Minutes of the Committee on Medical Research of the Office of Scientific Research and Development of the United States
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1/003-01
Scope and Contents
The volume (disbound) contains copies of the minutes with related
correspondence of the Committee on Medical Research of the Office
of Scientific Research and Development, 1944 Sept. 21-1946 Sept.
27-28, documenting the committee's work through the end of World
War II and its demobilization. Included is a list of the committee's
resolutions, 19411945. The minutes bear occasional holograph
notes written by its chairman, Alfred N. Richards.
Responsibilities and concerns of the committee which are treated in the minutes include: recommendations to fund, terminate, or transfer government research contracts; approval or classification of publications derived from contract projects; and the transition from wartime to peacetime research, including plans for an organization to succeed the Committee on Medical Research. Principal subjects in the minutes are: aviation medicine; the development and uses of penicillin and antimalarial drugs;jconsiderations of volunteer human subjects in antimalarial drug experiments; and the exchange of biomedical information with English and Soviet researchers.
Responsibilities and concerns of the committee which are treated in the minutes include: recommendations to fund, terminate, or transfer government research contracts; approval or classification of publications derived from contract projects; and the transition from wartime to peacetime research, including plans for an organization to succeed the Committee on Medical Research. Principal subjects in the minutes are: aviation medicine; the development and uses of penicillin and antimalarial drugs;jconsiderations of volunteer human subjects in antimalarial drug experiments; and the exchange of biomedical information with English and Soviet researchers.
Dates
- 1944 - 1946
Creator
- United States. Office of Scientific Research and Development. Committee on Medical Research (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The Committee on Medical Research of the U.S. Government's Office
of Scientific Research and Development was established on 28
June 1941. It was charged with organizing civilian personnel
for research on medical problems of military importance during
World War II, particularly problems concerning aviation medicine,
antimalarial drugs, and penicillin. Specifically, the committee
allotted and supervised government research contracts with universities,
hospitals, and other organizations. The chairman of the Committee
on Medical Research was Alfred N. Richards, and the committee itself
was composed of four presidential appointees and one appointee each
from the Secretaries of War and the Navy and the Administrator
of the Federal Security Agency.
The committee was first convened on 31 July 1941 and met generally on a weekly basis until the end of the war. It then met infrequently until its final adjournment on 20 January 1947. At the end of the war, many of the committee's contracts were transferred to the Public Health Service, appropriate divisions of the armed forces, or private research groups.
The committee was first convened on 31 July 1941 and met generally on a weekly basis until the end of the war. It then met infrequently until its final adjournment on 20 January 1947. At the end of the war, many of the committee's contracts were transferred to the Public Health Service, appropriate divisions of the armed forces, or private research groups.
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The minutes of the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development's
Committee on Medical Research were donated to the Historical
Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by
the Medical Library of the University of Pennsylvania on 24
October 1973.
The volume was disbound and catalogued in 1991.
The volume was disbound and catalogued in 1991.
- Title
- Minutes of the Committee on Medical Research of the Office of Scientific Research and Development of the United States
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
