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Title Jonas Salk Papers Creator
Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995
Collection Number UA.90.F89.1 Extent
85.4 Linear Feet
Date 1943-1995 Abstract The Jonas Salk Papers are centered on the development of the polio vaccine in 1947-1960. Records of local trials are abundant in the form of 50,000 serum cards recording antibody and vaccine data for patients. This collection contains a set of diary notebooks which reveal the challenges of establishing the Salk Institute in 1960-1965 and materials from his lab at the Salk Institute covering his research on cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, and HIV/AIDS (1970s–1980s). Language The material in this collection is in English. Author Dana Ludgate and Jason M. Rampelt Publisher ULS Archives & Special Collections Address University of Pittsburgh Library Systemhttp://library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections Processing Information
This collection was processed by Dana Ludgate and Jason M Rampelt in January-April 2023.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Peter L. Salk, M.D., Darrell J. Salk, M.D., and Jonathan D. Salk, M.D.
Biographical / Historical
Jonas Edward Salk (1914-1995) came to the University of Pittsburgh in 1947 and ran the Virus Research Laboratory (VRL). Max Lauffer, who directed the Virus Research Program at Pitt, brought Salk from the University of Michigan where he had helped Thomas Francis develop a vaccine for influenza. Salk continued his research on influenza in Pittsburgh, but was almost immediately invited by Harry Weaver, Research Director of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP), to take on the polio typing project. Salk and his team collected samples and identified the three strains of the virus.
Elsie Ward trained in culture techniques and ran the operation which produced virus for the lab from monkey livers. Testing in animals was followed by the earliest safety trials at the D.T. Watson Home (now, Watson Institute, Sewickley, Pennsylvania), the Polk School (now, Polk Center, Polk, Pennsylvania), and several other locations in 1952-1953. By the summer of 1953 it was known that the vaccine, made of a killed virus, was successful in inducing the production of antibodies for all three strains. Salk inoculated himself on May 16, 1953. In March 1954 another trial in local Pittsburgh area schools began, showing the efficacy of the vaccine in naïve participants. This was two months prior to the beginning of the national trial with hundreds of thousands of children participating. The Pittsburgh area schools trials continued through the course of the national trial using the vaccine produced directly by the VRL rather than one produced commercially. More detailed information is provided in Series and Subseries notes.
On April 12, 1955, the success of the national vaccine trial was announced, earning Salk acclaim in newspapers and, later, awards and honors from a wide range of clubs, municipalities, and professional societies. These accolades are well represented in this collection.
After a failed attempt to establish a research institute in Municipal Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh in the late 1950s, Salk left in 1960 to found the Salk Institute in La Jolla, California, a project that was not completed until 1964. He maintained his academic appointment in Pittsburgh until 1963. The transition from Pittsburgh to California was challenging for Salk, which he documented in diaries covering 1960-1965. Salk's own lab in California continued cancer research begun in the VRL. His research continued with proposed therapies for Multiple Sclerosis and HIV/AIDS, the latter resulting in a partnership with a private company.
Jonas Salk was born October 28, 1914, in New York City to Daniel and Dora Salk. He was married to Donna Lindsay in 1939 and divorced in 1968. They had three children, Peter, Darrell, and Jonathan. Jonas Salk remarried Françoise Gilot in 1970. Jonas had a brother, Lee, who died in 1992. Dr Jonas Salk died on June 23, 1995, in La Jolla, California.
Arrangement
I. Personal
II. Personal Correspondence
III. Virus Research Lab, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
IV. Salk Institute, La Jolla, California
V. Immune Response Corporation
VI. Lectures and Papers
VII. Photographs
VIII. Newspaper Clippings
IX. Offprints
X. Memorabilia
Scope and Contents The Jonas Salk Papers cover the period of his development of the polio vaccine in the Virus Research Laboratory (VRL) at the University of Pittsburgh, his transition to the Salk Institute (SI) in La Jolla, California, and some of his research conducted there. The collection also has numerous newspaper clippings about his achievements and several controversies, such as his departure from Pittsburgh and debate about the quality of his vaccine. Memorabilia includes paper certificates and plaques given as honors and awards.
Some documents were found with discernible order, such as long segments of research data cards (Series III), research data graphs (Series IV), and Personal Correspondence (Series II). However, across segments of research data cards, it was necessary to bring them together in chronological groups. Cards had been removed from specialized file drawers, but their placement in drawers sometimes appears to have been in the interests of space rather than order.
File folder titles are rendered in quotation marks when they have been transcribed verbatim. All other folder titles are interpolated with descriptive names. The exception to this use of quotations is Series VI, Lectures and Papers, where quotations simply indicate the title of the lecture or paper.
Preferred Citation
Jonas Salk Papers, 1943-1995, UA.90.F89.1, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Copyright
The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original creator/author. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the creator/author or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
Access Restrictions
Documents throughout this collection contain patient medical records with Level 2 Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined in the University of Pittsburgh Library System's Policy on Access to Personal Medical and Health Information in Collections and are restricted. Please contact Archives & Special Collections for permission to consult these records.
Related Materials
Jonas Salk Papers, 1921-1991. MSS 1, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
The collection of Jonas Salk Papers in Pittsburgh complements those in California at UCSD. Patient records in the form of serum cards from the polio vaccine trials in the Pittsburgh collection augment other types of research data in the relevant series in the UCSD collection on polio. The Salk manuscript "Diaries" in Pittsburgh overlap with the UCSD Series "Daily Notes" for 1960-1965. Research files on cancer, M.S., and HIV/AIDS in Pittsburgh add to similar research files in the UCSD collection. For research on influenza, the Pittsburgh collection adds information on Salk's work on military personnel, represented in patient data cards.
Jonas Salk Polio Vaccine Collection, 1917-2005, UA.90.F89, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Max A. Lauffer Papers, 1915-2013, UA.90.F99, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Chancellor of the University of Pittsburgh, Edward H. Litchfield, Administrative Files, 1956-1965, UA.2.10.1956-1965, University Archives, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Subjects Corporate Names University of Pittsburgh. Virus Research Laboratory Salk Institute for Biological Studies Genres Administrative records Research notes Correspondence Papers (documents) Diaries Other Subjects Virus diseases -- Research Polio -- Research Influenza -- Research Multiple sclerosis -- Research HIV (Viruses) -- Research Cancer -- Research Polio vaccine -- Research Clinical trials Container List Series I. Personal , 1954-1993 Scope and Contents This series contains materials relating to the personal life and activities of Jonas Salk, covering the creation of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (SI), his move to California, diaries with both personal and scientific material, and travel receipts and itineraries.
Subseries 1. Diaries , 1961-1993 Scope and Contents This subseries contains manuscript notebooks or gatherings of paper written by Jonas Salk fulfilling the function of a diary. Salk kept multiple notebooks running simultaneously and they range in form from letter-sized pads and spiral notebooks in all sizes to groups of paper paperclipped together. Thus, the term "diary" is employed here as a broad term to describe use rather than physical format. These diaries contain personal thoughts and reflections, lab meeting agendas and notes, and drawings and diagrams of scientific subjects. Date ranges reflect what could be found explicitly in the text though the actual range may exceed what has been provided for each item. Occasionally, there is more than one paper notepad or tablet in a folder in order to preserve the order of items that were originally foldered, bound, or enveloped together.
Diary , December 11, 1961 - March 20, 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 1 Description Two small notepads, manuscript in pencil and a small spiral steno pad, manuscript in pencil and pen.
Diary , February 28 - April 19, 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 2 Description Spiral notebook includes meeting notes, draft bylaws for SI, lab layout drawing, and daily to-do lists with several slips of paper tipped in.
Diary , March 11 - June 6, 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 3 Description Manuscript in pencil; Notepad with mostly detached pages including personal reflections, to-do lists, and thoughts on SI organization.
Diary , March 27 - May 3, 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 4 Description Steno pad manuscript in pencil and pen. Daily to-do lists, sketches of furniture, and personal reflections.
Diary , June 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 5 Description Notepad manuscript in pencil. The bulk of the notebook contains a draft of a paper or speech. Salk remarks on the live virus polio vaccination and the USSR. The back of the notebook contains elevation sketches and floorplans of SI.
Diary , June 23 - September 30, 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 6 Description Spiral notebook manuscript in pencil. Contains to-do lists and personal reflections.
Diary , November 10-12, 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 7 Description Here Salk reflects on his desire to start a diary; In Nov. 1962, he notes that he will begin writing only in pen because pencil is too tough on hand. Lab notes.
Diary , c. 1962 Containers box 1 , folder 8 Description Two manuscript tablets in pencil including board and committee meeting notes from SI.
Diary , July 1, 1964 - April 1, 1965 Containers box 1 , folder 9 Description Loose leaf notebook paper, manuscript in and pen. File tabs read, "ACTION PHONE WRITE SEE", "LAB IDEAS EXPER.', and "WARD". Immune sensitivity and allergy experiment notes; to-do lists, personal reflections. The tabs in this folder are consistent with the tabs on the following two folders, but sections appear to have been rearranged and additions made.
Diary , July 1, 1964 - March 3, 1965 Containers box 1 , folder 10 Description Loose leaf notebook paper, manuscript in pen. A file tab reads, "ADMIN. PHONE WRITE SEE". Salk made sketches of office and home, to do lists, and drafts of letters and speeches. There are several drafts of an SI organizational chart. The tabs in this folder are consistent with the tabs on the preceding and following folder, but sections appear to have been rearranged and additions made.
Diary , June 29, 1964 - March 5, 1965 Containers box 1 , folder 11 Description Loose leaf notebook paper, manuscript in pencil and pen. A file tab reads, "PERSONAL". Personal reflections on the role of director, fellows, and trustees within SI. Daily journal entries about future of institute, personal stress, and purpose. Typescript and manuscript photocopies of a protocol for hypersensitivity tests. The tabs in this folder are consistent with the tabs on the preceding two folders, but sections appear to have been rearranged and additions made.
Diary , September 12-22, 1964 Containers box 2 , folder 1 Description Small spiral steno pad, manuscript in pencil and pen. To-do lists, scientific sketches, appointment dates, addresses and phone numbers, expenses for trip to New York, draft letter.
Diary , c. 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 2 Description Notepad, manuscript in pencil and pen. Notes on immunology, sensitivity and resistance, genetic inheritance and crossing, and lab protocols.
Diary , January 15 - February 4, 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 3 Description Notepad, manuscript in pen. Two consecutive notepads originally together in an envelope: the first runs January 15-25, 1965, but has a note of Jan 16 at the end of the notepad; the second runs February 3-4, 1965 and only fills several pages. Both include lab notes, and personal reflections on his relationship with the fellows and fatigue.
Diary , March 5-29, 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 4 Description Notepad, manuscript in pen. Personal reflections on stress, workplace conflict, and career progress.
Diary , March 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 5 Description Notepad, manuscript in pencil and pen. Draft letters to coworkers about resignation, personal reflections on his achievements in the last ten years,
Diary , April 5-14, 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 6 Description Notepad, manuscript in pen. The pad is mostly empty, but personal diary entries are full, offering reflections on relationships with members of SI. A note at the end is backdated to "Fall 1964".
Diary , April 16-18, 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 7 Description Notepad, manuscript in pen. Lecture ideas, notes on experiments, and personal reflections.
Diary , April 24 - May 9, 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 8 Description Notepad, manuscript in pen. Notes on experiments.
Diary , September 9, 1965 - October 22, 1965; February 4, 1968 Containers box 2 , folder 9 Description Notepad, manuscript in pencil and pen. Lab notes, personal reflections, to-do lists. The final entry dated 1968 stands apart from the rest of the entries which end on October 22, 1965.
Diary , November 4-7, 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 10 Description Small spiral steno notebook, manuscript in pencil and pen. To-do lists and contact names and numbers.
Diary , c. 1965 Containers box 2 , folder 11 Description In a manner different than his notepads and other diary-like notebooks, this folder contains uniform loose slips of paper with a name or task on each slip, bound with paperclips. A letter "A" or "T" is in the upper right corner on each slip and is the same for each slip within a bundle. In two bundles a header slip states "Personal" or "Thinking".
Diary , c. 1965 Containers box 3 , folder 1 Description This undated bundle of index cards sometimes has a single name on each card or a task list.
Diary , January 24, 1967 - October 16, 1967 Containers box 3 , folder 2 Description Steno notebook, manuscript in pencil and pen. To-do lists, personal reflections on human desires, notes on finance.
Diary , July 7, 1968 - December 23, 1969 Containers box 3 , folder 3 Description Steno notebook, manuscript in pen. To-do lists, philosophical reflections, draft comments on a letter from Basil O'Connor.
Diary , October 7, 1968 - July 26, 1970 Containers box 3 , folder 4 Description Steno notebook, manuscript in pen. To-do lists, draft letters to Paloma and Claude, lists of fellows.
Diary , December 27, 1968 - June 21, 1969 Containers box 3 , folder 5 Description Notepad, manuscript in pen. This notebook runs in both directions from the front and the back. The front direction is in pen and the reverse in pencil. The forward direction includes to-do lists and some lab notes. A distinct segment concerns the interrelations of "needs", "desires", "wants", "purpose", "desire", "love", and other factors. The reverse direction appears to be reading notes of an unnamed text on a philosophical subject.
