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Finding Aid for the W.F.H.M. Mommaerts papers, 1943-1991 LSC.0394
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Series 1: Biographical files. 1943, 1971-1991

Scope and Content

This series includes materials that outline Mommaert's academic and scholarly achievements: curriculum vitae, degree and academic program certificates, and a summary of research contributions. Materials are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 1, Folder 1

Curriculum vitae. 1987, 1991

Box 3, Folder 1

Degree and academic program certificates. 1943, 1971-1980

Box 1, Folder 2

Summary of research contributions. 1981, 1985

 

Series 2: UCLA Department of Physiology files. 1991, undated

Scope and Content

Departmental files created towards the end of Mommaert's career and life. Arranged in alphabetical order and by size.
Box 1, Folder 3

Correspondence, memoranda, and a photograph. 1991

Box 3, Folder 2

Five oversize anatomy drawings used in presentations. undated

Box 1, Folders 4-6

Series 3: Correspondence. 1987-1991

Scope and Content

Correspondence with H.P. Vosberg, Max Planck Intitut; Francois Gros, Pasteur Institute; and miscellaneous. Arranged in chronological order.
 

Series 4: Human Physiology from Cellular Mechanisms to Integration. 1985-1991

Scope and Content

This series contains contracts and agreements, correspondence, synopses, chapter drafts, related to the manuscript Mommaerts co-edited with physiologists, Rainer Greger and Hans-Peter Koepchen. The book was published after Mommaerts death as Comprehensive Human Physiology: From Cellular Mechanisms to Integration, edited by Rainer Greger and Uwe Windhorst. Files in this series are arranged in alphabetical order.
Box 1, Folder 7

Test synopses. 1990-1991

Box 1, Folder 8

Springer-Verlag contract. 1990-1991

Box 1, Folder 9

Springer instructions to authors. 1991

Box 1, Folder 10

Correspondence. Springer. 1991

Box 1, Folder 11

Correspondence. Springer and authors. 1991

Box 1, Folder 13

Correspondence. Authors. 1989-1991

Box 1, Folder 14

Correspondence. da Silva. 1991

Box 1, Folder 15

Correspondence. Howard Florey Institute. 1991

Box 1, Folder 16

Correspondence. Greger. 1991

Box 1, Folder 17

Correspondence. Katz. 1991

Box 1, Folder 18

Correspondence. Koepchen. 1991

Box 1, Folder 19

Correspondence. McAllen. 1991

Box 1, Folder 20

Correspondence. Renkin. 1991

Box 1, Folder 21

Correspondence. Windhorst. 1991

Box 1, Folder 22

Correspondence. Yamamoto. 1991

Box 1, Folder 12

Author topics. undated

Box 1, Folder 23

"Cell Membrane" chapter. 1986

Box 1, Folder 24

"Nerve" chapter. 1985-1986

Box 1, Folder 25

"Homeostasis" chapter. undated

Box 1, Folder 26

"Nervous - Architecture" chapter. 1986

Box 2, Folder 1

"Muscle" chapter. 1986

Box 2, Folder 2

"Eye" chapter. undated

Box 2, Folder 3

Closing chapter. 1986-1991

Box 2, Folder 4

Other chapters, "Diving, immersion, and breath-holding." 1987

 

Series 5: Publications. 1989-1991

Scope and Content

This series contains manuscripts, research publications, and related correspondence authored either solely by Mommaerts or in collaboration with colleagues. Arranged chronologically.
Box 2, Folder 5

Effect of muscle length on fast-slow properties in spinal isolation. Eldridge, Marusich, and Mommaerts. 1989

Box 2, Folder 6

BioEssays. "Who discovered actin?" manuscript and correspondence. 1991

Box 2, Folder 7

Amphion. Rein and Mommaerts. undated

Box 2, Folder 8

Current Trends in Molecular Cardiology. Myosin isoforms and contractility, an interpretation. undated

Box 2, Folders 9-26

Series 6: Autobiography manuscript. 1986

Scope and Content

Typescript copy of most of the 18 chapters from Mommaert's unpublished autobiography. Manuscript includes chapters related to his youth, education, work in Hungary, and up to research done in Los Angeles. Most chapters focus on a different city or work site. Series is missing chapters 5, 11, 12 and 17. Arranged in chapter order.