Finding Aid for the John Milton Adams Papers, 1936-1970
Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
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© 1997
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Note
Social Sciences --Education
Biological and Medical Sciences--Biological Sciences --Immunology
Biological and Medical Sciences --Clinical Medicine--Pediatrics
History --History, University of California --History, UC Los Angeles
Geographical (By Place) --University of California--University of California Los Angeles
Finding Aid for the John Milton Adams Papers, 1936-1970
Collection number: 1293
UCLA Library Special Collections
UCLA Library Special Collections staff
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff
- UCLA Library Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- UCLA Library Special Collections staff, December 1981
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Text converted and initial container list EAD tagging by:
- Apex Data Services
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Genie Guerard, October 2000 and Josh Fiala, April 2002
© 1997 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
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.
Administrative Information
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.
Restrictions on Access
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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], John Milton Adams Papers (Collection 1293). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research
Library.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
462139
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of Adams's professional correspondence, publications, and research files (including photographs and manuscripts).
Organization and Arrangement
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].
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Adams, John Milton, 1905- --Archives.
University of California, Los Angeles--Faculty--Archival resources.
Immunologists--Archival resources.
Pediatrics--Research--Archival resources.
Boxes 1-2
Pictures, negatives & personal.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, clippings
re his research & photographs, mostly
re research.
Boxes 3-4
Research files.
Scope and Content Note
Including notes, printed items, manuscripts & correspondence.
Box 12
Research materials.
Scope and Content Note
Including correspondence & printed items,
re Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), tuberculosis in children & Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
Box 13
Research materials.
Scope and Content Note
Including correspondence & printed items mostly
re SIDS & encephalitis.
Box 14
Research materials.
Scope and Content Note
Including printed copies & photocopies of printed items; correspondence
re MS, & a clinical study
re measles.
Box 5
Printed materials, mostly issues of journals.
Box 6
Correspondence files A-K.
Box 7
Correspondence files L-T.
Box 8
Correspondence files U-Z; files
re sabbatical leave, 1964 & research interests (mostly printed material).
Box [9]
Research Photographs and Copies
Box 9
Research photographs; copies of John Milton Adams's curriculum vitae & bibliography.
Box 9
Research materials, mostly printed or photocopies.
Box 10
Publications of John M. Adams.
(1936-1970s).
Scope and Content Note
Includes 4 folders of reports numbered 1-114.
Box 11
Publications of John M. Adams; typed manuscript, incomplete of a book, not by John M. Adams.
Box 15
Material
re immunology.
Scope and Content Note
Including typed manuscripts of a number of Dr. Adams's works & printed articles by Robert A. Good.
Boxes [16-17]
Medical Photographs, Correspondence
Box 16
Medical photographs; miscellaneous correspondence, manuscripts by Dr. Adams & printed materials.
Boxes [18-23]
Printed Articles, Offprints, Clippings, Journals
Printed Articles & Offprints, Filed Alphabetically:
Box 21
Publications by Dr. Adams.
Boxes 22-23
Clippings & journal issues.
Box 23
Notebook containing notes on various books.
Box 23
2 notebooks
re clinical and serological study of old dog encephalitis, 1975-1979.
Box [24]
Patient Files, 1954-1968
Note
Box 24 is UNAVAILABLE due to restrictions in accordance with UCLA Policy No. 603, Privacy of and Access to Information: Legal
Requirements.
Box 24
Files
re named patients under treatment, 1954-1968.