Guide to the James Murray Luck Papers SC0181

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Department of Special Collections and University Archives

October 2010, March 2024

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Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: James Murray Luck papers

Identifier/Call Number: SC0181

Physical Description: 5.75 Linear Feet

Date (inclusive): 1930-1979

Summary: Primarily correspondence and subject files relating to Professor Luck's professional activities, the Stanford Chemistry Department and his position as acting Science Attaché at the United States embassies in London, Stockholm and Bern.

Language of Material: English .

Immediate Source of Acquisition note

Gift of J. Murray Luck, 1977-1980.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

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Cite As

James Murray Luck papers (SC0181). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Professor of biochemistry at Stanford (1926-1965; emeritus, 1965- ).

Description of the Collection

Primarily correspondence and subject files relating to Professor Luck's professional activities, the Stanford Chemistry Department and his position as acting Science Attaché at the United States embassies in London, Stockholm and Bern.

Papers

Box 1, folder 1

Stanford Student Housing Association Undated

Box 1, folder 2

AAAS Publication Symposium 1958

Box 1, folder 3

AAAS Parliament of Science 1952

Box 1, folder 4

International Conference on Scientific Information Undated

Box 1, folder 5

Palo Alto Credit Union - Its history circa 1937

Box 1, folder 6

Various trips 1949-1951

Box 1, folder 7

AAAS Pacific Division - Executive Committee 1955-1956

Box 1, folder 8

US Exchange Mission to USSR 1960

Box 1, folder 9

Scientific Information Conference 1961 November

Box 1, folder 10

Miscellaneous correspondence, while Science Attache, Bern 1962-1964

Box 1, folder 11

Miscellaneous correspondence, while Science Attache, Bern circa 1962-1964

Box 2, folder 1

Crackpot suggestions received 1962-1964

Box 2, folder 2

Science seminar, Foreign Service Institute 1968 May

Box 2, folder 3

Correspondence with Dr Henry Baden Undated

Box 2, folder 4

Acting Science Attache, US Embassy, London 1967

Box 2, folder 5

Science seminar, Foreign Service Institute 1967 October

Box 2, folder 6

Acting Science Attache, US Embassy, London, Correspondence with Arthur Pardee, Jr. (State Dept.) Undated

Box 2, folder 7

Acting Science Attache, US Embassy, Stockholm 1970

Box 2, folder 8

Sir Hugh Ennor, correspondence Undated

Box 2, folder 9

Alex Von Muralt 1964-1976

Box 3, folder 1

Miscellaneous correspondence 1967-1977

Box 3, folder 2

Miscellaneous correspondence 1971-1976

Box 3, folder 3

Miscellaneous correspondence 1964-1970

Box 3, folder 4

Miscellaneous correspondence 1961-1967

Box 3, folder 5

Columbia University Press, "Science in Switzerland" Undated

Box 3, folder 6

State Department and NSF, re: "Science in Switzerland", etc. 1964-1972

Box 4, folder 1

"Science in Switzerland" author correspondence Undated

Box 4, folder 2

Correspondence from people receiving complimentary copies of "Science in Switzerland" Undated

Box 4, folder 3

"Science in Switzerland" miscellaneous correspondence Undated

Box 4, folder 4

First Teaching Institute, American Medical College Undated

Box 4, folder 5

American Society of Biological Chemists Undated

Box 4, folder 6

Wartime work on blood plasma and serum albumen Undated

Box 4, folder 7

Wartime work monthly requests for proteins Undated

Box 4, folder 8

Wartime work on plasma etc Undated

Box 4, folder 9

Wartime work on plasma etc Undated

Box 4, folder 10

Wartime work, correspondence re: serum albumen processing and sterilization Undated

