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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.217
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments193
  • Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies125
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  • Dietrich, T. A.22
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  • Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-190416
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  • Oral histories121
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  • 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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Marilyn D. Resh

    • 1991-Jun-20

    Marilyn Resh grew up in what she calls a typical Long Island town. When she was in high school she discovered science, particularly chemistry, but continued her extensive violin playing throughout college and graduate…

    • Interviewee Resh, Marilyn D., 1955-
    • Interviewer Lindee, Susan M.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Resh, Marilyn D., 1955-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Cancer--Research, Oncology, Oncogenes
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Lee W. Riley

    • 1997-Dec-29 – 1997-Dec-31

    Lee W. Riley was born Hiroshi Satoyoshi: he spent his first ten years with his mother in Yokohama, Japan, then lived for a short time in a Japanese orphanage before being adopted by the Riley family, at which time he…

    • Interviewee Riley, Lee W., 1949-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Riley, Lee W., 1949-, Public health, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Escherichia coli--Research, Tuberculosis--Research, Communicable diseases--Transmission, Tuberculosis--Pathogenesis
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Judy Lieberman

    • 1997-Jan-29
    • 1997-Jan-31

    Judy Lieberman, the second of three daughters, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, but grew up in a New Jersey suburb of New York City. Her father worked for Maidenform Incorporated, and her mother was an elementary…

    • Interviewee Lieberman, Judy, 1947-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Lieberman, Judy, 1947-, Physics, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Tufts University. School of Medicine, Immunology, Immunotherapy, AIDS (Disease), Women in science, Women in medicine, Career changes, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard Medical School
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with David E. Levy

    • 1997-Jul-23 – 1997-Jul-25
    • 1997-Jul-29

    David E. Levy was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, and grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, one of two children. His father was a chemist, his mother a classicist; both had been living in California but were assigned to Oak…

    • Interviewee Levy, David E.
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Levy, David E., Biochemistry, Immunology, Solomon, Alan, Retroviruses, Molecular biology, Gene expression, Liver cells, Rockefeller University, New York University. School of Medicine
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Martin Latterich

    • 2004-Jan-12 – 2004-Jan-13
    • 2004-Jan-15

    Martin Latterich was born in Hamburg, Germany, though lived in Mönchengladbach, Germany until he left for college. His mother, a trained chemist who worked in quality control at a company that manufactured perfume, had…

    • Interviewee Latterich, Martin, 1966-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Latterich, Martin, 1966-, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Imperial Cancer Research Fund (Great Britain), Cytology, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, McGill University, Cell interaction, Molecular genetics, Mammals--Genetics
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Frank A. Laski

    • 1994-May-13
    • 1994-May-19
    • 1994-May-26

    Frank A. Laski was born in Detroit, Michigan; he grew up in Oak Park, a suburb of Detroit until about high-school age, when his family moved to Southfield, another suburb. His father's parents and sisters perished in a…

    • Interviewee Laski, Frank Allen
    • Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Laski, Frank Allen, Biochemistry, Genetic engineering, Recombinant DNA, Sharp, Phillip A., Adenoviruses, Molecular cloning, Germ cells, University of California, Los Angeles, Drosophila
  • 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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Adrian R. Krainer

    • 1997-Apr-09 – 1997-Apr-11

    Adrian R. Krainer was born and raised in Montevideo, Uruguay in a Jewish family of eastern European descent (Hungary and Romania), the younger of two brothers. (Krainer's father was forced to work in a Romanian labor…

    • Interviewee Krainer, Adrian
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Krainer, Adrian, Antisemitism, Education, Bilingual, Biochemistry, Genetics, Molecular cloning, Messenger RNA, Discoveries in science, Genetic disorders, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Minorities in science, Geneticists, Medical scientists
  • 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
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Seung K. Kim

    • 2006-Mar-09
    • 2006-Mar-16 – 2006-Mar-17

    Seung K. Kim was born in Seoul, South Korea, the oldest of three boys. His father had escaped North Korea at the beginning of the Korean Conflict, and he eventually became a doctor. His mother was from a large family in…

    • Interviewee Kim, Seung K., 1963-
    • Interviewer Meija, Robin
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Kim, Seung K., 1963-, Korean War (1950-1953), Vietnam War (1961-1975), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Biochemistry, Cell interaction, Oncology, Pancreas, Developmental biology, Minorities in science, Work-life balance, Biochemists, Medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Douglas R. Kellogg

