Photos of Personal Artifacts

Some personal belongings of the people of Buildings 29/29A.

  • The corner of a book

    Dr. Kirschstein’s Copy of The Anatomy of the Nervous System

    Dr. Ruth Kirschstein attended medical school at Tulane University. This was one of her text books from her days in Louisiana. The Anatomy of the Nervous System: Its Development and Function (1947) was written by Stephen Walter Ranson.

  • Mechanical pencil mounted on a stand in a display

    Dr. Pittman’s Circa- 1925 Mechanical Pencil 

    Dr. Margaret Pittman owned this very early mechanical pencil, likely acquired during her graduate studies at the University of Chicago.

  • Dr. Ruth Kirschstein was a champion of minorities in the sciences throughout her career. She received this award in 1988 at a ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia.