.I liVl~31~i'l'!~li`i i*, mlil; fill I~:/,?1 --_----_-_ _I -----.--------.-. --------.------__--_-____-._ _-_- --- liJxCii;D (;IiOUl' 1 nb+ ---- l?OX NO. 450 FACULTY _-- -..... -.._.._ -_.- ____.- ____ __--------__- 'J'I'L'I ,II Papers : corrcspondencc, photographs rncmorabilia; reprints; bibliography ~~Q~~7illf'l Thcotlora Avery ,)r ,,,,,, :I;..`-- .- _. .-..- . _._. ____ _______,__._- -----.-.--. .-_-_._ - .-.-- --.-.-.______._ - --.--.- -__-._ -._ ---- -_-.---.-_.-.._____ I1/i'l'i*I lii~Il:i~:l Vl.11) Oli `I 1'1\`I~:i:`l'f.II; IJ~II, -.v.-J y).lm:+j~:).:i !i NOV . :I IJ'7.1.;--,-1J.u 1 ic 19 -1 7 .._______ -,____ _____.... ____ _ . .._ --.. -- - - . -.--. . _. _ .-...-.- --.- _.---------_ ::~I.Y,I-: ~l~l~~~l!i;l~:1~1l':ri'l' 2 1.j nci~r fact : 1. box (2 I./:! .i Il. ) 1 1X),X 3. .I./:! - __. 1:I: . 3 vol.. .._ :.~.,.-. _ :I: .I!;"-i `!c'~J `! . _ . . .._ . _ _ _ . . . ._ _ . . ._ _ __. . ._ . _. ., _.__._._ . .._ _____..., _- . _ . - .- - .- -_ .-.- ~. . . - .- . . - _. - ._ . . . ..-.. . ..- .,- - -.- . .- .- . ..- _ . - _ ..- . - _ - . .- ., . . _._, _ ".. . . -.- . . - _ - _,_ ._.__ __-. ~~J~~~~;CI~~J"~`J.OI~J(`~`~~J~~I 01' III:I,I,c~~~.:II. , :.:klb,j~:,ct:.; i:ovc:~*~:cl, lt:tItIc':; v I' I)IT~~IJ c , i IIl~`~~~I'L~lIIL w!rlL:;) Oswald Theodore Avery, 1877-1955, physician and bacteriologist with The Hockcfcller Institute for p.Icdical Research, 1313-1349. Foremost researcher on pneumonia and one of the founders of the science of .immunochemistry and discoverer of the transforming nature of DNA. . .- 187'1 1887 1893 1893-1900 1300 'u 1904 LJ 1904-1906 1306-1307 1907-1913 191.3 1315 1.318 * 1319 1323 1943- 1349 1'355 Scrvcd : 19111-191'3 1342 1342 Born October 21, Ilalifax, Nova Scotia Moved to New York City Graduated Plcw York City Male Grammar School Colgate Academy A.B. Colgate University fi1.D. Collcgc of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York City Interne, City IIospital, New York City Commission for the Investigation of Acute Respiratory Diseases, Bacteriological Laboratory, College of Physicians and Surgeons IIoagland Laboratory, Department of Bacteriology, Brooklyn Associate Director Assistant, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, NYC i\ssociatc, RIMR Naturalized citizen of the United States ' Associate Mcmbex, l32--1340 Ncwspapctr articles on aw;lrds 19'17 r:orrc:;ponndcnce (4) rqucsts for l-ublicity material to be ut;CiI o11 winning of I,,.tskcr Awclrcl, Amcricnn Public Ilcalth A :;soci,ttion 13~13 News release material on $5,000 award of Passano Foundati.on 1350 NOV. 2-j l,(?tt.c?l., nvcry to Am. Ardctssador to Sweden on accc2pta~rccl of I.`,lli tt:ur Mcd,tl i.11 Avery `s bcl~~li`. ' `f+ Box no. u) 1 Folder cont'd 3 I I Inventory work sheet 450 Av37 Oswald T. Avery , Papers-4 I - ~ Contents . . 1: : : Summaries of work; obituaries; articles 1952 Jan. 16 Summary of work on transformation pre- pared for 11; S, Ga,sser by,F.