Clinical chemistry -- History

The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Records mainly contain materials concerned with the history of the AACC and to a lesser extent, divisional records of the Ohio Valley Section of the AACC. The files in this collection contain correspondence, publications, conference records, and meeting records. The American Association for Clinical Chemistry Records were compiled by Samuel Meites.

The collection contains early publicity and membership materials, including a Members Directory from 1950, the first full year of the associations existence and a 1966 copy of the revised Constitution and By-Laws. It also contains correspondance to and from the society related to Charles H. Wabnitz and his application to join the society.

The collection concerns the start-up and operation of the Hybritech Corporation, prior to its purchase by Eli Lilly and Company in 1986.

This collection contains the professional papers of American clinical chemist Raymond E. Vanderlinde.

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1085626~S6

This collection offers a good overview of the Research & Development program being carried out at the Squibb Institute for Medical Research during the 1960s.

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.

This collection consists of writings and oral history materials by and about Samuel R. Natelson which were compiled by Amadeo J. Pesce. Natelson was a prominent American clinical chemist and a founding member of the American Association for Clinical Chemistry.

This collection is divided into two series: AACC Standards Committee 1962-1972 which contains material gathered by Radin and Raymond VanderlindeStandards Committee 1971-1981 which contains records Vanderlinde entrusted to Radin dealing with the work of the Subcommittee n Enzymology that Vanderlinde chaired.