| 1 | 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 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Robertson, O. H. (Oswald Hope), 1886-1966 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | O. H. (Oswald Hope) Robertson Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1917-1969 | | | | Abstract: | A physician and naturalist, Oswald Hope Robertson worked at the Rockefeller Institute, the Peking Union Medical College, and at the medical school of University of Chicago (1927-1951). With a broad range of research interests, Robertson contributed important work on the transmission of pneumonia, the disinfection of air with glycol vapors, and later in his career, on the physiology and ecology of salmonid fishes. He is best remembered, however, as the creator of the first blood bank, established for use by British and American forces during the First World War.
The Robertson Papers contain correspondence, notes, articles, and notebooks on many of Robertson's major research interests, including his work on blood. His early work on salmonid ecology is represented in a journal and eleven notebooks stemming from fieldwork in the lakes of the Wind River Range in northwestern Wyoming, 1942-1951. There is also interesting material on the Research Corporation (New York City) concerning patents on glycol vapors and air sterilizers, as well as notes and manuscripts of papers on morphine experiments, canine pneumococcus, bacteremia, and the effects of hydrocortisone. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.R546 | | | | Extent: | 7.0 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Articles | Bacteremia. | Bayne-Jones, Stanhope, 1888-1970 | Biology | Blake, Francis Gilman, 1887-1952 | Blood banks -- France -- 1914-1918. | Castle, William B., (William Bosworth), 1897- | Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1966 | Disinfection and disinfectants. | Dogs--Diseases | Ecology. | Fishes | Graeser, James B. | Hydrocortisone | Lakes--Wyoming | Loosli, Clayton G., 1905-1976 | Medical sciences | Medicine--Research | Minot, George Richards, 1885-1950 | Morphine | Mudd, Stuart, 1893- | Noguchi, Hideyo, 1876-1928 | Notebooks | Notes | Park, Edwards A., (Edwards Albert), 1877-1967 | Pathology | Peking Union Medical College | Pneumonia | Puck, Theodore T., (Theodore Thomas), 1916-2005 | Research Corporation | Robertson, O. H. (Oswald Hope), 1886-1966 | Rockefeller University. | Rous, Peyton, 1879-1970 | Salmonidae--Research | Smillie, Wilson George, 1886-1971 | University of Chicago. | Van Slyke, Donald Dexter, 1883-1971 | Wind River Range (Wyo.) | World War, 1914-1918 | |
| 3 | 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 | |
| 4 | 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 | |
| 5 | Creator: | Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Simon Flexner Papers
| | | | Dates: | 1891-1946 | | | | Abstract: | Simon Flexner, born in 1863, one of the nation's leading experts in pathology and bacteriology, was most renowned for his research on cerebrospinal meningitis, polio and infantile paralysis. Arguably though, Flexner's stewardship of the Rockefeller Institute was his greatest contribution to medical and scientific research. His rise in the medical community began in the late nineteenth century in Louisville, Kentucky, where despite not having completed even the seventh grade, Flexner taught himself basic bacteriology by conducting experiments at home using a microscope borrowed from the pharmacy where he served as an apprentice. Granted a medical degree from the University of Louisville School of Medicine in 1889, he went on to a pathology fellowship at the newly opened John Hopkins School of Medicine. Within two short years of leaving Louisville, Flexner received an assistant of pathology appointment at Johns Hopkins. It was a quick ascent and the beginning of a long and brilliant career that included a prestigious appointment at the University of Pennsylvania and then a directorship at the new Rockefeller Institute where he realized his lifelong dream of creating a dynamic and productive research laboratory. The Rockefeller Institute became instantly famous worldwide as the preeminent research facility for virology and under Flexner's direction produced invaluable contributions in pathology, bacteriology, and immunology.
This collection does not reflect the early phases of Flexner's career at Johns Hopkins but does document an early interest in meningitis and other infectious diseases with science-related correspondence, laboratory notebooks, and administrative correspondence with the New York City and State Departments of Health. There is abundant material on Flexner's directorship of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, including Flexner's search for staff, an involved process which is detailed in correspondence with the scientists, many of whom became quite famous. Also included is material relating to the other institutions and Rockefeller philanthropies with which Flexner was involved. (Among the most significant correspondence, however, may be that which documents the support of the General Education Board and the Rockefeller Foundation in the development and subsequent reorganization of medical schools following brother Abraham Flexner's scathing report on medical education in the United States and Canada). This collection would be of great interest to anyone interested in the history of bacteriology, histology, and immunology or the general history of modern medicine and philanthropy. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.F365 | | | | Extent: | 115.5 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Cairns, Hugh, Sir, 1896-1952 | Cannon, Walter B., (Walter Bradford), 1871-1945 | Carrel, Alexis, 1873-1944 | Cohn, Alfred E., (Alfred Einstein), 1879-1957 | Cole, Rufus Ivory, 1872-1966 | Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 | Councilman, W.T. (William Thomas), 1854-1933 | Diaries. | Diseases | Education-United States | Epidemics--United States | Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959 | Flexner, Simon, 1863-1946 | Gelatin silver prints | Gowen, John Whittemore, 1893-1967 | Immunology | Indians of North America--Arizona | Indians of North America--New Mexico | Landscape photographs | Lee, Frederic S. (Frederic Schiller), 1859-1939 | Leishman, William B., Sir, 1865-1926 | Levene, P. A. (Phoebus Aaron), 1869-1940 | Mall, Franklin P. (Franklin Paine), 1862-1917 | Medical education-United States | Medical sciences-United States | Medicine-United States | Meltzer, Samuel James, 1851-1920 | Meningitis, Cerebrospinal-United States | Mirsky, Alfred E. | Navajo Indians. | Noguchi, Hideyo, 1876-1928 | Olitsky, Peter K. | Opie, Eugene L., (Eugene Lindsay), 1873-1971 | Osborn, Henry Fairfield, 1857-1935 | Osten, Anna L. von der | Papago Indian Reservation (Ariz.) | Pathology-United States | Poliomyelitis-United States | Portrait photographs | Public Health-United States | Rockefeller Foundation. | Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research. | Sabin, Albert B., (Albert Bruce), 1906- | Saddington, Ronald S. | Shaw, Edward B. | Shope, Richard E., (Richard Edwin), 1901- | Smith, Theobald, 1859-1934 | Spielmeyer, W. (Walther), b. 1879 | Stewart, Walter B. | Stokes, Joseph, 1896-1972 | Thomas, M. Carey (Martha Carey), 1857-1935 | Vallery-Radot, Pasteur, 1886 | Van Slyke, Donald Dexter, 1883-1971 | Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960 | Wadsworth, Augustus Baldwin, 1872-1954 | Welch, William Henry, 1850-1934 | |
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