Call Number:

C0669

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 17 boxes
• 13.5 linear feet

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edward Kendall Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1935-1970 (inclusive)

Creator:

Kendall, Edward C. (Edward Calvin), 1886-1972

Form:

Articles -- 20th century. and Laboratory notebooks -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Visiting Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Princeton and Nobel Peace Prize winner, Edward Kendall conducted biochemical research and is best known for his work on the hormones of the cortex of the adrenal glands. His collection includes typescripts of scientific articles, laboratory notebooks and notes, correspondence regarding patients, and a great deal of printed material.

From 1914 to 1951, Kendall conducted research in the biochemical section of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, as well as taught (1921-1951) physiological chemistry at the Mayo Foundation and the University of Minnesota. His research into the hormones of the adrenal cortex led to his ability to synthesize cortisone, for which he was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1950 with fellow researchers P. Hench and Tadeusz Reichstein. Upon his retirement in 1951, Kendall became a visiting professor in the Department of Biochemistry at Princeton University, and he did research at Merck & Co. in Rahway, New Jersey.

Consists of papers of Kendall, encompassing his career in clinical medicine. Included are typescripts of scientific articles; laboratory notebooks; notes; correspondence with Merck & Co., scientists, friends, and others, as well as letters from patients concerning cortisone and quack arthritis cures; and a great deal of printed pamphlets, offprints, and scientific publications containing works by Kendall and others.

This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.

Essentially unprocessed, but arranged in cartons as removed from Kendall's file cabinets, including pre-1952 correspondence (A-Z), post-1952 correspondence (A-Z), articles, laboratory notebooks, and printed matter.

Note: Boxes 1-15 are record-center cartons; boxes 16 and 17 are archival boxes.