(,L. liorsfall, R. D. Hotchkiss, and Rcne Dubos. typescript 9 pp. 1955 Memorial Minute,' 'Dtiplicatcd copy 5"pp. , 1955 Feb. 21 News release prepared by T. M. Rivers for newspaper obituary notices. Duplicated copy 2 l/2 pp.' 1355 Feb. 22 NI:d YOIIK IIERALD obituary .' * 1955 May 27 Iomllolt,'A..' (Danish Academy) to E.B. Smith verifying obitua.ry notice ' Record of floral sprays sent for funeral.by RI people Obituary articles: * Chesney, Alan M. ,IN MEMORIDM. Journal of pathology and bacteriology 74 (1957( 451-460. . Hotchkiss, Rollin D. OSWALD T. AVERY, 1877-1955 Genetics 51 (1965) l-10. . : Dubos, R. J. OSWALD THEODORE AVERY, 1877-1955 Biographical memoirs of the Fellows of The Royal Society 2 (1956) 35-48. MacLcod, Colin. OBITUARY ARTICLE, OSWALD TIIEODORE AVERY, 1.877-1955. Journal of general microbiology 17 (1957) 539-549 Articles: Stanley, Wendell, M. 'The "undiscovered" discovery. Archives of environmental health 21 (1970) 256-262. Wyatt, H.V. How history has blended. .Nature 249 (1974) 803-805. Cohen, Jack. Chapet VII: Genetic transformation by DNA in: A GENERATION OF DNA. Unpublished. Rec'd for publication permission Jan. 1976. M. D. Remembers: A pioneer in DNA research. Medical news magazine, March 1977, 72. 1977 April 18 Letter from Harold C. Anderson to Rene Dubos on personal recollection. Photocopy, 2 pp. Tennessee State Library and Archives Inventory of Avery papers in-the Manuscript Unit. 600 items and two volumes. Includes vita and bibliography as per record. Folder includes two photocopies of letter written 13 May 1943 to brother Roy (Original with Tenn. State Library papers) detailing work on transformation factor and recog- nition of importance. One photocopy supplied by Dr. M. McCarty witli typescript translation of handwritten letter. , Ix~vo~~Loi~y work sheet 450 Av37 Oswald T. Avery RAG Papers-5 Box no. Folder 1 cont'd 4 2 (1 l/2 linear feet) . . *, . -- Package Contents Photographs: Includes official RIMR portraits by Louis Schmidt; snap shots by Dr. W. Goebel in laboratory and in- cluding colleagues; a number of family photographs supplied by Mrs. Roy Avery to Rene Dubos for book "The Professor, the Institute and DNA" and given to the archives by Dr. Dubos. Also negatives with prints of .: exhibit ljrepared to commemorate 100th anniversary of O.T.Avery birth. 6 I Memorabilia Honorary hoods: Colgate Univ. 1921 McGill University 1935 New York University 1947 University of Chicago 1950 Rutgers University 1954 Medals: 1932 1932 1944 1945 1945 1950 . : American College of Physicians Paul Ehrlich Gold Medal : Gold Medal New York Academy of Medicine Copley Medal. Royal Society of London Kober Medal. Association of American Physicians Pasteu Gold Medal Assorted items: Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity pin P.hi Beta Kappa key 1900 Caduceus (pair)' U.S.Army Silver encased thermometer (engraved: 1906 New York City Training School) Pince nez in case ' Silver cornet (engraved with name and date) Photograph by O.T.Avery'(l930's) Sunset on Deer Island, Maine Water color by O.T.Avery (after Cook) Aug. 1932 3 volumes COLLECT15D IU?I.`RINTS v. 1 1303-1918 v. 2 1919-1924 v. 3 1925-1946 ,