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Collection Summary
Index Terms
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Series Descriptions
Cleveland Meetings On A National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1962-1972
National Academy of Sciences - Board of Medicine (BOM), 1967-1970
National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine, 1970-1988
Miscellaneous Personal Papers, Including Early Research, 1917-1989
1990 Accession, 1917-1989
Publications, 1953-1988
Bound Volumes
Class and Research Notebooks, 1905-1930
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Finding Aid to the Irvine H. Page Papers, 1917-1989
Archives and Modern Manuscripts Program, History of Medicine Division
Processed by Ms. Mildred Asbell
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Dan Jenkins
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| Collection Number: | MS C 386 |
| Creator: | Page, Irvine H. |
| Title: | Irvine H. Page Papers
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| Dates: | 1917-1989 |
| Quantity: | 10.8 linear feet (12 ms boxes, 51 volumes, case items) |
| Abstract: | Irvine H. Page, M.D., was born in 1901 in Indianapolis. From 1931 to 1937 while working with Dr. Donald Van Slyke at the Rockefeller Institute Dr. Page began a life-long series of investigations on hypertension. A large portion of the collection relates to the National Academy of Sciences. The collection also contains volumes of laboratory data and notes taken by Page from chemistry lectures in college, notes on his unpublished history of hypertension research, and copies of his editorials and reprints. |
Irvine H. Page, M.D., was born in 1901 in Indianapolis. A graduate of the Cornell University and Cornell Medical College, he interned at Presbyterian and Bellevue Hospitals in New York. After his internship, he pursued his interest in physical chemistry, first at Woods Hole and then, starting in 1928, at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Munich where he started a department of brain chemistry. From 1931 to 1937 while working with Dr. Donald Van Slyke at the Rockefeller Institute Dr. Page began a life-long series of investigations on hypertension. He then served until 1945 as Director of the Laboratory for Clinical Research at Eli Lilly Company's research unit at City Hospital in Indianapolis. It was while he was there that Page and his colleagues discovered angiotensin. In 1945 Dr. Page left Indianapolis to form a new research division at the Cleveland Clinic where he remained for thirty-three years.
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Dr. Page's papers in the National Library of Medicine reflect two distinct phases of his career. The bulk of the collection is devoted to his efforts from 1964 to establish a National Academy of Medicine (NAM). The material is divided into three series. The first documents his initial efforts which led to three organizational meetings for a National Academy in Cleveland in 1967. Included are his initial editorials in Modern Medicine on the need for a National Academy and the responses to his editorials and letters from leaders in American medicine. Among the frequent correspondents are Robert A. Aldrich, William Bean, Colin MacLeod, and Irving S. Wright. The second series is devoted to the records of the Board of Medicine (BOM) of the National Academy of Sciences. Starting in 1967 the BOM became more interested in the question of a National Academy, and from 1968 to 1970 the bulk of Page's efforts took place within the context of the BOM. In 1970 the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences was created, and the third series documents some of the early activities of the IOM. Also included is Page's correspondence leading up to his history of the IOM published in JAMA in 1988. Major correspondents included George Lundberg, Samuel O. Thier and Dwight L. Wilbur.
In addition to his papers on the establishment of the IOM, the Library also has a collection of miscellaneous personal and professional papers, including many of Page's early research reports. Series 5 consists of an accession received shortly before Dr. Page's death on 10 June 1991. It consists of biographical material on Page, his personal and professional correspondence postdating 1968, with the bulk dated after 1984, and his manuscripts and unfinished papers, many of which also contain correspondence. Of special note is his unfinished history of hypertension research. Correspondents from the Cleveland Clinic Foundation include C.M. Ferrario, Ray Gifford, Shattuck W. Hastwell, Bernadine Healey, and William Kiser. Other correspondents include Lois DeBakey, Erwin Di Cyan, Donald Frederickson, Edward Frolich, Jacques Genest, Richard Helms, Tadashi Inagami, Kenneth Kohlstaedt, William Manger, Yoskiaki Masuyama, Bruce Millar (of Grune & Stratton), Marvin Moser, E.E. Muirhead, Russell Ross, James Shannon, Frederick Stare, Paul Vanhoutte, and Dwight Wilbur.