Diary , November-December 1970 Containers box 3 , folder 6 Description Steno notebook, manuscript in pen. To-do lists, monthly calendar planning, a draft letter for reimbursement and notes.
Diary , February 3, 1975 - April 16, 1975 Containers box 3 , folder 7 Description Steno notebook, manuscript in pen. To-do lists, some written while in Paris.
Loose pages of notes , c. 1983 Containers box 3 , folder 8 Household notepad , 1993 Containers box 3 , folder 9 Description This notepad was used to communicate back and forth with a household manager named Jose.
Subseries 2. Travel , 1954-1965 Scope and Contents This subseries consists of hotel receipts, itineraries, and plane and train tickets. Salk traveled to conferences or speaking engagements and in relation to the formation of the Salk Institute. Frequent trips were made to New York and California.
"Airline Tickets TOSS L." - airline and train tickets for Salk , 1959-1962 Containers box 4 , folder 1 Airline and railroad tickets, hotel bills, Baltimore, LAX, AC , 1954-1958 Containers box 4 , folder 2 Airline and railroad tickets, hotel bills, NY, EU, Tel Aviv , 1959-1960 Containers box 4 , folder 3 Airline tickets, LAX, NY , 1962 Containers box 4 , folder 4 Scope and Contents Conference on Immuno-reproduction in La Jolla, CA
Ticket sleeves and hotel notebooks , c. 1960 Containers box 4 , folder 5 "Israel" - itinerary for EU and Israel trip , 1958-1959 Containers box 4 , folder 6 Scope and Contents Drafts of address to chancellor; marked draft of "Man in Evolution"
"Israel - Itinerary" - itinerary for Stockholm and materials from trip , 1959 Containers box 4 , folder 7 Scope and Contents Introduction by minister of health to Salk's lecture in Tel Aviv; correspondence from friends in Israel; note scraps; tickets and hotel bill; letter from Lorraine about Salk's trip and preferences; check note for special lecture at the University of London; naming a street in Israel after Salk
"Israel" - correspondence and invitations from trip , 1959-1960 Containers box 4 , folder 8 NFIP 20th Anniversary and Polio Hall of Fame dedication program materials , 1958 Containers box 121 , folder 1 Salk's visit to the Royal Society of Health in London , 1959 Containers box 121 , folder 2 Scope and Contents Opening remarks, newspaper clippings, and offprints from
Series II. Personal Correspondence , 1940-1994 Scope and Contents This series contains correspondence between Dr. Salk and friends, family, and colleagues. Letters and telegrams cover topics including vacation and travel, invitations to events or conferences, and sharing articles or reports. Additional correspondence is in the Immune Response Corporation series.
"Condolence re Dora" - letters and airline tickets , 1964 Containers box 5 , folder 1 Letter from the Famous People's Eye Glasses Museum requesting a pair of Salk's glasses , 1965 Containers box 5 , folder 2 Salcu Eugen; Rudolf Kunert; Karl Geyer , 1963-1964 Containers box 5 , folder 3 University of California, San Diego School of Medicine strategic plan , 1964 Containers box 5 , folder 4 Letter from Frank Pirone with his 1941 "The Natural History of Cancer" , 1966 Containers box 121 , folder 3 Invitation to World Conference of Jewish Communities on Soviet Jewry in Brussels , 1971 Containers box 5 , folder 5 John F. Enders, Virginia Apgar, NFIP, friends and acquaintances , 1967-1994 Containers box 5 , folder 6 Student's report on Jonas Salk , 1981 Containers box 5 , folder 7 Lee Salk condolences , 1992 Containers box 5 , folder 8 Greeting and holiday cards; family photos , 1964-1970 Containers box 5 , folder 9 80th Birthday cards (non-family personal) , 1994 Containers box 5 , folder 10 Personal correspondence, social invitations and thank you notes , 1940-1955 Containers box 5 , folder 11 Correspondence during a stay at Claridge's (hotel), London , 1961 Containers box 5 , folder 12 Salk's Graphological Study by Marie Bernard , 1979 Containers box 5 , folder 13 Drawing from San Antonio Express on success of vaccine , 1958 Containers box 121 , folder 4 News release about NFIP funding, from Troan to Salk , c. 1955 Containers box 5 , folder 14 Letter and newspaper clipping tipped in from Hahnemann book , 1959 Containers box 5 , folder 15 Theodore T. Puck, Biophysics at University of Colorado , 1961 Containers box 5 , folder 16 Series III. Virus Research Laboratory, Pittsburgh, Pa , 1938-1983 Scope and Contents This series contains research and administrative files from the Virus Research Lab (VRL) at the University of Pittsburgh. Jonas Salk led the VRL from 1947 until 1963 when his university appointment ended. While in Pittsburgh, Salk conducted research on influenza, polio, and cancer. His cancer research continued at the Salk Institute.
Access Restrictions This series contains patient medical records with Level 2 Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined in the University of Pittsburgh Library System's Policy on Access to Personal Medical and Health Information in Collections and are restricted. Please contact Archives & Special Collections for permission to consult these records.
Subseries 1. Administration , 1943-1983 Scope and Contents This subseries contains administrative files from the Virus Research Laboratory (VRL) including financial reports and receipts, employee personnel files and resumes, and equipment and supplies orders. Some experimental methods, procedures, and protocols which apply across several research projects are included here. Salk's secretary, Lorraine Friedman, handled most of the administrative tasks for the laboratory from filing reports and requests with the University of Pittsburgh to tracking and managing lab purchases. Before the decision was made to establish the Salk Institute in California, Salk had plans to renovate Municipal Hospital (now Salk Hall). Drawings of this proposal are included here.
Lab equipment expense book for VRL and SI , 1947-1975 Containers box 6 , folder 1 "Charge Sheets" , 1954-1961 Containers box 6 , folder 2 Report on polio vaccine of Naval personnel in Hawaii , 1956 Containers box 6 , folder 3 "BA 400"; Physical Plant Work Request forms , 1956-1962 Containers box 7 , folder 1 "Service Requests from B & G" , 1959 Containers box 7 , folder 2 Airline tickets and hotel receipts; lecture communications , 1963 Containers box 7 , folder 3 Purchase orders for the VRL , 1961-1962 Containers box 7 , folder 4 "Disbursement Requests" , 1961-1962 Containers box 7 , folder 5 "Reqs. 7/1/61-6/30/62 Printed Matter, Slides" , 1961-1962 Containers box 7 , folder 6 "Reqs. 7/1/61-6/30/62 Glassware" , 1961-1962 Containers box 7 , folder 7 "Reqs. 7/1/61-6/30/62 Maintenance" , 1961-1962 Containers box 7 , folder 8 "Reqs. 7/1/61-6/30/62 Miscellaneous" , 1961-1962 Containers box 8 , folder 1 "Reqs. 7/1/62-6/30/63 Miscellaneous" , 1962 Containers box 8 , folder 2 "Reqs. 7/1/62-6/30/63 Printed Matter - Slides" , 1962 Containers box 8 , folder 3 "Reqs. 7/1/61-6/30/62 University Depts." , 1961-1962 Containers box 8 , folder 4 "Reqs. 7/1/62-6/30/63 Chemicals" , 1962 Containers box 8 , folder 5 "Reqs. 7/1/62-6/30/63 Glassware" , 1962 Containers box 8 , folder 6 "Reqs. 7/1/61-6/30/62 Standing Orders" , 1961 Containers box 8 , folder 7 "Reqs: 7/1/62-6/30/63 University Depts"; Stock room , 1962 Containers box 8 , folder 8 "Reqs. 7/1/61-6/30/62 Chemicals" , 1961-1962 Containers box 8 , folder 9 "Reqs. 7/1/61-6/30/62 Equipment" , 1961-1962 Containers box 8 , folder 10 Personnel action forms; employee files and letters of recommendation , 1957-1961 Containers box 8 , folder 11 Payroll Forms and time sheets; Personnel Office at Pitt , 1960-1962 Containers box 8 , folder 12 Payroll Forms and time sheets , 1960-1961 Containers box 9 , folder 1 Academic personnel action forms; time sheets; NF budget request , 1960-1962 Containers box 9 , folder 2 "Pittsburgh Study - 1959" , 1959-1980 Containers box 9 , folder 3 Draft floorplans for Salk Hall , 1958 Containers box 9 , folder 4 Academic appointments to Pitt's faculty via Salk , 1957 Containers box 9 , folder 5 Resumes and personnel action forms for the Millers , 1962 Containers box 9 , folder 6 Prison Polio Study , 1979-1983 Containers box 9 , folder 7 Supplier contact cards for VRL , 1952-1957 Containers box 10 , folder 1 "Time Schedule" - Time sheets for VRL staff , 1960-1961 Containers box 11 , folder 1 The National Foundation grant accounting report , 1962 Containers box 11 , folder 2 Requested bills, statements, and request forms , 1961-1962 Containers box 11 , folder 3 List of publications , c. 1961 Containers box 11 , folder 4 Parking ticket and note , 1962 Containers box 11 , folder 5 Petty cash receipts and slips , 1957 Containers box 11 , folder 6 Petty cash receipts and slips , 1958 Containers box 11 , folder 7 Petty cash receipts and slips , 1960 Containers box 11 , folder 8 Expense sheets for VRL; salary, benefits, etc. , 1960-1961 Containers box 122 , folder 1 Sponsored research funds expense sheets - NFIP , 1960 Containers box 122 , folder 2 Sponsored research funds expense sheets - American Cancer Society (ACS); Sarah Mellon Scaife Grant for remodeling VRL , 1955-1962 Containers box 122 , folder 3 Sponsored research funds expense sheets - NFIP , 1960-1962 Containers box 122 , folder 4 Sponsored research funds expense sheets - NFIP , 1959-1960 Containers box 122 , folder 5 "Polio Vaccination Data - Employees" , 1960 Containers box 11 , folder 9 "For Don Wegemer" - Hepatitis, measles, and monkey kidney cells lab procedures and results , 1956-1959 Containers box 11 , folder 10 "Specimen Cultures" , 1960-1962 Containers box 11 , folder 11 "Methods 1959" , 1943-1959 Containers box 11 , folder 12 "Antibiotics"; Procedures , 1957 Containers box 12 , folder 1 Elsie N. Ward P.H.S. Polio Control Meeting Atlanta , 1960 Containers box 12 , folder 2 Poetry about Korean War, apple tree, and beauty - no author , 1954 Containers box 12 , folder 3 Procedures for petri dishes and glassware , 1959-1960 Containers box 12 , folder 4 "Tumors Methods etc." , 1956 Containers box 12 , folder 5 "5/13/60 Conference Notes" , 1960 Containers box 12 , folder 6 Serum procedures and notes , 1957-1960 Containers box 12 , folder 7 "Laboratory Procedures Duty Lists" - Staff memos, task and duty lists and procedure , 1956 Containers box 12 , folder 8 Subseries 2. Research , 1938-1976 Scope and Contents The Virus Research Laboratory (VRL) Research subseries covers laboratory and study data collected from research on influenza, polio, cancer, and a small amount on herpes. In the polio section, the bulk consists of data recorded on notecards in multiple sizes from 3" x 5" notecards to 1950s-era "Mark Sense" IBM computer punch cards. Typically, a patient (often a school-aged child) "serum card" includes dates of "bleedings" and the result of anti-body tests for the three types of polio, represented as three columns on many of the serum cards. Vaccination dates are also recorded, with a three-digit lot number of the vaccine (e.g. "309") produced in the Salk lab which was used in that specific patient's vaccination. Larger numbers represent identification for batches from commercial suppliers which produced vaccine for the national trial and afterwards.
Patient data was reused multiple times for different studies, reflected in the various "series" of patient data cards. Individual names of patients may appear in several different places. There is no systematic index for locating polio vaccine trial participant records.
Elsie N. Ward was a senior lab technician at VRL and her hand is evident throughout the VRL research materials and notes. Examples of her handwriting can be found in "Review of Course in Tissue Culture Techniques" (Box 14, Folder 4) and "Solutions and Reagents" (Box 14, Folder 6) in the Influenza section. Ward was skilled at emerging tissue culture techniques and was primarily responsible for growing poliovirus in minced monkey kidney tissues cultures. She can be seen in photos at the VRL monitoring the roller drums of growing tissue cultures. Ward remained part of Salk's team throughout the transition to cancer research and is credited as a coauthor on many of the publications pertaining to the VRL's polio and cancer research.
Access Restrictions Some documents in the Research Series are patient medical records with Level 2 Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined in the University of Pittsburgh Library System's Policy on Access to Personal Medical and Health Information in Collections and are restricted. Please contact Archives & Special Collections for permission to consult these records.
Section 2-1. Influenza , 1938-1965 Scope and Contents Influenza materials include lantern slides with graphs and charts, military trial vaccine and antibody titer cards, and a follow-up study protocol.
