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Collection
Title
Frank W. Putnam, MD papers
Date(s)
- 1943-1995 (Creation)
Extent
3 cubic feet (5 boxes)
Name of creator
Biographical history
Frank Putnam was born in New Britain, Connecticut, on August 3, 1917, to Austrian-born Franz and Henrietta Holzmann Poglitsch. His parents died of tuberculosis before he was three years old and he grew up in the New Britain Children's Home. Putnam was an excellent student in high school and was encouraged by a local bank manager, L. Marsden Hubbard. He changed his name around the time he left for Weslayan University in Middleton, Connecticut. He earned a BA in chemistry in 1939 and then an MA in 1940. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1942 and took a postdoctoral position at Duke University.
The Putnams left for Florida in 1955 to help found the University of Florida College of Medicine's biochemistry department. They stayed for ten years before moving on to Indiana University in Bloomington, to its new Division of Biological Sciences. In the 1970s and 1980s he made ten trips to Hiroshima and Nagasaki on behalf of ABCC/RERF.
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Scope and content
The Frank W. Putnam papers contains RERF board of directors correspondence and board meeting reports, budget draft proposals, electrophoresis article reprints, “Hiroshima and Nagasaki Revisited”, medical dosimetry, assembly of life sciences, advisory committee meeting, meetings and conclusion of scientific council, genetic study conference, publications, and other material related to the work of Dr. Putnam. Collection consists of 5 boxes totaling 3 cubic feet of various paper material.
Subjects: ABCC, Cardiology. Baylor College of Medicine.
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Conditions governing access
No access restrictions. Open for research.
Physical access
Materials are in good condition.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Languages of the material
- English
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Finding aids
A legacy finding aid is available.
Uploaded finding aid
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Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Source is unknown. Assumed to be the creator.
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Accruals
No accruals are expected for this collection.
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Specialized notes
- Citation: Frank W. Putnam, MD papers; MS 092; John P. McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library. Please cite the box and folder numbers where appropriate.
Alternative identifier(s)
TARO
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Archivist's note
Finding aid prepared by JoAnn Pospisil, April 1996.
Access points
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Name access points
- Radiation Effects Research Foundation (Subject)
- Baylor College of Medicine (Subject)
- Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (Subject)
- Putnam, Frank W. (Subject)