The Publication series consists of Page's editorials for Modern Medicine, and his bound and unbound reprints. Frequently bound with Page's reprints are copies of publications by his colleagues at the Cleveland Clinic. Series 7 contains notebooks from Page's chemistry and other courses at Cornell University and some research notebooks. The series consisting of material not related to the Institute of Medicine should be used in conjunction with the much larger collection of Page papers in the Cleveland Clinic Archives.
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Restrictions
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.
Copyright
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| These terms are indexed in the National Library of Medicine's on-line catalog LocatorPlus. Researchers wishing to find related materials should serach the catalog using these terms. |
| MeSH Subjects |
| | Chemistry |
| | Hypertension |
| Corporate Names |
| | Institute of Medicine (U.S.) |
| | National Academy of Sciences |
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Page, Irvine H. Irvine H. Page papers. 1917-1989. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD.; MS C 386.
Dr. Page's papers were originally given to the library in 1978. A second donation of papers relating to the Institute of Medicine followed in 1989.
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Cleveland Meetings On A National Academy of Medicine (NAM), 1962-1972
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| 1 | | "The Conception, Development and Birth of a National Academy of Medicine" |
| 1 | | Reports and Articles by Page on IOM/NAM, undated |
| 1 | | Publications on the NAM/IOM by Page, 1964-1969 |
| 1 | | National Academy of Sciences, 1962-1972 |
| 1 | | Initial Correspondence soliciting input on a National Academy of Medicine, 1964 |
| | Replies to Query about Membership in a National Academy of Medicine, 1964-1965 |
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| 1 | | | A - C |
| 1 | | | D - F |
| 1 | | | G - L |
| 1 | | | M - R |
| 1 | | | S - T |
| 1 | | | V - Z |
| 1 | | Acknowledgement of Replies, 4/1965 |
| 1 | | Further Inquiry about N.A.M., 7/1965 |
| | Correspondence about proposed National Academy of Medicine, 1964-1967 |
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| 1 | | | Nov. - Dec., 1964 |
| 1 | | | 1965 |
| 1 | | | 1966 |
| 1 | | | January, 1967 |
| 1 | | | February, 1967 |
| 1 | | | March, 1967 |
| 1 | | | April, 1967 |
| 1 | | | May, 1967 |
| 1 | | | June, 1967 |
| 1 | | | July, 1967 |
| 1 | | | August - December, 1967 |
| 2 | | Cleveland Meetings, Final Minutes and Agendas, 1967 |
| 2 | | Photograph: NAM organizational Meeting (Another copy in "Conception, Development,...."), 1/17/67 |
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National Academy of Sciences - Board of Medicine (BOM), 1967-1970
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| 2 | | Minutes, 1967 |
| 2 | | Proposal for Health and Biomedical Planning Institute, 1967-1968 |
| | Correspondence on BOM and National Academy of Medicine, 1968-1970 |
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| 2 | | | January, 1968 |
| 2 | | | February, 1968 |
| 2 | | | March, 1968 |
| 2 | | | April - June 1968 |
| 2 | | | July - September, 1968 |
| 2 | | | Review of Foreign National Academies of Engineering, Sept. 1968 |
| 2 | | | October, 1968 |
| 2 | | | November, 1968 |
| 2 | | | November - December 1968 |
| 2 | | | Julius Comroe's letter on the formation of a National Academy of Medicine, and summary of replies, 8 November, 1968 |
| 2 | | | January-February, 1969 |
