Personal Materials. Series 1.
1948-2004
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents note
Full curriculum vitae, two massive volumes of autobiographical history and academic achievements
box 1, folder 1
Curriculum vitae.
1987
Scope and Contents note
personal information, awards, teaching activities, professional activities and offices, exhibits, motion pictures, lectures-addresses-scientific
presentations, research projects, bibliography (227 articles & chapters, 8 books), grants and support for research
box 1, folder 2
"The Autobiography of Robert Wheeler Rand, Ph.D., J.D., M.D.".
2003
General Physical Description note: 1 bound volume
Scope and Contents note
short descriptions of family history, word portraits of family members; vignettes of childhood, education, and career; descriptions
and remembrances of teachers and colleagues; desciptions of new surgical techniques and equipment invented and/or tried by
RWR; curriculum vitae [later version than Folder 1]; photocopies of photographs [unidentified]
General note
dedicated "...to my beautiful wife, Helen, and to my wonderful sons, Carl and Richard."
box 1, folder 3
"The Academic History of Robert Wheeler Rand, Ph.D., J.D., M.D.".
2004
General Physical Description note: 1 bound volume
Scope and Contents note
photocopies of Rand publications, patents, letters, announcements, etc., pertaining to his clinical and research achievements
and inventions; curriculum vitae and full bibliography
General note
the volume is "Dedicated to my wife Helen Pierce Rand"
box 1, folder 4
Diplomas.
1948-1954
Scope and Contents note
Doctor of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1948, photocopy (original housed in oversized Box 6, Folder 1); Doctor
of Philosophy in Anatomy, Univ. of Michigan, 1952 (photocopy); Board certification in Neurological Surgery, The American Board
of Neurological Surgery, 1954
box 1, folder 5
Correspondence with Prof. Jean Talairach.
1997
General note
Dr. Rand spent several months with Dr. Talairach in Paris in 1960 learning new techniques in stereotaxic neurosurgery
Professional Materials. Series 2.
1955-2000
General Physical Description note: 103 folders (4500 35mm slides), 51 glass slides, 4 objects, 5 films, 3 tapes, 2 cartons instruments
Manuscripts and Publications. Subseries 1.
1964-2000
Physical Description: 16 folders
Scope and Contents note
Very spotty coverage of scientific output
box 1, folder 6
"Cryosurgery", edited by Robert W. Rand, Arthur P. Rinfret, Hans von Leden. Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas.
1968
General Physical Description note: 428 pp
General note
volume with Robert W. Rand's signature
box 1, folder 7
Cryosurgery.
1982, 1988, 1994
Scope and Contents note
correspondence; reprint of "Cryolumpectomy for carcinoma of the breast"; "Breast Cancer Cryolumpectomy: the Rand Operation"
- four-page brochure issued by Women Against Cancer, Los Angeles; three color photo sheets of brain scans
box 1, folder 8
"Stereotaxic cryohypophysectomy versus transnasal-transsphenoidal operation in pituitary tumors".
undated
Scope and Contents note
typed abstract
box 1, folder 9
"New concepts in the treatment of breast cancer and uterine cancer".
undated
Scope and Contents note
eight typed pages, giving layman description of the use of cryosurgery and thermomagnetic surgery
General note
written note on title page: "File in brochure folder"
box 1, folder 10
"Low frequency electromagnetic hyperthermic hysteresis in neoplasms".
undated
Scope and Contents note
23-page typed research plan, with figures and captions, with investigators Rand, H.D. Snow and D. Elliott
box 1, folder 11
Electromagnetic hyperthermia.
undated
Scope and Contents note
15 mounted illustrations with captions, plus others, pertaining to experiments with canine kidney and thoracic tumors treated
by heating injected ferromagnetic materials
box 1, folder 12
Stereotaxic radiosurgery - gamma knife.
1987, undated
Scope and Contents note
"Leksell stereotactic radiosurgery in the treatment of eye melanoma" - reprint from "Neurological Research", 1987; "Leksell
gamma knife treatment of tic douloureux" - 7 p. typed manuscript; "Gamma knife thalamotomy and pallidotomy in patients with
movement disorders - preliminary results" -10 p. typed manuscript, with two cover letters; "The cobalt scalpel" - 9 p. typed
manuscript
box 1, folder 13
Neurovascular compression/decompression.
