Margaret Pittman papers, 1921-1993.

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Margaret Pittman papers, 1921-1993.

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Personal material, professional correspondence, laboratory and research notes, subject files, manuscripts, reprints, professional activity material, and photographic media document the professional career of American bacteriologist Margaret Pittman. Her collection of papers focuses on her professional career as Chief of the Laboratory of Biological Products, Division of Biologics Standards (DBS), National Institutes of Health (NIH); it also contains material from her retirement period. Her emphasis at NIH and beyond was on the standardization of biological product, especially bacterial vaccines, and the development of general international standards. Pittman also conducted extensive research into Bordetella pertussis (whooping cough), Haemophilus influenzae (meningitis), Haemophilus aegyptius (conjunctivitis), Cholera, and Typhoid.

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