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Max Tishler Papers

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Call Number:
023
Repository:
Science History Institute Archives
Extent:
14.0 linear feet ((7 record boxes, 1 hollinger box, and 1 oversized box))
Language Note:
Collection materials are mostly in English. A small amount of materials in French, German, Japanese, Spanish, and Swedish are also in this collection.
Preferred Citation:
Item Description, Box Number, Folder Number, Max Tishler Papers, 1893-2009, Science History Institute Archives.
Date:
1893-2009 (inclusive) and 1937-1989 (bulk)
Creator:
Tishler, Max (1906-1989)
Form:
Archival materials, Photographs, Slides (photography), and Videotapes
Abstract:
Correspondence, research files, subject files, publications, books, audio-visual materials, and photographic materials of American chemist, pharmaceutical industry executive, and chemistry professor Max Tishler.

Max Tishler was an American chemist, pharmaceutical industry executive, and chemistry professor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts on October 30, 1906, Tishler was introduced to chemistry at a young age when he took a job as a pharmacist's assistant. In this capacity, he packaged and delivered drugs in Boston during the Flu Pandemic of 1918. This experience left a lasting impression upon him and prompted him to seek a career in the health care field. Tishler earned his bachelor's degree in Chemistry from Tufts University (1928) and his Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University (1934). After obtaining his doctorate, he remained at Harvard for a time, serving as a Research Associate (1934-1936) and Instructor of Chemistry (1936-1937).

Tishler went to work in the pharmaceutical industry in 1937 when he accepted a Research Chemist position at Merck and Company, Incorporated. He went on to enjoy a distinguished 33-year career with this firm, where he played an instrumental role in a number of pharmaceutical innovations. His first project at Merck was the development of a practical method for large scale production of riboflavin (Vitamin B2). During World War II, he oversaw Merck's successful mass production of the antibiotic penicillin. During the 1940s, Tishler led the research team that developed a method of synthesizing the anti-inflammatory drug cortisone. Over the course of his career at Merck, he also led the firm's development of vaccines against measles, mumps, and German measles, and drugs for the treatment of heart disease, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and clinical depression.

While leading Merck and Company's efforts to develop innovative new drugs, Tishler rose through the firm's corporate hierarchy, serving as Section Head in Charge of Process Development (1941-1944), Director of Development Research (1944-1953), Vice President and Executive Director of Science Activities (1954-1956), and President of Merck, Sharp, and Dohme Research Laboratories (1957-1969). He retired from Merck and Company in 1970 as the firm's Senior Vice President of Research and Development.

After retiring from Merck and Company, Tishler joined Wesleyan University's Chemistry Department faculty in 1970. Serving as Professor of Chemistry (1970-1972), University Professor of the Sciences (1972-1973), Chairman of the Chemistry Department (1973-1975), and University Professor of the Sciences, Emeritus (1975-1989), he taught chemistry courses and continued to make significant contributions in the chemical research field. Tishler was also founder of the Peter A. Leermakers Symposium, a chemistry symposium that brings eminent chemists to the Wesleyan University campus.

A prolific inventor, Max Tishler was awarded over one hundred patents, including those for the synthesis of riboflavin (Vitamin B2) and the poultry antibiotic sulfaquinoxaline, the two inventions for which he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1982. He was also recipient of a number of prestigious awards for his work in chemistry, including, but not limited to, the Industrial Research Institute Medal (1961), the Chemical Industry Medal (1963), the Joseph Priestly Medal (1970), and the National Medal of Science (1987). In addition to his work at Merck and Company and Wesleyan University, Tishler was an active member of a number of scientific organizations, including, but not limited to, the American Chemical Society and the Society of Chemical Industry.

Max Tishler passed away on March 18, 1989

Sources

Max Tishler Papers, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Max Tishler Papers contain the personal papers of American chemist Max Tishler. The collection is arranged into the following nine series:

  1. Correspondence
  2. Riboflavin Research Files
  3. Subject Files
  4. Printed Materials
  5. Books
  6. Audio-Visual Materials
  7. Artifacts
  8. Oversized
  9. Photographic Materials

The Max Tishler Papers were donated to the Science History Institute (formerly the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Carl Tishler and Peter Tishler in two accretions: June 2014 and May 2021.

The Max Tishler Papers were processed by Kenton G. Jaehnig in August 2015 and August 2022.

The Oral History Interview with Max Tishler is preserved at the Science History Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Max Tishler Biographical Materials are preserved at the University of Wisconsin-Madison's American Institute of the History of Pharmacy Archives in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Subject

Publisher
Science History Institute Archives
Finding Aid Author
Finding aid created and encoded into EAD by Kenton G. Jaehnig
Finding Aid Date
August 2015 and August 2022
Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

Use Restrictions

The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Max Tishler Papers. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Collection Inventory

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Max Tishler's personal and professional correspondence. Files containing congratulatory correspondence regarding Tishler's promotion as Merck and Company's Senior Vice President of Research and Development, his retirement from Merck and Company, and his receiving the National Medal of Science, make up the largest portion of this series. This series also contains Max Tishler's correspondence with a handful of individuals, including American chemist Homer B. Adkins and Harvard University president James B. Conant. Files containing Tishler's correspondence with several organizations, including his employers (Merck and Company, Incorporated and Wesleyan University), school alma maters (Tufts University and Harvard University), and scientific organizations (The Chemical Society and New York Academy of Sciences) are also found in this series. A file of correspondence received by Max Tishler's wife Elizabeth Tishler and a handwritten letter from Nobel Laureate Albert Schweitzer to John Wilson (Sales Control Manager of Merck and Company, Incorporated's Chemical Division) are preserved here as well.

The contents of the Correspondence files consist mainly of letters. A small amount of accompanying materials, including, but not limited to, copies of speeches, copies of articles, article reprints, and a few photographs are found in these files as well.