1989-1990
Scope and Contents note
two typed drafts, titled: "Neurovascular compression of cranial nerves", "Hemifacial spasm: the Gardner neurovascular decompression
operation", and one untitled draft on compression in vestibular disorders
box 1, folder 14
"Transmeatal operation of Rand-Kurze for acoustic neuromas".
undated
Scope and Contents note
typed abstract
box 1, folder 15
"Parotid gland transplant following hypophysectomy".
1972
Scope and Contents note
memo from Rand and Dr. Gunnar Heuser suggesting a human trial to the UCLA School of Medicine Human Use Committee
box 1, folder 16
Microneurosurgery.
undated
Scope and Contents note
a few draft pages and figure captions, possibly for an edition of "Microneurosurgery", ed. by Rand, published by Mosby
box 1, folder 17
Instruments for microsurgery.
1967-1968
Scope and Contents note
draft article: "A solid state pulsed coagulating diathermy instrument", by P.G. Petty, A.J. Lim, R. Stahl; short description
of a "Nylon mono filament suture sealer", by Werner P.Schulz, with photographs; handwritten figure captions, by Rand
box 1, folder 18
"Neurotrauma and medical malpractice".
1987
Scope and Contents note
typed draft, 2d revision
General note
not published
box 1, folder 19
Publication reprints and photocopies.
1964-2000
Scope and Contents note
fourteen reprints
box 1, folder 20
Oral presentations.
1989-1990
Scope and Contents note
announcements and programs
box 1, folder 21
Gershwin lecture.
1990
Scope and Contents note
reprint of "The case of George Gershwin", by Bengt Ljunggren (1982); several figures of brain gliomas from Rand; handwritten
note: "Dr. Rand did not give lecture because of family emergency..."
Memberships, Honors, Objects. Subseries 2.
1955-1990
General Physical Description note: 7 folders, 4 objects, 2 cartons
Scope and Contents note
Certificates and objects, cartons of medical and surgical instruments
box 1, folder 22
The Western Neurosurgical Society.
1955
General Physical Description note: 24 x 29 cm plaque
Scope and Contents note
certifying Dr. Rand as a founding member of the Society
box 1, folder 23
The Society of Neurological Surgeons.
1967
General Physical Description note: 25.5 x 30.5 cm plaque
Scope and Contents note
certifying Dr. Rand's election to the Society
box 6, folder 2
Societatis Chirurgicae Americanae.
1968
Scope and Contents note
certificate of membership
box 1, folder 24
International College of Surgeons.
1969
Scope and Contents note
certificate of election as a Fellow in Neurological Surgery of the College
box 3, folder Object 1
College International de Chirurgiens. XX Biennial Congress, Athens.
1976 May 23-27
General Physical Description note: sculpted female head in classical Greek style on a 4 x 4 x 3 cm stone base
box 1, folder 25
American Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
1979
Scope and Contents note
certificate of Dr. Rand's election as an active member of the Society
box 3, folder Object 2
XIX Congreso Latino-Americano de Neurocirurgia, Guayaquil, Ecuador.
1981 September 27
General Physical Description note: 10 cm diameter silver metal tray
box 1, folder 26
The Western Neurosurgical Society.
1982
General Physical Description note: 30.5 x 23 x 6 cm plaque with gavel
Scope and Contents note
proclaims Dr. Rand as President of the Society
box 1, folder 27
Joint Section on Tumors, AANS/CNS.
1990 October 22
Scope and Contents note
Certificate of membership in the Society
box 3, folder Object 3
Okayama University Medical School. Medal.
undated
General Physical Description note: bronze, 72 mm + box
Scope and Contents note
obverse: "Okayama University Medical School/ founded in 1870", with map of Japan highlighting Okayama; reverse: "In Honor
of Lecture/ to/ Prof. Robert W. Rand", with two flying cranes, building and hills; in presentation case
box 3, folder Object 4
Medal of Egas Moniz.
undated
General Physical Description note: bronze, 72 mm
Scope and Contents note
obverse: "Professor Egas Moniz - MCMXLIV", with portrait (facing right); reverse: "Angiografia/ Cerebral/ 1927/Leucotomia/
Pre-frontal/ 1936", with tree branch with leaves
box 4
Surgical instruments and equipment.
undated
Scope and Contents note
ca. 65 instruments from various periods, a few unused and still in original wraps, plus one instrument tray; Neuromod Stimulator,
from MEDTRONIC, USA, in plastic box
box 5, folder Objects #2, 3
Surgical instruments and equipment.
undated
Scope and Contents note
Object #2: plastic box of surgical instruments; Object #3: Stereotaxic attachments in plastic box
Slides. Subseries 3.
