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Fuller Albright papers

Overview

The Fuller Albright papers, 1904-1964, 1990, consist of Albright's general correspondence files, patient files, and related records resulting from his research and teaching activities at Massachusetts General Hospital. The collection includes Albright's correspondence recording his research on endocrinology, and on conditions including osteoporosis, kidney stones, and Albright’s syndrome. The collection also contains Albright's writings and personal correspondence.

Dates

  • Creation: 1904-1964, 1990

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Access requires advance notice. Access to personal and patient information is restricted to 80 years from the date of creation. These restrictions appear in Series X. An inventory of restricted material located in box 1: Patient Records and Correspondence. Researchers may apply for access to restricted records. Consult Public Services for further information.

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Extent

36 boxes
2 cubic feet (unprocessed papers in 2 records center cartons.)

Series and Subseries in the Collection

  1. I. Professional Correspondence, 1927-1958, undated
  2. ___ A. Correspondence with Individual Correspondents, 1927-1958
  3. ___ B. Alphabetical Professional Correspondence, undated
  4. II. Corporate Correspondence and Related Records, 1929-1964
  5. ___ A. National Organizations Correspondence, 1934-1957
  6. ___ B. State and Regional Organizations Correspondence, 1937-1956
  7. ___ C. Funds and Foundations Records, 1936-1964
  8. ___ D. Academic Institutions, Medical Schools, Hospitals, etc., Records, 1932-1956
  9. ___ E. Chemical Companies Correspondence and Records, 1929-1954
  10. ___ F. Journal Correspondence and Publication Records, 1931-1955
  11. ___ G. Publishers Correspondence and Records, 1937-1960
  12. ___ H. Chronological Corporate Correspondence, 1938-1956
  13. ___III. Massachusetts General Hospital Correspondence and Subject Files, 1929-1961, undated
  14. ___IV. Research Subject Files, 1929-1957, undated
  15. V. Manuscripts, Typescripts, and Publications, 1929-1956, 1990, undated
  16. ___ A. Chronological Writings, 1929-1956
  17. ___ B. Undated, Unidentified or Unpublished Manuscripts and Typescripts, undated
  18. ___ C. Posthumous Publications, 1990
  19. VI. Manuscripts and Publications by Other Authors, 1940-1955, undated
  20. VII. Fuller Albright Slide Collection, undated
  21. VIII. Clinical Research Records, 1930-1950
  22. IX. Personal and Biographical Record, 1904-1961, undated
  23. ___ A. Photographs, c.1917-1959
  24. ___B. Personal Correspondence, 1904-1957, undated
  25. ______ 1. Correspondence with Individual Correspondents, 1904-1957, undated
  26. ______ 2. Chronological Correspondence, 1927-1956, undated
  27. ___ C. Clubs and Association Records, 1931-1961
  28. ___ D. Appointments, Honors, and Awards, 1945-1961, undated
  29. ___ E. Parkinson's Disease Correspondence and Related Records, 1938-1956, undated
  30. ___ F. Personal Business Records, 1930-1961, undated
  31. ___ G. Biographical Records, 1915-1962, undated
  32. X. Patient Records and Correspondence, undated
  33. ___ A. Patient Records and Correspondence, undated
  34. ___ B. Consultations Records, undated

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Selected name index: A

Abbott, William E. 1:1
Abbott, William Osier 1:2
Abels, Jules C. 1:3
Academy of Medicine of Cleveland 6:11
Aesculapian Club 18:76
Ahrens, Edward 1:4
Albeaux-Fernet, M. 1:5
Albert, Alexander 1:6
Albright, Birge 17:1
Albright, Charlotte 17:12
Albright, Charlotte 17:13,14
Albright, Claire Birge 17:1,2,6
Albright, Dorothy 17:9
Albright, John J. 18:65; 19:51,52
Albright, John J., Jr. 17:3,7,8,9,10,11; 18:33,34
Albright, Langdon 17:12,13,14
Albright, Langdon 17:14
Albright, Raymond 17:15,16
Albright, Read Ellsworth 17:17
Albright, Susan Fuller 17:18-17:66; 18:1-18:34,50; 19:51,52
Albuquerque, Paulo F. de 1:7
Allen, Edgar 1:8
Alpha Omega Alpha 5:1; 6:62
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 5:2
American Academy of Pediatrics 5:3,4
American Association for Cancer Research 5:5
American Association of Genito-Urinary Surgeons 5:6
American College of Physicians 5:7,8,9,10,11,12
American College of Surgeons 5:13
American Journal of Diseases of Children 7:1
American Journal of the Medical Sciences 7:2
American Medical Association 5:14,15,16
American Orthopaedic Association 5:17
American Red Cross 5:18
American Society for Clinical Investigation 5:19-5:29
American Urological Association 5:30
Anagnost, Basil D. 1:9
Anderson, Evelyn 1:10
Andrus, E. Cowles 1:11
Annals of Internal Medicine 7:3
Archives of Internal Medicine 7:4
Armstrong, Wallace D. 1:12
Association of American Physicians 3:39,82; 5:31,32,33,34,35
Association for the Study of Internal Secretions 1:8; 5:36,37,38,39
Astwood, Edwin B. 1:13
Atchley, Dana W. 1:14
Aub, Joseph C. 1:15

