A. Presidents Bowl 1963-71
B. Location of Papers and Past Presidents 1986 (see also individual presidential files)
C. Presidential Addresses
D. Other
II. Presidents
(Chronological by Year of Presidency)
In most cases, files contain biographical material rather than records of the activities of the presidential year. Contact ASM Archivist for specific holding.
A. President’s Bowl
1. Correspondence of J. Roger Porter, President 1963
2. Correspondence of Robert E. Hungate, past-President, 1971
3. Clipping from ASM News, 1964
B. Papers of Presidents
1. “Survey of Sources for the History of Microbiology: The Papers of Deceased Past Presidents of the ASM,” by Peter B. Hirtle, 1986
C. Presidential addresses
1. List of addresses, 1899-1974 (ca. 1974) and 1951-1983 (ca. 198); list of Presidents for whom there is a copy of the address in the presidential file, 1994; notes [by Barnett Cohen?] re early presidential addresses, n.d.
D. Other
1. Research Interest of Presidential nominees, 1955-85
A.William Thompson Sedgwick (1855-1921) president in 1900
1) Two letters to Sedgwick from Harold C. Ernst and T. Mitchell Prudden on the beginnings of the teaching of bacteriology in America, 1916; correspondence and note of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, 1935, 1937
2) Obituaries by C.-E.A. Winslow and S.C. Prescott, 1921; biographical information; information on location of manuscripts
3) Presidential address: photocopy from Science N.S. XIII,No. 317, January 25, 1901 B. William Henry Welch (1850-1934), president in 1901 See also Barnett Cohen file. See also transcript of lectures by Welch, 1907, in file of James Howard Brown, 13-II, AG 1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, 1932-50: with Welch on tercentary of birth of Leeuwenhoek, 1932-33; with SimonFlexner on locating Welch's presidential address to the SAB, 1935; with Richard H. Shryock on participating in a symposium organized by the American History of Medicine on Welch, 1950; Cohen's research notes for his talk
2) Correspondence of E. B. Fred on election of Welch to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans, 1965-73
3) Obituaries; biographical information
4) Text of Welch film (1932). Film has been transferred to video master
5) Eightieth birthday celebration brochure: invitations and programs of celebrations of the centennial of Welch's birth
6) Information on location of manuscripts C. Herbert William Conn (1859-1917), president in 1902 See also Harold Joel Conn file. 1) Harold J. Conn, "A Religious Scientist at the Turn of the Century: Herbert William Conn of Wesleyan University," mimeographed biography and bibliography, sent to Barnett Cohen, Archivist, in 1944
2) Obituary; biographical material
4) Various reprints, 1893-1915 (16 items)
D. Theobald Smith (1859-1934), president in 1903 1) Correspondence: 6 letters to Arthur H. Pease, 1897-1905; copy of letter to Ward J. MacNeal, 1933;published copies of letter to E.B. Krumbhaar, 1933;copy of letter to T. B. Magath, n. d.; I.L. Baldwinwith Smith' s family, 1935
2) Letter of Mark Frances to Carl Hartman on Smith' s work on work on Texas cattle fever, January 20, 1914
3) Correspondence of the Archivist (Cohen, McClung), 1935-56, including a manuscript (unpublished?) by W. E. Cotton on Smith's work at the Bureau of Animal Industry, 1938, and program of dedication of Smith Laboratory, Albany Medical College, 1937
4) Obituaries and biographies
5) Bibliographies
6) Article by C. Dolman on Smith's presidential address (including text of address), 1981
7) Miscellaneous reprints (see also three bound volumes in Book Collection)
8) Information on manuscripts
9) Original drawings of fermentation tubes, published in The Wilder Quarter Century Book, 1893 (QL3.W66) E. Frederick George Novy (1864-1957), president in 1904 1) Two laboratory notebooks containing Novy's notes of lectures at the Hygienic Institute, Berlin, 1888
2) Correspondence: correspondence of I. L. Baldwin concerning election of Novy as honorary member, 1936-37; letter to Pearl Kendrick extending greetings for annual meeting in Detroit, 1957
3) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Novy, 1935-50
4) "Collected papers of Frederick George Novy,1887-1937. Volume One," bibliography and career resume received from Walter J. Nungester
5) Novy's annotated copy of his Directions for Laboratory Work in Bacteriologv for the Use of Medical Classes in the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor: George Wahr, 1894) is in book collection (QR63.N88). Material in this folder was taken from the back pocket of that volume and includes notes, photographs of apparatus, and advertisements by Parke, Davis & Co. and Richards & Co. for pure cultures
6) Obituaries and biographies, including unpublished(?) typed sketch by Max Marshall; clippings from SAB Newsletter
7) Bibliographies
8) Reprints
9) Reprint of article from American Medicine, with notes by B. Cohen on its relation to Novy's presidential address
10) Information on manuscripts F. Edwin O. Jordan (1866-1936), president in 1905 See also correspondence in: 1-IA, folder 1on origins of SAB and in Gail F. Dack, president in 1953. 1) 3 letters from William E. Castle to Jordan on procurement and raising of guinea pigs, 1905
2) Letter to J.M. Sherman acknowledging election as honorary member, 1935
3) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, with Jordan and his family, 1935-50
4) Correspondence of N. Paul Hudson with I. L. Baldwin, Ernest E. Irons, and L. Hektoen and regarding his biographical sketch of Jordan, 1934-46
5) Obituaries, biographies
6) Bibliography
7) Miscellaneous reprints (see also bound reprints in book collection)
8) Typescript of Presidential address, "Variation in Bacteria"
9) Information on manuscripts
G. Erwin Frink Smith (1854-1927), president in 1906 1) Obituaries, biographical material
2) Bibliography
3) Miscellaneous reprints. See also bound volumes in book collection
4) Information on manuscripts H. James Carroll (1854-1907), president in 1907 1) Obituaries; biographies; bibliography
2) Information on manuscripts [I. DELETED] J. Harry Luman Russell (1866-1954), president in 1908 1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Russell on Golden Jubilee meeting and Welch-Novy-Russell Lecture, 1950; copy of portion of letter from William H. Welch to Dr. Mall about Russell, 1892
2) Correspondence of J. Roger Porter, Editor of Journal of Bacteriology with William B. Sarles concerning obituary of Russell by E. B. Fred, 1954
3) Typescript (unpublished?) of biographical sketch presented bv William B. Sarles to the North Central Branch of the ASM, 1962
4) Biographical material, obituaries, "Memorial Resolutions of the Faculty of the University of Wisconsin," 1954; articles about Russell, including "A Review of the Scientific Work of Harry Luman Russell", by E.G. Hastings, n.d. ; bibliography
5) Information on manuscripts, 1963, 1985
6) Miscellaneous reprints
7) "His Inquiring Mind," radio script about Russell, by Lois Fossum for the Wisconsin School of the Air, 1952. 12pp. K. Joseph James Kinyoun (1860-1919), president in 1909 1) Copy of Letter from Kinyoun to Supervising Surgeon-General, U.S. Marine Hospital Service, March 21, 1901, on evidence of plague in San Francisco
2) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, with Conrad Kinyoun on obtaining a photograph of Kinyoun, 1936-37; letter of Elizabeth Kinyoun to A.P. Hitchens Secretary of SAB, acknowledging tribute by Society. 1920
3) Biographical and bibliographical information
4) Information on manuscripts
L. Veranus Alva Moore (1859-1931), president in 1910 1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, on obtaining a photograph of Moore, 1935; letter to W.Trelease about review copy of Moore's Laboratory Directions for Beginners in Bacteriology, including book announcement, 1906
2) Biographical and biblographical information, obituaries
3) Published presidential address
4) Reprints, including "Synopsis of Lectures in Bacteriology," 1908(?)