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Bibliography note cards; topics of purification, vaccination, and chemotherapy , c. 1943 Containers box 13 , folder 1 Slides sent to university hospital, Michigan , 1943 Containers box 13 , folder 2 "Slips for Stored Sera"; Data about patients , 1947-1948 Containers box 13 , folder 3 "Slips for Stored Sera"; Requisition of blood specimen forms , 1947-1948 Containers box 13 , folder 4 "Slips for Stored Sera"; Requisition of blood specimen forms , 1947-1948 Containers box 13 , folder 5 "Slips for Stored Sera"; Lab requisition slips for blood , 1948 Containers box 13 , folder 6 Guanine and Guanazolo [nucleotide] 3/15 experiments , c. 1951 Containers box 13 , folder 7 Elsie N. Ward lab notes on solubility tests on hormones , 1948-1949 Containers box 14 , folder 1 Elsie N. Ward tissue culture, arthritis, and cancer notes , 1949 Containers box 14 , folder 2 "Cortisone & Other Hormones" , 1950 Containers box 14 , folder 3 Guanazolo studies , 1950 Containers box 14 , folder 4 Guanazolo Data and Guanine HCL , 1950 Containers box 14 , folder 5 Military Influenza Vaccine Study cards , 1951 Containers box 15 , folder 1 Lantern slides, influenza graphs and charts , 1950-1951 Containers box 88 , folder 1 Lantern slides, influenza graphs and charts , 1950-1951 Containers box 88 , folder 2 Lantern slides, influenzas, antibody titer, adjuvant graphs and charts , c. 1951 Containers box 88 , folder 3 Elsie N. Ward "Review of Course in Tissue Culture Techniques" , 1950 Containers box 14 , folder 6 Tissue culture tests , 1950-1951 Containers box 14 , folder 7 "Solutions and Reagents"; With tissue culture schedule and plans , 1952 Containers box 14 , folder 8 Joint Conference of Foreign and American Tissue Culture Workers program , 1950 Containers box 14 , folder 9 Lantern slides, influenza, antibody titer, antigen , 1948-1952 Containers box 89 , folder 1 Influenza slides with graphs and charts , 1952 Containers box 14 , folder 10 "Flu - General" negatives and prints , c. 1955-1960 Containers box 16 , folder 5 "Flu - Bar" bar graphs; negatives and prints , c. 1955-1960 Containers box 16 , folder 6 "Flu - Tables"; negatives, print photos , c. 1955-1960 Containers box 16 , folder 7 Protocol for a follow-up study for Adjuvant Influenza Virus Vaccine 1951-1953 , 1962-1964 Containers box 14 , folder 10 Section 2-2. Polio: Animal Studies , 1950-1958 Scope and Contents Materials include monkey bleeding and serum cards and data from experiments with chicken embryos.
Daily Monkey examination records , 1950 Containers box 17 , folder 1 Exp. 268 ; Protocol summary , 1951 Containers box 17 , folder 2 Special Experiment in pH changes on minced kidney cells , 1952 Containers box 17 , folder 3 Chicken Embryo Extract Titrations , 1952 Containers box 17 , folder 4 Polio strain experiments; Elsie N. Ward reprints , 1950-1951 Containers box 17 , folder 5 Monkey bleeding and serum file cards , 1952-1953 Containers box 18 , folder 1 "Meeting on Chick Potency Test" transcript , 1958 Containers box 17 , folder 6 Section 2-3. Polio: Typing , 1949-1953 Scope and Contents Salk's first polio project was to identify the different strains of polio. Records in this section include index cards recording multiple cultures of samples received before and during this period. The cards are divided into three sections, A, B, and C, each following the other chronologically. (It is unclear if there is any relation between this A, B, and C and the A, B, and C "Series" serum cards forming the unique identifiers of Pittsburgh Area Schools Trials participants.) Names of some of the samples are well-known, such as Mahoney and Saukett, but numerous others are present, named by location of an outbreak or the individual donor. Since donor names are intermixed, this section has been restricted.
Access Restrictions This section contains patient medical records with Level 2 Protected Health Information (PHI) as defined in the University of Pittsburgh Library System's Policy on Access to Personal Medical and Health Information in Collections and are restricted. Please contact Archives & Special Collections for permission to consult these records.
Related Materials See also "Tissue culture tests", Box 14, Folder 7, for material which may have been involved in the polio typing project.
A group polio sample typing cards A- #1-#1519 , 1949-1950 Containers box 34 , folder 1 Scope and Contents Brunhilde, Lansing, and others
B group polio type sample cards B- #1-#2191 , 1949-1950 Containers box 34 , folder 2 Scope and Contents Brunhilde, Lansing, Y-SK, Mahoney, Tennessee, and others
C group polio type sample cards C- #1-#1599 , 1950-1952 Containers box 34 , folder 3 Scope and Contents Brunhilde, Lansing, Mahoney, Saukett, Y-SK, and others
C group polio type sample cards C- #1600-#4505 , 1952-1953 Containers box 35 , folder 1 Scope and Contents Brunhilde, Mahoney, Y-SK, Saukett, MEF-1, Tri-valent, and others
Section 2-4. Polio: Early Trials , 1945-1964 Scope and Contents Materials include serum ("bleeding") cards for patients from the D. T. Watson Home, Polk State School, Warm Springs (Georgia), Municipal Hospital, and Ligonier Valley. Patients at all of these sites were assigned unique identifiers using a combination of a letter and number.
Abbreviations Common on Serum Cards:
A, B, and C Series – These are the primary research groups. Their meaning has not yet been determined.
A – Adult, sometimes appearing on the top left corner of a serum card.
F Series – Family and Friends patient group, including VRL staff and some other locals.
K Series – Kindergarten patient group.
W – D. T. Watson Home patient group.
P – Polk School patient group.
G – Warm Springs (Georgia) patient group.
MH – Municipal Hospital patient group.
b – bleeding.
fb – finger bleed.
I, II, III – Type I, II, and III polio strains.
vacc. – vaccination (date).
adj.vac. – received the vaccine with mineral oil adjuvant.
Consent forms signed by parents are also included in this section.
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"Chimpanzee sera" - human donor information cards , c. 1952 Containers box 75 , folder 6 D.T. Watson Home and F series bleeding and inoculation records , 1954-1955 Containers box 19 , folder 1 "Watson Home Data (ENW [Elsie N. Ward] - Records)" , 1952-1954 Containers box 19 , folder 2 "Watson Home Data (ENW [Elsie N. Ward] - Records)" , 1952-1954 Containers box 19 , folder 3 F Series consent forms A-C , 1953 Containers box 19 , folder 4 F Series consent forms C-E , 1952-1954 Containers box 20 , folder 1 F series consent forms F-J , 1953-1954 Containers box 20 , folder 2 F series consent forms K-O , 1953-1954 Containers box 20 , folder 3 F series consent forms P-Se , 1954 Containers box 21 , folder 1 F series consent forms Sh-Z , 1953-1954 Containers box 21 , folder 2 W series consent forms A-Z , 1952-1953 Containers box 21 , folder 3 Ranked Neutralization Titer Charts from Pittsburgh study , c. 1954 Containers box 121 , folder 5 Polk State School patient records , 1953 Containers box 18 , folder 2 "D.T. Watson Home" - blue bleeding and serum cards , 1952-1953 Containers box 18 , folder 3 "Polk State School" - blue bleeding and serum cards , 1952-1953 Containers box 18 , folder 4 "Municipal Hospital Bleeding Dates and Patients Upon Entrance" - blue bleeding and serum files , 1952-1953 Containers box 18 , folder 5 Warm Springs Patient Cards , 1952-1955 Containers box 22 , folder 1 "Municipal Hosp, Patient Cards, (Polio)" - virus diagnostic studies cards , 1952-1955 Containers box 22 , folder 2 "Municipal Hospital Polio - 1952-54" - Municipal Hospital patient vaccination cards, tracking bleedings , 1953-1954 Containers box 23 , folder 1 "General Information"; virus specimen information; patients files , 1954 Containers box 24 , folder 1 "General Information"; cards recording cases of polio in Allegheny/Pittsburgh , 1955 Containers box 24 , folder 2 "1233"; antibody tests , 1950-1951 Containers box 25 , folder 1 "1233"; antibody tests for groups N and W; vaccine/dosage cards , 1950-1951 Containers box 25 , folder 2 Warm Springs, GA bleeding and serum cards , 1953-1954 Containers box 26 , folder 1 Polk School bleeding and serum cards , 1952-1956 Containers box 26 , folder 2 Ligonier Valley bleeding and serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 26 , folder 3 Field Trial patient bleeding and serum cards , 1953-1954 Containers box 27 , folder 1 Halifax Nova Scotia patient bleeding and serum cards , 1954 Containers box 28 , folder 1 Alphabetized polio study records , 1948-1952 Containers box 29 , folder 1 1952 polio study records, non-alphabetized , 1952 Containers box 29 , folder 2 Blank virus tissue record and virus pool records cards , c. 1950 Containers box 30 , folder 1 Alphabetized stool suspension cards , 1951 Containers box 30 , folder 2 Blank virus tissue record cards , c. 1950 Containers box 30 , folder 3 F sera cards #1-1800 , 1953-1954 Containers box 31 , folder 1 F sera cards #1801-2125 , 1953-1955 Containers box 32 , folder 1 "Inactive F-sera cards" , 1952-1955 Containers box 32 , folder 2 W sera cards #1-218 , 1952-1953 Containers box 32 , folder 3 "Watson Special" cards , 1956-1964 Containers box 32 , folder 4 Scope and Contents This folder contains bleeding and serum cards for the first children given the vaccine.
K bleeding and sera cards organized by school , 1956-1960 Containers box 33 , folder 1 Scope and Contents K Series appears to be a smaller follow-up vaccination study of kindergarteners in various Pittsburgh schools including Wightman, Sunnyside, Sacred Heart, St. Lawrence, St. Stephen, Sterret, Davis, Holy Rosary, Linden, Colfax, Friendship, Fulton, Roosevelt
Color slides from D.T. Watson Home of injection sites over time , 1952 Containers box 36 , folder 1 Color slides to Mr. C.T. Hanlon of injection sites over time , 1952 Containers box 36 , folder 2 Copies of pictures of various exanthems at Municipal Hospital for VRL , 1953-1955 Containers box 36 , folder 3 "Neva-Youngner-Bozely" negatives with graphs and charts about polio antisera , 1953 Containers box 36 , folder 4 "Dr. Salk Figure 2" 3 cell negatives , c. 1955 Containers box 36 , folder 5 "Dr. Salk - Dr. Youngner" negatives with graphs and charts about growth of polio strains , c. 1953 Containers box 36 , folder 6 "Bazely" staged photos of lab equipment , c. 1955 Containers box 36 , folder 7 "Neva-Polio 1-53" Exanthems and typhus endemic slides , c. 1953 Containers box 36 , folder 8 "Dr. Ruckel negatives 7/6/56" itemized list of negative and some negatives (glass negatives in 96.6) , 1956 Containers box 36 , folder 9 Plates #1-#12 - glass plate photographic negatives of cells , c. 1952 Containers box 89 , folder 2 Plates #13-#24 - glass plate photographic negatives of cells , c. 1952 Containers box 89 , folder 3 Plates #22-#33 - glass plate photographic negatives of cells , c. 1952 Containers box 89 , folder 4 Plates #26-#38 - glass plate photographic negatives of cells; "Magee Hospital Photo Lab 4842" , c. 1952 Containers box 90 , folder 1 Plates #33-#37 - glass plate photographic negatives of cells , c. 1952 Containers box 90 , folder 2 Plates #66-#75 - glass plate photographic negatives of cells , c. 1952 Containers box 90 , folder 3 Plates #76-end - glass plate photographic negatives of cells , c. 1952 Containers box 90 , folder 4 "Negatives for Mr. Hardie glass plates from Dr. Salk" , c. 1952 Containers box 90 , folder 5 Section 2-5. Polio: Pittsburgh Area Schools Trials , 1950-1965 Scope and Contents Starting two months prior to the national trial, Salk and the Virus Research Laboratory (VRL) staff conducted a local trial of the Salk vaccine in Pittsburgh area schools. After the success of the national trial, Salk continued to test and experiment with the vaccine and utilized Pittsburgh schools as the site for these ongoing trials. Materials included are serum cards for students, consent forms signed by parents, and "Mark Sense" punch cards. Smaller groupings of cards were found divided either with rubber bands or paper clips. These are now delineated with paper. Many cards appear to have been intentionally turned upside-down and have been left in that state. This is most noticeable in the Mark Sense cards which have a beveled corner. Cards were originally stored in card file drawers and their sequence has been preserved strictly for Mark Sense cards and as much as practical for other cards. When known, drawer or original box labels have been noted.