B

Baird, Perry C. 1:16
Baker, Norman A. 1:17
Barney, James Dellinger 1:18
Barr, David P. 1:19
Beard, Edmund E. 1:20
Beckman, William W. 1:21
Bennett, Granville A. 1:22
Bliography 19:55-19:58
Birge, Julius 18:35
Birge, Stanley 18:36
Birge, Mr. and Mrs. Walter 18:37
Bissell, Grosvenor W. 1:23
Bliss, Eleanor 1:24
Bordley, James, III 1:25
Boston Medical History Club 4:22
Boston Transcript, Inc. Child Refugee Fund 6:27
Boylston Medical Society 6:12
Browne, John S.L. 1:26
Brylawski, Ruth 18:38
Butler, Allan 1:27

C

Cable, James V. 1:28
Calver, George W. 1:29
Camus, Jean Louis 1:30
Carpenter, Esther 1:31
Castillo, Enrique B. del 1:32
Castle, William B. 1:33
China Medical Board 6:50
Chown, Bruce 1:34
Church, Cyril K. 6:52
Cintra, A.B. Ulhoa 1:35
Clamen, Marvin 1:36
Clarke, Burdick G. 1:37
Cobb, Stanley 1:38
Collip, James B. 1:39
Conant, Anne K. 1:40
Cook, Phyllis C. 1:41
Cope, Oliver 1:42
Correa, Javier 1:43
Co Tui, Frank 1:44
Coxon, Robert Victor 1:45
Craib, W.H. 1:46
Curriculum Vitae 19:54
Cushing, Harvey 1:47
Cuyahoga County Medical Society 6:11

D

Dallas Southern Clinical Society 6:13
Darrow, Daniel C. 1:48
Dawson, John 1:49
Delphic Club 18:77
Dempsey, Edward W. 1:50
Dent, Charles E. 1:51,52
Dobriner, Konrad 1:53
Dock, William 1:54
Drake, Truman G. 1:55
DuBois, Eugene 1:56
Ducommun, Pierre 1:57
Duke University 6:51

E

Echenique Gonzalez, Raul 1:58
Ellsworth, Read 1:11; 2:85
Ellsworth, Read Memorial Fund 6:28
Elman, Robert 1:59
Elrick, Harold 1:60,61
Emergency Relief Campaign 6:29
Endocrine Society 5:40,41,42
Engle, Earl T. 1:62
Erdheim 1:15
Erk, Vernon Otto 1:63
Escamilla, Roberto F. 1:64
Evans, Adelaide 1:65
Evans, Herbert 1:66
Evans, Richard D. 1:67
Excerpta Medica 7:12

F

Fallon, John 1:68
Faneuf, Betty 17:3,8; 18:40,41
Faneuf, Leston 18:40,41
Farquharson, Ray 1:69
Faulkner, James M. 1:70; 18:42
Faxon, Nathaniel W. 1:71; 7:32
Felber, Jean-Pierre 1:72
Ferry, Ronald M. 1:73
Finley, Robert L. 18:43
Fisher, Charles 1:74
Foldes, Francis F. 1:75
Forman, F. 1:76
Fourman, Paul 1:77
Fournier, Juan Cesar Mussio 1:78
Fraser, Russell 1:79
Fremont-Smith, Maurice 1:80
Friedman, Harold A. 1:81
Frohlich, Franz 1:82