5) Information on manuscripts
3) Correspondence of the Archivist on locating Conn's papers, 1985 (includes typescript of selected pages of Conn's European journal, 1897-98)
M. Frederic Poole Gorham (1871-1933), president in 1911
1) Correspondence of L.S. McClung with Merrill W. Chase on acquisition of two photographs of work done by Gorham and Charles Turner in 1902-1903, 1956-61
2) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, on obtaining a photograph of Gorham, 1935
3) Published Presidential address
4) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information
5) Information on manuscripts
N. William Hallock Park (1863-1939), president in 1912
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, with Park and others, 1935-39
2) Correspondence of Ira L. Baldwin Secretary-Treasurer, with James M. Sherman, 1939, on Park's death
3) Photocopy of address given to the New York City Branch of the SAB, 1939, on the history of the laboratories of the New York Department of Health
4) Obituaries including manuscript obituary by G. Ramon
5) Biographical and bibliographical information; clippings from SAB News Letter; reprint
6) Information on manuscripts
O. Charles-Edward Amory (1877-1957), president in 1913
See Also
II. Journals (Publications Board Records):Journal of Bacteriology; I. Annual Meeting Records, 1944 & 1950; Taxonomy Committee
1) Miscellaneous correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Winslow, 1935, 1945 and of E. B. Fred on the International Society of Microbiology, 1936; Cohen's address and citation in honor of Winslow, 1944; letter of Ira Hiscock to Paul F. Clark on Winslow, 1954
2) Correspondence of Ira L. Baldwin concerning election as honrary member, 1939-40
3) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information; clippings from SAB News Letter
4) Various reprints including Welch-Novy-Russelllecture before the SAB, 1950, and address at 40th anniversary celebration,1939
5) Information on manuscripts
P. Charles Edward Marshall (1866-1927), president in 1914
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, on obtaining a photograph of Marshall, 1936
2) Correspondence of L.S. McClung with Max Marshall, 1962
3) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information
4) Presidential Address
5) Various reprints
6) Information on manuscripts
Q. David Hendricks Bergey (1860-1937), president in 1915
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, with Bergey and Mrs. Bergey, 1935-37
2) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information
3) Various reprints
4) Correspondence of Peter Hirtle, Archivist with Harry E. Morton and others on Bergey and the location of his papers, 1985-86
R. Thomas Jonathan Burrill (1839-1916), president in 1916
1)Manuscript illustrated by photographs by H. H. Thornberry, "Thomas Jonathan Burrill's Contribution to the History of Microbiology and Plant Pathology," ca. 1964-66
2) Correspondence of the Archivist (L. S. McClung and Donald E. Shay) with H. H. Thornberry, 1966-67, 1983, and historical material sent by Thornberry on Burrill-- includes photographs of the "Resolutions Passed at the Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Society of American Bacteriologists, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, December 28-30, 1915;" and program of Thomas Jonathan Burrill Anniversary Ceremonies, 1967, and manuscript, "Summary of Ceremonies" by Thornberry
3) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, on obtaining a photograph of Burrill, 1936
4) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information
5) Reprints
6) Information on manuscripts
S. Leo Frederick Rettger (1874-1954), president in 1917
See also Correspondence of J. Roger Porter on obituary of Rettger under Publications: Journal of Bacteriology
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Rettger, 1935-36
2) Correspondence of L. S. McClung on Rettger, 1955, 1962, 1981
3) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information
4) Presidential Address
5) Reprints
6) Information on manuscripts
T. Robert Earle Buchanan (1883-1973), president in 1918
See also Buchanan's copy of the 3rd edition of his Bacteriology, which includes his notes for revision, in book collection; I. Major Files (Relations to Other Organizations Records)/IUMS/Committee on Systematic Bacteriology 12 IF, Folders 43-50
1) Correspondence: letter of Buchanan to W. McD. Hammon, n.d. on the American Type Culture Collection; letter of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, to Buchanan,thanking him for photograph, 1935; correspondence of the Honors Committee (file of J. Roger Porter) on on nominating Buchanan for honorary membership, 1958; letter to Lawrence Ware, 1966
2) Publications under the auspices of the International Committee on Bacteriological Nomenclature (Buchanan was Chairman of the American-Canadian Committee on Compilation of Proposals for Consideration by the Third International Congress of Microbiology): Rules of Nomenclature Annotated (1939), 2 copies; Proposed International Rules of Bacter iologicalNomenclature (1939); Proposed Bacteriological Code of Nomenclature (1942)
3) Finding aid to taped interview of Buchanan by L. S. McClung, 1968
4) "Work of the Judicial Commission of the Nomenclature Committee, International Association ofMicrobiologists," Robert E. Buchanan, Chairman, ca. 1949
5) Finding aid for Buchanan papers at Iowa StateUniversity; list of Buchanan's books in Bacteriology Dept. at Iowa State
6) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information
7) "Appendix A: Keys to Orders, Families and Genera of Bacteria," n.d.
