Samuel Meites Collection
Scope and Content
The materials relating to Pediatric Clinical Chemistry are a step-by-step how-to guide for the editors of subsequent editions. It mostly contains forms and correspondence to and from Meites, who served as Editor, and the volume’s various contributors. The Folin material consists of typed manuscripts with many corrections in Meites’ hand.
Dates
- Creation: 1980-1989
Creator
- Meites, Samuel, 1921- (Person)
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions on the materials and the collection is open to the public.
Copyright Information
The Science History Institute holds copyright to the Samuel Meites Collection. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.
Background Note
Samuel Meites was born on January 3rd, 1921, in St. Joseph, Missouri. He received his A.B. degree in botany and chemistry from the University of Missouri. After service in World War II, he returned to school and received his Ph.D. in 1950 from Ohio State University’s Department of Agricultural Biochemistry. Meites was a Professor of Pediatrics at Ohio State University College of Medicine and was employed by Children’s Hospital, Columbus, Ohio where he held the position of Clinical Chemist, from 1954 until his retirement.
In addition to his professional duties, Meites was active in the affairs of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), serving as its National Secretary from 1975 through 1977. He was a founding member of the AACC Ohio Valley Section and served terms as its Chairman and Secretary/Treasurer. He later wrote this section’s history for the AACC. His interest in the historical development of clinical chemistry led Samuel Meites to spearhead the founding of the AACC History Division. He authored a well-received biography of Harvard professor Otto Folin, the United States’ first clinical biochemist. Samuel Meites died in Columbus, Ohio on June 13, 2003.
Sources
Samuel Meites Collection, Science History Institute Archives, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
American Association for Clinical Chemistry. “Samuel Meites, PhD.” https://www.aacc.org/community/merit-awards/hall-of-fame/bios/l-to-s/samuel-meites
Extent
0.44 Linear Feet (1 Box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains material from two publications: Pediatric Clinical Chemistry: Reference (Normal) Values, edited by Samuel Meites and published in 1988 and Otto Folin: America’s First Clinical Biochemist, written by Samuel Meites and published in 1989.
Acquisition Information
The Samuel Meites Collection was donated to the Science History Institute (formerly known as the Chemical Heritage Foundation) by Samuel Meites in 2001.
Processing Information
The Samuel Meites Collection was processed by Andrew Mangravite in February 2017. This finding aid was revised by Birch Mezzaroba in February 2022.
Subject
- Folin, Otto, 1867-1934 (Person)
- Title
- Samuel Meites Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aide created by Andrew Mangravite and encoded into EAD by Birch Mezzaroba.
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2022: Finding aid revised by Birch Mezzaroba.
Repository Details
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