1967-2000
General Physical Description note: 74 folders with ca. 4500 35mm slides; 1 box with 51 glass lantern slides; more slides in RESTRICTED
Scope and Contents note
Most of the slides are undated and without specific identification
box 2, folder 1
Rabbit no.5.
1984
General Physical Description note: text and 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
data sheets on three rabbits; ca. 180 slides of Rabbit no. 5 pre- and post-radiosurgery of eye melanoma
box 2, folder 2
Rabbits no.8 and 9.
1984
General Physical Description note: text and 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
data sheets; ca. 220 slides of Rabbit no. 8 pre- and post-radiosurgery of eye melanoma, 1 slide for Rabbit 9
box 2, folder 3
Rabbit no. 12.
1984
General Physical Description note: text and 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
data sheets; ca. 200 slides of Rabbit no. 12 pre- and post-radiosurgery of eye melanoma
box 2, folder 4
Eyes.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 200 unidentified slides
General note
possibly duplicates of the above 3 folders
box 2, folder 5
Stereotaxic brain surgery in rabbit eye melanoma.
1984
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
one text slide, 19 whole eyes, tissue sections
box 2, folder 6
Human eye.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
68 slides; see also restricted folder: "Orbital tumors"
box 2, folder 7
Cat brain.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
23 slides of fixed brain sections
box 2, folder 8
Bile duct.
1967-1968
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
14 slides of dog experiments, 7 slides of historical text and illustrations
box 2, folder 9
Dog experiments.
1981-1985, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 55 slides on lungs, pituitary, other
box 2, folder 10
Monkey experiments.
1975
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
10 slides
box 2, folder 11
Infusion therapy for tumors - IL4 toxin.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
54 slides of text and tables; see also restricted folder: "Infusion therapy"
box 2, folder 12
Immunotherapy for tumors.
1995
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
40 slides
box 2, folder 13
Acoustic neuromas, other tumors.
1974, 1980-1985
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
one set of commercial slides; series of 1980 slides; ca. 180 slides
General note
see also restricted folder: "Identified patients - acoustic neuromas"
box 2, folder 14
Pituitary tumors.
1972-1976
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 25 slides
General note
see also: 1. restricted folder: "Identified patients - pituitary tumors" [Box 4, Folder 8]; 2. Cryohypophysectomy, [Box 2,
Folder 17]
box 2, folder 15
Hematoporphyrin derivative photoradiation therapy.
1982
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
17 slides
box 2, folder 16
Cryosurgery.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 75 slides, many of illustrations from "Cryosurgery", 1968, edited by Rand
box 2, folder 17
Cryohypophysectomy for diabetic retinopathy.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
60 slides
box 2, folder 18
Cryohypophysectomy for other conditions.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
12 slides
box 2, folder 19
Cryosurgery for breast cancer.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 55 slides
General note
see also "Cryolumpectomy", Box 2, Folder 20
box 2, folder 20
Cryolumpectomy.
1984
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
labeled "first cryolumpectomy patient, 77 year old woman"; 93 slides
General note
see also "Cryosurgery for breast cancer", Box 2, Folder 19
box 2, folder 21
History of breast cancer.
1986
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
10 slides, portraits and illustrations
box 2, folder 22
Breast self-examination.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
20 slides of text and illustrations
box 2, folder 23
Taxol (paclitaxel) injection for breast cancer.
2000
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides, booklet
Scope and Contents note
company-produced 20 slides, printed booklet, and patient information sheet concerning the product
box 2, folder 24
Mouse mammary glands.
1984
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 115 slides of dissection demonstrations/laboratory exercises [?]; original folder was labeled "USC Med. Day"
box 2, folder 25
Mouse breast cancer.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 slides
box 2, folder 26
Uterine tumors.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
11 slides
box 2, folder 27
Acromegaly.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
12 slides
box 2, folder 28
Spine, spinal cord.
1980, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 60 slides; see also restricted folder: "Spinal cord"
box 2, folder 29
Hemoblastoma of spinal cord.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
17 slides
box 2, folder 30
Arteriovenous malformation of spinal cord.
1986
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 30 slides
box 2, folder 31
Arteriovenous malformations.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 slides; see also restricted folder: "Identified patients - arteriovenous malformations"
box 2, folder 32
Carotid artery, cerebral arteries - endarterectomy, bypass.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 40 slides
box 2, folder 33
Aneurysms.