G

Garn, Stanley 1:83
Gassner, F.X. 1:84
Gellis, Sydney S. 1:85
Gevalt, F.C., Jr. 1:86
Glidden Company 6:66
Goodman, Louis S. 1:87
Gordon, Edgar S. 1:88,89
Gorham, L. Whittington 1:90
Grabfield, G. Philip 1:91
Grauer, Robert C. 1:92
Greenblatt, Robert B. 1:93
Greene, R.R. 1:94
Gregg, Alan 1:95
Gutman, Alexander B. 1:96
Gutstein, Armin 1:97
Guy's Hospital, London 1:24

H

Haines, Samuel F. 2:1
Hall, P.F. 2:2
Hamilton, James B. 2:3
Hanes, Frederic M. 2:4
Harrel, George T. 2:5
Hartman, Frank A. 2:6
Harvard Club of Boston 18:78
Harvard Medical School 3:88; 19:7
Harvard University 19:7; 19:60
Harvey Society 6:14
Heath, Elmer H. 2:7
Heilman, Dorothy M. 2:8
Heller, Carl 2:9
Herbst, William P. 2:10
Hernberg, Carl A. 2:11
Hirsch, Oscar 2:12
Hirschagger, August 2:13
Hitzrot, Lewis H. 2:14; 18:44
Hoeber, Paul B., Inc. 7:13
Hollister, Ruth 17:5; 18:45,46
Hon, Edward H. 2:15
Hooker, D.R. 2:16
Horse Shoe Club 18:79
Hoskins, R.G. 2:17
Howard, John Eager 2:18,19,20,21,22
Howard, R. Palmer 2:23
Huggins, Charles 2:24
Hurd, Lawrence 18:47
Hurd, Nancy 18:47
Hurtado, Alberto 2:25
Hurxthal, Lewis M. 2:26

I

Ingle, Dwight 2:27
Institute de Biologia Andina 2:25
International College of Surgeons 6:52
Interurban Clinical Club 6:53,54,55,56
Ishmael, William K. 2:28
Ivimey, Muriel 2:29

J

Jacka, E.R. 2:30
Jackson, E. 18:48
Jackson, W.P.U. 2:31
Jacobsen, A, Wilmot 2:32
Jacobson, S.P. 2:33
Jaffe, Henry L. 2:34
Jailer, Joe 3:39
Janeway, Charles A. 2:35
Jefferies, William McK. 2:36
Jennings, Charles G. 2:37
Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn 2:65
Jones Lectureship in Medicine 6:63
Jones, Chester M. 2:38
Journal of the American Medical Association 7:5
Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery 7:6
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology 7:7,8
Journal of Clinical Investigation 7:9

K

Karsner, Howard T. 2:39
Kast, Ludwig Award 6:21
Keating, F. Raymond, Jr. 2:40
Keefer, Chester 2:41,42
Keitiel, Hans G. 2:43
Kendall, Edward C. 2:44
Kenyon, Allan T. 2:45
Kepler, Edwin J. 2:46
Keys, Ancel 2:47
Keyser, Linwood D. 2:48
Khan, Mr. and Mrs. Mir 18:49
Kinsell, Laurance J. 2:49-2:55
Kleinstück, Hildegard 2:56
Klinefelter, Harry F. 2:57
Knox, W. Eugene 2:58
Koch, Robert 2:59
Kochakian, Charles D. 2:60,61
Kolb, Felix 2:62
Kolodny, Anatole 2:63
Koppe, Harold F. 2:64
Kramer, Benjamin 2:65
Kyle, Lawrence 2:66

L

Lamm, Heinrich 2:67
Larson, Carroll B. 2:68; 19:56
Laurentian Hormone Conference 6:31-6:37
Lawrence, Charles H. 2:69
Leaf, Alexander 2:70
LeCompte, Phillip M. 2:71
Lee, Pearl 2:72
Li, Choh Hao 2:73
Lichtwitz, Andre 2:74
Lillienthal, Joseph J. 2:75
Lipin, Theodore 2:76
Lipp, William 2:77
Lippincott, J.B. Company 7:14
Lisser, H. 2:78
Lloyd, Henry Martyn 2:79
Lodge, Henry Cabot, Jr. 2:80
Loeb, Robert F. 2:81
Loewi, Otto 2:82
Long, C.N.H. 2:83
Long, Perry C. 2:84
Longcope, Warfield T. 2:85
Luetsher, John A., Jr. 2:86
Lukens, Francis D.W. 2:87
Lyon, Irving P. 18:50