Homer B. Adkins, 1949.
Box 1 Folder 1
Boston Public Schools – The English High School, 1952.
Box 1 Folder 2
The Chemical Society – Election as Fellow, 1949.
Box 1 Folder 3
James B. Conant, 1938, 1942.
Box 1 Folder 4
Harvard University, 1936-1969.
Box 1 Folder 5
Merck & Company, Incorporated, 1951-1985.
Box 1 Folder 6
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1951-1988, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
National Medal of Science – Congratulations, 1987.
Box 1 Folder 8
New York Academy of Sciences – Election as Fellow, 1947.
Box 1 Folder 9
Promotion to Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Merck & Company, Incorporated – Congratulations, 1969 January.
Box 1 Folder 10
Promotion to Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Merck & Company, Incorporated – Congratulations, 1969 February-June.
Box 1 Folder 11
Promotion to Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Merck & Company, Incorporated – Congratulations – Employees Abroad, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 12
Promotion to Senior Vice President of Research and Development at Merck & Company, Incorporated – Congratulations – Foreign Contacts, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 13
Retirement from Merck & Company, Incorporated – Congratulations, 1970 April-May.
Box 1 Folder 14
General Note

Includes 4 unidentified 3 ½ x 4 ¼ black and white photographs.

Retirement from Merck & Company, Incorporated – Congratulations, 1970 June 1-4.
Box 1 Folder 15
Retirement from Merck & Company, Incorporated – Congratulations, 1970 June 5-12.
Box 1 Folder 16
Albert Schweitzer – Handwritten Letter to John Wilson, Sales Control Manager of Merck & Company, Incorporated's Chemical Division, 1956 January 16.
Box 1 Folder 17
Elizabeth Tishler – Correspondence Received By, 1968-1990.
Box 1 Folder 18
Hyman Trilling, 1988-1989.
Box 1 Folder 19
Tufts University, 1959, 1984.
Box 1 Folder 20
Wesleyan University, 1969-1985.
Box 1 Folder 21

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains Max Tishler's Riboflavin Research Files. The files in this series document Tishler's development of a method for the large-scale production of riboflavin (Vitamin B2) at Merck & Company, Incorporated. Tishler was awarded a United States Patent (#2,370,093) for this invention in 1945.

This series contains Max Tishler's research notebook documenting his work on his method for the large-scale production of riboflavin. A small amount of materials accompanying the research notebook, including a photocopied journal article, photocopied notebook pages, correspondence, handwritten notes, reports of microanalysis, and a copy of United States Patent #2,370,093 are preserved here as well.

Karrer, P. and Hans F. Meerwein. "Eine modifizierte Flavinsynthese." Helevicta Chimica Acta 18, Issue 1 (1935): 1130-1134. (Photocopy), 1935.
Box 1 Folder 22
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Copied Pages from Research Notebook (Photocopies), 1938-1940.
Box 1 Folder 23
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Correspondence Re: Riboflavin, 1939-1941.
Box 1 Folder 24
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Notes Re: Riboflavin Accompanying Research Notebook, circa 1937-1942.
Box 1 Folder 25
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Reports of Microanalysis, 1938-1939.
Box 1 Folder 26
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Riboflavin, Tishler, 1940 – Research Notebook, 1937-1942.
Box 1 Folder 27
U.S. Patent #2,370,093 – Intermediates for the Synthesis of Riboflavin and Process for Producing Such Intermediates, 1945.
Box 1 Folder 28

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains subject files pertaining to Max Tishler's life and career. Files pertaining to Tishler's extra-curricular activities, which include, but are not limited to, participation in professional conferences, attendance at social functions, and speeches, make up the largest of portion of this series. Files regarding honors and awards received by Tishler, including, but not limited to, honorary doctorates, medals, and honorary memberships, also make up a large portion of this series. A smaller, but noticeable, number of files regarding miscellaneous subjects connected to Tishler, including, but not limited to, patents awarded to Tishler, the Eastern Industrial Personnel Security Board's security clearance investigation of Tishler, and his father-in-law Emanuel L. Verveer are also found in the Subject Files. A handful of files regarding events held in Max Tishler's honor after his death, including Tishler's memorial service and symposiums, are preserved in this series as well.

The contents of the Subject Files consist of a wide variety of materials, including correspondence, legal documents, printed materials (programs, brochures, and fliers), copies of patents, speeches, award and membership certificates, and honorary doctorate diplomas. Notes, copies of articles, press releases, a few photographs, a scientific notebook, stationary, a memorial volume, and a small watercolor painting are found in these files as well.