1976, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 45 slides
box 2, folder 34
Parkinsonism: fetal cell transplants and other therapies.
1992-1996
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 80 slides; text, operations, result graphs, brain scans
General note
see also restricted folder: "Parkinsonism"
box 2, folder 35
Thalamotomy for tic douloureux.
1992
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
40 slides of brain scans
General note
see also restricted folder: "Identified patients - tic douloureux"
box 2, folder 36
Brain MRIs.
1982, 1987, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
19 Technicare slides; 24 Magneton (Siemens) slides of cerebral circulation; ca. 150 unidentified slides
box 2, folder 37
Skull visualization.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
11 slides
box 2, folder 38
Brain cross sections.
1974-1978, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
21 slides
box 2, folder 39
Anatomical illustrations.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
25 slides
box 2, folder 40
Epilepsy.
1986, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 80 slides, mostly on temporal lobe epilepsy; see also restricted folder: "Identified patients - epilepsy"
box 2, folder 41
Nasopharyngeal angiofibroma.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
6 slides
box 2, folder 42
Mouse kidney.
1984
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 90 slides
box 2, folder 43
Mouse kidney [?].
1984, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 slides, unlabeled
box 2, folder 44
Rabbit kidney.
1971-1978
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
24 slides
box 2, folder 45
Dog kidney and unspecified.
1978, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 60 slides
box 2, folder 46
Hyperthermia, thermomagnetic surgery.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 80 slides, animal and human surgery
box 2, folder 47
Cancer survival rates, Treatment comparisons.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 slides, covering female endocrine tumors, glioblastomas, astrocytomas; sources unidentified
box 2, folder 48
Data tables.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
series of 22 tables with treatment and outcome information on cases with various tumors and conditions - source unidentified
box 2, folder 49
Tissue sections.
1981, 1984, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 130 slides, unidentified
box 2, folder 50
Leksell gamma knife.
undated. 1971
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 40 slides of explanatory text, and 8 illustrations from "Stereotaxis and radiosurgery: an operative system" by Lars Leksell,
Springfield, Ill., Charles C Thomas
box 2, folder 51
The Cobalt scalpel.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
43 text and operation slides
box 2, folder 52
Gamma knife - text slides.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 50 slides
box 2, folder 53
Gamma knife surgery - brain scans.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 60 slides; see also restricted folder: "Identified patients - gamma knife"
box 2, folder 54
Gamma knife surgery - thalamotomy for pain syndrome.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
17 slides
box 2, folder 55
Gamma knife surgery - preparation of patients for surgery.
1979, 1982, 1991
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 slides
box 2, folder 56
Gamma knife surgery - operating room scenes.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
56 slides
box 3, folder 1
Gamma knife surgery - various.
1980-1990
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 230 slides
box 3, folder 2
CAT brain scans.
1980
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
23 slides
box 3, folder 3
Pain.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
75 slides on anatomy, therapeutic methods and techniques; majority are labeled
box 3, folder 4
Trigeminal nerve.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
8 slides
box 3, folder 5
Patient #016592.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
15 slides
box 3, folder 6
Operative techniques.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 100 slides, including 20 slides of colored illustrations from an unidentified published source, showing open brain surgery
technique
box 3, folder 7
Operating room scenes.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
38 slides
General note
see also "Gamma knife - Operating room scenes" [Box 2, Folder 56]
box 3, folder 8
"Microneurosurgery", edited by Robert W. Rand. 3rd ed. Mosby: St. Louis.
1985
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
three series selected from the published illustrations: 43 slides from chapters 3-5,13,27,35,40,42; 47 slides from chapters
17-18, 20-21; 67 slides from chapters 26,41-43
box 3, folder 9
Microsurgery - electron microscope.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
30 slides
box 3, folder 10
Superconducting magnet.
1970
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
19 slides, views of equipment
box 3, folder 11
NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) Centers, Inc.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
21 text slides, marketing the idea of freestanding NMR centers; 3 title slides for Robert W. Rand Medical Corporation
box 3, folder 12
Neurosurgical operations on identified tumors, etc.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
Osteochondroma, 4 slides; meningioma, 2 slides; brain stem tumor, 1 slide; hemifacial spasm, 2 slides; vestibular nerves,
1 slide; cerebellar stimulation implant, 1 slide
box 3, folder 13
Surgical operations and dissections, unidentified.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 180 slides
box 3, folder 14
Surgical operations and dissections, unidentified.
