Maxwell Myer Wintrobe papers

Maxwell Myer Wintrobe papers, 1905-1998

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Wintrobe, Maxwell M. (Maxwell Myer), 1901-1986
Title: Maxwell Myer Wintrobe papers
Dates: 1905-1998 (inclusive)
19051998
Quantity: 65.5 linear feet, (108 boxes)
Collection Number: ACCN 0954
Summary: The Maxwell Myer Wintrobe papers (1905-1998) contain personal papers, books, articles, correspondence, material from professional organizations, University of Utah office files, research notes, awards, plaques, biographical material, personal mementoes, and travel documents. These materials all relate to Maxwell Myer Wintrobe (1901-1986), often called the "founder of hematology." His research established hematology as a clinical and scientific discipline. He was also one of the first to pioneer treatments for cancer through chemotherapy.
Repository: University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions: Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
Languages: English

Historical NoteReturn to Top

Maxwell Myer Wintrobe (1901-1986) was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1921. He received his M.D. from University of Manitoba in 1926, and then moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, to study for his Ph.D. at Tulane University. After receiving his degree in 1929, he joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins University. In 1943, he accepted an appointment as a professor of internal medicine and Chairman of the Department of Medicine at the University of Utah College of Medicine. He was also named the physician-in-chief for the Salt Lake County General Hospital. He directed the Laboratory for the Study of Hereditary and Metabolic Disorders from 1945-1973, and served as Director of the Cardiovascular Research and Training Institute from 1969-1973. Among his other accomplishments, he received the College of Medicine's first research grant, as well as the first research grant awarded by the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Wintrobe's research in the field of hematology introduced that industry's precise measurement capabilities and his Red Blood Cell Indices for classifying anemia. These actions established hematology as a clinical and scientific discipline. Wintrobe provided an understanding of pernicious anemia, thalassemia, and sickle cell anemia. He was also one of the first to pioneer treatments for cancer through chemotherapy. Wintrobe was the author of the first textbook on hematology, Clinical Hematology (1961) and he was one of the founding editors of Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, a widely-used textbook in internal medicine. In addition, he wrote two non-technical books: Blood, Pure and Eloquent (1980) and Hematology, the Blossoming of a Science: A Story of Inspiration and Effort (1985), as well as over 400 articles for professional journals.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Maxwell Myer Wintrobe papers (1905-1998) contain personal papers, books, articles, correspondence, material from professional organizations, University of Utah office files, research notes, awards, plaques, biographical material, personal mementoes, and travel documents. These materials all relate to Maxwell Myer Wintrobe (1901-1986), often called the "founder of hematology."

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library's Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Arrangement

The collection consists of four different groups of material. Each group is arranged in alphabetical order, with subgroups arranged chronologically or alphabetically (depending on the type of material contained within each subgroup). The first group (boxes 1-17) contains biographical and background information, scrapbooks, personal and general correspondence, awards, plaques, curriculum vitae, passports and travel documents, and news clippings. The second group (boxes 18-50) contains Wintrobe's business correspondence, University of Utah office files, newsletters, law suit material, some publishing material, and information on professional organizations to which he lectured or belonged. The third group (boxes 51-65) is comprised of the various drafts of his books, speeches, and journal articles. There is also some publishing material. The fourth group (boxes 66-97)contains the research files and reports he used for his writings and experiments. Boxes 98-106 comprise addenda to the collection and generally contain reprints of Wintrobe's writings. Some biographical materials and other papers are also included. Box 107 contains notes as well as an item that was Susan Walker's, Wintrobe's daughter.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Wintrobe estate and Becky Zanphir Wintrobe (boxes 1-97) in 1987-1995.

Donated by Susan W. Walker (boxes 98-107) in 2000, 2006 and 2009.

Processing Note

Processed by Debra Penman and Lisa DeMille in 1997 and 2007.

Addendum processed by Charlotte Hansen in 2010.