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[I] 2/18/54 Titration transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 10 II 3/26/54 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 11 III 4/5/54 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 12 IV 4/12/54 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 13 V 1/24-26/54 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 14 VI 6/13/54 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 15 VII 7/1/54 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 16 VIII 7/13/54 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 17 [X] Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 18 IX 12/15/54 and X 12/17/54 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 19 XI 8/3/55 Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1955 Containers box 36 , folder 20 XII F.C. Agent Transparency slides sent to L.V. Brown, M.D. at VRL , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 21 Dr. Neva Extra Rash Picture for VRL mounted color transparencies , 1954 Containers box 36 , folder 22 Private Pittsburgh schools readings and graphs for polio immunity over 6-10 months , c. 1955 Containers box 36 , folder 23 "Arsenal 29" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 37 , folder 1 Scope and Contents The original box for Arsenal to Resurrection schools was labeled "Vaccine Cards 'C' Schools".
"Belmar 30" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 37 , folder 2 "Bennet Baxter 31" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 37 , folder 3 "Burgwin" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 37 , folder 4 "Colfax" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 37 , folder 5 "Conroy 35" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 37 , folder 6 "Cowley 36" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 1 "Davis" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 2 "Dilworth 39" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 3 "Crescent 27" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 4 "Edgeworth" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 5 "Ellis" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 6 "Fair Oaks" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 7 "Forbes 40" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 8 "Frick 41" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 38 , folder 9 "Fulton 42" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 39 , folder 1 "Clayton 22" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 39 , folder 2 "Holy Rosary 43" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 39 , folder 3 "Leetsdale" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 39 , folder 4 "Linden 44" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 39 , folder 5 "Madison 45" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 39 , folder 6 "St. Lawrence 51" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 40 , folder 1 "St. James" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 40 , folder 2 "St. Canice 49" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 40 , folder 3 "St. Basil 48" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 40 , folder 4 "Sacred Heart" serum cards , 1954-1956 Containers box 40 , folder 5 "St. George 50" serum cards , 1956 Containers box 41 , folder 1 "Roger 47" serum cards , 1956-1957 Containers box 41 , folder 2 "Resurrection 46" serum cards , 1956-1957 Containers box 41 , folder 3 "A numbers" and "C numbers" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 1 Scope and Contents The original boxes for the serum cards in this file and for Chatham to St. Philomena was labeled "Serum Cards 'A' Schools".
"Chatham" serum cards - "A" schools note , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 2 "Hillel" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 3 "Liberty" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 4 "Morrow" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 5 "Roosevelt M/N Adeo" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 6 "Park Place" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 7 "Regent Sq." serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 8 "St. Bede" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 9 "St. Edmunds" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 10 "Sterret" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 11 "St. Philomena" serum cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 12 "Adjuvant + Extract HC"; "Herpes"; "medical students" cards , 1955-1956 Containers box 42 , folder 13 B school serum cards #1-1400 , 1954-1955 Containers box 43 , folder 1 "Wightman CK" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 44 , folder 1 Scope and Contents The original box for the Wightman to St. Stephen schools was labeled "Vaccine Cards 'C' Schools Serum Cards 'K' Schools"
"Winchester CK" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 44 , folder 2 "Moved from B group to A group CK" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 44 , folder 3 "St. Bernard" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 44 , folder 4 "Sewickley CK" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 44 , folder 5 "Shadyside CK" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 44 , folder 6 "St. Mary of Mount 52" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 45 , folder 1 "St. Wendelin" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 45 , folder 2 "Sunnyside" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 45 , folder 3 "St. Stephen 53" serum cards , 1954-1955 Containers box 45 , folder 4 "Colfax" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 1 "Davis" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 2 "Friendship" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 3 "Fulton" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 4 "Holy Rosary" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 5 "Linden" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 6 "Minadeo" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 7 "Sacred Heart" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 8 "St. Lawrence" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 9 "St. Stephen" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 10 "Sterret" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 11 "Sunnyside" parental consent cards , 1955 Containers box 46 , folder 12 St. Bernards vaccine cards , 1954 Containers box 47 , folder 1 Alphabetized patient records from Municipal hospital , 1952 Containers box 48 , folder 1 Shadyside Academy bleeding cards , 1954 Containers box 48 , folder 2 Eaglebrook bleeding and serum cards , 1954 Containers box 48 , folder 3 "A-Group Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 49 , folder 1 "A-Group Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 50 , folder 1 "A-Group Mark Sense Cards" and "A-Group Unused Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 51 , folder 1 "A-Group Unused Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 52 , folder 1 "A-Group OOO Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 52 , folder 2 "A-Group OOO Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 53 , folder 1 Uncategorized and "1- Banksville" , 1956 Containers box 53 , folder 2 "2- Beechwood" , 1956 Containers box 53 , folder 3 "3- Brookline" , 1956 Containers box 53 , folder 4 "4- Carmalt" , 1956 Containers box 53 , folder 5 "5- Chatham" , 1956 Containers box 53 , folder 6 "6- Concord" , 1956 Containers box 53 , folder 7 "7- Fairview" , 1956 Containers box 53 , folder 8 "8- Friendship" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 1 "9- Hillel" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 2 "10- Holmes" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 3 "11- J. Morrow" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 4 "12- Lee" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 5 "13- Liberty" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 6 "14 - Morningside" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 7 "15- Our Lady of Mercy" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 8 "16- Overbook" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 9 "17- Park Place" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 10 "18- Q. Roosevelt" , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 11 "19- Regent Sq." , 1956 Containers box 54 , folder 12 "20- Roosevelt" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 1 "21- St. Bede" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 2 "22- St. Edmunds" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 3 "23- St. Joseph Military" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 4 "24- St. Norbert" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 5 "25- St. Philomena" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 6 "26- St. Raphael" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 7 "27- Sterrett" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 8 "28- Ursuline" , 1956 Containers box 55 , folder 9 "A" , 1956 Containers box 56 , folder 1 "B" , 1956 Containers box 56 , folder 2 "C" , 1956 Containers box 56 , folder 3 "D" , 1956 Containers box 56 , folder 4 "E" , 1956 Containers box 56 , folder 5 "F" , 1956 Containers box 56 , folder 6 "G" , 1956 Containers box 56 , folder 7 "H" , 1956 Containers box 57 , folder 1 "I" , 1956 Containers box 57 , folder 2 "J" , 1956 Containers box 57 , folder 3 "K" , 1956 Containers box 57 , folder 4 "L" , 1956 Containers box 57 , folder 5 "Mc" , 1956 Containers box 57 , folder 6 "M" , 1956 Containers box 57 , folder 7 "N" , 1956 Containers box 57 , folder 8 "O" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 1 "P" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 2 "Q" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 3 "R" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 4 "S" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 5 "T" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 6 "U" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 7 "V" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 8 "W" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 9 "X" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 10 "Y" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 11 "Z" , 1956 Containers box 58 , folder 12 Arsenal , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 1 Burgwin , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 2 Clayton , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 3 Belmar , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 4 Colfax , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 5 Conroy , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 6 Cowley , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 7 Crescent , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 8 Dilworth , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 9 Forbes , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 10 Frick , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 11 Fulton , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 12 Linden , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 13 Madison , 1956 Containers box 59 , folder 14 Rogeers , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 1 Sunnyside , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 2 Wightman , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 3 Holy Rosary , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 4 Resurrection , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 5 Sacred Heart , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 6 St. Basil , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 7 St. Canice , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 8 St. George , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 9 St. Lawrence , 1956 Containers box 60 , folder 10 St. Mary of the Mount , 1956 Containers box 61 , folder 1 St. Stephens , 1956 Containers box 61 , folder 2 St. Wendelin , 1956 Containers box 61 , folder 3 "B-Group Vaccine Cards" , 1956 Containers box 61 , folder 4 "B-Group Vaccine Cards" , 1956 Containers box 62 , folder 1 "B-Group Vaccine Cards" , 1956 Containers box 63 , folder 1 "B - Group Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 63 , folder 2 "B-Group Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 64 , folder 1 "B-Group Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 65 , folder 1 "Unused Mark Sense Cards" , 1956 Containers box 65 , folder 2 "B-Group Unused Mark Sense" , 1956 Containers box 66 , folder 1 "B-Group Dropped From Study (moved - withdrawn)" , 1956 Containers box 66 , folder 2 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Watson Home, inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 1 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Watson Home, not inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 2 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Ellis, inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 3 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Ellis, not inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 4 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Shadyside, inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 5 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status Shadyside, not inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 6 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Winchester, inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 7 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Winchester, not inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 8 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Colfax , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 9 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Davis , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 10 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Friendship , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 11 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Fulton , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 12 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Holy Rosary , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 13 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Linden , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 14 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Minadeo, inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 15 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Roosevelt, not inoculated , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 16 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Sacred Heart , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 17 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from St. Lawrence , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 18 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Sterret , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 19 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Sunnyside , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 20 Notifications by parent of child's vaccination status from Wightman , 1956-1957 Containers box 67 , folder 21 Film 12a-12e; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 1 Film 13a-13g; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 2 Film 14a-14f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 3 Film 15a-15f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 4 Film 16a-16e; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 5 Film 17a-17f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 6 Film 18a-18f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 7 Film 19a-19f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 8 Film 20a-20f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 9 Film 21a-21g; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 10 Film 22a-22f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 11 Film 23a-23f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 12 Film 24a-24f; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 13 Film 28a-28d; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 14 Film 26a-26e; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 15 Film 29a-29d; Photographic negatives of cells , c. 1955 Containers box 68 , folder 16 Section 2-6. Polio: Later Studies , 1950-1969 Scope and Contents Research on polio continued after the vaccination program began in 1955 until around 1961–1962 at the VRL, declining quickly when Salk left Pittsburgh for California in 1960.
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Negatives and prints of graphs, charts, antigen titer readings , c. 1950s Containers box 69 , folder 1 "Polio - Dot" graphs; Negatives and prints , c. 1950s Containers box 16 , folder 1 "Polio - General" graphs; Negatives and prints , c. 1950s Containers box 16 , folder 2 "Polio - Tables" graphs; Negatives and prints , c. 1950s Containers box 16 , folder 3 "Polio - Bar" bar graphs; Negatives and prints , c. 1950s Containers box 16 , folder 4 Polio tables, graphs, slides; Negatives and index cards , c. 1950s Containers box 16 , folder 8 "These slides to be replaced"; Broken slides; Graphs , c. 1950s Containers box 16 , folder 9 Type I, II, and III graphs of potency of vaccines , c. 1955-1958 Containers box 70 , folder 1 Two reports to the NY Dept. of Health about Polio cases in NY counties , 1961 Containers box 70 , folder 2 "J"; Experiment summary; Medium age for yield of heart cells , 1957-1959 Containers box 70 , folder 3 Tabular data; cells per gram , 1959 Containers box 70 , folder 4 "F" Tabular data; Inactivation of measles virus , 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 5 Multiple experiments on titration of Type I, II, and III polio , 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 6 Outline of Experimentation on Adsorption and Elution of Polio Virus; Seitz filter , c. 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 7 "Neutralizations"; Echo and Adeno Virus in LLCMK2 cells; T.V. strains , 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 8 "Titrations"; MK Bulk used for HCHO experiment , 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 9 "Myostatin of cont[amination] of K2 cells" - tabular data , 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 10 HCHO inactivation of Echo and coxsackie viruses , 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 11 "Echo and coxsackie Anti-sera Preparation" , 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 12 "Isolations" - Echo, Adenda, and Herpes Viruses and LLCMK2 tabular data , 1960 Containers box 70 , folder 13 "Experimentation Results Dr. Miller" - Results summary; measles and polio , 1961 Containers box 70 , folder 14 Secondary kidney cells tabular data , 1955 Containers box 70 , folder 15 "LD [lethal dose] 50 Calculations at log dilutions" , 1961 Containers box 70 , folder 16 "Rapid Pass I, II, III Polio D.E.W" , 1961-1962 Containers box 70 , folder 17 "Rapid Pass I, II, III Polio D.E.W" , 1961-1962 Containers box 70 , folder 18 "Monkey Bacteria Data" - graphs and reading for various type I, II, and III polio experiments , c. 1962 Containers box 70 , folder 19 pH experiments in types of polio; pH records; Plans for experiment in Chicks , 1961-1962 Containers box 71 , folder 1 "Evaporation - Concentration" , 1962 Containers box 71 , folder 2 Lab notes; phosphate buffer; preparing NCTC; Flash Evaporations , c. 1962 Containers box 71 , folder 3 "Virus Lots (University Senate)" - Flow chart; virus lot tracking , 1961 Containers box 71 , folder 4 "Stirrer Cultures" , 1962 Containers box 71 , folder 5 List of experiments: Assay tests; chick experiments, etc. , 1960-1962 Containers box 71 , folder 6 "Virus Concentrates" , 1961-1962 Containers box 71 , folder 7 "Anti-sera prod."; Neutralization; HCHO inactivation of poliovirus , 1959-1961 Containers box 71 , folder 8 pH tests , 1961 Containers box 71 , folder 9 "Virus Storage D" , c. 1961 Containers box 71 , folder 10 Neutralization and antigen experiments , 1960-1962 Containers box 71 , folder 11 "Echo and coxsackie Viruses Titration" , 1960 Containers box 72 , folder 1 Rapid Pass test; log dilutions; pH tests , 1961-1962 Containers box 72 , folder 2 Concentration by Seitz virus pH tests , 1961 Containers box 72 , folder 3 Numbered (#1-26) packets of tabular data; pH tests, HCHO inactivation; virus titration , 1961 Containers box 72 , folder 4 "Types I+ III polio viruses study; High + Low antibody Prod. in chicks" , 1961 Containers box 72 , folder 5 "Types I, II, III Polio viruses Study; passes in MK. + Cyn. H.C." , 1961 Containers box 72 , folder 6 Polio virus concentration by Seitz filtration , 1961 Containers box 72 , folder 7 Seitz concentration of polio types + pH test , 1961 Containers box 72 , folder 8 "Study on Virus Concentration using Calcium Phosphate ppt and Seitz Filtration Methods" , 1961 Containers box 72 , folder 9 Inactivation rate determination of Type I polio purification , 1960 Containers box 72 , folder 10 Experiment cards , 1965-1966 Containers box 73 , folder 1 H sera patient cards , 1958 Containers box 74 , folder 1 TV sera patient cards , 1958-1959 Containers box 74 , folder 2 C sera information cards , 1958-1959 Containers box 74 , folder 3 "Prison Polio Study" cards , 1959-1960 Containers box 74 , folder 4 P sera cards , 1958-1959 Containers box 74 , folder 5 Bibliography index cards , c. 1964 Containers box 75 , folder 1 "Misc. serum" cards alphabetized , 1959 Containers box 75 , folder 2 Assorted patient negatives , 1958 Containers box 91 , folder 3 "(Prisoner) Numerical Order; (Animals) Chronological Order; Color" , 1959 Containers box 91 , folder 1 "(Prisoner) Numerical Order; (Animals) Chronological Order; Black &White" , 1959 Containers box 91 , folder 2 "Control Group Polio Study 1959" , 1959 Containers box 76 , folder 1 Experimental comparison infectivity and antigen titers of Type II polio , c. 1960 Containers box 76 , folder 2 Section 2-7. Cancer: Animal Studies , 1950-1965 Scope and Contents After the success of the polio vaccine, Dr. Salk announced his transition to cancer research in 1958 and this early work involved testing on mice and monkeys. Histological tests were conducted to examine the nature and reactions of tumors grown on these lab animals. Materials include photographic negatives and experiment data.