1976-1980
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 120 slides
box 3, folder 15
Miscellaneous texts.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
types of neurosurgery, 5 slides; diagnosis of stroke syndrome, 3 slides;
box 3, folder 16
Miscellaneous unidentified images.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
ca. 35 slides
box 3, folder 17
Miscellaneous unidentified equipment.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
18 slides
box 3, folder 18
"Randy Whittell - 'Bob's Presentation' ".
1991
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Four 35mm slides and one 3.5 inch floppy disk.
Special equipment or further processing may be required for viewing. To access digital materials you must notify the reference
desk in advance of your visit.
box 7
Glass lantern slides.
undated
General Physical Description note: 3 x 4 "
Scope and Contents note
51 slides, some labeled; 21 of the slides came from a container labeled "Carl W. Rand"
Photographs. Subseries 4.
1968-1985
Physical Description: 6 folders
Scope and Contents note
Contains both positives and negatives
box 3, folder 19
Brain visualizations.
1978, undated
General Physical Description note: 5 x 7" positives and negatives
Scope and Contents note
12 photographs, 10 negatives
box 3, folder 20
Brain visualizations.
undated
General Physical Description note: 4 x 5" negatives
Scope and Contents note
13 negatives
box 3, folder 21
Mouse kidney.
undated
General Physical Description note: 5 x 7", 8 x 10" black & white
Scope and Contents note
views of operation, tissue sections, animal before and after
box 3, folder 22
Illustrations from "Microneurosurgery".
1985
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 7.5" black & white
Scope and Contents note
copies of figures from Ch.5: Microsurgical neuroanatomy, Ch.38: Trigeminal neuralgia, Ch.39: Hemifacial spasm
box 3, folder 23
Frontispiece from "Cryosurgery".
1968
General Physical Description note: 8 x 10" color
Scope and Contents note
"Cryosurgery", ed. by Robert W. Rand, et al. Charles C Thomas
box 3, folder 24
Head holder.
undated
General Physical Description note: 4 x 6" color
Scope and Contents note
19 photographs of an adjustable head holder attached to an operating table
Films and Magnetic Tapes. Subseries 5.
1976
General Physical Description note: 5 films, 3 tapes; more films in RESTRICTED
Scope and Contents note
Two of the films were not authored by Dr. Rand
box 5, folder Film 1
"Percutaneous Radiofrequency Cervical Cordotomy", by Hubert L. Rosomoff, Department of Neurological Surgery, Albert Einstein
College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, N.Y.
undated
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color R film with sound, 9" reel
Scope and Contents note
hand-written header note added: V.A. Hospital
General note
the original container bore label of Pittsburgh Motion Picture Lab.
box 5, folder Film 2
"Microsurgery of the canine common bile duct", by Robert W. Rand, Jack A. Cannon, Rafael S. Rodriguez.
undated
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color film, 10.5" reel
box 5, folder Film 3
"Microsurgery of Stroke; STA-MCA Anastomosis", by Albert L. Rhoton, University of Florida, Gainesville.
1976 April 20
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color film, 10.5" reel
General note
original container bore Dr. Rhoton's business card, with Dr. Rand's note "OK, 1977 AANS"
box 8, folder Film 4
"Cryosurgery of the pituitary", by Robert W. Rand, Frank J. Morlino, David H. Solomon, in cooperation with the Neuroendocrine
Research Clinic, School of Medicine, UCLA.
uindated
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color film with sound, 12" reel
General note
"This medical teaching film is supported in part with a grant from Pfizer Laboratories. Product of Academic Communications
Facility, UCLA".
box 3, folder Film 5
Untitled film.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm, black & white, 3.5" reel
box 8, folder Tape 1
Untitled tape.
undated
General Physical Description note: 1 Memorex 6250 BPI magentic tape, 10.5" reel
General note
label bears annotation: "0001. Echeverra 30392/ original control run for Dr. Rand"
box 8, folder Tape 2
Untitled tape.
undated
General Physical Description note: 1 BASF 6250 BPI magentic tape, 10.5" reel
General note
label says: "Dr. Rand/survey contrast & high resolution scans/Run 30345, Run 30346/1.5 mm"
box 8, folder Tape 3
Untitled tape.
undated
General Physical Description note: 1 Memorex 6250 BPI magentic tape, 10.5" reel
General note
the reel bears two small stickers with numbers 10-6-0, 10-30-0, and 11-14-0, and an identity label saying RAND 3
Restricted Materials. Series 6.