| 2 | | | March - April, 1969 |
| 2 | | | May - June, 1969 |
| 2 | | | July - August, 1969 |
| 2 | | | September - December, 1969 |
| 2 | | | June - April, 1970 |
| 2 | | | May - June, 1970 |
| 2 | | | July - September 1970 |
| 2 | | | October - December, 1970 |
| | NAS - BOM Numbered Memoranda, 1968-1970 |
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| 3 | | | 1968 |
| 3 | | | 1969 |
| 3 | | | 1970 |
| | NAS - BOM Ad hoc Panel on Further Institutional Forms for the Board of Medicine: Numbered Memoranda, 1968-1969 |
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| 3 | | | 1968 |
| 3 | | | 1969 |
| 3 | | Background Materials on Further Institutional Forms for the Board of Medicine, 1968 |
| 3 | | NAS - BOM Annual Report, 1 July, 1968 - 30 June 1969 |
| | NAS - BOM Meeting Files and Agenda Books, 1968-1969 |
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| 3 | | | July - September 1968 |
| 3 | | | 16-17 January 1969 |
| 3 | | | 7-8 May 1969 |
| 4 | | | 25-26 September 1968 |
| 4 | | | 29-30 September 1969 |
| 4 | | | 12-13 November 1969 |
| 4 | | | 21-22 January 1970 |
| 4 | | | 11-12 March 1970 |
| 4 | | | 22 July 1970 |
| | NAS - Board of Medicine Studies and Reports, 1968-1970 |
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| 4 | | | Study of Medical Education, 1968 |
| 4 | | | "A Proposal for a National Academy of Medicine" by J.S. Murtagh, 3/1969 |
| 4 | | | Proposal for a National Academy of Medicine, 5/22/1969 |
| 4 | | | Concern for Narcotics Problems, 6/1970 |
| 4 | | | Reports and Proposals, 1970 |
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National Academy of Sciences - Institute of Medicine, 1970-1988
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| 4 | | Charter and Bylaws, 1970 |
| 4 | | Presidential Nominations, 30 October 1970 |
| 4 | | List of Members, 1971 |
| 4 | | List of Members, 1972 |
| | Executive Committee Meetings and Minutes, 1970-1972 |
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| 5 | | | 12/17/1970 |
| 5 | | | 1/29/1971 |
| 5 | | | 4/15/1971 |
| 5 | | | 6/10/1971 |
| 5 | | | Nominees to Executive Committee, 9/1971 |
| 5 | | | 11/16/71 |
| 5 | | | 12/17-21/1971 |
| 5 | | | 5/10/1972 |
| | Programs and Reports, 1971-1972 |
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| 5 | | | Studies Suggested by Members, 12/8/71 |
| 5 | | | Planning Study of Universal Entitlement, 1971 |
| 5 | | | "The Process of Program Development for the Institute of Medicine", 1972 |
| 5 | | | Listing of Studies and Ideas Approved, 5/1972 |
| 5 | | Institute of Medicine: Circulars and Newsletters, 1971-1972 |
| | Correspondence from and about the Institute of Medicine, 1971-1989 |
| | | | Including correspondence on the history of the Institute. |
| 5 | | | 1971-1979 |
| 5 | | | 1980-1983 |
| 5 | | | 1984 |
| 5 | | | 1986 |
| 5 | | | 3/1987 |
| 5 | | | 4-12/1987 |
| 5 | | | 1988-1989 |
| 5 | | Page, Irvine. A Current Look at the Rationale of the Institute of Medicine, JAMA 260 (14): 2102-2104, 14 October 1988 |
| 5 | | Miscellaneous Notes about the IOM |
| 5 | | Clippings About a National Academy of Medicine |
| 5 | | Clippings About N.A.S. - Institute of Medicine |
| 5 | | Clippings About Other National Academies, 1964-1965 |
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Miscellaneous Personal Papers, Including Early Research, 1917-1989
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| | Photographs of friends and colleagues |
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| 6 | | | Carlson |
| 6 | | | G.H.A. Clowes |
| 6 | | | Alfred Cohn |
| 6 | | | V. Econimo |