Fig. 13, 6, 3, 12, 4 and 5; monkeys and tissue sample , c. 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 3 "Dr Salk - Miss Ward Photonics 8 neg June 14 1957"; photographic negatives , 1957 Containers box 76 , folder 4 "3-17-58"; photos of tumors on monkeys , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 5 "Dr. Salk 6 neg Monkeys 3-24-58" , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 6 "3-24-58"; photos , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 7 "Dr. Salk 6 neg Monkeys 3-31-58" and "3-31-58"; photos and negatives , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 8 "Dr. Salk 6 neg Monkeys 4-7-58" and "4-7-58"; photos and negatives , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 9 "Dr. Salk 6 neg Monkeys 4-14-58" and "4-14-58"; photos and negatives , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 10 "Dr. Salk 2 neg Monkeys 4-22-58" and "4-22-58"; photos and negatives , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 11 "Dr. Salk Order: 1-5x7 print Remarks: 10 neg from Kodachrome 4-22-58" , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 12 "Dr. Salk 12 Neg" , c. 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 13 "Dr. Salk Order: 1 - 3x4 LSa Remarks: 4 Neg." , c. 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 14 Photographic negatives original sleeves for [76.3-76.14] , 1958 Containers box 76 , folder 15 Slide Box #4 - Mouse Tests , 1961 Containers box 78 , folder 1 Slide Box #3 - Mouse Tests , 1961 Containers box 78 , folder 2 Slide Box #2 - Mouse Tests , 1961 Containers box 78 , folder 3 Slide Box #1 - Mouse Tests , 1961 Containers box 78 , folder 4 Slide Box 1A - Mouse Tests , 1961 Containers box 79 , folder 1 Slide Box 1C - Mouse Tests , 1961 Containers box 79 , folder 2 Slide Box 1G - Mouse Tests , 1961 Containers box 79 , folder 3 "Ten Commandments" for Histology , c. 1960 Containers box 76 , folder 16 F. Frick "An application of various models" , c. 1959 Containers box 76 , folder 17 ENW Experiment and Procedures Summaries , 1961 Containers box 76 , folder 18 Mouse Experiments + Histology Notes , 1961 Containers box 76 , folder 19 "Mouse Histology"; With tabular data , 1960-1961 Containers box 76 , folder 20 "Mice received + Index of Mouse Tests + Summary Sheets" , 1961 Containers box 76 , folder 21 Mouse Tests #1 - #19 , 1961 Containers box 76 , folder 22 Mouse Tests #20 - #35 , 1961 Containers box 76 , folder 23 Mouse Tests #36 - #43E , 1961 Containers box 77 , folder 1 Mouse Tests #44 - #49 , 1961 Containers box 77 , folder 2 Mouse Tests #50 - #59 , 1961 Containers box 77 , folder 3 Mouse Tests #60 - #69 , 1961 Containers box 77 , folder 4 Mouse Tests #70 - #83 , 1961 Containers box 77 , folder 5 Brochures on fluorescent antibody staining; notes on dilutions , 1962 Containers box 77 , folder 6 Section 2-8. Cancer: Patient Files , 1953-1976 Scope and Contents Patients suffering from visible tumors were part of ongoing cancer research. (N.B. 116 folders pertaining to over fifty patients are not visible in the finding aid, but can be accessed pending special permission noted below.)
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Bibliography index cards and "human sera storage information" , 1958-1959 Containers box 75 , folder 3 Section 2-9. Herpes , 1956-1961 Scope and Contents A small collection of materials remains pertaining to the growth and neutralization of the herpes virus.
Lois NIDA Herpes Lab color photo slides , 1956 Containers box 87 , folder 9 Isolation and passage of Herpes Virus , 1960 Containers box 87 , folder 10 Growth of Herpes , 1960 Containers box 87 , folder 11 Neutralization of herpes , 1960 Containers box 87 , folder 12 "Type II polio Std. Tests (H.C.)" , 1961 Containers box 87 , folder 13 Series IV. The Salk Institute, La Jolla, California Scope and Contents The Salk Institute for Biological Studies (SI) opened in 1963 in La Jolla, California. Salk secured the location in 1960 and hired architect Louis I. Kahn to design the building, which took several years to complete. The construction was funded by the National Institute for Infantile Paralysis and its president, Basil O'Connor, was involved in the planning and design. This series contains correspondence, notebooks, administrative files, and research materials related to the creation and running of The Salk Institute and research conducted on cancer, Multiple Sclerosis, and HIV/AIDS.
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Subseries 1. Correspondence Scope and Contents This subseries contains professional correspondence from Salk and other employees at The Salk Institute that were retained in a topical and personnel-based filing system within the organization's records.
SI planning , 1962 Containers box 95 , folder 1 SI President's benefits and housing , 1963 Containers box 95 , folder 2 Seton Psychiatric Institute; Leo H. Bartmeier , 1961-1964 Containers box 95 , folder 3 Letter with Augustus Braun Kinzel interview , 1965 Containers box 95 , folder 4 Basil O'Connor about NFIP grant , 1970 Containers box 95 , folder 5 Al Kildow about publishing appointments for Salk in LA , c. 1970 Containers box 95 , folder 6 Physicians for Social Responsibility pamphlets , c. 1970 Containers box 95 , folder 7 Pamphlet of Voluntaryism in the Fight Against Birth Defects; Speech by Basil O'Connor , 1965 Containers box 95 , folder 8 Letter requesting autograph from Salk , 1962 Containers box 95 , folder 9 Guest list and invitation for United States Science Exhibit , 1962 Containers box 95 , folder 10 Letter to Salk about placing his institute within the International Science Foundation , 1960 Containers box 95 , folder 11 Group Health Association of America , 1962 Containers box 95 , folder 12 Draft Institute agreement and name suggestions , 1960 Containers box 95 , folder 13 CMU and Phillip Mettger , 1970 Containers box 95 , folder 14 Sarge, Board of Medical Examiners , 1970 Containers box 95 , folder 15 Jack Potin , 1970 Containers box 95 , folder 16 "Panel on Future in Biology"; Report for NIH meeting about Polio Vaccine production , 1955 Containers box 95 , folder 17 Press releases about SI and land contracts , 1958-1960 Containers box 95 , folder 18 Institut Supérieur D'Hierologie , 1969 Containers box 95 , folder 19 Publications or travel lectures , 1959-1962 Containers box 95 , folder 20 SI memo about day of mourning for Robert F. Kennedy , 1968 Containers box 95 , folder 21 Conference invitations, pamphlets, and agendas , 1969-1970 Containers box 95 , folder 22 Note from Donald Pfaff with reprints of his work , 1969 Containers box 95 , folder 23 Letters to Salk and Rose; personal and professional , 1969 Containers box 95 , folder 24 Salk Institute Internal memos; Council for Biology in Human Affairs , 1969 Containers box 95 , folder 25 "Notes - Dr. Sam" , 1969-1970 Containers box 95 , folder 26 Dr. Sam Rose from universities or other labs , 1969 Containers box 95 , folder 27 "Immunoregulation in MS" , 1978-1979 Containers box 95 , folder 28 Dispute between NIH and Pasteur Institute , 1986 Containers box 95 , folder 29 Subseries 2. Administration Scope and Contents The Salk Institute Administration files include bills from architect Louis I. Kahn, transcripts from meetings with the FDA, building records, and two topographical maps of La Jolla, California made by Kahn and sent to Basil O'Connor and Jonas Salk related to the site for the institute.
Two topographical maps of San Diego/La Jolla from Louis. I. Kahn for selection of SI site , 1960 Salk Institute bills from Louis I. Kahn architect and board meeting notes , 1962 Containers box 95 , folder 30 "National Foundation Fund-Raising Material" , 1963 Containers box 96 , folder 1 Address book for SI staff with annual salaries and family info. , 1964-1967 Containers box 96 , folder 2 The Salk Institute Telephone Directory , 1970 Containers box 96 , folder 3 Lab equipment and chemical advertisements, info pamphlets , 1966-1969 Containers box 96 , folder 4 Future supply of guinea pigs from Horton Farm , 1967 Containers box 96 , folder 5 Blank tables and graphs , c. 1964-1989 Containers box 96 , folder 6 Jack Walsh for Mayor of San Diego campaign materials , 1969-1970 Containers box 96 , folder 7 Salk Institute floorplans , 1968 Containers box 96 , folder 8 Salk Institute purchase orders and bills , 1971 Containers box 96 , folder 9 Surgery and experiment instructions and practice sheets , 1971 Containers box 96 , folder 10 Jonas Salk task lists , c. 1971 Containers box 96 , folder 11 Lab equipment manual , c. 1970 Containers box 96 , folder 12 Lab communications: requesting papers or lab equipment , 1969 Containers box 96 , folder 13 "Vital Signs Records" , c. 1969-1970 Containers box 96 , folder 14 Salk Animal Quarters - laundry list forms , c. 1969-1970 Containers box 96 , folder 15 "Samples of Forms and Records" , c. 1970 Containers box 96 , folder 16 "Instructions; Post-Op Care" , c. 1970 Containers box 96 , folder 17 Catalogues for mail order reprints and books , 1968-1970 Containers box 96 , folder 18 Lab equipment blueprints and updates to Dr. Sam Rose on development progress , 1970 Containers box 122 , folder 6 Elsie N. Ward Tissue Culture manual, scrap notes and tabular data , 1966 Containers box 96 , folder 19 1974 and 1978 Summary tabular data sheets , 1974-1978 Containers box 96 , folder 20 Invoice accompanying the two maps (in Box 97) of San Diego from Louis I. Kahn , 1960 Containers box 96 , folder 21 Notes and drawings from Elsie N. Ward notepad , 1970 Containers box 96 , folder 22 Lorraine Friedman temporary reorganization of slides list , 1975 Containers box 96 , folder 23 Subseries 3. Jonas Salk Lab Research Scope and Contents Salk was a fellow at the SI and ran his own lab until his retirement in 1987. Salk's laboratory continued his earlier research on cancer as well as researching Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.). These materials are yearly cumulative graphs and charts, patient files, experiment summaries, and transparency slides.
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Section 3-1. Cancer: Experiments Scope and Contents These materials include summary graphs and charts of experiments organized by year as well as autopsy records pertaining to each experiment.
