| 1 | Creator: | Amoss, Harold Lindsay, 1886-1956 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Harold Lindsay Amoss Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1918-1922 | | | | Abstract: | A pathologist and researcher at the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, 1914-1922, Harold Linday Amoss (1886-1956) specialized in research on infectious diseases ranging from poliomyelitis to meningitis, erysipelas, brucellosis, and encephalitis.
The Amoss Papers are comprised primarily of materials relating to Harold Amoss' medical service in the United States Army during the First World War (1918-1919), to his research at the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research, 1920-1922, and to his efforts to develop vaccines for meningitis and poliomyelitis. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.Am6 | | | | Extent: | 2.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Amoss, Harold Lindsay, 1886-1956 | Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970 | Beckwith, H. K. | Chesney, Alan M., (Alan Mason), 1888-1964 | Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1966 | Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981 | Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 | Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969 | Heiser, Victor, (Victor George) | Hitchens, Arthur Parker, 1877-1949 | Hume, Edward H. (Edward Hicks), 1876-1957 | Immunology | Kunz, George Frederick, 1856-1932 | Lane, William Arbuthnot, Sir, 1856-1943 | Lederle Laboratory | Lovett, Robert W., (Robert Williamson), 1859-1924 | McCrae, Thomas, 1870-1935 | Medicine--Research | Meningitis--Research | Murphy, James Bumgardner, 1884-1950 | Noguchi, Hideyo, 1876-1928 | Olitsky, Peter Kosciusko, 1886-1964 | Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919 | Osten, Anna L. von der | Pathology | Piersol, George Morris, 1880-1966 | Poliomyelitis--Research | Robbins, Frederick C., 1916- | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. | Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison), 1874-1960 | Rous, Peyton, 1879-1970 | Smith, Theobald, 1859-1934 | United States. Army--Medical care | West, Byron L. (Byron Lillibridge), 1893- | Woglom, William Henry, 1879-1953 | World War, 1914-1918--Medical care | Zinsser, Hans, 1878-1940 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Rivers, Thomas M.(Thomas Milton),1888-1962. | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Thomas M. Rivers Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1887-1963 | | | | Abstract: | The bacteriologist and virologist Thomas Milton Rivers spent over thirty years at the Rockefeller Institute as a researcher in the Department of Bacteriology and from 1937-1955, as Director. Working on measles and pneumonia, Rivers discovered the parainfluenzae bacillus and cultivated vaccine virus for human use, and during the 1950s, he played an important role in coordinating research on poliomyelitis as head of the National Institute for Infantile Paralysis. During the Second World War, Rivers led the Naval Medical Research Unit in the South Pacific, rising to the rank of Rear Admiral.
The Rivers Papers contains correspondence, laboratory notes, speeches, and photographs documenting Rivers' activities at the Rockefeller Institute, the development of polio vaccine, and Rivers' Navy experience in the Pacific during World War II. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R52 | | | | Extent: | 10.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Medical Association. | Atomic bomb--Japan--Nagasaki-shi | Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970 | Berry, George Packer, 1898- | Bronk, Detlev W., (Detlev Wulf), 1897-1975 | Cannon, Walter B., (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945 | Chesney, Alan M., (Alan Mason), 1888-1964 | Chinard, Francis P., 1918- | Cohn, Alfred E., (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957 | Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1966 | Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981 | Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901- | Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 | Gasser, Herbert Spencer, 1888-1963 | Hershey, A. D., (Alfred Day), 1908- | Jackson, Robert H. | Laboratory notes | Loeb, Jacques, 1859-1924 | Long, Esmond R., (Esmond Ray), 1890- | Medical administration | Medical sciences | Medicine, Military | National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. | O'Connor, Basil, 1892-1972 | Photographs | Poliomyelitis--Research | Poliomyelitis--Vaccination | Rivers, Thomas M.(Thomas Milton),1888-1962. | Rockefeller Institute. Hospital | Rous, Peyton, 1879-1970 | Sabin, Albert B., (Albert Bruce), 1906- | Speeches. | United States. Navy. Naval Medical Research Unit II | Virology | Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 | World War, 1914-1918 | World War, 1939-1945 | |
| 3 | Creator: | Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1966 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Rufus Ivory Cole papers, ca. 1900-1966
