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Kellogg (Ralph H.) Papers
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Ralph Henderson Kellogg Papers
creator:
Kellogg, Ralph H.
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.90.38
Physical Description:
42.5 Linear Feet
(30 cartons, 5 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1940-2007
Abstract: Ralph Henderson Kellogg was a professor of physiology at UCSF for many years. The papers of Dr. Kellogg primarily relate to
his education, teaching, and research. Subjects include UCSF Department of Physiology, White Mountain research, people in
the scientific community, and teaching activities.
Language of Material: Some collection materials are in German and French.
[Identification of item], Ralph Henderson Kellogg Papers, MSS 90-38, Archives and Special Collections, University of California,
San Francisco.
Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with
privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Restrictions are noted at the folder level. This collection
will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to restricted material.
Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish
or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of
the Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Books have been transferred to the rare book collection of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Ralph H. Kellogg and Barbara Bogue from 1990 to
2016.
No future additions are expected.
Processed by Lynda Letona in 2018.
Ralph Henderson Kellogg was a professor of physiology at UCSF for many years. He was born in New London, Connecticut on June
7, 1920, graduated from medical school at the University of Rochester in 1943, and served as a medical officer in the US Navy
for the duration of World War II. In 1946 Kellogg briefly acted as an Investigator in Physiology at Bethesda's Naval Medical
Research Institute, then taught first year medical students at Harvard Medical School, while acquiring his Ph.D. in Physiology
from Harvard in 1953.
In 1953 he was appointed to the faculty of the University of California School of Medicine, where he taught physiology for
over 35 years. In addition to teaching, Dr Kellogg carried on extensive research. In the early years most of his work was
centered on investigations in renal physiology. In 1955 he was invited to spend the summer at the White Mountain Research
Station, near the summit of the arid 14,246 ft White Mountain, on the edge of the Owens Valley, in eastern California. His
initial investigation that summer set the direction for his life-long interest in and work on high altitude physiology. Experiments
performed by Kellogg and his associates at White Mountain from the mid-1950s and to the mid-1960s provided an extensive array
of knowledge to climbers, scientists and others concerned with human response to high altitude conditions. Other investigations
performed by Dr. Kellogg, or under his direction, focused on various aspects of the physiology of respiration.
The papers of Dr. Kellogg primarily relate to his education, teaching, and research. Subjects include UCSF Department of Physiology,
White Mountain research, people in the scientific community, and teaching activities. Materials include correspondence, photographic
material, slides, artifacts, and data compilations including lab data, lab manuals, field and lab notebooks. The Research
files feature work on high altitude physiology and respiration. It holds the published report Twenty Five Years of High Altitude
Research at the White Mountain Research Station which includes a summary by Dr. Kellogg of his work there. The artifacts are
predominantly awards and plaques.
The collection has been subdivided into six series: I. University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), 1947-1997; II. White
Mountain, 1955-1992; III. Research Files, 1940-2005; IV. Correspondence, 1947-2007; V. Pictorial, 1953-1995; VI. Artifacts,
1964-2009.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
White Mountains (Calif. and Nev.)
Respiration Regulation
Physiology
Altitude, Influence of