Tabular and graph data - gamma percent , 1964 Containers box 98 , folder 1 Tabular data - skin test readings, antigen , 1967 Containers box 98 , folder 2 Typescript list of experiments with annotations , 1969-1970 Containers box 98 , folder 3 Cancer research monograph; Reprint; Journal of the National Cancer Institute , 1969 Containers box 98 , folder 4 Experiment outcomes summary sheets - hemagglutination and hemolysis , 1970-1971 Containers box 98 , folder 5 "1972 Graphs and Charts I / 23-72 to 65-72" binder , 1972 Containers box 98 , folder 6 "1972 Graphs and Charts II / 67-72 to 95-72" binder , 1972 Containers box 98 , folder 7 "1973 Graphs and Charts I / Assay Pools to 20-73" binder , 1973 Containers box 98 , folder 8 "1973 Graphs and Charts II / 21-73 to 39-73" binder , 1973 Containers box 98 , folder 9 "1973 Graphs and Charts III / 44-73 to 94-73" binder , 1973 Containers box 98 , folder 10 "1973 Graphs and Charts IV / 120-73 to 145-73" binder , 1973 Containers box 99 , folder 1 "1974 Graphs and Charts I / 4-74 to 25-74" binder , 1974 Containers box 99 , folder 2 "1974 Graphs and Charts II / 26-74 to 53-74" binder , 1974 Containers box 99 , folder 3 "1974 Graphs and Charts III / 54-74 to 65-74" binder , 1974 Containers box 99 , folder 4 "1974 Graphs and Charts IV / 66-74 to 84-74" binder , 1974 Containers box 99 , folder 5 "1974 Graphs and Charts V / 85-74 to 135-74" binder , 1974 Containers box 100 , folder 1 "1975 Graphs and Charts I / 1-75 to 35-75" binder , 1975 Containers box 100 , folder 2 "1975-1976 Graphs and Charts II-I / 36-75 to 16-75" binder , 1975-1976 Containers box 100 , folder 3 "1976 Graphs and Charts II / 17-76 to 58-76" binder , 1976 Containers box 100 , folder 4 "1977 Graphs and Charts / 2-77 to 37-77" binder , 1977 Containers box 100 , folder 5 "1978 Graphs and Charts / 1-78 to 32-78" binder , 1978 Containers box 100 , folder 6 "1979 Graphs and Charts / 2-79 to 42-79" binder , 1979 Containers box 101 , folder 1 "1980-1983 Graphs and Charts / 3-80 to " binder , 1980-1983 Containers box 101 , folder 2 "Excision/Metastasis Experiments II / Graphs, Charts, and Summaries 1976 1977" binder , 1976-1977 Containers box 101 , folder 3 "Excision/Metastasis Experiments III / Graphs, Charts, and Summaries 1978 1979 1980" binder , 1978-1980 Containers box 101 , folder 4 "1980 Current Experiments / 11-80" binder , 1980 Containers box 101 , folder 5 "1980 Current Experiments / 17-80" binder , 1980 Containers box 102 , folder 1 "1980/1982 Current Experiments / 17-80 (2) 2-82" binder , 1980-1982 Containers box 102 , folder 2 "1982 Current Experiments / 3-82" binder , 1982 Containers box 102 , folder 3 "1982 Current Experiments / 6-82 8-82" binder , 1982 Containers box 102 , folder 4 "1982 Current Experiments / 9-82" binder , 1982 Containers box 103 , folder 1 "1983 Current Experiments / 1-83" binder , 1983 Containers box 103 , folder 2 "Autopsy Records I / Hold Animals and Assay Pools to 20-73" binder , 1973 Containers box 103 , folder 3 "Autopsy Records II / 21-73 to 31-74" binder , 1973-1974 Containers box 103 , folder 4 "Autopsy Records III / 32-74 to 106-74" binder , 1974 Containers box 103 , folder 5 "Autopsy Records IV / 107-74 to 44-75" binder , 1974-1975 Containers box 104 , folder 1 "Autopsy Records V / 7-76 to 21-77" binder , 1976-1977 Containers box 104 , folder 2 "Autopsy Records VI / 23-77 to 26-79" binder , 1977-1979 Containers box 104 , folder 3 "Autopsy Records VII / 27-79 to " binder , 1979 Containers box 104 , folder 4 Blank size distribution graphs , c. 1963 Containers box 104 , folder 5 Blank cell dilutions charts , c. 1963 Containers box 104 , folder 6 Section 3-2. Cancer: Patient Files Scope and Contents These materials include blood testing data from clinical patients.
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Thymon charts for individual clinical patients , c. 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 1 Clinical patient graphs tracking CONA , c. 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 2 Clinical patients "50 thru 71" compiled graphs , c. 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 3 Blood smear tests for clinical patients , 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 4 Fresh and frozen measurements for each patient , 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 5 Graphs charting blood smear testing for each patient , 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 6 Patient charts , 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 7 Patient graphs , 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 8 Comparative charts of patient data , 1984 Containers box 105 , folder 9 Tabular data for clinical patients , 1983 Containers box 105 , folder 10 Tabular data for clinical patients , c. 1983 Containers box 105 , folder 11 Section 3-3. Multiple Sclerosis Scope and Contents Experiments cover Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model for MS. Summary (anonymized) patient trial data is presented in tables and graphs.
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Microscope photos of cerebellum , c. 1970 Containers box 106 , folder 1 Patient notes; MS clinical trial protocol; employee CVs , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 2 MBP [Myelin Basic Protein] Clinical Summaries of Patients , 1979 Containers box 106 , folder 3 "MS Patients -IgG Data"; tabular data , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 4 "FDA Rept -- Clinical Info. Aug. 1978"; patient info on MS clinical trial , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 5 Tabular patient data for MS trial , 1978-1979 Containers box 106 , folder 6 "Graphs: 125 I-SPA bound/mcg IgG"; transparencies graphs and charts for each MS patient , 1978-1979 Containers box 106 , folder 7 "Tables: Elapsed time - IgG [immunoglobulin] /IgM [immunoglobulin M]"; Transparencies tabular data for each MS patient , 1978-1979 Containers box 106 , folder 8 "MBP Clearance (6)" , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 13 "MBP Clearance (6)"; transparencies , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 14 "MBP Level in Serum (7)"; transparencies , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 15 "Mitogenic Studies (8)"; transparencies , c. 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 16 "WBC (9)"; transparencies , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 17 "Anti-MBP IgM/IgG (10)"; transparencies , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 18 "Immune Complexes (11)"; transparencies , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 19 "Protein Profile A (12)"; transparencies , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 20 "T+B (14)"; transparencies , 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 21 "HLA [human leukocyte antigen] Data"; transparency , c. 1978 Containers box 106 , folder 22 MS patients tabular and graph data , 1978-1979 Containers box 106 , folder 23 "Lab Book Data EAE Experiments 1971" , 1971 Containers box 106 , folder 24 Patient graphs and charts , 1978-1981 Containers box 123 , folder 1 Test graph for patient , 1978 Containers box 123 , folder 2 Color coded patient charts with key , 1978 Containers box 123 , folder 3 Cell photo small and enlarged , 1968 Containers box 123 , folder 4 Section 3-4. Other Research Materials Scope and Contents Several small research projects and mixed notes which do not fit into the other sections are placed here.
Salk notes and proposals for experiments with Aleutian Disease and Newborn Mink Trial , 1964 Containers box 107 , folder 1 Lab notes; sarcoma and EAE , 1967-1969 Containers box 107 , folder 2 Alpha globulin concentration list - "antigens" , c. 1964-1989 Containers box 107 , folder 3 EAE and tumor experiment narrative summaries and outlines , 1971 Containers box 107 , folder 4 Results from testing chimp sera by Smith Kline - RIT , 1987 Containers box 107 , folder 5 Subseries 4. Sam Rose Research Scope and Contents Sam Rose was senior research associate in Jonas Salk' Lab at The Salk Institute. These materials include a large format record book summarizing all studies conducted in 1969-1970 in his lab.
Key for Worksheets 1969 and 1970 , 1969 Containers box 124 , folder 1 "Worksheets 1969"; Workbooks recording experiments at SI , 1969 Containers box 124 , folder 2 Workbooks recording experiments at SI , 1970 Containers box 124 , folder 3 Experiments top sheets with protocols , 1969-1970 Containers box 107 , folder 6 Series V. Immune Response Corporation Scope and Contents In the mid-1980s after closing his lab at The Salk Institute, Salk began to pay closer attention to the AIDS epidemic and prospects for prophylactic and therapeutic immunization. Salk sought organizations that would conduct the studies he suggested. Eventually he was asked to consider becoming involved with a start-up biotechnology company, the Immune Response Corporation (IRC). Salk entered into a partnership with IRC when the organizers agreed to take on his proposed HIV research project.
Subseries 1. Correspondence Scope and Contents This section consists of correspondence between Dr. Salk and other scientists about HIV/AIDS research and communications from IRC to Dr. Salk containing board of directors meeting notes, study protocols, and updates from meetings with the FDA.
"Rhône-Poulenc Rorer" , 1993 Containers box 107 , folder 7 "Rhône-Poulenc Rorer" , 1993 Containers box 107 , folder 8 "Salk, Peter #2"; faxes from Peter Salk , 1993 Containers box 107 , folder 9 "Salk, Peter #2"; faxes from Peter Salk , 1993 Containers box 107 , folder 10 Peter Salk #1; faxes from Peter Salk , 1993 Containers box 108 , folder 1 Peter Salk #1; faxes from Peter Salk , 1993 Containers box 108 , folder 2 "Science 1993"; Science Magazine communications and articles for submission , 1993 Containers box 108 , folder 3 "Science Magazine 1993" , 1993 Containers box 108 , folder 4 "JS Material Fax'd Back"; Articles returned from Science Magazine , 1993 Containers box 109 , folder 1 "Search Alliance" , 1993 Containers box 109 , folder 2 "Shearer, Gene", National Institutes of Health , 1993 Containers box 109 , folder 3 "Shearer, Gene", National Institutes of Health , 1993 Containers box 109 , folder 4 "Stoeckel, Philippe" , 1993 Containers box 109 , folder 5 "Vaccine" Magazine , 1993 Containers box 109 , folder 6 "Vaccine Candidates-Sero Negative"; Letters volunteering to be a part of HIV trials , 1992 Containers box 109 , folder 7 "Vaslin, Bruno", French Ministry of Defense , 1993 Containers box 109 , folder 8 Fax related to HIV vaccine , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 1 Fax related to HIV vaccine , 1993-1995 Containers box 110 , folder 2 Act Up Paris and AIDS Foundation communications , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 3 "AmFAR" , 1993-1995 Containers box 110 , folder 4 "Atlan, Henri" , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 5 "Bretscher, Peter" , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 6 "Conference - Misc." , 1994-1995 Containers box 110 , folder 7 "Dwyer, John" , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 8 "Dianne Feinstein" , 1994 Containers box 110 , folder 9 "Levine, Alexandra" , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 10 "Medical Requests, Advice, Questions" , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 11 The Immune Response Corporation 1995 Strategic Plan Confidential , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 12 The Immune Response Corporation Confidential Board of Directors Meeting June 14 , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 13 IRC monthly board updates and yearly operating budget , 1995 Containers box 110 , folder 14 "IRC Correspondence - Misc." , 1995 Containers box 111 , folder 1 "IRC Corporate Business" and December 13th IRC board of directors meeting , 1995 Containers box 111 , folder 2 IRC January 1995 board meeting and 1994 accomplishments report , 1994-1995 Containers box 111 , folder 3 IRC correspondence; study protocols and follow ups , 1993-1995 Containers box 111 , folder 4 "IRC - Thailand Interests"; HIV-1 Phase III Clinical Trials in Thailand , 1995 Containers box 111 , folder 5 "IRC - Manuscripts 103 Clinical Follow Up" , 1994 Containers box 111 , folder 6 "IRC News Releases" , 1995 Containers box 111 , folder 7 "IRC Scientific"; study and trial data , 1994-1995 Containers box 111 , folder 8 "IRC-Gamma Irradiation Validation Study"; HIV study , 1995 Containers box 111 , folder 9 "Carlo, Dennis" , 1995 Containers box 112 , folder 1 "IRC Department of Army" , 1994-1995 Containers box 112 , folder 2 "FDA"; FDA Advisory Committee communications , 1995 Containers box 112 , folder 3 "Miscellaneous"; various IRC communications , 1995 Containers box 112 , folder 4 "Moss, Ron" , 1995 Containers box 112 , folder 5 "Petricciani, John" , 1994-1995 Containers box 112 , folder 6 "Peter Salk #2 1995" , 1995 Containers box 112 , folder 7 "Peter Salk #1 1995" , 1995 Containers box 112 , folder 8 "Shearer, Gene 1995"; nomination for Lasker Award , 1994-1995 Containers box 112 , folder 9 "Stoeckel, Philippe 1995" , 1995 Containers box 112 , folder 10 "Veronet, Ricardo 1995" , 1995 Containers box 112 , folder 11 Subseries 2. HIV/AIDS Research Scope and Contents This section consists of correspondence between Dr. Salk and other scientists about HIV/AIDS research and communications from IRC to Dr. Salk containing board of directors meeting notes, study protocols, and updates from meetings with the FDA.
