Finding Aid for the Richard Burton Setlow Collection, 1929-1960 (Bulk 1946-1960)
MS-1547University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, November 3, 2006.
Summary Information
Richard Burton Setlow Collection
Date/Date Range : 1929-1960 (Bulk 1946-1960)
10.5 linear feet
Abstract: This collection houses research notebooks documenting Dr. Richard Setlow's work between 1946 and 1960.
MS-1547
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Access and Use
This collection is property of the University of Tennessee's Special Collections Library.
Collection is open for research.
The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.
[Identification of Item], Richard Burton Setlow Collection, MS-1547. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of seven boxes.
Biography / History
Richard Burton Setlow was born on January 19, 1921 in New York City. He earned his A.B. at Swarthmore College in 1941, his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1947, his DSc at the University of Toronto in 1985, and his M.D. at the University of Essen in 1993. During his professional career, he worked as an associate professor at Yale University (1956-1961), as a biophysicist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1961-1974), and as director of the University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (1972-1974). He is currently working at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York. Most of Setlow's research concerns the effects of radiation on the human body.
Collection Scope and Content Note
In addition to Setlow's research notebooks, this collection houses one notebook of Collected Papers on Radium Poisoning by Dr. Harrison S. Martland (published 1925-1939). Dr. Martland served for many years as the pathologist for the city of Newark, New Jersey, where he researched the effects of radioactive materials on the human body. By doing autopsies on victims of radioactive poisoning, he was able to devise methods to determine the presence of radioactive materials in the human body. His papers on the subject were republished in a single volume for use as a rule book for workers who handled radioactive substances. It was placed in a permanent exhibition of precautions against radioactive poisoning at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) cited his work in 1946 as being largely responsible for the fact that there were only two deaths due to radioactive causes during the development of the atomic bomb despite the tremendous amounts of lethal radiation produced. Dr. Martland also made the first scientific study of punch-drunkenness of prize fighters and numerous studies of the effects of various sots of bullet wounds on the human body.
Subject Terms
- Setlow, Richard B. (Richard Burton).
- DNA repair -- History.
- Radiobiology.
- Biophysics.
Contents List
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1
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Folder
1
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Research Notebook, 1952-1953
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| Box
1
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Folder
2
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Research Notebook, 1952-1953
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| Box
1
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Folder
3
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Research Notebook, 1953
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| Box
1
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Folder
4
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Research Notebook, 1954
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| Box
1
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Folder
5
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Research Notebook, 1954-1955
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| Box
1
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Folder
6
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Research Notebook, 1955
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| Box
2
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Folder
1
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Research Notebook, 1955
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| Box
2
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Folder
2
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Research Notebook, 1956
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| Box
2
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Folder
3
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Research Notebook, 1956
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| Box
2
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Folder
4
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Research Notebook, 1957
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| Box
2
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Folder
5
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Research Notebook, 1957
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| Box
2
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Folder
6
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Research Notebook, 1958
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| Box
3
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Folder
1
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Research Notebook, 1958
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| Box
3
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Folder
2
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Research Notebook, 1958-1959
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| Box
3
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Folder
3
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Research Notebook, 1959
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| Box
3
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Folder
4
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Research Notebook, 1959
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| Box
3
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Folder
5
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Research Notebook, 1959
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| Box
3
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Folder
6
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Research Notebook, 1959-1960
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| Box
4
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Folder
1
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Research Notebook, 1960
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| Box
4
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Folder
2
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Research Notebook, 1960
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| Box
4
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Folder
3
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Research Notebook, 1960
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| Box
4
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Folder
4
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Grain Clusters
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| Box
4
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Folder
5
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Paramecium
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| Box
5
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Folder
1
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Small Research Notebook (Grazing Incidence Spectrograph), 1946-1947
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| Box
5
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Folder
2
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Small Research Notebook (Mostly Low Source and Pumping Speeds), 1947-1948
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| Box
5
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Folder
3
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Small Research Notebook (Bacterial Luminescence), 1948-1949
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| Box
5
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Folder
4
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Small Research Notebook (Catalase), 1950
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| Box
5
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Folder
5
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Small Research Notebook, 1950