General Physical Description note: 25 folders with ca. 35 mm 670 slides, 8 films, 63 glass lantern slides
Slides. Subseries 1.
General Physical Description note: 24 folders with ca. 670 35 mm slides, box with 63 glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
Some lantern slides originated from Dr. Carl Rand. 35 mm slides are arranged by disease when there are multiple patients,
and alphabetically by patients' names when the disease is unidentified or concerns only one or two patients
box 11, folder 1
Acoustic tumors.
1976-1984
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
70 slides, 21 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Acoustic tumors.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slide
Scope and Contents note
3 glass lantern slides, 1 patient, acoustic neuroma
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 2
Arterio-venous malformations.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
6 slides, three named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Arterio-venous malformations.
undated
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slide
Scope and Contents note
1 slide, 1 patient
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 3
Epilepsy.
1956-1968
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
26 slides, 10 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Epilepsy.
undated
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
22 slides, 1 patient
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 4
Gamma knife.
1983, 1992
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
6 slides, 4 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 5
Infusion therapy.
1997-1998
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
40 slides, 5 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 6
Orbital tumors.
1970, 1976
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
7 slides, 2 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 7
Parkinsonism.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
43 slides, 2 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 8
Pituitary tumors, chromophobes.
1976, 1984
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
21 slides, 10 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Pituitary tumor.
undated
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slide
Scope and Contents note
1 slide, 1 patient
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 9
Spinal cord.
1972-1979
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
46 slides, 7 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Spinal injury.
undated
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slide
Scope and Contents note
1 slide, 1 patient
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 10
Tic douloureux.
1992
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
39 slides, 10 named patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 11
Unnamed patients.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides, photographs and negatives
Scope and Contents note
43 35 mm slides showing faces and bodies; multiple photographs with negatives of one patient
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Unnamed patients.
undated
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
4 slides, 4 patients; whole body and faces
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 12
Patient names A, B - various conditions.
1971-1992
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
30 slides, 11 patients, including meningioma, kidney disease, empty sella, glioblastoma
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 13
Patient names C, D, E - various conditions.
1980-1993
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
9 35 mm slides, 8 patients, including arachnoiditis, depressed fracture, mycrocele fragments, cholesteatoma, cerebral aneurysm
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Patient names C, D - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
5 glass lantern slides, 1 patient
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 14
Patient names F - various conditions.
35 mm slides
General Physical Description note: 1972, 1979, 1991
Scope and Contents note
18 slides, 3 patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Patient names F - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
4 slides, 2 patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 15
Patient names G - various conditions.
1956, 1975
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
18 35 mm slides, 7 patients, including low grade glioma, 3d ventricle tumor
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Patient names G - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
2 glass lantern slides, 1 patient, acromegali
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 16
Patient names H - various conditions.
1972, 1978, 1980
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
22 slides, 5 patients, including temporal focal microgliosis, diastamatamyelia
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 17
Patient names J, K, L - various conditions.
undated, 1992
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
28 35 mm slides, 7 patients, including right frontal astrocytoma, aneurysms
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Patient names K, L - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
3 glass lantern slides, 3 patients, stereotaxic implant, cerebellar tremor, bilateral subdural hematoma
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 18
Patient names M - various conditions.
1964-1991
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
32 35 mm slides, 7 patients, including Nelson's syndrome, basilar artery aneurism, carotid-cavernous fistula
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Patient names M - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slide
Scope and Contents note
5 glass lantern slides, 5 patients, astrocytoma, thalamic stimulation, cingulte seizures
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 19
Patient names N, O - various conditions.
undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
33 35 mm slides, 4 patients, including syringomyelia, post fossa meningioma
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Patient names N, O - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
4 glass lantern slides, 3 patients, meningioma
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 20
Patient names P - various conditions.
1965, undated
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
30 35 mm slides, 6 patients, hemangioma, venous angioma, motor cortex, Arnold-Chiari malformation
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 9
Patient names P - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slide
Scope and Contents note
1 glass slide, 1 patient, thalamic stimulation
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 21
Patient names R - various conditions.
1980
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
9 slides, 3 patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 22
Patient names S - various conditions.
1979
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
35 35 mm slides, 7 patients, including glioblastoma;
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 10
Patient names S - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
5 glass lantern slides, 4 patients, craniophyaryngioma, astrocytoma, anterior choroidal artery
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 23
Patient names T - various conditions.
