Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Yuwiler, Arthur and Yuwiler, Alice
- Extent:
- 6 Linear Feet (15 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are primarily in English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Publications, laboratory notebooks, files, correspondence, presentations, and microscope slides which document Dr. Arthur Yuwiler's research on tryptophan metabolism, and serotonin and melatonin relations to stress, autism, and violence, as well as schizophrenia research with Ralph W. Gerard.
- Biographical / historical:
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Yuwiler (1927-2012), who received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 1956, served as Chief of the Neurobiochemistry Research Laboratory, West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center; was a member of the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and of the Brain Research Institute; and was a founding member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Alice Yuwiler, June 2015, May 2016.
- Processing information:
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Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Yuwiler, Alice
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
- Location of this collection:
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Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-6940