Box 4, folder 11

Wartime work miscellaneous Undated

Box 5, folder 1

Stanford Chemistry Department Undated

Box 5, folder 2

American Cancer Society Committee on Personnel for Research Undated

Box 5, folder 3

Correspondence with Paul Boyer Undated

Box 5, folder 4

Correspondence with Clark Griffin Undated

Box 5, folder 5

Beginnings of NSF Undated

Box 5, folder 6

IUPAC Undated

Box 5, folder 7

Correspondence with Commission on proteins of IUPAC Undated

Box 5, folder 8

Commission on Biological Nomenclature Undated

Box 6, folder 1

IUPAC 1956

Box 6, folder 2

Coordinating committee 1957-1958

Box 6, folder 3

IUPAC Undated

Box 6, folder 4

IUPAC Undated

Box 6, folder 5

IUPAC Conference Undated

Box 6, folder 6

IUPAC Section on Biochemistry General 1954-1955

Box 6, folder 7

Section on Biochemistry 1949-1950

Box 7, folder 1

Section on Biochemistry 1950-1953

Box 7, folder 2

Correspondence with Donald W. Krupke Undated

Box 7, folder 3

Correspondence with Kennethy Murray Undated

Box 7, folder 4

UNESCO Report, Paris 1949 June 20-25

Box 7, folder 5

Committee on Biochemistry NRC, and National Committee IUPAC 1951-1953

Box 7, folder 6

NRC, IUPAC, and W.A. Noyes Undated

Box 8, folder 1

Royal Society Conference on Scientific Information London 1948

Box 8, folder 2

Stanford Chemistry Affiliates 1972-1976

Box 8, folder 3

Luck, Switzerland; Correspondence with President of Stanford, J.E.W. Sterling 1958-1964

Box 8, folder 4

Correspondence with Detleve Bronk Undated

Box 8, folder 5

Miscellaneous correspondence 1959-1960

Box 8, folder 6

Melanoma Undated

Box 8, folder 7

Population Undated

Box 8, folder 8

Correspondence with Carl F. Cori Undated

Box 8, folder 9

Unsorted material 1952-1958

Box 9, folder 1

Unsorted material 1941-1945

Box 9, folder 2

Unsorted material 1946-1949

Box 9, folder 3

Unsorted material 1950-1955

Box 9, folder 4

Unsorted material 1956

Box 9, folder 5

Unsorted material 1957

Box 9, folder 6

Unsorted material 1958

Box 9, folder 7

Unsorted material 1959

Box 9, folder 8

Unsorted material 1960-1961

Box 9, folder 9

Unsorted material 1961

Box 9, folder 10

Unsorted material 1963-1965

Box 9, folder 11

Unsorted material 1966-1970

Box 9, folder 12

Unsorted material 1971

Box 9, folder 13

Unsorted material 1974-1975

Box 9, folder 14

Unsorted material 1976-1979

Box 9, folder 15

Aebi, Hugo Undated

Box 9, folder 16

Alhouse Realty Inc. 1962-1964

Box 10, folder 1

American Board of Clinical Chemistry 1947-1955

Box 10, folder 2

Ennor, Hugh Undated

Box 10, folder 3

"Experiences with Swiss Schools" 1963

Box 10, folder 4

Genealogical charts Undated

Box 10, folder 5

Griffin, Clark Undated

Box 10, folder 6

Luck, Norville Edward Undated

Box 10, folder 7

Palo Alto Coop, Its Beginnings 1933-1934

Box 10, folder 8

Palo Alto Coop, Its Beginnings 1935-1936

Box 10, folder 9

Palo Alto Coop, Its Beginnings 1941-1949

Box 10, folder 10

Palo Alto Coop, Its Beginnings 1950-1972

Box 10, folder 11

Palo Alto Coop Organization Undated

Box 10, folder 12

Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America Undated

Box 10, folder 13

Travel to London, etc 1955

Box 10, folder 14

University of California, at Berkeley, Inauguration of President Clark Kerr Undated

Box 10, folder 15

US Embassy, Bern, Switzerland 1961

Box 10, folder 16

US Embassy, Bern, Switzerland 1962

Box 10, folder 17

US Embassy, Bern, Switzerland 1963

Box 10, folder 18

US Embassy, Bern, Switzerland 1964

Box 11, folder 1

US Embassy, Bern, Switzerland: Science Attache 1964

Box 11, folder 2

US Embassy, Bern, Switzerland, miscellaneous Undated

Box 11, folder 3

US Embassy, London 1967

Box 11, folder 4

US Embassy, Stockholm 1970

Box 11, folder 5

Von Muralt, Alex 1964-1976

Box 11, folder 6

Miscellaneous correspondence Undated

Box 11, folder 7

Speech for Ambassador Robert M. McKinney 1962

Box 11, folder 8

Speech, Senator Stanford's views on Activities Concerning Cooperation Undated

Box 11, folder 9

Article, Malnutrion and poverty Undated

Box 11, folder 10

Article, Metabolism of nutrition study Undated

Box 12, folder 1

Palo Alto Housing Authority Notebook Undated

Box 12, folder 2

Miscellaneous correspondence and information Undated

Box 12, folder 3

Architect Undated

Box 12, folder 4

Reading material 1946-1948

Box 12, folder 5

Finance Undated

Box 12, folder 6

Bulletins Undated

Addenda, 2024-578 ARCH-2024-578

Box 16

Correspondence from Dr. A. Clark Griffin and Sue Ellen Young 1982-1983