1976, 1980
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
25 slides, 5 patients, including hematoma, hemangiopericytoma
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 11, folder 24
Patient names V, W - various conditions.
1975, 1984, 1993
General Physical Description note: 35 mm slides
Scope and Contents note
32 35 mm slides, 9 patients, including crano-synostosis, aneurysms, astrocytoma, unspecified operation
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 10
Patient names W - various conditions.
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slide
Scope and Contents note
1 glass lantern slide, 1 patient, chemopallidectomy
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 10
Unlabeled glass lantern slides.
undated
General Physical Description note: 7.5 x 20 cm glass lantern slides
Scope and Contents note
4 slides of patients
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
Patient File. Subseries 2.
Physical Description: 1 folders
Scope and Contents note
Minimal correspondence concerning a patient's legal case
box 11, folder 25
Neurological consultation on arteriovenous malformation case.
1979-1980
Scope and Contents note
office note by RWR; correspondence; consultation and operation notes by other physicians; x-rays
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
Films. Subseries 3.
1954-1966
Scope and Contents
8 films
box 12, folder Film 6
Parkinsonism - Patient 1, by Drs. Rand and [Eugene] Stern.
1954 September 15
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, black and white, two 3.5" reels
General note
Veterans Administration, Sawtelle [Los Angeles]; restricted for patient confidentiality
box 12, folder Film 7
Parkinsonism - Patient 2.
undated
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color, 3.75" reel
Scope and Contents note
brain sections, x-rays
General note
Veterans Administration, Sawtelle [Los Angeles]; restricted for patient confidentiality
box 12, folder Film 8
Parkinsonism - Patient 3.
undated
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color, 3.75" reel
General note
Veterans Administration, Sawtelle [Los Angeles]; restricted for patient confidentiality
box 12, folder Film 9
Untitled.
undated
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color, 5" reel
Scope and Contents note
Patient X - "pre"; Patient Y - "pre"; "slide of biopsy"
General note
Veterans Administration, Sawtelle [Los Angeles]; restricted for patient confidentiality
box 12, folder Film 10
Untitled.
undated
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color, 2 reels, 4.5", 5.5"
Scope and Contents note
adult male, difficulty with movement
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
box 12, folder Film 11
Dystonia.
1965 June 8, July 2
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color, three 3.5" reels
General note
Academic Communications Facility, UCLA; restricted for patient confidentiality
box 12, folder Film12
Acoustic tumor.
undated
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color, two reels, 5", 5.5"
Scope and Contents note
surgical exposure
General note
Academic Communications Facility, UCLA; restricted for patient confidentiality
box 12, folder Film13
Angioma of the spinal cord.
1966 November 17
General Physical Description note: 16 mm, color, 4" reel
General note
restricted for patient confidentiality
Patents, Commercial Activities. Series 3.
1987-2004
Physical Description: 12 folders
Scope and Contents note
Business plans, marketing plans, patents, legal and financial correspondence relating to Dr. Rand's clinical innovations
box 3, folder 25
Malcolm-Rand Microneurosurgical Cranio-Xray Frame (TM).
1987
Scope and Contents note
510(K) submission to Food and Drug Administration of intention to manufacture and market; includes: I. Product specifications/product
drawings. II. Testing information. III. Labeling and packaging. IV. Product equivalency, feature comparisons. V. References
box 3, folder 26
Nova Therapeutic Systems, Inc. The Cobalt Scalpel (TM).
1996
Scope and Contents note
510(K) submission to Food and Drug Administration of intention to manufacture and market; includes: Nova Therapeutic System
Principles [sic] and Advisory Board; Device summary; Labels for "The Cobalt Scalpel"; Licensing package with installation
and operation manual; Quality assurance manual; Radiological control manual; Standard shop procedures
box 3, folder 27
Nova Therapeutic Systems Inc. Executive summary.
undated
Scope and Contents note
several versions
box 3, folder 28
Nova Therapeutic Systems Inc. Business plan.
1997, 2000
Scope and Contents note
two separate plans
box 3, folder 29
Patents for "Radiation therapy and radiation surgery treatment system and methods of use of same" (the Cobalt Scalpel).
