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Linear Feet: This collection occupies 3 linear feet of shelf space and contains approximately 1,500 items.

Administrative Information

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Biographical Note: Harold F. Blum, a scientist, was born in Escondido, California, on February 12, 1899. He graduated from the University of California in 1922 and received his Ph. D. from Harvard Medical School in 1927. His career in higher education included posts at Oregon, California, Temple, Columbia, Harvard, Princeton, the Naval Medical Research Institute, the National Cancer Institute and the State University of New York at Albany. He was the recipient of several fellowships and awards, one of which was the Finsen prize on photobiology in 1976. He was also an official in several professional societies. Blum was the author of a number of scholarly books, among them, Time's Arrow and Evolution and Carcinogenesis by Ultraviolet Light. He was as well a frequent contributor to scientific journals and occasionally prepared chapters for scientific treatises.

Scope and Content: Blum's files are comprised mostly of notes on his irradiation of mice experiment, manuscripts of his publications, and notes on several other projects.

Series/Container List

Box 1: Notes, Calculations, Papers and Experimental Data
Folder 1: Manuscript of paper on Cancer Induction
Folder 2: Manuscript of paper on Carcinogenesis
Folder 3: Manuscript of paper on Carcinogenesis
Folder 4: Calculations of Carcinogenesis
Folder 5: Journals containing Blum's Articles
Folder 6: Data of Bryan and Skinner Part 1
Folder 7: Data of Bryan and Skinner Part 2
Folder 8: Data of Bryan and Skinner Part 3
Folder 9: Data of Bryan and Skinner Part 4
Folder 10: Data of Cramer and Stowell
Folder 11: Data of H. G Crabtree
Folder 12: Data of Fred G. Bock
Folder 13: Calculations of R. & O.
Folder 14: Notes of Tumor Types
Folder 15: Notes of Lung Tumors
Folder 16: Notes of Eye Tumors
Folder 17: Rate of Tumor Growth
Folder 18: Feeding Experiment
Folder 19: Skin Transitions
Folder 20: Calculations of Ultraviolet Carcinogenesis Part 1
Folder 21: Calculations of Ultraviolet Carcinogenesis Part 2
Folder 22: Calculations on Cancers
Folder 23: Photographs
Folder 24: Correspondence
Folder 25: Misc. Calculations and Notes Part 1
Folder 26: Misc. Calculations and Notes Part 2
Folder 27: Misc. Calculations and Notes Part 3
Folder 28: Misc. Calculations and Notes Part 4
Folder 29: Misc. Calculations and Notes Part 5
Folder 30: Record Books of Tumor Growth
Folder 31: Calculations of Tumor Growth
Folder 32: Unidentified Graphs Part 1
Folder 33: Unidentified Graphs Part 2


Box 2: Record Books of Experiments
Folder 1: Hemolysis and Mile Experiments
Folder 2: Skin Transmission Record Book
Folder 3: Calibrations of Experiment 1, Irradiation of Mice
Folder 4: Calibrations of Experiment 2, Irradiation of Mice
Folder 5: Irradiation of Mice Experiment, Master Book
Folder 6: Irradiation of Mice Experiment, Book 1
Folder 7: " " " , Book 2
Folder 8: " " " , Book 3
Folder 9: " " " , Book 4
Folder 10: " " " , Book 5
Folder 11: " " " , Book 6
Folder 12: " " " , Book 7
Folder 13: " " " , Book 8
Folder 14: " " " , Book 9
Folder 15: " " " , Book 10
Folder 16: " " " , Book 11
Folder 17: " " " , Book 12
Folder 18: " " " , Book 13
Folder 19: " " " , Book 14
Folder 20: " " " , Book 15
Folder 21: " " " , Book 16