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This digital collection features selected medications and documents, manuals, and photographs relating to biochemical research and technology, with a focus on 20th-century instrumentation in medical laboratories. Various models of glucose, enzyme, and amino acid analyzers are a few of the instruments documented in these materials.

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  • Beckman Instruments, Inc.218
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments193
  • Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies125
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  • Dietrich, T. A.22
  • Van Benschoten, William20
  • Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-190416
  • Maestrejuan, Andrea R.16
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  • Photographs223
  • Oral histories121
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  • Medical instruments and apparatus31
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  • Photograph of Cheng-Ming Chiang
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Cheng-Ming Chiang

    • 2003-Apr-01 – 2003-Apr-03

    Cheng-Ming Chiang was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, the second youngest of four siblings, and the first to attend college. Chiang was raised by his mother who worked as a taxi driver in Taiwan for over twenty…

    • Interviewee Chiang, Cheng-Ming, 1961-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Chiang, Cheng-Ming, 1961-, Biochemistry, Papillomaviruses, Molecular biology--Research, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Case Western Reserve University, Genetic regulation, Taiwan--Taipei, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists
  • Portrait of Hong Sun
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Hong Sun

    • 2003-Jan-14 – 2003-Jan-15

    Hong Sun was born and raised in Beijing, China, during the Cultural Revolution, the older of two siblings. Both of her parents were physicians who, later in their careers, focused more on medical research than…

    • Interviewee Sun, Hong, 1958-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Sun, Hong, 1958-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biology--Research, Medicine--Research, Oncology, Cancer--Research, Proteins--Research, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Athan Kuliopulos

    • 2002-Dec-02 – 2002-Dec-04

    Athan Kuliopulos was raised in North Reading, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, the middle child of three siblings in a close-knit Greek family. His mother worked as a secretary prior to having children, and then began…

    • Interviewee Kuliopulos, Athan, 1961-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Kuliopulos, Athan, 1961-, Biochemistry, Enzyme kinetics, Vitamin K, New England Medical Center Hospital, Tufts University, G proteins, G proteins--Receptors, Blood--Coagulation, Cell interaction, Medical scientists, Geneticists
  • Photograph of Nancy M. Hollingsworth
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Nancy M. Hollingsworth

    • 2002-Nov-11 – 2002-Nov-13

    Nancy M. Hollingsworth was born in San Francisco, California, but spent most of her youth moving around—to Oregon, Panama, New Mexico, California, and, finally, Arizona—with her parents and older brother. Her father was…

    • Interviewee Hollingsworth, Nancy M., 1958-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Hollingsworth, Nancy M., 1958-, Yeast, Mutation (Biology), Biochemistry, Recombinant DNA, Molecular genetics, State University of New York at Stony Brook, MSH (Hormone), Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
  • Photograph of Wilma Wasco
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Wilma M. Wasco

    • 2002-Oct-02 – 2002-Oct-04

    Wilma M. Wasco was raised in Fairfield, Connecticut—a town about forty-five minutes away from New York City—the oldest of three siblings. Her father was a lawyer and had a profound love of jazz music, also, later in…

    • Interviewee Wasco, Wilma M., 1959-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Wasco, Wilma M., 1959-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Neurobiology, Alzheimer's disease--Research, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Neurosciences, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Jason G. Cyster

    • 2002-Sep-24 – 2002-Sep-26

    Jason G. Cyster was born and raised in Western Australia, the younger of two brothers. Cyster lived and worked on a farm for much of his early life. His father worked as a hired laborer on others' farms before buying…

    • Interviewee Cyster, Jason G., 1967-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Cyster, Jason G., 1967-, Biology, Immunology, T cells, Antigens, Stanford University, University of California, San Francisco, Employment in foreign countries
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Tom W. Muir

    • 2002-Aug-15 – 2002-Aug-16

    Thomas W. Muir grew up in Stranraer, Scotland—a major port city about two-hundred miles south of Glasgow—the oldest of three brothers. His father was a telephone engineer technician and his mother a housewife, both of…

    • Interviewee Muir, Tom W., 1967-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Muir, Tom W., 1967-, Chemistry, Peptides--Synthesis, Scripps Research Institute, Cell interaction, Rockefeller University, Biochemistry, Recombinant proteins
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Ann B. Hill

