Joint Committee for the Survey of Sources for the History of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology project archives, 1975-1979 1975-1979

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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The American Academy of Arts and Sciences was chartered by the legislature of Massachusetts in 1780 and is the second oldest learned society in the U.S. Among its incorporators were James Bowdoin, John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Hancock. From the description of Records of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1775-1800 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122413111 ...

American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

Edsall, John T. (John Tileston), 1902-2002

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Edsall graduated from Harvard in 1923 and taught biochemical sciences at Harvard. From the description of Papers of John T. Edsall, 1931-1979. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973021 John Tileston Edsall is a biochemist. From the description of A fifty year historical perspective of protein chemistry, 1972. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380124 From the guide to the A fifty year historical perspective of prote...

Bearman, David,

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Joint Committee for the Survey of Sources for the History of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

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The Joint Committee for a Survey of Sources was established by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston and the American Philosophical Society in Philadelphia. Their efforts produced the publication "Archival Sources for the History of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: a Reference Guide and Report", David Bearman and John T. Edsall, eds. (Ann Arbor: University Microfilms International, 1980). From the description of Project archives, 1975-1979. (American Philosophical So...