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Separated Materials

See also the Maxwell Myer Wintrobe photograph collection (P0331) and the Maxwell Myer Wintrobe video collection (A0307) in the Multimedia Division of Special Collections.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Personal MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
1		Biographical Information
2		Biographical Information
3		General Correspondence	1919-1977
4		General Correspondence	1978-1980
5		General Correspondence	1981-1985
6		General Correspondence	1986-1990
7		Condolences Correspondence	1986-1988
	Folder
8	1-3	U. S. Passports for Max Wintrobe	1933-1962
8	4	International Driving Permit for Max Wintrobe	1954-1955
8	5	Canadian Passport for Becky Wintrobe	1933
8	6	U. S. Passport for Becky Wintrobe	1962
8	7	Traveler's Address Book
8	8-11	Vacation Journals	1949-1958
9		Travel, Personal Items and Vacation Journals	1959-1966
10		Travel, Locations, A-T
11		Travel, Locations, U
12		Awards and Honors
13		Certificates, Diplomas, and Awards	1921-1970
14		Plaques and Mementos	1965-1972
15		Plaques and Awards	1917-1983
16		Scrapbook This book contains family photographs, conference and college photographs, correspondence, news clippings, lecture announcements, magazine articles, invitations, programs, travel photographs, maps, lecture series information, and Medical Society pamphlets and publications.	1905-1961
17		Scrapbooks These two books contain the same type of material as box 16.	1961-1984

Professional MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box
18		Correspondence on General Business Subjects	1976-1985
19		Correspondence Concerning Pharmaceuticals and Drug Replacements	1970-1986
20		Correspondence Concerning Publication in Academic Journals	1965-1985
21		Correspondence with Colleagues, A-L
22		Correspondence with Colleagues, M-W
23		Finances	1964-1985
24		General Business Files, A-P
25		General Business Files, P-W
26		Harvard Monsanto Agreement Documents
27		Law Suits Material, A-J
28		Law Suits Material, K-S
29		Law Suits Material, T-W
30		Plenum Press Business Files and Correspondence
31		University of Utah, Business Files, A-G
32		University of Utah, Business Files, H-T
33		Professional Organizations, A
34		Professional Organizations, A
35		Professional Organizations, A-B
36		Professional Organizations, C-I
37		Professional Organizations, I
38		Professional Organizations, International Society of Hematology, A-C
39		Professional Organizations, International Society of Hematology, C-D
40		Professional Organizations, International Society of Hematology, E-T
41		Professional Organizations, I-M
42		Professional Organizations, M-N
43		Professional Organizations, The National Academy of Sciences, A
44		Professional Organizations, The National Academy of Sciences, A-C
45		Professional Organizations, The National Academy of Sciences, C
46		Professional Organizations, The National Academy of Sciences, C-F
47		Professional Organizations, The National Academy of Sciences, I-P
48		Professional Organizations, The National Academy of Sciences, P-W
49		Professional Organizations, N-P
50		Professional Organizations, P-U
51		Professional Organizations, U-Y
52		Blood, Pure and Eloquent
53		Blood, Pure and Eloquent and Clinical Hematology This box contains an edition of written in Greek, and published in two sections.
54		Clinical Hematology , Correspondence	1956-1983
55		Clinical Hematology and Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science
56		The History of Hematology
57		The Medical Letter
58		Collected Reprints of Maxwell M. Wintrobe	1928-1948
59		Collected Reprints of Maxwell M. Wintrobe	1949-1956
60		Collected Reprints of Maxwell M. Wintrobe	1957-1975
61		Collected Reprints of Maxwell M. Wintrobe At first glance, the books in this box would appear to be duplicates of one another; but a closer inspection reveals that changes have been made to some of them. This suggests that the articles with additions to them are actually later versions of the original articles; unfortunately, without any dates it is impossible to be certain.
62		Articles, Papers, and Other Publications, A-M
63		Articles, Papers, and Other Publications, N-Z
64		Lectures and Talks, A-J
65		Lectures and Talks, K-S
66		Lectures and Talks, T-Y
67		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , A
68		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , B
69		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , B
70		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , B-C
71		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , C
72		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , D
73		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , D-F
74		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , F-G
75		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , G-G
76		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , H
77		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , I-K
78		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , K-L
79		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , L
80		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , M
81		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , M-N
82		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , O-Q
83		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , R
84		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , S
85		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , S-T
86		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , T-V
87		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , W-X
88		Biographies for Hematology: The Blossoming of a Science , Y-Z
		Books, C-U
Box	Folder
89	1	Civilization and Science in Conflict or Collaboration ?	1972
89	2	Collected Reprints of Dr. James A. Bush	1950-1956
89	3	Galen's Hygiene	1951
89	4	The Loom of History	1958
89	5-6	The Medical Aphorisms of Moses Maimonides , Volumes I and II	1970-1971
90	1	The Papyrus Ebers: The Greatest Egyptian Medical Document	1937
90	2	Research in Medical Science	1950
90	3	The University of Utah: A History of Its First Hundred Years--1850 to 1950	1960
Box
91		General Anemia Research Files, A-N
92		General Anemia Research Files, N-U
93		General Research Files, A-B
94		General Research Files, C-F
95		General Research Files, G-O
96		General Research Files, P-Z
97		Research Reports