1st Tishler-Omura Symposium – Miscellaneous, 2009.
Box 1 Folder 29
10th Max Tishler Memorial Symposium – Miscellaneous, 2007.
Box 1 Folder 30
Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences – Honorary Membership – Certificate, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 31
John W. Ackeifi – Scientific Notebook (Student of Max Tishler at Wesleyan University), 1978-1979.
Box 1 Folder 32
American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Membership – Certificate, 1965.
Box 1 Folder 33
American Chemical Society – 13th National Organic Chemistry Symposium – Program, 1953.
Box 1 Folder 34
American Chemical Society – New York Section – William H. Nichols Medal Meeting – Program, 1956 .
Box 1 Folder 35
American Chemical Society – New York Section – William H. Nichols Medal Meeting – Program, 1963.
Box 1 Folder 36
American Chemical Society – North Jersey Section – Raritan Valley Lecture Series – Brochure, 1950-1951.
Box 1 Folder 37
American Chemical Society – Joseph Priestly Medal – Miscellaneous, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 38
American Institute of Chemists – 1970 Gold Medal – Program, 1977.
Box 1 Folder 39
American Institute of Chemists – New Jersey Chapter – Honor Scroll Award – Miscellaneous, 1960.
Box 1 Folder 40
Bucknell University – Honorary Doctorate – Diploma, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 41
Bucknell University – Honorary Doctorate – Program, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 42
J.M. Cazneau – Artwork, undated.
Box 1 Folder 43
Celebration in Honor of Bernie Lemlein and Max Tishler – Invitation, 1986.
Box 1 Folder 44
Chemists Club of New York – Honorary Membership – Certificate, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 45
Chemtech – Miscellaneous, 1989-1990.
Box 1 Folder 46
Connecticut Patent Law Association – Eli Whitney Award – Certificate, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 47
Dinner in Honor of Max Tishler – Guest List (Photocopy), 1968.
Box 1 Folder 48
Drew University – Hall of Sciences Dedication – Program, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 49
Eastern Industrial Personnel Security Board – Security Clearance Investigation of Max Tishler – Miscellaneous, 1954.
Box 1 Folder 50
John Fenn – Miscellaneous, 1953-2003.
Box 1 Folder 51
Harvard University – Board of Overseers – Miscellaneous, 1959.
Box 1 Folder 52
Harvard University – Max Tishler Visiting Lecturer – Fliers, 1952-1962 .
Box 1 Folder 53
Ralph F. Hirschmann – "Medicinal Chemistry in the Golden Age of Biology: Typified by Steroid and Peptide Research" – Paper Manuscript, 1991.
Box 1 Folder 54
Inauguration of President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice President Richard M. Nixon – Invitation, 1957.
Box 1 Folder 55
Industrial Research Institute, Incorporated – 1961 Industrial Research Medal – Miscellaneous, 1960-1961.
Box 1 Folder 56
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 25th Anniversary of Max Tishler – Programs, 1962.
Box 1 Folder 57
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 25th Anniversary of Merck Scientific Club – Programs, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 58
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Dedication of Max Tishler Auditorium – Remarks by Dr. Lewis H. Sarett (Photocopy), 1970 September 26.
Box 1 Folder 59
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Dinner in Honor of Dickinson W. Richards – Program, 1956.
Box 1 Folder 60
Merck & Company, Incorporated – From Theory to Therapy…Today and Tomorrow, Seminar – Program, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 61
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Max Tishler Retirement Dinner – Autographed Menu, 1970 April 21.
Box 1 Folder 62
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Max Tishler Visit to Cherokee Plant – Miscellaneous, 1956.
Box 1 Folder 63
General Note

Includes 2 5x7 black and white photographs of Max Tishler and Merck and Company officials.

National Academy of Sciences – 91st Annual Meeting – Program, 1954.
Box 1 Folder 64
Northwestern University – Non-Credit Course in Chemistry – Brochure (Photocopy), 1952.
Box 1 Folder 65
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science – Commencement Address – Miscellaneous, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 66
General Note

Includes 1 8x10 black and white photograph of Max Tishler with Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science officials.

Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity – Big Pi Night – Program, 1951.
Box 1 Folder 67
Queens College, Oxford – Dinner in Honour of Dr. Max Tishler – Menu, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 68
Rho Chi Society – Annual Invitation Banquet and Julius W. Sturmer Memorial Lecture – Program, 1964.
Box 1 Folder 69
Rider College – Honorary Doctorate – Program, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 70
The Royal Society – A Meeting for Discussion, Making a Success of Research in Industry – Program, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 71
Society of Chemical Industry – American Section – Chemical Industry Medal – Program and Admission Ticket, 1963.
Box 1 Folder 72
Society of Chemical Industry – American Section – Chemical Industry Medal Dinner – Program, 1966.
Box 2 Folder 1
Stevens Institute of Technology – Honorary Doctorate – Program, 1966.
Box 2 Folder 2
Symposium on Basic Research – Program, 1959.
Box 2 Folder 3
Max Tishler – Biographical, 1970s-1995, undated.
Box 2 Folder 4
Max Tishler – List of Articles and Talks on Research and Society, undated.
Box 2 Folder 5
Max Tishler – List of Publications, undated.
Box 2 Folder 6
Max Tishler Memorial Lecture Meeting – Miscellaneous, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 7
Max Tishler – Memorial Service – Program, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 8
Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Business Cards, undated.
Box 2 Folder 9
Max Tishler – Speeches By, 1950.
Box 2 Folder 10
Max Tishler – Speeches By, 1961-1967.
Box 2 Folder 11
Max Tishler – Speeches By, 1968-1969.
Box 2 Folder 12
Max Tishler – Speeches By, 1970-1981.
Box 2 Folder 13
Max Tishler – Speeches By, undated.
Box 2 Folder 14
Max Tishler – United States and Canadian Patents (Photocopies), 1941-1949.
Box 2 Folder 15
Max Tishler – United States Patents, 1949-1955.
Box 2 Folder 16
Max Tishler – Wedding Invitations, 1934.
Box 2 Folder 17
Tufts University – Chemistry at Tufts, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 18
Tufts University – Honorary Doctorate – Program, 1956.
Box 2 Folder 19
Tufts University – Meritorious Service Award – Certificate, undated.
Box 2 Folder 20
Tufts University – Trustees List, 1988.
Box 2 Folder 21
Union College – Science Building Dedication – Program, 1967.
Box 2 Folder 22
University of Cincinnati – Symposium on Cortisone and Compound F – Brochure (Photocopy), 1952.
Box 2 Folder 23
University of Strathclyde – Honorary Doctorate – Miscellaneous, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 24
Upsala College – Honorary Doctorate – Diploma, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 25
Emanuel L. Verveer – Harvard University – Pierian Sodality Publications, 1893-1899.
Box 2 Folder 26
Wesleyan University – 31st Symposium of the Society for Developmental Biology – Press Release, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 27
Wesleyan University – 1989 Peter A. Leermakers Symposium – Miscellaneous, 1989.
Box 2 Folder 28
Wesleyan University – 1990 Peter A. Leermakers Symposium – Miscellaneous, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 29
Wesleyan University – Colin G. Campbell – Resignation – Miscellaneous, 1987.
Box 2 Folder 30
Wesleyan University – Max Tishler Day – Program, 1986.
Box 2 Folder 31
Wesleyan University – Max Tishler Endowment Fund – Memorandum of Understanding, undated.
Box 2 Folder 32
Wesleyan University – Max Tishler Prize – Announcement, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 33
Wesleyan University – Peter A. Leermakers Symposia – Certificate of Appreciation, 1979.
Box 2 Folder 34
Willard Inter-Continental Hotel – Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 2 Folder 35
World Conference on Future Sources of Organic Raw Materials – Stationary, 1978.
Box 2 Folder 36

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains printed materials collected by Max Tishler over the course of his career. A large majority of the files in this series contain materials that are either written about or make mention of Tishler. A small amount of materials written and published by Tishler himself are also found in these files.

