PUBLICATIONS

History of the Eye Institute: 1968-2000

Chronicles of the first 30 years of the NEI at the National Institutes of Health and its programs (2009). These first years were critical for the development and growth of the intramural research program; the strong commitment to investigator-initiated research; the creation of extramural program areas; and the inception of clinical trials for vision and eye disease. (PDF - 6.86 MB)

70 ACRES OF SCIENCE: THE NIH MOVES TO BETHESDA

Written by Office of NIH History curator Michele Lyons (2006) this ebook describes the history of the NIH in the 1930s, covering the story of research, scientists, and landscape architecture of the agency. (PDF - 7.1MB)

ROBERT J. HUEBNER, M.D.: A VIROLOGIST'S ODYSSEY

Written by Edward A. Beeman, M.D., (2005) this manuscript (670 pages) is a biography of Dr. Huebner and explains his pathbreaking work in virology and the Virus Cancer Program at NIH. (PDF - 4.5MB)

CHARLES ARMSTRONG, M.D.: A BIOGRAPHY

Written by Edward A. Beeman, M.D., (2007) this manuscript (327 pages) is a biography of Dr. Armstrong and describes his pioneering work in infectious disease research. (PDF - 3.6MB)

AN ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE'S VIRUSES AND CANCER PROGRAMS, 1950-1972

Written by Carl G. Baker, M.D., (2004) this manuscript (379 pages) tells the story of the background, philosophy, implementation, and outputs of these programs and concludes with the planning for the New Cancer Act. (PDF - 1.66MB)

MIND, BRAIN, BODY AND BEHAVIOR: FOUNDATIONS OF NEUROSCIENCE AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, 2004.

Edited by Ingrid G. Farreras, Caroline Hannaway and Victoria A. Harden.
A history of the intramural research conducted during the 1950s at the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (today the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke). (PDF - 14.4MB)

SHINING LADY IN THE SKY: HOW THE ROCKET BOYS OF BUFFALO WERE LAUNCHED BY A GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATOR AND COMMITTEE AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

The story of a committee that gave a (small) research grant to a young boy in 1957 and launched a career, as well as a rocket. (PDF - 644KB)

EARLY YEARS OF NIH RESEARCH GRANTS

Written by Ernest M. Allen, Sc.D., in 1980, this essay tells the story of the growth and development of the NIH research grant program in the late 1940s. (PDF - 140KB)

THE LEGACY OF THE 'YELLOW BERETS': THE VIETNAM WAR, THE DOCTOR DRAFT, AND THE NIH ASSOCIATE TRAINING PROGRAM

This unpublished manuscript (1998) by Melissa K. Klein traces the history of the NIH Associate Training Program, exploring the impact of the Doctor Draft on medical research in the 1960s and 1970s. (PDF - 0.2MB)

HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT: THE MEMOIRS OF DEWITT STETTEN, JR.

DeWitt Stetten, Jr., (1913 - 1990) was a physician-scientist-administrator who served in many capacities at NIH including Deputy Director of Science. He founded the Stetten Museum in 1986. (PDF - 2MB)

BEACON OF HOPE

A history of the NIH Clinical Center's first forty years, this illustrated essay covers the founding years (1944-1953), the growth years (1953-1969), and the years of change and renewal (1969-1993). (website)

NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO MEDICAL RESEARCH

Series of brief bio-bibliographies presenting a selection of books and articles by medical and scientific officers of the United States Public Health Service, most of whom worked in the Hygienic Laboratory (later the National Institute of Health) and in the Division of Scientific Research. It covers work prior to 1940, and records contributions to medical research made by these officers during that period. (PDF - 0.3MB)

NIAID INTRAMURAL CONTRIBUTIONS, 1887-1987

A commemorative book documenting important contributions during the first 100 years of NIAID's intramural research program. (PDF - 41MB)

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