8) Memo to bacteriology staff, Iowa State University, ca. 1943
9) Miscellaneous reprints
U. Samuel Cate Prescott (1872-1962), president in 1919
1) Correspondence of the Archivist (Barnett Cohen, L.S. McClung) with Prescott,1935-58
2) Announcement of award of Nicholas Appert Medal, 1943
3) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information
4) Reprints
5) Information on manuscripts
V. Charles Krumwiede, Jr. (1879-1930), president in 1920
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with W.H. Park onobtaining a photograph of Krumwiede, 1935; obituary; biographical and bibliographical information
W. Francis Charles Harrison (1871-1952), president in 1921
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, Archivist, on obtaining a photograph of Harrison, 1935; obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information;information on manuscripts; reprint
See also correspondence of J. Roger Porter on obituary of Harrison under Journal of Bacteriology
X. Lore Alford Rogers (1875-1975), president in 1922
1) Miscellaneous correspondence, 1935-74
2) Biographical sketch, with bibliography, by J.M. Sherman, 1956
3) Draft of biographical article by John A. Alford, with comments by Katherine Rogers, 1974
4) Memoir by Rogers of his early association with the American Type Culture Collection, 1972
5) Obituaries, biographical material
6) Reprints
Y. Edwin George Hastings (1872-1953), president 1923
See also Barnett Cohen correspondence on Wisconsin History, 7-IIA, Folder 10.16, for autographical memoir by Hastings
See also correspondence of J. Roger Porter on obituary under Journal of Bacteriology
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Hastings on archives and history and on Bacteriological Reviews, 1935-44
2) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information
3) Information on manuscripts
4) Photocopy of "This Bacteria," satire of the Department of Agricultural Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, 1942
5) Reprints
Z. Arthur Parker Hitchens (1877-1949), president in 1924
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Hitchens andothers, 1935-50 -- includes letter of Lady Osler to Hitchens, 1920, thanking SAB for its expression of sympathy on the death of William Osler
2) Three unpublished historical manuscripts: on tuberculosis, "Women in Medicine," "Modern Advances in Preventive Medicine," n.d.
3) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information
4) Selected reprints
5) Information on location of manuscripts
AA. Norman MacLeod Harris (1970-1953), president in 1925
1) Harris to James M. Sherman concerning donation of historic materials to SAB, 1931; correspondence of J. Roger Porter concerning obituary of Harris, 1953-54; memorandum of Elizabeth McCoy concerning the "Prodigious Necktie" presented to Harris at the 1925 Annual meeting, 1975
2) Presidential Address
3) Obituary; biographical and bibliographical information
4) Correspondence of the Archivist on locating his papers,1985-86
AB. Hans Zinsser (1878-1940), president in 1926
See also Paul DeKruif correspondence with Edward Francis in Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with and about Zinsser, 1930-52; correspondence of Ira L. Baldwin on death of Zinsser, 1940-41; correspondence of L.S. McClung, 1955
2) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information;
3) Miscellaneous reprints including poetry
4) Information on manuscripts
AC. Robert S. Breed (1877-1956), president in 1927
1) Correspondence concerning red bacteria, 1922-29
2) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Breed, 1937-50
3) Manuscript of "The Relationship of the Water and Soil Bacteria of the Family Achromobacteriaceae," n.d.(post-1948);"Outline of Orders," mimeographed, 1955&
4) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information
5) Additional reprints
6) Information on manuscripts
AD. Alice Catherine Evans (1881-1975), president in 1928
1) "Memoirs," typed, 3 copies, one revised and expanded, 159 pp., 1969
2) Correspondence of Barbara H. Caminata with Evans, 1969-75; chapter on history of N.I.H. by Bess Furman Armstrong, annotated by Evans, and associated correspondence, 1964-69
3) Miscellaneous correspondence: of Mr. Collins with Evans, 1948, 1963; L.S. McClung with Evans, 1965-69; of E. M. Foster with Evans, 1970; of ASM Headquarters, 1973, 1975; of J. Roger Porter concerning Evans' "Memoirs," 1966 -- includes comments on "Memoirs" by R. E. Buchanan
4) "Before You Drink a Glass of Milk," by Paul DeKruif,Ladies' Home Journal, Sept. 1929
5) Material (photocopies) on Evans collected bv Susan W. Rockwood in 1981-82
6) Additional reprints (bound reprints, 1910-1933, are housed in book collection [uncatalogued])
7) Obituaries; news clippings, 1928-75; biographical and bibliographical information
8) Information on manuscripts
9) Evans' annotated copies of Timeless Mexico by Hudson Strode and Letters from the Argentine by Francis Herron are in the book collection. This folder contains clippings which were contained in those volumes
10) Honorary Membership Materials, 1974
AE. Ludvig Hektoen (1863-1951), president in 1929
1) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information; information on manuscripts
AF. Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1888-1870), president in 1930
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Bayne-Jones, 1928-50
2) Autograph thank you note for honorary membership certificate, 1968; correspondence of L.S. McClung with Bayne-Jones, 1957, 1962 -- includes curriculum vitae, ca. 1962; two autograph letters of Bayne-Jones, 1964, one on receipt of certificate of Life Membership from the Washington Branch of SAB
3) Obituaries, reprints, biographical and bibliographical information
4) Reprints
5) Information on location of manuscripts
AG. James Howard Brown (1884-1956), president in 1931
See also Brown correspondence under I. Major Files (Relations to Other Organizations Records) IUMS: International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology, 12 IF, Folders 43-50,
1) Lessons prepared for extension course on invertebrate zoology, University of Chicago, Extension Division, 1908, withrecitation papers by Brown and letters received frominstructor Victor E. Shelford, 1908
2) Correspondence, 1923-49 -- includes notification of appointment at Johns Hopkins, 1923, and photograph of satirical drawing of "Bacterial Gremlins" by Charlotte Shaull, 1943
3) Patent certificates, 1928, 1932, and related correspondence 1928-41; two photographs
4) Seven manuscripts of papers presented by Brown, 1925-44, n.d.; fourteen photographs of diagrams and apparatus
5) Transcript of lectures delivered by William H. Welch, 1907, obtained from Brown's estate; related correspondenceand notes of the Archivist (McClung, Karr), 1964, 1994; "Lecture Notes on the History of Bacteriology -- 1907: An Examination into the Authenticity of Lecture Notes Attributed to William Henry Welch," by Gretchen Cooke, 1995
6) Presidential Address
7) Obituaries; biographical information, information on location of manuscripts
8) Miscellaneous reprints: non-duplicates to bound reprints in Book Collection
AH. Edwin Broun Fred (1887-1981), president in 1932
1) Miscellaneous correspondence: copy of letter from Conrad
Hoffman to Fred, 1913; memorandum of Fred on conference with
President Frank, University of Wisconsin, 1927; Letter to
O.N. Allen, 1971; correspondence of L.S. McClung with Fred, 1962-76
2) Nomination packet for election as Honorary Member of ASM, 1959; thank you note for certificate, 1968
3) Published material and clippings concerning Fred at University of Wisconsin donated by W.B. Sarles, 1941-81 - includes text of memorial speeches and manuscript of obituary by Sarles
4) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information, press clippings
5) Presidential Address
6) Program for Symposium on Nitrogen Fixation, 1978
7) Miscellaneous reprints
8) Information on manuscripts
AI. William Mansfield Clark (1884-1964), president in 1933.