Personal and Academic ItemsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
98	1	"The Prion Research Odyssey, Novel Microbes Which Cause Neurological Diseases"	1982
98	2	American Society of Hematoloty and Clinical Symposia Booklets	1979
98	3	Standards and Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiac Care, American Heart Association BLS Test, and Medical Education Calendar	1981
98	4	Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	1985
98	5	Commission on World Standards of the World Association of Societies of Pathology Symposium	1985
98	6-7	American Journal of Medicine	1978; 1986
98	8	Science Indicators	1978
98	9-10	New England Journal of Medicine	1986
98	11	University of Utah Donor Report	1991
98	12-13	University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Annual Reports	1991; 1993
98	14	"Maxwell Myer Wintrobe: A Biography"
98	15	Calendar	1990
98	16	Pamphlets Regarding medicine and the Hotel Twin Dolphin.
98	17	"The Unchanging Desert" and "Petra of the Nabataeans"
98	18	Unititled Manuscript on Trip to Jordan
98	19-22	Awards and Certificates	1967-1996
99		Collected Reprints of Maxwell Myer Wintrobe These are in two bound volumes.	1928-1939
100		Collected Reprints of Maxwell Myer Wintrobe These are in two bound volumes.	1939-1948
101		Collected Reprints of Maxwell Myer Wintrobe These are in two bound volumes.	1949-1956
102		Collected Reprints of Maxwell Myer Wintrobe These are in two bound volumes.	1957-1975
103		Oversize Materials Travel materials, awards, degrees, and certificates.	1958-1981
104		Oversize Quantitative Buffy Coat Analysis Chart
	Folder
105	1	Correspondence Plaque and coin awards moved from box 105 into box 105A.	1987-1995
105	2	"Anemia: Two Things You Should Do First"	1979
105	3	Announcements, Invitations, and Programs	1976-1998
105	4	Biographical Information	1983-1996
105	5	Guest Book	1949
105A		Awards

Oversize MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
106	1	Artwork
106	2	Certificates	1981
	item
106	1	Maxwell Myer Wintrobe Research and Education Building Dedication Scrapbook	1981

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Box	Folder
107	1	"Applied Anatomy" notebook Notebook contains handwritten notes and drawings by Wintrobe.	1920s
107	2	"Autographs" book of Susan Wintrobe This book contains autographs to Susan Wintrobe, Maxwell Wintrobe's daughter, from people in many different languages and locations around the world that were visiting her father. Some of the people who signed this book: Guzine Kayssi, Theodore B. Schwart, H.C. Chang, Alf Andersen, Ann Hamilton, and Grant Johannesen. Grant Johannesen was a famed pianist from Utah whose own papers are contained in the Marriott Library (Accn 2199).	1947-1952

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