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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Harry S. Mosher papers
Identifier/Call Number: SC0645
Physical Description:
37.75 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1944-2000
Summary: Papers include
correspondence, manuscripts and reprints, research files, lab notebooks, grant files, and
class materials.
Physical Location: Special Collections and University
Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more
information on paging collections, see the department's website:
http://library.stanford.edu/spc.
Language of Material:
English .
This collection is open for research.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Gift of the estate of Harry Mosher, 2002.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Harry S. Mosher earned his bachelor's degree in 1937 from Willamette University and his
master's degree from Oregon State University in 1939. He taught briefly at Willamette before
earning his doctorate in organic chemistry from Pennsylvania State University in 1942; he
remained at Penn during World War II as an assistant professor supervising research on
synthetic anti-malarial drugs for the National Research Council. He joined the Stanford
faculty in 1947 and taught until his retirement in 1981. During his career at Stanford,
Mosher taught organic chemistry and conducted research in a wide range of areas, including
natural products chemistry and stereochemistry. He co-authored more than 140 research papers
and a reference book titled ASYMMETRIC ORGANIC REACTIONS, published in 1971. Mosher also
elucidated the chemical structure of tetrodotoxin - an extremely toxic molecule found in
wild newts inhabiting Stanford's Lake Lagunita. Mosher died in March of 2001.
Harry S. Mosher Papers (SC0645). Department of Special Collections and University Archives,
Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Papers include correspondence, manuscripts and reprints, research files, lab notebooks,
grant files, and class materials.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chemistry, Organic.
Chemistry -- Study and teaching (Higher).
Stereochemistry.
Organic compounds -- Synthesis.
Tetrodotoxin.