James B. Sumner papers, 1908-1958.

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James B. Sumner papers, 1908-1958.

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Correspondence concerning the organization of biochemical research in Brazil, notes for addresses and lectures, drafts and reprints of articles, graphs, photographs, and slides, the Scheele medal (1929), the gold medal and certificate for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, printed Nobel proceedings, photographs of the ceremony, glass slides made in the course of his research, photographs of fellow scientists from Cornell and elsewhere, and his chemistry notebook from Harvard. Also, biographical sketches, notes, clippings, and related correspondence used by Professor Leonard A. Maynard in preparation of his memoir of Sumner, published in 1958 by the National Academy of Sciences.

8 cubic ft.

Cornell University Library

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Cornell University Library

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Maynard, L. A. (Leonard Amby), 1887-1972

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Professor of Biochemistry and Nutrition; director of the School of Nutrition,1941-1955; special consultant to the U.S. Interdepartmental Committee for Nutrition and National Defense. After receiving his Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University in 1915 Leonard Amby Maynard was appointed assistant professor in the College of Agriculture there. In 1934 he served as visiting professor at the University of Nanking, China, and assisted in a survey of the nutrition of the Chi...

Sumner, James B. (James Batcheller), 1887-1955

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Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Laboratory of Enzyme Chemistry at Cornell University. Sumner won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1946 for the crystallizations of the enzyme urease. From the description of James B. Sumner reprint collection, 1910-1952. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 64034451 Professor of Biochemistry and Director of the Laboratory of Enzyme Chemistry at Cornell University. Sumn...