Finding Aid for the UCLA Brain Research Institute Opening Ceremonies Scrapbook Biomed.0411

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Contributing Institution: UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: UCLA Brain Research Institute opening ceremonies scrapbook
Creator: University of California, Los Angeles. Brain Research Institute
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.0411
Physical Description: 1 unknown (1 volume)
Date: 1961
Abstract: Bound scrapbook with programs, letters, telegrams, clippings, and photographs mounted on leaves, commemorating the opening ceremonies of the UCLA Brain Research Institute, October 14-15, 1961, in Los Angeles, California. A nine-page typed statement by John D. French, M.D., founding Director of the Institute, provides a short history and description, and the major goals, of the new research institution.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English and Russian.

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[Identification of item], UCLA Brain Research Institute opening ceremonies scrapbook (Collection 411). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles.

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UCLA Catalog Record ID

UCLA Catalog Record ID: 9935203793606533 

Acquisition Information

Gift of Dr. Horace W. Magoun.

Scope and Content

The following are pasted onto the 10x12" leaves of the scrapbook:
1. "UCLA's Brain Research Institute, 1961" by John D. French, M.D., Director, nine-page statement of history, organization, and goals.
2. Invitations, programs, general information, and campus map for the opening ceremonies.
3. Listing of the laboratories open to visitors during the ceremony weekend.
4. Program of the opening symposium, "Frontiers in Brain Research", which was chaired by T. H. Bullock and S. Roberts, with Opening Remarks by Vice-Chancellor F. H. Sherwood and Regent E. W. Pauley, featured speakers W. F. Windle, A. Fessard, S. S. Kety, Percival Bailey, J. H. Gaddum, G. W. Harris, H. Kluever, R. Hassler, and Summation by H. W. Magoun.
5. Letters of acceptance from the featured speakers.
6. Snapshot portraits of Vice-Chancellor Foster H. Sherwood, Dean Stafford L. Warren, Dr. Theodore H. Bullock, Dr. Sidney Roberts, Dr. John D. French, Dr. William F. Windle, Dr. A. Fessard, Dr. Seymour S. Kety, Dr. Percival Bailey, Dr. Donald B. Lindsley, Dr. Charles A. Sawyer, Dr. J. H. Gaddum, Dr. G. W. Harris, Dr. Rolf Hassler, Dr. W. H. Magoun, plus a formal portrait of Dr. Magoun
7. Typed list (C-Z only) of guests attending the opening ceremony (approx. 220 names).
8. Lists of 41 institutions from 18 foreign countries and 14 from the U.S. sending congratulations.
9. ca. 60 letters and 11 telegrams of congratulations from individuals unable to attend the opening.
10. A letter from Toni (Mrs. Ernest V.) Edwards to Dr. French is also included, regretting that she can not attend the party honoring Dr. Magoun on his new position as Dean of the UCLA Graduate School.

Related Material

"Frontiers in Brain Research", ed. by John D. French. New York. Columbia Univ. Press, 1962. Papers presented at a symposium held at the opening of the Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Oct. 14-15, 1961. [UCLA Biomedical Library call no. WL 20 F888f 1962]

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Brain -- Research -- Congresses.
University of California, Los Angeles. Brain Research Institute
French, John D. (John Douglas)
Magoun, Horace Winchell