The materials in this series provide significant documentation of Tishler's career as it progressed. The files in this series also provide documentation of the activities of his longtime employer Merck and Company, Incorporated. To a limited extent, scientific research conducted by Tishler is documented in this series. A handful of subjects of interest to Tishler, both scientific and non-scientific, are represented in this series as well.

Periodicals, copies of newspaper articles, and magazine articles constitute a large majority of the materials found the Printed Materials series. Article reprints, miscellaneous publications printed by Merck and Company, and a few miscellaneous catalogs and brochures are preserved in this series as well.

ABPT News, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 37
The Alembic, 1951 March.
Box 2 Folder 38
American Chemical Society – 159th Annual Meeting – Clippings (Photocopies), 1970.
Box 2 Folder 39
American Journal of Pharmacy, 1966 May-June.
Box 2 Folder 40
Bulletin of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science, 1964, 1966.
Box 2 Folder 41
Chemical & Engineering News, 1969, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 42
The Chemist, 1960-1977.
Box 2 Folder 43
Cortisone – Articles About (Photocopies), 1950-1968.
Box 2 Folder 44
Drug Research Reports (Photocopies), 1967, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 45
The Freeman, 1964 August.
Box 2 Folder 46
Hydrocortisone – Articles About (Photocopies), 1950-1951.
Box 2 Folder 47
Investor's Reader, 1968 June 5.
Box 2 Folder 48
Medical World News, 1965 June 11.
Box 2 Folder 49
Medicine at Work, 1964 February.
Box 2 Folder 50
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 1955 Annual Report, 1956.
Box 2 Folder 51
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 1957 Annual Report, 1958.
Box 2 Folder 52
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 1958 Annual Report, 1959.
Box 2 Folder 53
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 1960 1st Quarter Report, 1960.
Box 2 Folder 54
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 1965 1st Quarter Report, 1965.
Box 2 Folder 55
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 1969 1st Quarter Report, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 56
Merck & Company, Incorporated – 1969 Annual Report, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 57
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Articles About (Photocopies and Reprints), 1963-1969, undated.
Box 2 Folder 58
Merck & Company, Incorporated – By Their Fruits, 1962.
Box 2 Folder 59
Merck & Company, Incorporated – By Their Fruits, 1963.
Box 2 Folder 60
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Cherokee Chieftain, 1959 March.
Box 2 Folder 61
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Extract, 1956, 1962.
Box 2 Folder 62
Merck & Company, Incorporated – For Better Health and Better Living, undated.
Box 2 Folder 63
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Interim Report for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 1963, 1963.
Box 2 Folder 64
Merck & Company, Incorporated – The Merck Company Foundation, 1989 Contributions Report, 1990.
Box 2 Folder 65
Merck & Company, Incorporated – The Merck Review, 1956-1959.
Box 2 Folder 66
Merck & Company, Incorporated – The Merck Review, 1963-1968.
Box 2 Folder 67
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 1963.
Box 2 Folder 68
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 69
Merck & Company, Incorporated – The Rahway Reporter, 1963-1970.
Box 2 Folder 70
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Sales Dispatch, 1959-1960.
Box 3 Folder 1
Merck & Company, Incorporated – The Story of Mectizan, 1998.
Box 3 Folder 2
Miscellaneous Article Reprints, 1952-1969, undated.
Box 3 Folder 3
Miscellaneous Articles (Photocopies), 1952-1989, undated.
Box 3 Folder 4
National Academy of Sciences – Max Tishler, 1906-1989, 1995.
Box 3 Folder 5
Newark Museum – Max Weber, Retrospective Exhibition, October 1-November 15, 1959, 1959.
Box 3 Folder 6
Questar – Brochure and Catalog, undated.
Box 3 Folder 7
Record of Chemical Progress, 1952.
Box 3 Folder 8
St. Mary's University Review of Business and Education, 1969 April.
Box 3 Folder 9
The Sciences, 1963 October 1.
Box 3 Folder 10
The Stevens Report, 1966 June.
Box 3 Folder 11
A Study from the Research Department of Smith, Barney, & Company, Incorporated, 1967 February 24.
Box 3 Folder 12
Max Tishler – Articles About (Photocopies), 1948-1959.
Box 3 Folder 13
Max Tishler – Articles About (Mostly photocopies), 1960-1969.
Box 3 Folder 14
Max Tishler – Articles About (Mostly photocopies), 1970-2004.
Box 3 Folder 15
Max Tishler – Articles About (Photocopies), undated.
Box 3 Folder 16
Max Tishler – Articles About – Genetic Engineering (Photocopies), 1970.
Box 3 Folder 17-18
Max Tishler – Articles About – Obituaries (Mostly photocopies), 1989.
Box 3 Folder 19
Max Tishler – Articles About – Tributes (Mostly photocopies), 1986-1990.
Box 3 Folder 20
Max Tishler – Journal Articles By, 1932-1949.
Box 3 Folder 21-22
Max Tishler – Journal Articles By, 1949-1955.
Box 3 Folder 23
Max Tishler – Journal Articles By, 1961-1989.
Box 3 Folder 24
Max Tishler – Miscellaneous Articles By, 1960-1969.
Box 3 Folder 25
Tufts University – Tufts Alumni Review, 1952-1965.
Box 3 Folder 26
Tufts University – Tufts Medical Alumni Bulletin, 1959, 1968.
Box 3 Folder 27
Unidentified Autographed Clipping, 1972.
Box 3 Folder 28
The Valchemist, 1987 September.
Box 3 Folder 29
Wesleyan University – Max Tishler Day at Wesleyan – Program, 1986.
Box 3 Folder 30

