professor of genetics at Stanford University, president of Rockfeller University, and public servant to presidents, national groups, and governmental organizations.

Dates: 1904-2008

Thomas C. Chalmers Papers

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Identifier: MS C 542
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1927-1995

Howard Bartner Papers

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Identifier: MS C 523
Abstract

Illustrations, photographs, negatives, slides, and correspondence document the artistic career of Howard Bartner, a NIH medical illustrator. The bulk of the collection includes pen and ink sketches, paintings, line drawings, and chalk illustrations.

Dates: 1958-2002

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