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Title: John Milton Adams Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1970
Collection number: 1293
Creator:
Adams, John Milton, 1905-
Extent:
24 boxes (12 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: John Milton Adams (1905- ) was a professor of pediatrics at UCLA (1950-72) specializing in immunology, multiple sclerosis
(MS), and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). The collection consists of Adams's professional correspondence, publications,
and research files.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library Special
Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary 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.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Box 24 is restricted in accordance with UCLA Policy No. 603, Privacy of and Access to Information: Legal Requirements.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Mrs. J.M. Adams, 1981.
[Identification of item], John Milton Adams Papers (Collection 1293). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462139
Adams was born on June 7, 1905 in Minneapolis, Minnesota; BS, Princeton, 1929; MD, Columbia, 1933; Ph.D, University of Minnesota,
1943; taught at University of Minnesota from 1939-50; professor of pediatrics at UCLA, 1950-72; specialist in immunology,
multiple sclerosis, and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS); Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, UCLA, 1950-64; director of
American Board of Pediatrics from 1960-66; author of over 100 scholarly articles.
Collection consists of Adams's professional correspondence, publications, and research files (including photographs and manuscripts).
Arranged in the following series:
- Research files (Boxes 1-4, 12-14).
- Printed materials (Box 5).
- Correspondence files (Boxes 6-8).
- Research photographs and copies (Box 9).
- Publications (Boxes 10-11).
- Immunology (Box 15).
- Medical photographs, correspondence (Boxes 16-17).
- Printed articles, offprints, clippings, journals (Boxes 18-23).
- Notebooks (Box 23).
- Patient files, 1954-68 (Box 24) [RESTRICTED].
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Adams, John Milton, 1905- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Immunologists--Archival resources.
Pediatrics--Research--Archival resources.