"HIV Immunotherapeutic Announcement Berlin, Germany June 9, 1993" report , 1993 Containers box 113 , folder 1 Bound Salk HIV Immunogen Clinical Study Report from RPR , 1993 Containers box 113 , folder 2 "AIDS - Misc. -S-" - information file , 1993 Containers box 113 , folder 3 "AIDS - Misc. -T-" - information file , 1993 Containers box 113 , folder 4 "AIDS - Misc. -U-" - information file , 1993 Containers box 113 , folder 5 "AIDS - Misc. -V-" - information file , 1993 Containers box 113 , folder 6 "Adjuvant QS 21" - information file , c. 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 7 "Inventory of US PVO HIV/AIDS Activities in Developing Countries" and articles , 1990 Containers box 113 , folder 8 "AIDS - Misc. -B-" - information file , 1994-1995 Containers box 113 , folder 9 "AIDS - Misc. -C-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 10 "AIDS - Misc. -D-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 11 "AIDS - Misc. -F-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 12 "AIDS - Misc. -G-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 13 "AIDS - Misc. -H-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 14 "AIDS - Misc. -I-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 15 "AIDS - Misc. -K-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 16 "AIDS - Misc. -L-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 17 "AIDS - Misc. -M-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 18 "AIDS - Misc. -O-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 19 "AIDS - Misc. -P-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 113 , folder 20 "AIDS - Misc. -R-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 114 , folder 1 "AIDS - Misc. -S-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 114 , folder 2 "AIDS - Misc. -T-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 114 , folder 3 "AIDS - Misc. -V-" - information file , 1995 Containers box 114 , folder 4 "Charts" about TH1 and TH2, immunity , c. 1995 Containers box 114 , folder 5 "Cure for AIDS" work from other labs , 1995 Containers box 114 , folder 6 "Master FDA Mtg Revised: 11/7/94-1/18/95" , 1994-1995 Containers box 114 , folder 7 "Book for Thailand 3-13-95 Based on FDA Presentation 1-26-95" , 1995 Containers box 114 , folder 8 "Notes on Studies with IRC's Inactivated HIV Immunogen" , 1994 Containers box 114 , folder 9 FDA Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee transcript , 1995 Containers box 114 , folder 10 Protocol for the Salk Vaccine Trial in Spain , 1990 Containers box 114 , folder 11 "Proposed T-Cell Vaccination Protocol" , 1992 Containers box 114 , folder 12 Subseries 3. Immunization Products Limited (IPL) Scope and Contents After initial studies of immunization of HIV-infected individuals suggested the possibility that immunization might slow the course of progression of the disease, IRC entered a joint-venture with Rhône-Poulenc Rorer called Immunization Products Limited (IPL) to continue clinical testing. This section contains facilities plans, research protocols, correspondence, compliance documentation, and drafts of papers.
Immunization Products Limited memos , 1989-1991 Containers box 115 , folder 1 Immunization Products Limited (IPL) sponsored research papers studying HIV-1 Immunogen , 1994 Containers box 115 , folder 2 IPL Clinical Trials Information Lines packet; VA Cooperative Study no. 353 Active and Passive Immunotherapy of HIV Infection , 1990 Containers box 115 , folder 3 "Immunization Products LTD." FDA approval , 1995 Containers box 115 , folder 4 "Study 104" ; Edited protocol documents (accompanies Box 115 Folder 4) , 1992 Containers box 115 , folder 5 Series VI. Lectures and Papers Scope and Contents After the success of his polio vaccine in 1955, Salk received many invitations to give lectures at conferences, universities, and professional organizations or to submit letters and papers to professional publications. Included in this series are notes, drafts, and transcripts of Salk's lectures and papers. Topics include polio, M.S., HIV/AIDS, and general immunology.
"Poliomyelitis Vaccine in the Fall of 1955" , 1955 Containers box 115 , folder 6 "Interim report of the Public Health Service's Technical Committee on Poliomyelitis Vaccine" , 1955 Containers box 115 , folder 7 "Analogies Between Immunologic and Psychologic Phenomena" , 1958 Containers box 115 , folder 8 "Use of formaldehyde for inactivation of polio viruses" , 1959 Containers box 115 , folder 9 "Harrogate - Health Congress Harrogate 1959"; Royal Society of Health congress in Harrogate , 1959 Containers box 115 , folder 10 "Study of a Stabilized Human Whole Blood Commercial Hemoglobin Standard"; "On Concomitant Immunity in Tumor-bearing Hamsters" , c. 1958-1967 Containers box 115 , folder 11 Notes and draft for paper on TB infected monkeys , c. 1960-1965 Containers box 115 , folder 12 "Biological Basis of Disease and Behavior" and "Biology in the Future" , 1961-1962 Containers box 115 , folder 13 "Infectious Molecules and Human Diseases" , 1962 Containers box 115 , folder 14 "Immunological Paradoxes" about tumors; The Von Pirquet Lecture at Allergey Seminar , 1965 Containers box 115 , folder 15 Simon and Schuster 'Credo Perspective' pamphlet , 1967 Containers box 116 , folder 1 "Awareness of Order", "Multiple Sclerosis", and "Narcissism and Responsibility in Science and Man" , 1969-1983 Containers box 116 , folder 2 "SALK, Jonas & SALK, Peter (World Affairs: An Evolutionary Approach to World Affairs)" , 1990-1991 Containers box 116 , folder 3 "Control of Influenza and Poliomyelitis by use of killed virus vaccines" , c. 1976 Containers box 116 , folder 4 "Advances in AIDS Vaccine Dev. Reconceptualization of Requiremnts... 8/92" , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 5 "Abstract for VIII International Conference on AIDS - Amsterdam" , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 6 Letter to Nature Journal about HIV vaccination strategies , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 7 "Vaslin Paper"; Letter to Nature about HIV vaccination , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 8 "Cent Gardes '92 Publication"; HIV Vaccination , 1992-1993 Containers box 116 , folder 9 Immunization of HIV Infected Individuals with an Inactivated GP-120 Depleted , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 10 Draft of paper about 1A/1B HIV study , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 11 "T Cell Vaccination of HIV Seropositive (Cent Gardes)" - Henry Atlan, Merril J. Gersten, Peter L. Salk, Jonas Salk , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 12 "HIV Autoimmunity Drafts Nature Article 6/92" , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 13 Drafts of "Need for Strategies to Lock in a Cell-mediated Immune Response for Protection Against HIV Infection and Disease" by Jonas and Peter Salk for Nature Magazine , 1992-1993 Containers box 116 , folder 14 "The Autoimmune Component of AIDS" , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 15 "An Autoimmune Component of HIV Infection: Prospects for Therapeutic" , 1992 Containers box 116 , folder 16 "Four and a Half Years of Observation in the Initial Group of Symptomatic HIV Seropositive Individuals Immunized..." , 1992 Containers box 117 , folder 1 "Paper for Vaccine" Magazine , 1992 Containers box 117 , folder 2 "HIV Immunoprophylaxis" , 1992 Containers box 117 , folder 3 "Old Drafts from Dr. Salk's Office" , 1992 Containers box 117 , folder 4 "Reconceptualization of Requirements for Induction of HIV-Immunity by Vaccination" , 1992 Containers box 117 , folder 5 "1993 September 30 San Francisco Engineered Vaccines" , 1993 Containers box 117 , folder 6 Study "103 Manuscript Review 8/30/93" paper , 1993 Containers box 117 , folder 7 Paper on Study 103 for Nature , 1993 Containers box 117 , folder 8 "4/16/93 Levine Paper Submitted to NEJM" , 1993 Containers box 117 , folder 9 "Science Commentary Submitted 4/15/93"; A Strategy for Prophylactic Vaccination Against HIV , 1993 Containers box 117 , folder 10 "Induction of Humoral & Cellular Immunity of HIV" Submitted to Vaccine" , 1993 Containers box 117 , folder 11 "Induction of Humoral & Cellular Immunity of HIV" Copies , 1993 Containers box 117 , folder 12 "Science Commentary Drafts" , 1993 Containers box 118 , folder 1 "1A/1B Material Which Dr. Salk Sent Back from New York" , 1993 Containers box 118 , folder 2 "Ron Moss Paper Draft #8 Study 103" , c. 1993 Containers box 118 , folder 3 Draft "103 Paper for Science" on HIV immunization , 1993 Containers box 118 , folder 4 Draft "1A/1B Study AIDS" on immunotherapy , 1993 Containers box 118 , folder 5 "Reston Presentation Revised 11/7/94-1/18/95" , 1994-1995 Containers box 118 , folder 6 "11/7/94 Reston Presentation: Conf. on Adv in AIDs Vac Dev." , 1994 Containers box 118 , folder 7 "Abstract: Conference on Advances in AIDS Vaccine Nov. 6-11, 1994" , 1994 Containers box 118 , folder 8 "Forum in Immunology Final Statement" , c. 1994 Containers box 118 , folder 9 "Comments on Forum Manuscripts 9/94" , 1994 Containers box 118 , folder 10 "1994 Journal of Research in Immun. Forum in Immun. Cytokine HIV Reg." , 1994 Containers box 118 , folder 11 "International AIDS Conf. Yokohama August 8, 1994 Oral Presentation" , 1994 Containers box 119 , folder 1 "1994 10th International AIDS Conf. Observations on the Control of Prog." , 1994 Containers box 119 , folder 2 "Forward to Vaccine Design" , 1994 Containers box 119 , folder 3 "NATURE: Prospects for the Control of Progression to AIDS by Immunization to Restore & Maintain... 6/30/94...Nature Commentary" , 1994 Containers box 119 , folder 4 "JAMA -- Prospects for the Control of Progression to Restore and Maintain etc." , 1994 Containers box 119 , folder 5 Series VII. Photographs Scope and Contents These are photographs of Dr. Salk by himself, with others such as friends and family, at press conferences or speaking events, in the VRL and at Salk Institute, and playing golf. Notable photographs include those taken for the Time magazine cover.
Copyright The University of Pittsburgh holds the property rights to the material in this collection, but the copyright may still be held by the original photographer. Researchers are therefore advised to follow the regulations set forth in the U.S. Copyright Code when publishing, quoting, or reproducing material from this collection without the consent of the photographer or that go beyond what is allowed by fair use.
"Portrait by Edward V. Vitarelli Pittsburgh, PA" , c. 1952 Containers box 121 , folder 6 "Life Magazine Photos 4/12/55"; photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt , 1954 Containers box 120 , folder 1 Two portraits taken of Jonas Salk for LIFE magazine by photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt , 1954 Containers box 121 , folder 7 Photos of Salk at a press conference; Salk with family at house at University of Michigan , c. 1955-1958 Containers box 120 , folder 2 Photos of Salk receiving The Albert Lasker Award and refreshments at an unidentified home , 1956 Containers box 120 , folder 3 Three portraits of Salk from the New York Times , 1959 Containers box 120 , folder 4 Photo of white blood cell for an art center , c. 1960 Containers box 121 , folder 8 Photos of Dr. Salk in Statler Hotel, Texas for a conference , 1962 Containers box 120 , folder 5 "For Dr Salk"; Fishing trip photos , c. 1963 Containers box 120 , folder 6 Salk Portrait from Hollywood , c.1965 Containers box 121 , folder 9 "Photos w/ Others"; First fellows meeting , c. 1961-1988 Containers box 120 , folder 7 Photos from a conference; Salk speaking at podium , 1978-1988 Containers box 120 , folder 8 Letter and photos from Ara Guler , 1974 Containers box 120 , folder 9 "Photos Friends"; Photos with Francoise and visits to other labs , 1978-1992 Containers box 120 , folder 10 Salk at conference in Soviet Union , c. 1965 Containers box 120 , folder 11 Series VIII. Newspapers and Magazines Scope and Contents The bulk of the newspapers are from the United States, but there is a substantial number of foreign newspapers represented, primarily from Europe, which are organized in their own sub-series. Newspapers from both the US and abroad appear to have been collected by Salk from several sources: 1. Those he collected himself; 2. Those sent to him by correspondents; and, 3. Clippings acquired through a professional service, typically documenting a particular event or trip to a location.
Preservation photocopies were made for all clipped articles and newspapers. Due to the brittle nature of the materials, readers should consult these first. They are found in boxes 125-134. Newspapers are housed in oversized boxes 135-138.
Subseries 1. Newspapers - Domestic Scope and Contents News of the success of the national trial of Salk's polio vaccine (conducted from April 1954 until its announcement a year later on April 12, 1955) made front page headlines. Ongoing reporting about vaccination continued with interest in access and cost. The Cutter incident, where contaminated commercial vaccine infected children, made the news in late April of 1955. Debates with Albert Sabin over the relative advantages of a live oral vaccine appear in 1957. The University of Pittsburgh's purchase of Municipal Hospital as a future research center and then Salk's announcement of his departure from the university in 1960 were also featured stories.
Box 126 contains clippings with letters from those who sent them to Salk, including physicians, thankful members of the public, and the Pittsburgh science journalist John Troan.