M

Mach, Rene S. 2:88
MacMahon, H. Edward 2:89
Macy, Josiah, Jr. Foundation Conference Program 6:38-6:43
Maine Medical Society of New Jersey 6:18
Mallinckrodt Chemical Company 2:90; 6:67
Mallinckrodt, Edward 2:90
Mandelstam, Paul 2:91
Marble, Alexander 2:92
Martin, Jorge 2:93
Martin, Nicolas H. 2:94
Martz, Georg 2:95
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary 19:8
Massachusetts General Hospital, Albright-Jones Laboratory 7:40
Massachusetts General Hospital, Appointments l.9;9
Massachusetts General Hospital, Bacteriology Laboratory 7:29
Massachusetts General Hospital, Biological Laboratory 7:30
Massachusetts General Hospital, Chemistry Laboratory 1:17,27,40,41,71; 3:15; 7:31-7:39
Massachusetts General Hospital, Clinicopathological Conference Cases 7:41
Massachusetts General Hospital, Experiment Books 15
Massachusetts General Hospital, Graduate Course in Endocrinology 7:42-7:52
Massachusetts General Hospital, Metabolic Research Unit 8:1
Massachusetts General Hospital, Ovarian Dysfunction Clinic 4:19; 8:16,17
Massachusetts General Hospital, Stone Clinic 4:19
Massachusetts General Hospital, Ward IV 8:20; 15
Masters, Richard 2:96
Matovinovic, Josip 2:97
Mayo Foundation 6:44
McCance, R.A. 3:1
McCullagh, E. Perry 3:2
McCune, Donovan J. 3:3
McIntosh, Rustin 3:4
McLean, Franklin C. 3:5,6
Mead Johnson and Company 6:68
Means, James Howard 3:7,8
Medical Press, Inc. 7:15
Meigs, Joe Vincent 3:9
Merck and Co., Inc. 6:69
Metabolism; Clinical and Experimental 7:10
Metropolitan State Hospital 6:57
Mickle, Charles Fellowship 19:11
Miller, Erma 3:10
Mills, Thomas H. 18:51
Milne, M.D. 3:11
Minot, George R. 3:12
Mirsky, I. Arthur 3:13
Mitchell, Marvin L. 3:14
Moore, Eunice 3:15
Morgan, Hugh J. 3:16
Morse, William I. 3:17
Muscio, Alfredo C. 3:18

N

National Cancer Association 6:1
National Institutes of Health 6:2
National Neurological Research Foundation 6:45,46
National Research Council 6:3,4,5,6,7
Nelson, Warren O. 3:19
New England Journal of Medicine 7:11
New England Roentgen Ray Society 6:19
New England Spectrochemical Laboratories 6:70
New York Academy of Medicine 6:14,21
New York Academy of Sciences 6:22
Newburgh, L.H. 3:20
Nichols School 19:48; 19:59
Nielsen, Holger 3:21
Nobel Committee 6:47
Nordin, B. 3:22
Norfolk Dostrict Medical Society 6:24

O

Ober, Frank R. 3:23
O'Donovan, D.K. 3:24
Oregon State Medical Society 6:24
Orr, William J. 3:25
Osier Clinical Society 6:25

P

Page, Irvine 3:26
Park, Edwards A. 3:27
Parkinson's Disease 19:12-19:22
Parson, William 3:28
Paull, David P. 3:29
Peck, Franklin B. 3:30
Peiping Union Medical College 6:50
Peirson, Edward L. 3:31
Pennock, Una Bagg 18:52
Peripatetic Club 6:58,59,60,61
Perlmutter, Martin 3:32
Peterman, M.G. 3:33
Peters, John P. 3:34
Peterson, H.G., Jr. 3:35
Phi Beta Kappa Society 6:8
Phillips, John Memorial Lecture 5:11
Pinto, Baiao Asdrubal 3:36
Prien, Edwin L. 3:37
Proctor Fund 6:48
Proger, Samuel 3:38
Promonta Chemische Fabrik 6:71

R

Ragan, Charles 3:39
Randall, Alexander 3:40
Ranson, S.W. 3:41
Rash, Jack O.W. 3:42
Reed, Francis A. 3:43
Reed, Joseph Verner 18:53
Reed, Robert L. 18:54-18:60
Reed, Susan 18:54-18:60
Reforzo Membrives, J. 3:44
Reifenstein, Edward C., Jr. 3:45
Reiss, Robert S. 3:46
Reynold, George P. 18:61
Rhoads, Cornelius P. 3:47
Richardson, David 3:48,49
Roberts, Ava 18:62
Roberts, Diana 18:63
Robles Gil, Javier 3:50
Rocca, Delta Zulema 3:44
Roentgenological Society 6:9
Rogers, William 3:51
Roos, Albert 3:52
Rose, Werner 3:53
Rosenheim, Max 3:54
Rubin, Paul S. 3:55

