Finding Aid for the UCLA Brain Research Institute Opening Ceremonies Scrapbook Biomed.0411
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Title: UCLA Brain Research Institute opening ceremonies scrapbook
Creator:
University of California, Los Angeles. Brain Research Institute
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0411
Physical Description:
1 unknown
(1 volume)
Date: 1961
Abstract: Bound scrapbook with programs, letters, telegrams, clippings, and photographs mounted on leaves, commemorating the opening
ceremonies of the UCLA Brain Research Institute, October 14-15, 1961, in Los Angeles, California. A nine-page typed statement
by John D. French, M.D., founding Director of the Institute, provides a short history and description, and the major goals,
of the new research institution.
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[Identification of item], UCLA Brain Research Institute opening ceremonies scrapbook (Collection 411). Louise M. Darling Biomedical
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
9935203793606533
Gift of Dr. Horace W. Magoun.
The following are pasted onto the 10x12" leaves of the scrapbook:
1. "UCLA's Brain Research Institute, 1961" by John D. French, M.D., Director, nine-page statement of history, organization,
and goals.
2. Invitations, programs, general information, and campus map for the opening ceremonies.
3. Listing of the laboratories open to visitors during the ceremony weekend.
4. Program of the opening symposium, "Frontiers in Brain Research", which was chaired by T. H. Bullock and S. Roberts, with
Opening Remarks by Vice-Chancellor F. H. Sherwood and Regent E. W. Pauley, featured speakers W. F. Windle, A. Fessard, S.
S. Kety, Percival Bailey, J. H. Gaddum, G. W. Harris, H. Kluever, R. Hassler, and Summation by H. W. Magoun.
5. Letters of acceptance from the featured speakers.
6. Snapshot portraits of Vice-Chancellor Foster H. Sherwood, Dean Stafford L. Warren, Dr. Theodore H. Bullock, Dr. Sidney
Roberts, Dr. John D. French, Dr. William F. Windle, Dr. A. Fessard, Dr. Seymour S. Kety, Dr. Percival Bailey, Dr. Donald B.
Lindsley, Dr. Charles A. Sawyer, Dr. J. H. Gaddum, Dr. G. W. Harris, Dr. Rolf Hassler, Dr. W. H. Magoun, plus a formal portrait
of Dr. Magoun
7. Typed list (C-Z only) of guests attending the opening ceremony (approx. 220 names).
8. Lists of 41 institutions from 18 foreign countries and 14 from the U.S. sending congratulations.
9. ca. 60 letters and 11 telegrams of congratulations from individuals unable to attend the opening.
10. A letter from Toni (Mrs. Ernest V.) Edwards to Dr. French is also included, regretting that she can not attend the party
honoring Dr. Magoun on his new position as Dean of the UCLA Graduate School.
"Frontiers in Brain Research", ed. by John D. French. New York. Columbia Univ. Press, 1962. Papers presented at a symposium
held at the opening of the Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Oct. 14-15, 1961. [UCLA Biomedical
Library call no. WL 20 F888f 1962]
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Brain -- Research -- Congresses.
University of California, Los Angeles. Brain Research Institute
French, John D. (John Douglas)
Magoun, Horace Winchell