1996-2000
Scope and Contents note
Patent #5,537,452, granted 7/16/1996; Patent #5,748,700, granted 5/5/1998; Patent #5,815,547, granted 9/29/1998; Patent #5,894,503,
granted 4/13/1999, Patent #6,104,779, granted 8/15/2000
General note
inventors named are Joseph S. Shepherd and Robert W. Rand [see pp. 11-12 of the 2000 Business Plan, Box 1, Folder 28]
box 3, folder 30
Texts describing The Cobalt Scalpel.
undated
Scope and Contents note
two typed manuscripts: one short, non-technical, and one longer, more technical and specific
box 3, folder 31
Visual presentations of The Cobalt Scalpel.
undated
Scope and Contents note
photocopies of 13 text slides; photocopies of 84 Power Point screens
box 3, folder 32
Rand Neuropledgets for brain protection.
undated
General Physical Description note: sealed packet, 3 photographs
Scope and Contents note
small, flat, paddle-shaped surgical sponges, patented by Dr. Rand in 1977 (U.S. Patents nos. D242,954 and 3,825,007); photos
illustrating various sizes of the product
box 3, folder 33
Law offices of Lyon & Lyon.
1998-2000
Scope and Contents note
letters, invoices, and Power of Attorney document
General note
attorneys for U.S. patents
box 3, folder 34
Trainor & Robertson, Attorneys at Law.
1999
Scope and Contents note
correspondence and lease agreements
box 3, folder 35
Goren, Marcus, Masino & Jacobs, Certified Public Accountants.
2001
Scope and Contents note
Power of Attorney for tax issues
box 3, folder 36
Miscellaneous corporate documents and correspondence.
1999-2004
Materials for a Novel or Screenplay. Series 4.
2000-2003
Physical Description: 5 folders
Scope and Contents note
Plot outlines and text sketches; correspondence with writer/co-author; folders of scientific materials on stem cell research
and Alzheimers Disease, perhaps for background research
box 3, folder 37
"Neurogenesis - A Medical Thriller", by Robert W. Rand and Maida Sussman.
2000-2002
Scope and Contents note
nine-page typed "treatment for a feature-length commercial film or a novel", by Rand; cover letter, a synopsis, and the first
15 pages of the manuscript sent to New York publisher Berkley Books/Penguin Putnam Inc.
box 3, folder 38
Letters to co-author Maida Sussman.
2000-2003
Scope and Contents note
suggestions for plot and dialog, explanations of medical procedures; Oct. 23, 2001 letter mentions ideas for a second book
box 3, folder 39
Letters from co-author Maida Sussman.
2003
Scope and Contents note
script pages and background information
box 3, folder 40
Background material - stem cells.
2000
Scope and Contents note
12-page typed extract from a review by J. S. Odorico, et al.; reprints and clippings on stem cell research and brain cell
death and neurogenesis
box 3, folder 41
Background material - Alzheimer disease, etc.
Scope and Contents note
reprints, clippings
Carl Wheeler Rand, M.D. Series 5.
1912-1940
Physical Description: 8 folders
Scope and Contents note
Diploma, certificates, some memorabilia, glass lantern slides including some in the RESTRICTED Series
box 6, folder 3
Diploma.
1912
Scope and Contents note
Doctor of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University
box 6, folder 4
Certificate.
1920
General Physical Description note: carved and gilded wood frame
Scope and Contents note
certificate naming Dr. Carl Rand as a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
box 6, folder 5
Member, The Society of Neurological Surgeons.
1922
General Physical Description note: mounted on cardboard
Scope and Contents note
letter from the Society's Secretary, informing Dr. Carl Rand of his election
box 6, folder 6
Board certificate.
1940
Scope and Contents note
Board certification in Neurological Surgery, The American Board of Neurological Surgery
box 6, folder 7
Note from Harvey B. Cushing.
1926 June 19
General Physical Description note: items mounted on poster board
Scope and Contents note
black-edged note: "Thanks dear Carl for your message of sympathy. HC. June 19"; envelope; newspaper clipping: "Crash kills
students and girls"
General note
Dr. Cushing's son William H. was one of the Yale students killed
box 6, folder 8
Portrait of William H. Welch.
undated
General Physical Description note: 15 x 24 cm photogravure, mounted on cardboard
Scope and Contents note
half-length, seated, wearing academic robe; facsimile autograph; seal of The Johns Hopkins University; artist: Doris U. Jaeger
box 1, folder 28
"Studies in intracranial physiology & surgery: The third circulation; The hypophysis; The gliomas", by Harvey Cushing.
1926
General note
volume bears Dr. Carl Rand's personal book plate
box 5, folder Object 1
Ophthalmoscope.
undated
General Physical Description note: instrument and box
Scope and Contents note
"Dr. Carl W. Rand" stamped on tape attached to box cover