| 6 | | | H. Eppinger |
| 6 | | | A. Baird Hastings |
| 6 | | | Elliott P. Joslin |
| 6 | | | Graham Lusk |
| 6 | | | Ludoff Krehl |
| 6 | | | Hans Militor |
| 6 | | | F. Plant |
| 6 | | | Wagner-Juareg |
| 6 | | | Wiggers |
| | Photos of Page at Meetings, 1917-1977 |
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| 6 | | | Awards and Certificates, 1943-1977 |
| 6 | | | "The Formation of Cholesterol - Saponin Absorption Complex", 1917 |
| 6 | | | "The Clinical Evaluation of Amytal", 1920 |
| 6 | | | "The Einstein Four-Dimensional Theory and Gravitation", 1921 |
| 6 | | | "The Tolerance of Dogs to Certain Hypnotics", 1927 |
| | Miscellaneous Papers, 1931-1964 |
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| 6 | | | TLS, Wilhelm Raab to Page, 12/14/1931 |
| 6 | | | Letters acknowledging receipt of Page's book on Hypertension - Arranged alphabetically, 1943-1945 |
| 6 | | | National Advisory Heart Council Meeting, 9/8/1948 |
| 6 | | | Progress Report, 1949-1950 |
| 6 | | | TLS, H. Goldblatt to Page, 10/15/62 |
| 6 | | | Lab Notes and Data, 1931-1947 |
| 7 | | | Lab Notes and Data, 1948-1964 |
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1990 Accession, 1917-1989
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| | Biographical and Personal, 1938-1971; 1989 |
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| 8 | 1 | | Outline for "Life" (Part I) |
| 8 | 2 | | Outline for "Life" (Part II) |
| 8 | 3 | | List of Publications, 1938-1971 |
| 8 | 4 | | National Medal of Science nomination, 1989 |
| 8 | 5 | | Tributes |
| 8 | 6 | | Family correspondence, greetings, etc. |
| 8 | 7 | | Ruth Page |
| 8 | 8 | | Miscellaneous |
| | Correspondence, 1968-1990 |
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| 8 | 9 | | 1968-1984 |
| 8 | 10 | | March - September, 1985 |
| 8 | 11 | | October - December, 1985 |
| 8 | 12 | | 1986 |
| 8 | 13 | | February - July, 1987 |
| 8 | 14 | | August - October 1987 |
| 8 | 15 | | November - December 1987 |
| 9 | 1 | | January - February, 1988 |
| 9 | 2 | | March - April, 1988 |
| 9 | 3 | | May - July, 1988 |
| 9 | 4 | | August - October, 1988 |
| 9 | 5 | | November - December, 1988 |
| 9 | 6 | | January - March, 1989 |
| 9 | 7 | | April - May, 1989 |
| 9 | 8 | | July - December, 1989 |
| 9 | 9 | | 1990 |
| | Organizations, 1971-1972; 1985; 1987 |
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| 10 | 1 | | American Cancer Society Seminar (Dave Cleary's Questions), 1971-1972 |
| 10 | 2 | | American Society of Hypertension, 1985 |
| 10 | 3 | | National Academy of Sciences (Sergelang), 1987 |
| 10 | 4 | | Irvine H. Page Center |
| | Manuscripts and Unfinished Papers, 1955-1967; 1975-1977; 1987 |
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| 10 | 5 | | "Sciences and Intution of Medical Practice", 1977 |
| 10 | 6 | | "Ethics and the Press" (Lowell Lecture) |
| 10 | 7 | | "As I See It" |
| 10 | 8 | | "Neonatology of Hypertension", 1987 |
| 10 | 9 | | Atherosclerosis outlines |
| 10 | 10 | | Congress. Sources of Medical Information: Replies to Query, 1975 |
| 10 | 11-13 | | Hypertension Research History |
| 11 | 1 | | Miscellaneous Manuscripts, 1955-1967 |
| 11 | 2 | | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| 11 | 3 | | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| 11 | 4 | | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
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Publications, 1953-1988
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| 11 | 5 | Editorials - Modern Medicine (et al), 1965-1969 |
| 11 | 6 | Editorials, 1970 |
| 11 | 7 | Editorials, 1971 |
| 11 | 8 | Editorials, 1972 |