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| Box
5
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Folder
6
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Small Research Notebook (Urease), 1950
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| Box
5
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Folder
7
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Small Research Notebook (Catalase, Insulin, Chymotrypsin), 1951-1952
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| Box
5
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Folder
8
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Small Research Notebook (Catalase, Insulin, Chymotrypsin), 1951-1952
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| Box
5
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Folder
9
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Small Research Notebook (Crystalline Catalase - U.V), 1951-1952
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| Box
5
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Folder
10
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Small Research Notebook, 1951-1952
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| Box
5
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Folder
11
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Small Research Notebook (UV and DNA), 1952-1953
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| Box
5
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Folder
12
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Small Research Notebook, 1952-1953
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| Box
5
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Folder
13
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Small Research Notebook (B. Subtilis), 1952-1953
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| Box
5
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Folder
14
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Small Research Notebook (DNA, TMV, T-1), 1953
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| Box
6
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Folder
1
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Small Research Notebook (Paramecin, DNA), 1953
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| Box
6
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Folder
2
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Small Research Notebook, 1954
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| Box
6
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Folder
3
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Small Research Notebook, 1954
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| Box
6
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Folder
4
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Small Research Notebook (Uvon Trypsin, RNAase, Gramicidin, Aldolase), 1954-1955
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| Box
6
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Folder
5
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Small Research Notebook (Uvon Trypsin, RNAase, Gramicidin, Aldolase), 1954-1955
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| Box
6
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Folder
6
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Small Research Notebook (Aldolase, Lipoxidase, Wet Trypsin, Lysozyme Flies), 1955
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| Box
6
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Folder
7
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Small Research Notebook (Aldolase, Gramicidin, Trypsin, Flies), 1955
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| Box
6
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Folder
8
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Small Research Notebook (Fruit Flies, Lysozyme, Papain, E. Coli), 1955-1956
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| Box
6
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Folder
9
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Small Research Notebook (E. Coli, Filaments and virus), 1955-1957
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| Box
6
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Folder
10
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Small Research Notebook (Lipoxidese, RNAase, Trypsin), 1956
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| Box
6
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Folder
11
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Small Research Notebook (Short wavelengths), 1956
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| Box
6
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Folder
12
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Small Research Notebook (Short wavelengths on chymotrypsin), 1956-1957
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| Box
6
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Folder
13
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Small Research Notebook (Peroxidase), 1957-1958
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| Box
7
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Folder
1
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Small Research Notebook (Short wavelength absorption), 1955
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| Box
7
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Folder
2
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Small Research Notebook, 1956-1957
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| Box
7
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Folder
3
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Small Research Notebook (RNAase, short wavelength, 1st filament), 1957
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| Box
7
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Folder
4
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Small Research Notebook, 1957
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| Box
7
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Folder
5
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Small Research Notebook (RNAase in Urea; DNAase by UV & short UV; Extract), 1958
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| Box
7
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Folder
6
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Small Research Notebook, 1958
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| Box
7
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Folder
7
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Small Research Notebook (Short wavelength absorption), 1958-1959
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| Box
7
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Folder
8
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Small Research Notebook (UV on T-1, Tz; RNAase, DNAase), 1958-1959
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| Box
7
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Folder
9
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Small Research Notebook, 1959
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| Box
7
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Folder
10
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Small Research Notebook (Uptake & lengths of E. Coli B and B3), 1959
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| Box
7
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Folder
11
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Small Research Notebook, 1959-1960
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| Box
7
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Folder
12
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Small Research Notebook, 1960
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| Box
7
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Folder
13
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Small Research Notebook, 1960
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| Box
7
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Folder
14
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Small Research Notebook, 1960
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| Box
7
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Folder
15
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Collected Papers of Radium Poisoning by Harrison S. Martland, M.D., 1925-1939
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