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically, this series contains books pertaining to Max Tishler. Copies of James B. Conant's The Chemistry of Organic Compounds and August Kekule's Lehrbuch de Organischen Chemistry (Volumes 1 and 2) are present in this series. Three commemorative volumes regarding Tishler's life and career, three bound volumes of United States Patents awarded to Tishler, and a bound oral history transcript of Tishler conducted by the Center for History of Chemistry are preserved here as well.

Conant, James B. The Chemistry of Organic Compounds. Fifth Printing. New York: The MacMillan Company, 1942.
Box 4 Volume 1
Kekule, August. Lehrbuch de Organischen Chemistry, Volume 1. Erlangen, Germany: Verlag von Ferdinand Enke, 1867 – Part of Two Volume Set Signed by "Carl", 1962.
Box 4 Volume 2
Kekule, August. Lehrbuch de Organischen Chemistry, Volume 2. Erlangen, Germany: Verlag von Ferdinand Enke, 1866 – Part of Two Volume Set Signed by "Carl", 1962.
Box 4 Volume 3
Merck & Company, Incorporated. United States Patents of Max Tishler, Presented by Merck & Co., Inc., undated.
Box 4 Volume 4
Max Tishler, Interview Conducted by Leon Gortier and John A. Heitman, Center for the History of Chemistry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1983.
Box 4 Volume 5
Tishler, Max, Patents, Max Tishler, 1941-1949, undated.
Box 4 Volume 6
Tishler, Max, Patents, Max Tishler, 1950-1967, undated.
Box 4 Volume 7
Wesleyan University, Max Tishler, Memorial Volume Presented to Carl Tishler by Wesleyan University Department of Chemistry in November 1989, 1989.
Box 4 Volume 8
Wesleyan University, Max Tishler, Memorial Volume Presented to Elizabeth Tishler by Wesleyan University Department of Chemistry on September 28, 1989, 1989.
Box 4 Volume 9
Wesleyan University, Max Tishler, 80th Birthday, 1986, Letters, 1986.
Box 4 Volume 10

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by format and title, this series contains audio-visual materials which mainly pertain to the life and career of Max Tishler. Four 33 1/3 RPM phonograph records, which include two records each of Tishler's 1970 Priestly Medal speech and the 25th anniversary of the Merck Scientific Club respectively, are found in this series. Four VHS videotapes about Max Tishler himself, including one containing recorded newscasts regarding his receiving the National Medal of Science and a recording of his memorial service at Wesleyan University are also found here. One VHS videotape of short recordings produced by Merck and Company, Incorporated and one VHS videotape of selected episodes of the PBS television series American Visions are preserved in this series as well.

33 1/3 RPM Phonograph Record – Dr. Max Tishler, Priestly Medal Talk, American Chemical Society, Houston, Texas – Sides 1-2, 1970 February 23.
Box 5 Object 1
33 1/3 RPM Phonograph Record – Dr. Max Tishler, Priestly Medal Talk, American Chemical Society, Houston, Texas – Sides 3-4, 1970 February 23.
Box 5 Object 2
33 1/3 RPM Phonograph Record – In Honor of Max Tishler, Founder of the Merck Scientific Club on Its 25th Anniversary – Sides 1-2, 1970.
Box 5 Object 3
33 1/3 RPM Phonograph Record – In Honor of Max Tishler, Founder of the Merck Scientific Club on Its 25th Anniversary – Sides 3-4, 1970.
Box 5 Object 4
VHS Videotape – Max Tishler Receives National Medal of Science, Channel 8 News, Channel 3 News, 6/25/87, 1987 June 25.
Box 5 Object 5
VHS Videotape – Max Tishler, Slide Movie, 8/5/88, 1988 August 5.
Box 5 Object 6
VHS Videotape – Merck Orientation; "Murray"; In Their Own Words, undated .
Box 5 Object 7
VHS Videotape – Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, Discoveries Awards, Max Tishler, undated.
Box 5 Object 8
VHS Videotape – Robert Hughes, American Visions (3-4), 6/4/97; American Visions (7-8), 6/13/97, 1997.
Box 5 Object 9
VHS Videotape – A Service for the Life of Max Tishler, October 30, 1906-March 18, 1989. Wesleyan University Memorial Chapel: Saturday, April 29, 1989, 1989 April 29.
Box 5 Object 10
General Note

Includes accompanying manuscript of speech by Satoshi Omura.

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by format, this series contains personal artifacts belonging to Max Tishler. Two lapel pins, given to Tishler by the American Chemical Society and Tufts University respectively, are found in this series. Five medals awarded to Tishler, including his Joseph Priestly Medal and National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Medal are also found in this series. Two plaques awarded to Tishler, by the American Chemical Society and National Inventors Hall of Fame respectively, are preserved here as well.