| 11 | 9 | Editorials, 1973 |
| 11 | 10 | Editorials, 1974 |
| 11 | 11 | Editorials, 1975 |
| 11 | 12 | Editorials, 1976 |
| 11 | 13 | Editorials, 1977-1978 |
| 12 | 1 | | Abstracts, 1954-1961 |
| 12 | 2 | | Abstracts |
| 12 | 3 | | Reprints, 1955-1966 |
| 12 | 4 | | Reprints, 1967-1988 |
| 12 | 5 | Book reviews, 1951-1953 |
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Bound Volumes
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| v.1 | | Abstracts, 1937-1955 |
| v.2 | | Review Articles, 1940-1948 |
| v.3 | | Reprints (1), 1922-1930 |
| v.4 | | Reprints (2), 1931-1934 |
| v.5 | | Reprints (3), 1930-1937 |
| v.6 | | Reprints (4), 1937-1939 |
| v.7 | | Reprints (5), 1935-1940 |
| v.8 | | Reprints (8), 1943-1945 |
| v.9 | | Reprints (7), 1941-1943 |
| v.10 | | Reprints (8), 1943-1945 |
| v.11 | | Reprints (9), 1945-1948 |
| v.12 | | Reprints (10), 1948-1950 |
| v.13 | | Reprints (11), 1950-1951 |
| v.14 | | Reprints (12), 1951-1953 |
| v.15 | | Reprints (13), 1951-1954 |
| v.16 | | Reprints (14), 1954-1955 |
| v.17 | | Reprints: W.J. Kolff (15), 1950-1955 |
| v.18 | | Reprints (16), 1956 |
| v.19 | | Reprints (17), 1956-1957 |
| v.20 | | Reprints (18), 1957-1958 |
| v.21 | | Reprints (19), 1958-1959 |
| v.22 | | Reprints (20), 1959-1960 |
| v.23 | | Reprints (21), 1960 |
| v.24 | | Reprints (22), 1961 |
| v.25 | | Reprints (23), 1961-1962 |
| v.26 | | Reprints (24), 1962-1964 |
| v.27 | | Reprints (25), 1964-1965 |
| v.28 | | Reprints (26), 1965-1967 |
| v.29 | | Reprints (27), 1967-1968 |
| v.30 | | Reprints (28), 1968-1969 |
| v.31 | | Reprints (29), 1960-1976 |
| v.32 | | Reviews of Page's Books and clippings about his work, volume 1, 1938-1943 |
| v.33 | | Reviews of Page's books and clippings about his work, volume 2, 1943-1949 |
| v.34 | | Page, Irvine H. Hypertension, 1943 |
| v.35 | | Page, Irvin H. Speaking to the doctor: his responsibilities and opportunities, 1972 |
| v.36 | | Review of Modern Medicine: Hypertension and the cardiovascular system, 1972 |
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Class and Research Notebooks, 1905-1930
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| v.37 | | George F. Atkinson, "Outline of Lectures in Mycology", 1905 |
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| v.38 | | "Notes on optico-chemical methods; chemical microscopy; optical determination of minerals; water analysis," Cornell University, undated |
| v.39 | | "Psychology, Philosophy, Business, and miscellaneous notes, "Cornell University, undated |
| v.40 | | "Chemistry 12 and 14" [Lecture Notebook], Cornell University, undated |
| v.41 | | "Chemistry: Food Analysis" [Lecture Notebook], Cornell University, undated |
| v.42/43 | | T.R. Briggs, "Physical Chemistry" [Lecture Notes] and "Experimental Data of Physical Chemistry," Cornell University, Sept. 1919 to June, 1920 |
| v.44/45 | | W.R. Orndorff, "Organic Chemistry notes on Aromatic Series" [Lecture Notes] 2 vols. Cornell University, 1920 |
| v.46 | | L.M. Dennis, "Notes on Advanced Inorganic Chemistry," Cornell University, Sept. 1919 - June 1920 |
| v.47 | | Cornellian-1921 Cornell University yearbook, 1921 |
| v.48 | | Dr. Ewing, "Pathology" [Lecture notebook], Cornell Medical College, 1924 |
| v.49 | | "Surgery" [Lecture notebook], Cornell Medical College, 1924 |
| v.50 | | "Research Notes," Deutsche Forschungsantalt fur Psychiatrie in Munchen, Chemische Abtlg., undated |
| v.51 | | Unidentified research notebook |
| v.52 | | "Kidney Disease." Clippings and notes. Includes a partial diary, 1928-1930 |
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