1) Guest Book containing signatures of famous scientists, 1922-60
2) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen on nomination ofClark for the Borden Award of the American Chemical Society, 1943
3) Presidential Address
4) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information, clippings
5) Miscellaneous reprints
6) Information on location of manuscripts
AJ. Milton J. Rosenau (1869-1946), president in 1934
1) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information
2) Presidential Address
3) Miscellaneous reprints
4) Information on manuscripts
AK. Karl F. Meyer (1884-1974), president in 1935
See also Susan W. Rockwood Collection of Edward Francis Material 1901-1979; oral history in book collection; recording of interview (1961) in cassette box: Interviews
1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen, 1935-51
2) Correspondence of L.S. McClung, 1944-74; correspondence of Robert B. Doty, 1972-74; thank you for honorary membership certificate, 1968
3) Curriculum vitae, c. 1958; revised bibliography,1974
4) Obituaries, biographical information, clippings, memorial service programs
5) Radio script "Prevention of Food Poisoning, " 1934 6) Information on manuscripts and oral history
AL. Thomas M. Rivers (1888-1962), president in 1936
1) Typescript of "Virus de Vejez", banquet address given at Annual meeting of SAB, 1935 (includesillustrations); correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Rivers and others, 1936-37, 1951; letter of Rivers to Pearl M. Kendrick, 1936&
2) Presidential Addresses: "Virus de Vejez," 1935; "Viruses and Koch's Postulates," 1936
3) Obituary, biographical and bibliographical information, clippings&
4) Information on manuscripts
5) Reprint
AM. James Morgan Sherman (1890-1956), president in 1937
See also correspondence with Barnett Cohen, 1928-51 in Cohen's presidential file.
1) Four letters to P. Arne Hansen, 1954-56; copy of typescript of humorous testimonial presented to Sherman in 1937
2) Presidential Address
3) Obituary, biographical and bibliographical information,
4) Miscellaneous reprints<
5) Information on location of manuscripts
AN. Paul F. Clark (1882-1983) president in 1938
1) Letters received and reviews of presidential address, "Alice in Virusland" (1938), 1938-41
2) Copies of book version of Alice in Virusland (Madison, Wisc.: Society of American Bacteriologists, 1938)
3) Original drawings by W. Allen for Alice in Virusland 4) Manuscript account of Pasteur Centenary, Paris, 1923, written in winter of 1923-24
5) Reprint, page proofs and correspondence concerning publication of "A Half Century of Presidential Addresses of the Society of American Bacteriologists"(Bacteriological Reviews 17:213-247, 1953), 1953
6) Correspondence of the Archivist (Cohen, McClung)with Clark, 1951-66, including reviews of Pioneer Microbiologists of America, and with his family, 1982-83; two letters from Clark received by O.N. Allen, 1956, 1973
7) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information; 100th birthday party card, bookplate, additional reprints
8) Miscellaneous reprints
9) "Chronicles of Early American Bacteriology" [MS of Pioneer Microbiologists of America], n.d., ca. 1959. Inphase box
AO. Arthur T. Henrici (1889-1943), president in 1939
1) Correspondence concerning the 1939 Annual meeting of SAB (40th anniversary), 1939
2) Miscellaneous correspondence of George Packer Berry with Henrici, 1939; of Barnett Cohen with Henrici, 1940-41; of William C. Frazier with W.P. Larson
3) Henrici: Recollections by SomeClose Friends and Associates. Minneapolis: Burgess, 1960.
4) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information
5) Presidential Address
6) Miscellaneous reprints
7) Information on location of manuscripts
AP. Charles Thom (1872-1956), president in 1940
See also correspondence of Thom and of coworker Margaret B.Church with microbiologists, 1909-42 (in Miscellaneous Manuscript Collections)
1) "Autobiographical Notes." ca. 1940
2) Correspondence: letter received from E.O. Jordan, 1927; correspondence concerning Soil Congress, 1935; letter to I.L. Baldwin, 1939; draft resolution for SAB, 1950
3) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Thom, 1935-44; two letters received by George Packer Berry, 1940
4) Ethel Winfred Thom: Biographical Commentary, compiled by Charles Thom (1943)
5) Matthew Tomb and His Descendants, Some of Them Spelling the Name Thom. 1758-1861. Series A, n. d., genealogy by Homer and Charles Thom
6) Presidential Address
7) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information
8) Reprints
9) Information on manuscripts
AR. Selman A. Waksman (1888-1873), president in 1941
See also papers of Robert Starkey (13-II BM) and of Hubert Lechevalier (Miscellaneous Mss Collections), and biographical sketch appended to 1961 Council minutes (1-IV C, folder 18)
1) Text of welcoming address to Fermentation Symposium held at Institute for Microbiology, Rutgers University, n. d.
2) Patent for streptomycin (printed copy), 1948
3) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Waksman,1941-1951 -- includes copy of letter of C.B. van Nielto Waksman on SAB meetings and publications, 1941
4) Letter of E.M. Foster to Waksman, 1961; thank you note for honorary membership certificate, 1968; letter of A.F. Langlykke to Waksman, 1972; Ivan Hall to R.F. Acker, 1975
5) Correspondence of David Perlman with Waksman andothers concerning the "Antibiotic Forum" section of Journal of Applied Microbiology, 1964-66
6) Correspondence of David Perlman with Waksman,1967-70 -- includes autobiographical manuscript "Experiments and Activities in Microbiology" sent to Perlman, 1967
7) Obituaries, biographical and bibliographical information, clippings, articles
8) Reprints, memorabilia, including program andbrochure from memorial service (1973), program of dedication of Institute for Microbiology (1954)
9) Memorandum of agreement in Schatz vs Waksman, 1950; "Streptomycin: Discovery and Resultant Controversy," by Milton Wainwright, 1991; clippings regarding Albert Schatz, 1994; letter from E.S. Reinthaler to Nobel Committee re Schatz, 1952
10) Information on manuscripts AS. Rebecca Craighill Lancefield (1895-1981). President in 1943 1) Correspondence of Barnett Cohen with Lancefield, 1937-46; thank you note to Honors Committee for certificate, 1968
2) Obituaries; biographical and bibliographical information; citation for honorary degree fromRockefeller University,1973
3) Miscellaneous reprints
4) Information on location of manuscripts AT. Ira L. Baldwin (1895-), president in 1944 Baldwin correspondence as Secretary of SAB, 1935-44, is found in various locations in the ASM Archives. See inventories. 1) Correspondence with A. Parker Hitchens, 1936, andwith Robert S. Breed, 1937-38, 1944
2) Transcript of meeting of "Committee on Biological Warfare" at the Pentagon, 15 May 1951, and associatedcorrespondence, 1963, 1994
3) Two manuscript versions of Presidential address,1944?, 1951, and letter to Barnett Cohen, 1951
4) Correspondence of L.S. McClung with Baldwin, 1965-93 --includes annual "Baldwin Bulletins"
5) Bound notebook of syllabus of Baldwin's course in bacterial physiology, University of Wisconsin, and notes taken by L.S. McClung, 1932-33
6) Manuscript of tribute to Baldwin on his 90th birthday (published in ASM News 50:8, 1985), and related correspondence
7) Biographical and bibliographical information;brochure "Universities and the Future," symposium honoring Baldwin, University of Wisconsin, 1966; 8) Miscellaneous reprints
9) information on manuscripts
[Folders 10-68 contain photocopies of Baldwin's files relating to SAB/ASM and the AAM; the originals are part of the collection of his papers on deposit at the University of Wisconsin. See folder 9.]