Lapel Pin – American Chemical Society, undated.
Box 5 Object 11
Lapel Pin – Tufts University, 1982.
Box 5 Object 12
Medal – American Chemical Society – Joseph Priestly Medal, 1970.
Box 5 Object 13
Medal – American Institute of Chemists – American Institute of Chemists Gold Medal, 1977.
Box 5 Object 14
Medal – Kitasato Institute and Kitasato University – Kitasato Microbial Chemistry Medal, 1988.
Box 5 Object 15
Medal – Merck & Company, Incorporated and the University of Connecticut – Randolph T. Major Medal, undated.
Box 5 Object 16
Medal – National Inventors Hall of Fame – National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Medal, 1982.
Box 5 Object 17
Medal – Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research – C. Chester Stock Award, 1984.
Box 5 Object 18
Plaque – American Chemical Society – "In Recognition of Max Tishler. For twenty years service as a member of the Council of the American Chemical Society.", 1985.
Box 5 Object 19
Plaque – National Inventors Hall of Fame Induction Plaque, 1982.
Box 5 Object 20

Series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this series contains miscellaneous oversized items belonging to Max Tishler. Five award certificates, including one that accompanied Tishler's National Medal of Science, are found in this series. Three membership certificates awarded to Tishler by scientific organizations, including one from the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, are also in the Oversized series. Tishler's Registered Pharmacist Certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, his Ph.D. diploma from Harvard University, and a magazine cover proof of Tishler from Chemical and Engineering News are preserved in this series as well.

American Academy of Arts and Sciences – Membership – Certificate, 1965.
Box 6 Folder 1
American Institute of Chemists – 1968 Chemical Pioneer Award – Certificate, 1968.
Box 6 Folder 2
American Institute of Chemists – 1977 Gold Medal – Certificate, 1977.
Box 6 Folder 3
Chemical & Engineering News – Magazine Cover Proof of Max Tishler, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 4
Commonwealth of Massachusetts – Board of Registration in Pharmacy – Registered Pharmacist Certificate, 1928.
Box 6 Folder 5
Harvard University – Doctorate – Diploma, 1934.
Box 6 Folder 6
Merck & Company, Incorporated – Award for Patents Issued to Max Tishler – Certificate, undated.
Box 6 Folder 7
General Note

Includes a copy of the first patent awarded to Max Tishler.

National Academy of Sciences – Membership – Certificate, 1953.
Box 6 Folder 8
National Medal of Science – Certificate, 1987.
Box 6 Folder 9
New York Tufts Club – Leadership Recognition Award – Certificate, 1961.
Box 6 Folder 10
Royal Society of Chemistry – Honorary Fellow – Certificate, 1981.
Box 6 Folder 11

Series Description

This series contains photographic materials, which mainly provide visual documentation of the life and career of Max Tishler. Many of the images in this series were used by Tishler's employers Merck and Company, Incorporated and Wesleyan University for publicity purposes. The contents of the Photographic Materials are arranged into the following three sub-series:

  1. Photographs
  2. Slides and Transparencies
  3. Photo Albums

Note – Item level cataloging may be available, consult Image Archives.

Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by subject, this sub-series consists of Max Tishler's photographs. A large majority of the photographs found in this sub-series are of Max Tishler himself, which include but are not limited to, portraits, images of Tishler with colleagues, students, and family members, and images of Tishler attending professional and social functions. A few photographs of Tishler's longtime employer Merck and Company, Incorporated are also found in this sub-series. A few images of Tishler's scientific colleagues and members of his family are preserved in this sub-series as well.

Photographs of various sizes make up the bulk of the materials in this sub-series. A small amount of accompanying materials, including correspondence, notes, and press releases are found in these files as well.

Note – Item level cataloging may be available, consult Image Archives.

Kitasato Institute Medical Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan – Under Construction, 1988.
Box 7 Folder 1
General Note

Contains 3 8x10 black and white images.

Merck & Company, Incorporated – Hydrocortisone Team (Including Max Tishler), 1951, undated.
Box 7 Folder 2
General Note

Contains 4 8x10 black and white images.

Merck & Company, Incorporated – Interior of Merck's Manhattan Pharmacy, New York City, undated.
Box 7 Folder 3
General Note

Contains 2 8x10 black and white images.

Merck & Company, Incorporated – Merck, Sharp, & Dohme Research Laboratory Staff (Including Max Tishler), 1963.
Box 7 Folder 4
General Note

Contains 1 8x10 black and white image.

Merck & Company, Incorporated – New Laboratories Groundbreaking, Rahway, New Jersey, 1969.
Box 7 Folder 5
General Note

Contains 3 8x10 black and white images.

Miscellaneous Individuals (Some unidentified), undated.
Box 7 Folder 6
General Note

Contains 1 3½ x 5 color image; 1 3¼ x 4½ black and white image; 1 3½ x 5 black and white image; 1 3½ x 4½ color image; 1 4¾ x 6¾ black and white image; and 3 8x10 black and white images.

Satoshi Omura, 1990.
Box 7 Folder 7
General Note

Contains 1 8x10 black and white image.

Elizabeth Tishler, 1989.
Box 7 Folder 8
General Note

Contains 3 5x7 color images.

Max Tishler – American Chemical Society – Portraits, 1971.
Box 7 Folder 9
General Note

Contains 4 4x5 black and white images and 11 8 x 10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – American Chemical Society – Priestly Medal, 1970.
Box 7 Folder 10
General Note

Contains 4 5x7 color images.

Max Tishler and Elizabeth Tishler – Unidentified Gathering, undated.
Box 7 Folder 11
General Note

Contains 6 5x5 black and white images and 19 5x7 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Bucknell University – Honorary Doctorate, 1962.
Box 7 Folder 12
General Note

Contains 10 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Stuart Henshall Retirement Dinner, 1968 February 23.
Box 7 Folder 13
General Note

Contains 4 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – House Party – Photos Taken by John W. Ackeifi (Student of Max Tishler at Wesleyan University), 1979 September 24.
Box 7 Folder 14
General Note

Contains 14 3½ x 5 color images.