| | | | Dates: | 1900-1966 | | | | Abstract: | The Cole papers ontain much material on the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research and its staff, namely, annual reports, budgets, patient statistics, administration of the hospital, etc. Other medical topics represented include Cole's education at and contacts with the Johns Hopkins University; the Association of American Physicians; the Harvey Society of New York; and the New York Academy of Medicine. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.C671 | | | | Extent: | 38.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Annual reports. | Association of American Physicians. | Avery, Oswald T., (Oswald Theodore), 1877-1955 | Barker, Lewellys F., (Lewellys Franklin), 1867-1943 | Beaux, Cecilia, 1855-1942 | Budgets. | Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944 | Chesney, Alan M., (Alan Mason), 1888-1964 | Christian, Henry A., (Henry Arthur), 1931- | Cohn, Alfred E., (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957 | Cole, Annie Hegler | Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1966 | Corner, George Washington, 1889-1981 | Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939 | Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915 | Faber, Knud, 1862-1956 | Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 | Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 | Fosdick, Harry Emerson, 1878-1969 | Fulton, John F., (John Farquhar), 1899-1960 | Gay, Frederick P., (Frederick Parker), 1874-1939 | Goodpasture, Ernest William, 1886-1960 | Great Britain -- History. | Greene, Jerome D. | Harvey Society of New York. | Herter, Christian Archibald, 1865-1910 | History. | Hospitals -- New York (State) -- Administration. | Johns Hopkins University. | Medicine -- Research -- United States. | Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975 | New York Academy of Medicine. | Redi, Francesco, 1626-1698 | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. Hospital. | Rockefeller, John D., (John Davison), 1874-1960 | Statistics. | Sturgis, Cyrus Cressey, 1891-1966 | Van Slyke, Donald Dexter, 1883-1971 | Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 | Williams, Linsly R., (Linsly Rudd), 1875-1934 | |
| 4 | Creator: | Murphy, James Bumgardner, 1884-1950 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | James Bumgardner Murphy Papers
| | | | Dates: | Circa 1918-1950 | | | | Abstract: | A pathologist and cancer specialist, James B. Murphy spent most of career associated with the Rockefeller Institute (1911-1950) investigating the role of lymphocytes in tuberculosis, x-ray mutagenesis, and the nature of malignant tumors in fowls. The Murphy Papers contains professional correspondence and research notes relating to James B. Murphy's cancer research at the Rockefeller, and information on several of the organizations to which he contributed or belonged, including the American Association for Cancer Research; American Bureau for Medical Aid to China; American Cancer Society; Bar Harbor Medical and Surgical Hospital; Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory; Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer (New York City, ca. 1932-1950); National Advisory Cancer Council; and the New York Academy of Medicine (1923-1950). Murphy helped to develop mobile laboratories for hospitals in France during World War I. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.M956 | | | | Extent: | 15.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | American Association for Cancer Research. | American Bureau for Medical Aid to China. | American Cancer Society. | Aub, Joseph Charles, 1890-1873 | Bar Harbor Medical and Surgical Hospital | Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970 | Bloodgood, Joseph Colt, 1867-1935 | Bronson, Margaret L. | Cancer--Research | Casey, Albert Eugene, 1903- | Caspari, Ernst W. | Cattell, James McKeen, 1860-1944 | Chesney, Alan M., (Alan Mason), 1888-1964 | Cowdry, E. V., (Edmund Vincent), 1888-1975 | Cramer, Charles | Duran-Reynals, Francisco | Dyott, G. M. , (George Miller), 1883-1972 | Erdman, Rhoda | Ewing, James | Favilli, Giovanni | Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 | Gasser, Herbert Spencer, 1888-1963 | Gates, Frederick L. | Goldfeder, Anna | Hogeboom, George | Hospitals--New York (State)--New York | Immunology | Jacobs, John L. | Kennaway, Ernest L. | Lathrop, Abbie E. C. | Leddy, Percy Allen | Lewis, Margaret Reed | Lewis, Richard H., 1918- | Little, Clarence C., (Clarence Cook), b. 1888 | Loeb, Leo, 1869-1959 | Longcope, Warfield T., (Warfield Theobald), 1877-1953 | Lymphocytes | MacNider, William de Berniere, 1881-1951 | Maisin, Joseph | Medical sciences | Medicine, Military | Medicine--Research | Memorial Hospital for the Treatment of Cancer | Mice as laboratory animals | Minot, George Richards, 1885-1950 | Morton, John T. | Murphy, James Bumgardner, 1884-1950 | Nakahara, Warso, 1896-1976 | National Advisory Cancer Council (U.S.). | New York Academy of Medicine. | Osterhout, W. J. V., (Winthrop John Van Leuven), 1871-1964 | Pathology | Porter, Keith R. | Radiation--Physiological effect | Rhoads, Cornelius Packard, 1898-1959 | Rockefeller Institute. | Roscoe B. Jackson Memorial Laboratory. | Rous, Peyton, 1879-1970 | Russell, Frederick Fuller, 1870-1960 | Sabin, Florence Rena, 1871-1953 | Schram, Mildred W. S. | Shope, Richard E., (Richard Edwin), 1901- | Smith, Edric B | Sokoloff, Boris, 1893- | Spies, John W. | Strong, Leonell C., (Leonell Clarence), 1894- | Sturm, Ernest, 1878-1936 | TenBroeck, Carl, 1885-1966 | Tuberculosis--Research | Tumors in animals | Warren, Shields, 1898- | Weed, Lewis H., (Lewis Hill), 1886-1952 | Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 | Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964 | World War, 1914-1918--Medical care | X-rays | Zinsser, Hans, 1878-1940 | |
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