    • 2002-Aug-05 – 2002-Aug-07

    Ann B. Hill was born in Melbourne, but was raised primarily in Sydney, Australia, the second youngest of four children. Her father took advantage of opportunities for returning soldiers after the Second World War and…

    • Interviewee Hill, Ann Bernice, 1954-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Hill, Ann Bernice, 1954-, Clinical immunology, HIV-positive persons, T cells, Flaviviruses, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Oregon Health & Science University, Women in science, Immunologists, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Jean T. Greenberg

    • 2002-Jun-17 – 2002-Jun-18

    Jean T. Greenberg was raised, principally, in New York City with her mother, though she spent weekends in Connecticut with her father; Greenberg had one older brother. Her father was a physician with "the heart" of a…

    • Interviewee Greenberg, Jean T., 1961-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Greenberg, Jean T., 1961-, Oxidative stress, Biophysics, Plants--Disease and pest resistance, Arabidopsis, Plant diseases, University of Colorado Boulder, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biologists, Women medical scientists, Women molecular biologists
  • Photograph of Benjamin S. Glick
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Benjamin S. Glick

    • 2002-Jun-11 – 2002-Jun-13

    Benjamin S. Glick was born in Goroka, New Guinea, spending the first seven months of his life there while his father worked on his PhD research in anthropology. His family then returned to the United States, to Madison,…

    • Interviewee Glick, Benjamin S., 1961-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Glick, Benjamin S., 1961-, Conservative Judaism, Golgi apparatus, Mitochondrial DNA, Endoplasmic reticulum, Biochemistry, University of Chicago, Cytologists, Medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Hannele Ruohola-Baker

    • 2002-May-20 – 2002-May-21
    • 2002-May-27

    Hannele Ruohola-Baker was born in Kullaa, Finland—a small farming village—the younger of two siblings. Her mother was a banker who always had an interest in learning, though did not have many opportunities for education…

    • Interviewee Ruohola-Baker, Hannele, 1959-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Ruohola-Baker, Hannele, 1959-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Proteins--Research, Drosophila, Oogenesis
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Gail P. Jarvik

    • 2002-May-22 – 2002-May-24

    Gail P. Jarvik was raised in Mount Prospect, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, one of six siblings (with an age-span of seventeen years between the oldest and youngest). Her mother was a housewife who received a college…

    • Interviewee Jarvik, Gail P., 1959-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Jarvik, Gail P., 1959-, Medical genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Hyperlipidemia, Prostate--Cancer, Medical ethics, Medical sciences, Women in medicine, University of Washington. Medical Center, Geneticists, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists, Women in science
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Daniel P. Raleigh

    • 2001-Apr-24 – 2001-Apr-25

    Daniel P. Raleigh grew up in Arcata, California, the youngest of four children. His father was a professor at Humboldt State University, his mother a homemaker who had also been a teacher. In addition, all three…

    • Interviewee Raleigh, Daniel P., (Daniel Patrick), 1958-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Raleigh, Daniel P., (Daniel Patrick), 1958-, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Biochemistry, Proteins--Research
  • 10 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Carlos T. Moraes

    • 2001-Mar-13 – 2001-Mar-15

    Carlos T. Moraes grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, one of three children. His father was in the military at first, but then became a mechanical engineer and a professor. His mother completed a degree in physical education.…

    • Interviewee Moraes, Carlos Torres. 1962-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Moraes, Carlos Torres, 1962-, Biochemistry, Genetics, Religion and science, Minorities in science, Molecular genetics, Mitochondrial DNA--Abnormalities, Bilingualism, Research grants, Emigration and immigration
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Jane E. Koehler

    • 2001-Mar-02 – 2001-Mar-04

    Jane E. Koehler was born in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1953, the third of four sisters. Her father was the son of German-American farmers from Missouri; he was a World War II veteran who was the first in his family to attend…

    • Interviewee Koehler, Jane E., 1953-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Koehler, Jane E., 1953-, Autoimmune thyroiditis, Microbiology, Women in science, Communicable diseases, Angiomatosis, University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, Bartonella, Women in medicine, Clinical medicine--Research, Molecular biologists, Women molecular biologists
  • Postage stamps