S

Salter, William T. 3:56
Saunders, W.B. Company 7:16
Sayers, George 3:57
Scoville, William B. 3:58
Selye, Hans 3:59
Sevringhaus, Elmer L. 3:60,61
Shattuck, F.C. 18:64
Shea, John Joseph 3:62
Sherer, Max G. 3:63
Sherman, H.C. 3:64
Sherman, Mary S. 3:65
Shorr, Ephraim 3:66
Simmons, Fred A. 3:67
Simpson, Miriam 3:68
Simpson, S. Leonard 3:69
Sisson, John H. 3:70
Sisson, Warren R. 3:71
Slide Collection 12; 13; 14
Smith, George V. 3:72
Smith, Olive 3:72
Smith, Robert P. 3:73
Smith-Petersen, M.N. 3:74
Smyth, Francis Scott 3:75
Snapper, I. 3:76
Sobel, Edna H. 3:77
Sobel, Harry 3:78
Soffer, Louis J. 3:79
Sosman, Merrill C. 3:80
Spaulding, Charlotte 17:4
Spence, A.W. 3:81; 7:13
Sprague, P.E. 6:66
Sprague, Randall G. 3:82
Stare, Frederick J. 3:83
Starr, Paul 3:84
Steele, J. Murray 3:85
Stork Club 18:80
Sturgis, Somers H. 3:86
Sutphin, Adney K. 3:87
Syracuse University 6:62

T

Talbott, John H. 3:88
Talmadge, Roy V. 3:89
Tenney, Benjamin, Jr. 4:1
Terplan, Kornel 18:65
Thannhauser, Siegfried J. 4:2
Thayer, S.A. 4:3
Thomas, Charles C., Publisher 7:17
Thompson, Kenneth W. 4:4
Thorn, George W. 4:5
Tillett, William S. 4:6
Tisdall, Fredercik F. 4:7
Tislow, Richard 4:8
Törnblom, Nils 4:9
Tufts Medical School 3:38
Turtle, Elbert Parr, Jr. 4:10
Tyberghein, Jean M. 4:11

U

United States Department of Agriculture 6:10
University of Minnesota 6:44
University of Oregon Medical School 6:63
University of Rochester, NY 6:64
University of Vermont College of Medicine 6:25

V

Valenzuela-Ravest, Fernando 4:12
Vertes, Victor 4:13
Villaverde, Manuel 4:14
Voigt, Allan E. 4:15

W

Wade, H.W. 4:16
Waldenstrom, Jan 4:17
Wallace and Tiernan Products, Incorporated 6:72
Warrick, C.K. 4:18
Washburn, Frederic A. 4:19
Washington Gynecological Society 6:26
Waterfield, Reggie 1:24; 18:66
Wearn, Joseph T. 4:20
Weille, Francis L. 4:21
Weiss, Soma 4:22
Westerfeld, W.W. 4:23
Wheeler, Mary Louise 4:24
White, Abraham 4:25
White, James C. 4:26
White, Paul Dudley 4:27
Wilhelmi, Alfred E. 4:28
Wilkins, Lawson 4:29
Williams and Wilkins Company 7:18
Williams, Robert H. 4:30
Wilmurt Club 18:53; 18:81-18:87; 19:1-19:6
Wilson, Donald 4:31
Winthrop Chemical Company, Inc. 6:73
Wolfson, William Quitman 4:32
Wood, Don E. 4:33
Woodall, W. Marvin, Jr. 4:34
Worcester Foundation of Experimental Biology 6:30
Wyeth, Incorporated 6:74

Y

Yakovlev, Paul I. 4:35
Yale University School of Medicine 6:65
Yearbook Publishers 7:19
Young, Nelson 4:36

Z

Zamecnik, Paul C. 4:37
Zanartu, Juan 4:38
Title
Albright, Fuller, 1900-1969. Papers, 1904-1964, 1990: Finding Aid.
Author
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine. Center for the History of Medicine.
Language of description
eng
EAD ID
med00068

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