Newspaper clippings , 1949 Containers box 125 , folder 1 Newspaper clippings , 1950 Containers box 125 , folder 2 Newspaper clippings , 1950 Containers box 125 , folder 3 Newspaper clippings , 1951-1952 Containers box 125 , folder 4 Newspaper clippings , 1952-1953 Containers box 125 , folder 5 Newspaper clippings , 1953 Containers box 125 , folder 6 Newspaper clippings , 1953 Containers box 125 , folder 7 Newspaper clippings , 1954 Containers box 125 , folder 8 Newspaper clippings , 1955 Containers box 125 , folder 9 Press releases , January 20, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 1 School newsletter , March 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 2 Elk's Magazine , March 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 3 The Pittsburgher , March 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 4 Open letter by Dr Marsh Pitzman , March 30, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 5 Scientific American , April 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 6 Woman's Day , April 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 7 School newsletter , April 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 8 Modern Medicine , April 1, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 9 Clipping and letter from John E. Ryan , April 3, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 10 Science Service report and letter from Watson Davis , April 8, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 11 Clipping and letter from Joan E. Traer , April 13, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 12 Clipping and letter from the Detroit Times , April 15, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 13 Clipping and letter from John E. Ryan , April 16, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 14 Clipping and telegram from Bessie Merrett , April 17, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 15 Church bulletin and letter from Mrs. J. Edward Johnson , April 17, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 16 Clipping and letter from Jack Seldon , April 19, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 17 Clipping and letter from Dorothy Nash, M.D. , April 19, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 18 Clipping and letter from Julie Kniering , April 20, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 19 Clipping and letter from Margaret H. Moorman , April 21, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 20 Press release from The White House , April 22, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 21 Press release from Sweden , April 23, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 22 Clipping and letter from M. J. Kopp, M.D. , April 26, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 23 House of Commons statement and letter from the Minister of Health , April 26, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 24 Modern Medicine , May 1, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 25 The Journal of the Indiana State Medical Association , May 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 26 The Jewish Forum , May 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 27 University of Michigan School of Public Health newsletter , May 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 28 NYU Alumni Bulletin , May 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 29 Report of polio by Daniel L. Seckinger, M.D., Dr. P. H. , May 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 30 Letter from F. D. Suttenfield, U. S. Army , May 10, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 31 Press release from Bucks County Dept of Health , May 15, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 32 Mutterings , May 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 33 Press release from The National Society for Crippled Children and Adults , May 23, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 34 Publications from the League for Underprivileged Children; School newsletter and letter from Deborah E. Himmelfarb; Lukens Life with letter from Edwin C. Watson , 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 35 Clipping and letter from Dr. Morris Witkin , June 3, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 36 Clipping from Merle J. Fairbanks , June 8, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 37 Life magazine , June 20, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 38 The Crippled Child Magazine , June 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 39 Industry and Power , June 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 40 Faith and Freedom , June 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 41 Open letter by Dr Marsh Pitzman , July 5, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 42 NYU Medical Quarterly , July 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 43 Medical Economics; Gallup Poll; Harper's Magazine; U. S. News and World Report , July 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 44 California Medicine with letter from John Troan , July 9-11, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 45 JAMA; Abstract of paper by Dr. Ward Pigman , December 17-30, 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 46 Bulletin of the Allegheny County Medical Society; Press release from Bucks County Department of Health; The Marlinite; newspaper clippings , 1955 Containers box 126 , folder 47 Newspaper clippings, National Trial Announcement , April 12, 1955 Containers box 127 , folder 1 Newspaper clippings , 1955 Containers box 127 , folder 2 Newspaper clippings , 1955 Containers box 127 , folder 3 Newspaper clippings , 1955 Containers box 127 , folder 4 Newspaper clippings , 1955 Containers box 127 , folder 5 Newspaper clippings , 1955 Containers box 127 , folder 6 Newspaper clippings , 1956 Containers box 127 , folder 7 Newspaper clippings , 1956 Containers box 127 , folder 8 Newspaper clippings , 1957 Containers box 128 , folder 1 Newspaper clippings , 1957 Containers box 128 , folder 2 Newspaper clippings , 1957 Containers box 128 , folder 3 Newspaper clippings , 1957 Containers box 128 , folder 4 Newspaper clippings , 1958 Containers box 128 , folder 5 Newspaper clippings , 1958 Containers box 128 , folder 6 Newspaper clippings , 1958 Containers box 128 , folder 7 Newspaper clippings , 1959 Containers box 128 , folder 8 Newspaper clippings , 1960 Containers box 129 , folder 1 Newspaper clippings , 1960 Containers box 129 , folder 2 Newspaper clippings , 1960 Containers box 129 , folder 3 Newspaper clippings , 1960 Containers box 129 , folder 4 Newspaper clippings , 1961 Containers box 129 , folder 5 Newspaper clippings , 1961 Containers box 129 , folder 6 Newspaper clippings , 1961 Containers box 129 , folder 7 Newspaper clippings , 1961 Containers box 129 , folder 8 Newspaper clippings , 1962 Containers box 130 , folder 1 Newspaper clippings , 1962 Containers box 130 , folder 2 Newspaper clippings , 1962 Containers box 130 , folder 3 Newspaper clippings , 1962 Containers box 130 , folder 4 Newspaper clippings , 1962 Containers box 130 , folder 5 Newspaper clippings , 1963 Containers box 130 , folder 6 Newspaper clippings , 1964 Containers box 130 , folder 7 Newspaper clippings , 1964 Containers box 130 , folder 8 Newspaper clippings , 1965 Containers box 131 , folder 1 Newspaper clippings , 1965 Containers box 131 , folder 2 Newspaper clippings , 1965 Containers box 131 , folder 3 Newspaper clippings , 1966 Containers box 131 , folder 4 Newspaper clippings , 1966 Containers box 131 , folder 5 Newspaper clippings , 1967 Containers box 131 , folder 6 Newspaper clippings , 1968 Containers box 131 , folder 7 Newspaper clippings , 1969 Containers box 131 , folder 8 Newspaper clippings , 1970 Containers box 132 , folder 1 Newspaper clippings , 1970 Containers box 132 , folder 2 Newspaper clippings , 1970 Containers box 132 , folder 3 Newspaper clippings , 1970 Containers box 132 , folder 4 Newspaper clippings , 1971 Containers box 132 , folder 5 Newspaper clippings , 1972 Containers box 132 , folder 6 Newspaper clippings , 1973 Containers box 132 , folder 7 Newspaper clippings , 1974 Containers box 133 , folder 1 Newspaper clippings , 1975 Containers box 133 , folder 2 Newspaper clippings , 1976 Containers box 133 , folder 3 Newspaper clippings , 1979 Containers box 133 , folder 4 Newspaper clippings (undated) , c. 1955-1970 Containers box 133 , folder 5 Newspaper clippings , 1980-1990 Containers box 133 , folder 6 Newspapers , 1949 Containers box 135 , folder 1 Newspapers , 1950 Containers box 135 , folder 2 Newspapers , 1954 Containers box 135 , folder 3 National Trial Announcement , April 12, 1955 Containers box 135 , folder 4 Newspapers , 1955 Containers box 135 , folder 5 Newspapers , 1956 Containers box 135 , folder 6 Newspapers , 1957 Containers box 136 , folder 1 Newspapers , 1957 Containers box 136 , folder 2 Newspapers , 1957 Containers box 136 , folder 3 Newspapers , 1957 Containers box 136 , folder 4 Newspapers , 1958 Containers box 136 , folder 5 Newspapers , 1958 Containers box 136 , folder 6 Newspapers , 1958 Containers box 136 , folder 7 Newspapers , 1959 Containers box 137 , folder 1 Newspapers , 1959 Containers box 137 , folder 2 Newspapers , 1960 Containers box 137 , folder 3 Newspapers , 1960 Containers box 137 , folder 4 Newspapers , 1960 Containers box 137 , folder 5 Newspapers , 1960 Containers box 137 , folder 6 Newspapers , 1961 Containers box 137 , folder 7 Newspapers , 1980-1990 Containers box 137 , folder 8 Subseries 2. Newspapers - Foreign and Foreign Language Newspapers, Brazil , 1955 Containers box 134 , folder 1 Language Portuguese.
Newspapers, Denmark , 1955 Containers box 134 , folder 2 Language Danish.
Newspapers, Germany , 1954-1955 Containers box 134 , folder 3 Language German.
Newspapers, Israel , 1959 Containers box 134 , folder 4 Language Hebrew, English.
Newspapers, Italy , 1957 Containers box 134 , folder 5 Language Italian.
Newspapers, Japan , 1952 Containers box 134 , folder 6 Language Japanese.
Newspapers, Netherlands , 1959 Containers box 134 , folder 7 Language Dutch; Flemish.
Newspapers in Yiddish , 1955 Containers box 134 , folder 8 Language Yiddish.
Newspapers, Canada , April 12, 1955 Containers box 138 , folder 1 Language English.
Newspapers, France , 1957-1982 Containers box 138 , folder 2 Language French.
Newspapers, Israel , 1957 Containers box 138 , folder 3 Language Hebrew.
Newspapers, Italy , 1956-1957 Containers box 138 , folder 4 Language Italian.
Newspapers, Peru , 1955 Containers box 138 , folder 5 Language Spanish; Castilian.
Newspaper: Panorama , 1955 Containers box 138 , folder 6 Language Spanish; Castilian.
Newspaper: Forwarts/Forward , 1957 Containers box 138 , folder 7 Language Yiddish, English.
Subseries 3. Magazines Brochure for Touro Synagogue , 1946 Containers box 139 , folder 1 Magazines , 1953-1955 Containers box 139 , folder 2 Jewish magazines , 1953-1956 Containers box 139 , folder 3 Magazines , 1954 Containers box 139 , folder 4 Magazines , 1956 Containers box 139 , folder 5 Magazines , 1957 Containers box 139 , folder 6 Magazines , 1958 Containers box 139 , folder 7 Magazines , 1960 Containers box 139 , folder 8 Magazines , 1961 Containers box 139 , folder 9 Magazines - Cuba , 1955 Containers box 139 , folder 10 Magazines - France , 1957 Containers box 139 , folder 11 Magazines - Italy , 1961 Containers box 139 , folder 12 Magazines - United Kingdom , 1956 Containers box 139 , folder 13 Press releases; Collection of popular sayings , 1956-1967 Containers box 139 , folder 14 19th century manuscript folio of medical recipes , c. 1800-1880 Containers box 139 , folder 15 Series IX. Offprints Scope and Contents Salk's lab retained copies of their own publications as well as a library of relevant literature. These were kept in document containers and numbered sequentially.
A list is forthcoming.
Inventory Coming Soon
Series X. Memorabilia Scope and Contents Jonas Salk received numerous awards and commendations from cities, professional societies, and clubs. They are in the form of paper certificates, plaques, and medals. This series includes other artifacts related to his person, but which may not always bear on his work as a scientist.
A complete list is forthcoming.
The Children's Medical Center of New York Fund award , 1973 The Golden Plate, American Academy of Achievement , 1976 Service Award, March of Dimes , c.1960 Paralyzed Veterans of America award , 1978 Medallion of Distinction, University of Pittsburgh , 1987 Special Recognition Award, Massachusetts Medical Society , 1993 History and Traditions Committee Award, University of Michigan , 1995 John M. Mott Jr. Inaugural Memorial Lecture, University of California Davis , 1983 The Friends of the National Children's Home American Bicentennial Group , c.1960-1980 Presidential Citation from President Eisenhower , c.1960-1980 National Press Club Certificate of Appreciation , c.1960-1980 Presidential Medal of Freedom , c.1960-1980 Louis Pasteur Humanitarian Award from County of LA , c.1960-1980 State of Illinois Proclamation , c.1960-1980 John Muir College Fellow , c.1960-1980 Rotary Foundation of Rotary International Paul Harris Fellow , c.1960-1980 State of Hawaii certificate , c.1960-1980 State Dinner in honor of Salk by the Lotos Club , c.1960-1980 City of New York Certificate of Appreciation , c.1960-1980 State of New York Legislative Resolution , c.1960-1980 Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce , c.1960-1980 NYU School of Medicine Certificate , c.1960-1980 Honorary degree from Brown University - recto , c.1960-1980 Honorary degree from Brown University - verso , c.1960-1980 Institute of Medicine at the National Academcy of Sciences , c.1960-1980 Dartmouth Honorary Degree , c.1960-1980 University of Michigan Honorary Doctorate , c.1960-1980 Roosevelt University Honorary Doctorate , c.1960-1980 College of Steubenville Poverello Medal , c.1960-1980 Albert Gallatin Award NYU , c.1960-1980 NYU Honorary Doctorate , c.1960-1980 Tuskegee Institute Doctorate of Law , c.1960-1980 Franklin and Marshall College Doctorate , c.1960-1980 Queens College Honorary Doctorate , c.1960-1980 National Academy of Medicine of Buenos Aires , c.1960-1980 The Medical Association of Argentina , c.1960-1980 Universidad de Buenos Aires , c.1960-1980 Honorary Citizen of New Orleans , c.1960-1980 American Heros Award Disneyland , c.1960-1980 Governers State University Honorary Doctorate , c.1960-1980 New School of Architecture Honorary BA , c.1960-1980 City of LA 1968 Commendation , 1968 All-India Institute of Medical Sciences Honorary Fellowship , c.1960-1980 Salk Hall Men's Dormitory Sign , 1960 
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