NIH Directors' files, 1937-1983 (bulk 1950-1970).

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NIH Directors' files, 1937-1983 (bulk 1950-1970).

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Scope and contents: The collection is by no means a complete accounting of the NIH Director's Office for the years covered. Instead, it is a courtesy collection of selected correspondence, memoranda, speeches, articles, and committee files. The largest segment of the collection is Series V: Speech and Articles (1941-1983). Mostly written or delivered by NIH directors Shannon and Marston, they also include material by various public health officials and senior policy makers. Series I: Corrrespondence contains general and topical correspondence (1944-1975) and is most complete for the early 1950s. It is most representative of Dr. Sebrell's term as NIH Director. Notable among Series IV: Reports are copies of and reports about the 1945 Vannevar Bush report "Science, The Endless Frontier", whereafter the government assumed responsibilities for promoting the flow of scientific knowledge and led to the creation of the National Science Foundation. Minutes, agendas and reports (1947-1968) found in Series VI: Panels, Programs, and Committees, were used by Directors in committee meetings, primarily with the President's Science Advisory Committee, the National Blood Program and the World Health Organization Advisory Committee on Scientific/Medical Research.

15 linear ft. (12 boxes)

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Sebrell, William H.

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Federal Council for Science and Technology (U.S.)

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United States. President's Science Advisory Committee

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This committee operated between 1951 and 1973 in order to provide advice and analysis to the president and the federal government on a wide range of scientific and technological matters. From the description of Records [microform], 1957-1961. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80053197 In 1951 President Harry S. Truman established a Science Advisory Committee as part of the Office of Defense Mobilization (ODM). On November 29, 1957 Preisent Dwight D. Eisenhower tran...

Marston, Robert Q., 1923-

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Dr. Marston became Director of the National Institutes of Health on September 1, 1968. He left the federal service in 1973 and in 1974 became President of the University of Florida at Gainesville. From the description of Robert Q. Marston articles and speeches, 1966-1973. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14300918 From the guide to the Robert Q. Marston Articles and Speeches, 1964-1973, (History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine) ...

Dyer, Rolla E. b. 1886

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Shannon, James A. (James Augustine), 1904-1994

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James Shannon was on the faculty of the New York University College of Medicine from 1929-46. In 1946 he joined the National Institutes of Health, where he was the director from 1955-68. In 1970 he became Professor and Special Assistant to the President of the Rockefeller University. From the description of James A. Shannon : an oral history / interviewed by Thomas J. Kennedy, 1984 Jan. 11. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 49616990 Public health official; ...

National Institutes of Health (U.S.)

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Brief biographies of selected NIH Directors: Rolla E. Dyer directed the National Institutes of Health from 1942 to 1950. Specializing in infectious diseases, Dyer joined the Public Health Service in 1916. As NIH Director he was instrumental in the establishment of the Clinical Center, the National Heart Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, and the National Institute of Mental Health. An international authority on nutrition and dietary deficiency disease, William H. Sebrell began...