10-13) File of Barnett Cohen (mostly Baldwin correspondence), 1933-51
14) SAB -- 1943 - ILB, President<
15) SAB -- Censorship, Program Chairman, Eli Lilly Award, Employment Bureau, 1943-44
6) SAB -- General - ILB, President - January-April, 1944
17) SAB -- General - ILB, President - May-December,1944
18) SAB -- Eli Lilly Award Committee -- ILB, Chairman, 1944
19) SAB -- ILB, 1945
20) SAB -- Eli Lilly Award in Bacteriology and Immunity, 1945
21) SAB -- 1946
22) SAB -- Eli Lilly Award Committee, 1946
23) SAB -- 1947
24) SAB -- 1948
25) SAB -- 1949
26) SAB -- 1950
27) SAB -- 1951
28) SAB -- 1952
29) SAB -- 1953
30) SAB -- 1954
31) SAB -- 1955
32) SAB-AAM -- 1956
33) SAB-AAM -- 1957
34) AAM -- General Correspondence, 1957
35) AAM -- Committee on Nominations, 1957-58
36) AAM -- Committee on Public Health Microbiology,1957-58
37) AAM -- Committee on Clinical Diagnostic Microbiology, 1957-58
38) AAM --Committee on Elections, 1957-58
39) AAM & SAB -- 1958
40) AAM -- Committee (ad hoc) on Certification and Procedure, 1958
41) AAM -- 1958
42) AAM -- 1959
43) AAM -- Council on Education and Laboratories, 1959
44) AAM -- Committee on Nominations, 1959
45) AAM -- Board of Governors' Meetings, 1959
46) AAM and American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1959
47) American Board of Microbiology
48) AAM -- Legislative Matters, 1959
49) AAM -- Charter Members, 1959
50) AAM -- Conference on Education and Professional Standards in Microbiology, 1959-60
51) AAM and American Medical Association, 1960-61
52) AAM -- Board of Governors, January-May 1960
53) AAM -- Board of Governors, June-December, 1960
54) AAM -- 1961
55) AAM -- 1962
56) AAM -- 1963
57) AAM -- Board of Governors -- General Correspondence, 1964
58) ASM-AAM -- Joint Committee on Future Organization and Activities, 1964-69
59) AAM -- General, 1965
60) AAM -- Committee on Elections -- Correspondence, 1965
61) AAM -- 1966
62) AAM -- Committee on Elections -- Correspondence, 1966
63) AAM -- General Correspondence, 1967
64) AAM -- Committee on Elections -- Correspondence, 1967
65) AAM -- 1968
66) AAM -- Committe on Elections, 1968
67) AAM -- 1969
68) ASM-AAM -- 1970-71
69) Silver Annivesary of Ft. Detrick, 1967: program; text of speech delivered by Baldwin
70) Memo: The Role of University of Wisconsin inDevelopment of Science of Microbiology, 1977
71) Folder of materials donated to Archives, 1994, concerning history of SAB and AAM. Includescorrespondence with Werner Braun and Dr. & Mrs. G.I. Wallace concerning early years of Academy, 1968; Robert Breed, 1944, on Hitchens and the founding of Journal of Bacteriology; memo on biological warfare, 1961; materials on Committee to Study the Future of Microbiology, 1964; reminisence of E.M. Foster on his years as Secretary of SAB (1956-61), 1961; letter (w/ enclosures, 1952) from Norman Laffer to Charles Croft concerning College of American Pathologists and effort to establish Board of Medical Microbiology, 1958 AU. Stuart Mudd (1893-1975), president in 1945. See also recorded interview, 1973 in cassette box: Interviews 1) Correspondence of L.S. McClung, 1962-78 -- includes manuscript of obituary by C.G. Heden; correspondence of Harry E. Morton With Mudd, 1974