    • 2005-Jan-13
    • 2005-Jan-17

    Douglas R. Kellogg grew up in St. Paul, Minnesota, the second oldest of four children. He had an early interest in reading, and took classes with several influential teachers. Kellogg first chose the University of…

    • Interviewee Kellogg, Douglas R., 1960-
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Kellogg, Douglas R., 1960-, Drosophila, Biochemistry, Cytoskeleton--Formation, Cell cycle, Growth factors, Molecular genetics, Cytology, Cell interaction, Molecular biologists, Medical scientists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Dean H. Kedes

    • 2007-Oct-25 – 2007-Oct-26

    Dean H. Kedes' oral history begins with a discussion of his childhood and family life. Heavily influenced by his father, also a biomedical scientist, Kedes developed an interest in science early in life. He would visit…

    • Interviewee Kedes, Dean H., 1960-
    • Interviewer Caruso, David J., (David Joseph), 1978-
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Kedes, Dean H., 1960-, Molecular biology, Genetic engineering, Messenger RNA, Steitz, Joan A., Clinical medicine, Communicable diseases, University of Virginia, Work-life balance, Medical sciences, Molecular biologists
  • 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 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 Joshua M. Kaplan

    • 1999-Jun-22 – 1999-Jun-24

    Joshua M. Kaplan was born in 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts, the youngest of three siblings. His father was an academic physician specializing in hematology, and his mother was a social worker. Raised in a traditionally…

    • Interviewee Kaplan, Joshua M., 1960-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Kaplan, Joshua M., 1960-, Biochemistry, Immunology, Cancer--Research, Genetics, Harvard University, University of California, Berkeley, Caenorhabditis elegans, Cellular signal transduction, Central nervous system, Work-life balance, Biochemists, Medical scientists
  • 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 Mark P. Kamps

    • 1998-Feb-10 – 1998-Feb-12

    Mark P. Kamps grew up in northern New Jersey, one of four children. His father was an engineer, his mother a teacher until her children came along. Kamps's parents, of Dutch descent, belonged to the Christian Reformed…

    • Interviewee Kamps, Mark P., 1959-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Kamps, Mark P., 1959-, Christian Reformed Church, Religion and science, Biochemistry, Retrovirus infections--Animal models, Cancer--Research, Protein kinases, Baltimore, David, Oncogenes, University of California, San Diego, Carcinogenesis, Gene expression, Medical scientists
  • 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
  • Photograph of Christine E. Holt
    2 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Christine E. Holt

    • 1995-Oct-25 – 1995-Oct-27

    Christine E. Holt was born and raised in Wylam, a small village in Northumberland in the north of England, the youngest of three siblings. Her mother was a homemaker; her father was a naval sea captain during World War…

    • Interviewee Holt, Christine E., 1954-
    • Interviewer Novak, Steven J.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Holt, Christine E., 1954-, Genetics, Neurobiology, Electrophysiology, Xenopus, Brain--Physiology, Retina, Cell differentiation, University of California, San Diego, Women in science, Women in medicine, Neuroscientists, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 Rebecca W. Heald

    • 2005-Oct-17 – 2005-Oct-19

    Rebecca W. Heald grew up in Greenville, a small college town in western Pennsylvania, where she was the youngest of three daughters. Her father was a chemistry professor at Thiel College in Greenville, and her mother…

    • Interviewee Heald, Rebecca W., 1963-
    • Interviewer Mejia, Robin
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Heald, Rebecca W., 1963-, Biochemistry, Nuclear membranes, Cell cycle, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Spindle (Cell division), Women in science, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Women medical scientists, Molecular biologists, Women molecular biologists
  • Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Esther S. Takeuchi

    • 2012-Apr-27
    • 2012-Sep-14

    Esther Takeuchi grew up in Akron, Ohio, the youngest of three children. After escaping Soviet Latvia, her father became an electrical engineer for Goodyear Aerospace and her mother a home health worker who also had an…

    • Interviewee Takeuchi, E. (Esther)
    • Interviewer Caruso, David J., (David Joseph), 1978-, Eisler, Matthew N.
    • Subject Takeuchi, Esther S., 1953-, Women in chemistry, Women in science, Chemistry, Technical, Chemistry--Industrial applications, Medical instruments and apparatus, Chemists, Women chemists
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