    Postage stamp from Comoros commemorating Avicenna (Ibn Sina)

    • After 1979 – before 2000

    Postage stamp from Comoros, an archipelago of volcanic islands situated off the south-east coast of Africa, featuring a depiction of Persian polymath Avicenna (circa 980 - 1037), also known as Ibn Sina, Abu Ali Sina,…

    • Engraver Combet, Jacques
    • Subject Comoros, Muslim scholars, Medicine, Persian, Medicine, Alchemists, Commemorative postage stamps, Avicenna, 980-1037, Philosophers, Science on postage stamps, Physicians, Mathematicians
  • 4 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Joshua Lederberg

    • 2000-Aug-18

    Joshua Lederberg begins the interview with a discussion of his involvement in the contamination issues of planetary exploration. As interest in space exploration gained momentum, Lederberg was in the midst of discussion…

    • Interviewee Lederberg, Joshua
    • Interviewer Wolfe, Audra J.
    • Subject Microbiologists, Biologists, Biological warfare, Biology, Microbiology, Lederberg, Joshua, Chemical warfare, Nobel Prize winners, DNA, Exobiology, Biologists--Biography
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Gary Karpen

    • 2000-Aug-15 – 2000-Aug-17

    Gary Karpen was born in New York City but grew up in Norwood, New Jersey. His older sister became an astrophysicist and his younger brother an MD/PhD who does both research and clinical work. His father joined the army…

    • Interviewee Karpen, Gary, 1956-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Karpen, Frederick J., 1956-, Conservative Judaism, Biology, Centromere, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Heterochromatin, Ribosomes, Gene expression, Spradling, Allan C., Genetics, Geneticists, Medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Tian Xu

    • 2000-Jul-11 – 2000-Jul-13

    Tian Xu was born in Jiaxing City in Zhejiang Province in China, the older of two children. His father, who was from a wealthy family, was a dean; his mother began work in a silk factory and rose to become a CEO until…

    • Interviewee Xu, Tian 1962-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Cultural Revolution (China : 1966-1976), Xu, Tian 1962-, Genetics--Research, Geneticists, Medical scientists, Medicine, Cancer--Research
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Erin Schuman

    • 2000-Apr-12
    • 2000-Apr-19
    • 2000-Apr-26
    • 2000-May-17

    Erin M. Schuman was born in San Gabriel, California, though spent most of her childhood in Huntington Beach, the oldest of three siblings; her mother was a teacher at a Catholic school. She was a "serial hobbyist" with…

    • Interviewee Schuman, Erin, 1963-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Schuman, Erin, 1963-, Women in science, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Medical scientists, Women in medicine, Neurobiology, Neural transmission, Neurotransmitters
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Robert C. De Lisle

    • 2000-Apr-10 – 2000-Apr-12

    Robert C. De Lisle was born in Buffalo, New York, the fourth of seven children. His father was an electrical engineer who holds patents on several of his inventions and who, now that he is retired, is studying cosmology…

    • Interviewee De Lisle, Robert C., 1957-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Cytologists, Cytology--Research, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Medicine, Gastroenterology, De Lisle, Robert C., 1957-
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with William I. Weis

    • 2000-Feb-07 – 2000-Feb-09

    William Weis was born and grew up in Queens, New York, the youngest of three brothers. His grandparents immigrated from Ukraine, Belarus, and Latvia, ultimately settling in Brooklyn, New York. A "frustrated architect,"…

    • Interviewee Weis, William I., 1959-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Weis, William I., 1959-, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Crystallography, Lectins, Cadherins, Biochemistry
  • Photographs

    Spinco Model J2-21M Induction Drive Centrifuge

    • 1990s

    Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Photographs

    Beckman Triad Liquid Controls for Nysspath Quality Control Panel

    • 1990s

    The reagents served as controls for immunoassays on systems that included the Beckman Synchron.

    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Serum--Analysis, Immunoassay--Quality control, Medical laboratories--Quality control, Chemical tests and reagents, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
  • Photographs

    Spinco J2-21M/E Centrifuge

    • 1990s

    Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry leader, Specialized Instruments Corporation, or Spinco. With Spinco came the famous Model E Ultracentrifuge, which was…

    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Beckman Instruments, Inc. Spinco Division, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, Inc.
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