Max Tishler – International Animal Science Group, Rahway, New Jersey, 1967 February 21.
Box 7 Folder 15
General Note

Contains 2 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – International Research Institute Medal, 1961.
Box 7 Folder 16
General Note

Contains 2 5x7 color images; 2 5x7 black and white images; and 1 8x10 black and white image.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Annual Meeting, 1960.
Box 7 Folder 17
General Note

Contains 1 8x10 black and white image.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Annual Meeting, 1969.
Box 7 Folder 18
General Note

Contains 3 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Gift to United Negro College Fund, 1968.
Box 7 Folder 19
General Note

Contains 3 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Miscellaneous Photos, 1962, undated.
Box 7 Folder 20
General Note

Contains 5 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Portrait, 1956.
Box 7 Folder 21
General Note

Contains 1 8x10 black and white image.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Portrait, 1963.
Box 7 Folder 22
General Note

Contains 2 5x7 black and white images and 5 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Portrait, 1969.
Box 7 Folder 23
General Note

Contains 1 5x7 black and white image; 3 5x8 black and white images; and 3 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Portrait, undated.
Box 7 Folder 24
General Note

Contains 3 2¾ x 3½ black and white images; 3 4x5 black and white images; and 1 8x10 black and white image.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Portraits, 1958.
Box 7 Folder 25
General Note

Contains 33 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Portraits, 1958.
Box 7 Folder 26
General Note

Contains 6 5x7 black and white images and 3 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Portraits, 1970.
Box 7 Folder 27
General Note

Contains 4 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Portraits, undated.
Box 7 Folder 28
General Note

Contains 4 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – Receiving Gift Urns from Rolf Andreasson, Swedish Scientific Attaché to the United States, 1965.
Box 7 Folder 29
General Note

Contains 27 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – With John T. Conner and Model of Proposed Expansion of Merck's West Point, Pennsylvania Facility, 1962.
Box 7 Folder 30
General Note

Contains 2 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – With Karl Folkers, circa 1963.
Box 7 Folder 31
General Note

Contains 1 7x10 black and white image and 4 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – With Henry Gadsden, 1961.
Box 7 Folder 32
General Note

Contains 2 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – With Merck Executives, undated.
Box 7 Folder 33
General Note

Contains 3 6½ x 10 black images and 2 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – With Peter Pollak and Henry Gadsden, 1961.
Box 7 Folder 34
General Note

Contains 3 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – With Unidentified Group, undated.
Box 7 Folder 35
General Note

Contains 13 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Merck & Company, Incorporated – With Visitors, 1958-1966, undated.
Box 7 Folder 36
General Note

Contains 1 2½ x 3½ color image; 1 3¼ x 4½ black and white image; and 8 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Miscellaneous, 1977, 1985, undated.
Box 7 Folder 37
General Note

Contains 2 3½ x 5 color images; 1 5x7 color image; and 1 8x10 color image.

Max Tishler – National Medal of Science (Includes images of President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George H.W. Bush), 1987.
Box 7 Folder 38
General Note

Contains 12 3½ x 5 color images; 7 8x10 color images; and 1 8x10 black and white image.

Max Tishler – Passport Photos, 1966, undated.
Box 7 Folder 39
General Note

Contains 2 2¼ x 3 black and white images; 1 2½ x 2¾ black and white images; and 3 3x3 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Portraits, 1972.
Box 7 Folder 40
General Note

Contains 6 4x5 black and white images and 3 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Portraits, 1977.
Box 7 Folder 41
General Note

Contains 6 5x7 black and white images and 5 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Portraits, undated.
Box 7 Folder 42
General Note

Contains 3 5x7 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Rho Chi Award, 1972.
Box 7 Folder 43
General Note

Contains 2 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Society of Chemical Industry – Chemical Industry Medal, 1963.
Box 7 Folder 44
General Note

Contains 2 7½ x 9¾ black and white images; 2 4x5 black and white images; and 8 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Tufts University – Honorary Doctorate, 1956.
Box 7 Folder 45
General Note

Contains 2 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Unidentified Ceremony, undated.
Box 7 Folder 46
General Note

Contains 4 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Unidentified Gathering, 1973.
Box 7 Folder 47
General Note

Contains 20 3½ x 5 color images and 6 3½ x 5 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Unidentified Gathering, 1986.
Box 7 Folder 48-49
General Note

Contains 95 4x6 color images; 16 3½ x 5 black and white images; and 27 5x7 color images.

Max Tishler – Unidentified Gathering, undated.
Box 7 Folder 50
General Note

Contains 14 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Unidentified Gathering, undated.
Box 7 Folder 51
General Note

Contains 3 6x8 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Unidentified Gathering, undated.
Box 7 Folder 52
General Note

Contains 6 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – University of Minnesota Talk, 1972 June.
Box 7 Folder 53
General Note

Contains 2 5x7 black and white images.

Max Tishler – University of Strathclyde – Honorary Doctorate, 1969.
Box 7 Folder 54
General Note

Contains 1 3½ x 3½ color image; 3 6½ x 8¼ black and white images; 1 7¾ x 9¾ color image; and 6 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – In Laboratory, 1983.
Box 7 Folder 55
General Note

Contains 4 3½ x 5 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Miscellaneous, 1974-1987, undated.
Box 7 Folder 56
General Note

Contains 4 3½ x 5 color images; 1 4x6 color image; 1 5x7 black and white image; and 7 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Pizza Party, 1983.
Box 7 Folder 57
General Note

Contains 6 3½ x 5 color images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Pizza Party and Miscellaneous, undated.
Box 7 Folder 58
General Note

Contains 9 3½ x 5 color images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Portrait, 1973.
Box 7 Folder 59
General Note

Contains 2 5x7 black and white images and 2 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Portrait, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 60
General Note

Contains 3 5x7 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Portrait Painting, 1980.
Box 7 Folder 61
General Note

Contains 6 8x10 color images and 3 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Portraits, 1971.
Box 7 Folder 62
General Note

Contains 8 8x10 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Portraits, undated.
Box 7 Folder 63
General Note

Contains 2 4½ x 6 black and white images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – With Students, 1975.
Box 7 Folder 64
General Note

Contains 4 2½ x 3½ color images and 4 3½ x 4¾ color images.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – With Students, 1981.
Box 7 Folder 65
General Note

Contains 26 3½ x 5 color images and 1 8x10 color image.

Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – With Students, 1982.
Box 7 Folder 66
General Note

Contains 19 3½ x 5 color images.

Max Tishler – With Satoshi Omura, 1986.
Box 7 Folder 67
General Note

Contains 6 3¼ x 4½ color images.

Max Tishler – With Unidentified Group, undated .
Box 7 Folder 68
General Note

Contains 3 8x10 black and white images.

Tishler Family, 1970, 1972, undated.
Box 7 Folder 69
General Note

Contains 1 3½ x 4¼ black and white image; 3 3½ x 5 color images; 1 8x10 color image; and 5 8x10 black and white images.

Sub-series Description

Arranged alphabetically by format and by subject, this sub-series contains Max Tishler's slide and transparency collection. A large majority of the images in this sub-series were either created by Tishler himself or prepared for him by Wesleyan University staff. A small number of images created by Merck and Company, Incorporated are also found here. Many of the slides in this sub-series were used by Tishler in his classroom and conference presentations.

Slides concerning scientific research conducted by Tishler make up the bulk of this sub-series, which include, but are not limited to, those of chemical equations, graphs, and slide show text and illustrations. A few slides pertaining to Alexander Fleming and the development of penicillin, and a few slides of flowers are also found in this sub-series. A handful of slides of Merck and Company facilities and two transparencies of a portrait painting of Max Tishler are found here as well.

Note – Item level cataloging may be available, consult Image Archives.

Slides – Aldomet, 1969, undated.
Box 7 Folder 70
General Note

Contains 9 black and white slides and 3 color slides.

Slides – Cerulenin Synthesis, undated.
Box 7 Folder 71
General Note

Contains 40 black and white slides.

Slides – Cortisone, undated.
Box 7 Folder 72
General Note

Contains 11 black and white slides.

Slides – Fermentation, 1969, 1972.
Box 7 Folder 73
General Note

Contains 7 black and white slides and 1 color slide.

Slides – Flowers, 1968-1974, undated.
Box 7 Folder 74
General Note

Contains 21 color slides.

Slides – Alexander Fleming and Penicillin, undated.
Box 7 Folder 75
General Note

Contains 16 black and white slides.

Slides – Miscellaneous, 1964-1983, undated.
Box 7 Folder 76-77
General Note

Contains 143 black and white slides and 30 color slides.

Slides – Phenothiazines, undated.
Box 7 Folder 78
General Note

Contains 26 black and white slides.

Slides – Phosphomycin, undated.
Box 7 Folder 79
General Note

Contains 10 black and white slides.

Slides – Phospho-Tryptophan, undated.
Box 7 Folder 80
General Note

Contains 19 black and white slides.

Slides – Thiabendazole, undated.
Box 7 Folder 81
General Note

Contains 4 black and white slides.

Slides – Total Synthesis of Enzyme, 1969, undated.
Box 7 Folder 82
General Note

Contains 3 black and white slides and 3 color slides.

Transparencies – Max Tishler – Wesleyan University – Portrait Painting, 1980.
Box 7 Folder 83
General Note

Contains 2 color transparencies.

Sub-series Description

This sub-series consists of the Max Tishler photo albums. The smaller photo albums are stored in Boxes 7-8 and are arranged alphabetically by subject. The larger photo albums are stored in Box 9 and are also arranged alphabetically by subject. Six of the photo albums in this sub-series were created during Tishler's lifetime and they document his participation in select special events (including the 25th anniversary of the Merck Science Club) and celebrations of select milestones in his career (including his receiving the Priestly Medal). The remaining four photo albums were created after Tishler's death and they document select symposiums held in his honor, which include the 8th and 10th Max Tishler Symposiums.

In terms of format, the contents of the individual photo albums consist mainly of photographs. A noticeable amount of accompanying materials, including, but not limited to, artwork, brochures, article clippings, and press releases are found with within the individual photo albums as well.

Note – Item level cataloging may be available, consult Image Archives.

3rd Max Tishler Memorial Lecture Meeting, 1993.
Box 7 Volume 84
General Note

Contains 6 3¼ x 4½ color images and 10 4 x 5¾ color images.

8th Max Tishler Memorial Symposium, 2003.
Box 8 Volume 1
General Note

Contains 35 3½ x 5 color images; 1 5½ x 7½ color image; and 3 3½ x 6¼ color images.

10th Max Tishler Memorial Symposium, 2007.
Box 8 Volume 2
General Note

Contains 16 3½ x 5 color images and 1 3½ x 6 color image.

1st Tishler-Omura Symposium, 2009.
Box 8 Volume 3
General Note

Contains 15 5x7 color images; 1 5 x 6¾ color image; and 12 4x6 color images.

Merck & Company, Incorporated – 25th Anniversary of Merck Scientific Club, 1970.
Box 8 Folder 4-5
General Note

Contains 110 3x3 color images.

Merck & Company, Incorporated – Reflections on Research and the Future of Medicine, 1966.
Box 8 Folder 6
General Note

Contains 45 8x10 black and white images.

Tufts University – Dedication of Max Tishler Laboratory for Organic Chemistry, 1984.
Box 8 Folder 7
General Note

Contains 10 8x10 black and white images.

Dr. Max Tishler, April 1970 (Max Tishler's Retirement from Merck & Company, Incorporated), 1970.
Box 9 Volume 1
General Note

Contains 79 4½ x 6½ black and white images and 5 4½ x 6½ color images.

Max Tishler, 1970 Priestly Medalist, 1970.
Box 9 Volume 2
General Note

Contains 1 8½ x 8½ color image and 37 7½ x 9¼ color images.

To Our Founder Dr. Tishler, The Merck Scientific Club, May 1, 1970, 1970.
Box 9 Volume 3
General Note

Contains 54 7½ x 9¼ black and white images and 41 7½ x 9¼ color images.

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