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Philip A. Shaffer Papers

Philip A. Shaffer
Volume: 10.0 linear feet Microfilm edition: none Inclusive dates: 1901-1966 Collection code: FC005
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Historical Note

Philip A. Shaffer (1881-1960) was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, son of Joseph H. and Hannah Anderson Shaffer. After preliminary education in Martinsburg, he entered the University of West Virginia at the age of 15 and, after receiving his AB, attended Harvard University, obtaining his PhD in biological chemistry in 1904. Shaffer married Nan Jefferson Evans in 1904. The couple had three children, Jane Jefferson Prince of St. Louis, Nancy Elizabeth Shaffer, and Philip Anderson Shaffer, Jr.

While working for his doctorate at Harvard, he was a research biological chemist at McLean Hospital in Waverly, Massachusetts, 1900-1903. After graduation from Harvard, Shaffer became Assistant and Instructor of Chemical Pathology at Cornell University Medical College in New York, remaining there for six years. In 1910 he was appointed Professor of Biological Chemistry and Head of the Department at Washington University School of Medicine, a position he retained until 1946. He twice served as Dean of the School, from 1915 to 1919 and from 1937 to 1946. He was Distinguished Service Professor of Biochemistry from 1946 to 1952, becoming Emeritus in 1951 when he retired from the Medical School Faculty. His teaching career was interrupted briefly during World War I when he served as a Major in the U.S. Army, A.E.F., being given the responsibility for the diets of the overseas personnel. Shaffer was a member of the following societies: Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences, American Society of Biological Chemists (Secretary 1913-1915, President 1923-1924), American Philosophical Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Kappa Psi, Alpha Tau Omega.

Shaffer first worked with Otto Folin and his first scientific publication, in 1901, concerned the quantitative determination of uric acid in urine. Later papers were published which dealt both with broad concepts of metabolism over a wide field, and with specific chemical methods of study. One of his early important contributions was his study of metabolism in typhoid fever, which lead to the development of the Coleman-Shaffer high caloric diet in the treatment of that disease. Interest then shifted to relationships of carbohydrate and fat metabolism, with special emphasis on the significance of ketosis. In these studies he collaborated with many of his students and junior staff members – Williams McKim Marriott, Roger S. Hubbard, Michael Somogyi, Alexis F. Hartmann, Edward A. Doisy, Theodore E. Friedemann, and Ethel Ronzoni. Of special interest, Shaffer developed a rapid method of measuring the sugar in small amounts of blood. Banting and Best used his finding in their discovery and assay of insulin. A case arose not long thereafter where insulin was needed to save the lives of two infants in the St. Louis Children’s Hospital. Shaffer followed Banting and Best’s method. That experience quickly led to understanding that strong acid is needed in the original extraction from the pancreas, and that insulin is a protein and it could be highly concentrated by isoelectric precipitation. At that time, such facts were unknown, either to the Toronto investigators or to the Eli Lilly scientists, who were encountering difficulty in getting consistently potent insulin preparations by the original method. Shaffer’s contributions hastened the commercial production of insulin. In his later years, Shaffer became interested in oxidation-reduction reactions, and in this area his contributions were also of significance.

Shaffer published a total of 72 scientific papers. Yet it is probably fair to state that by far the greatest part of his time and efforts were concerned with administrative issues of the School and University that came before him as a member of the Senate and Executive Faculty and as Dean.

Those of us who were privileged to work with Shaffer admired him most for his extraordinary ability to perceive unusual talent in very young people, a trait which led to many valuable appointments to the School of Medicine (W. McKim Marriott, E. A. Doisy, Evarts A. Graham, E. W. West, Carl and Gerty Cori, David Barr, Willard Allen, Barry Wood, R. A. Moore, to mention just a few), for his tremendous courage in never wavering from the high principles which he set for himself and the School of Medicine, and for his extreme loyalty to the School and his utter unselfishness in working for it.

PAS died December 4, 1960.

(Adapted from a statement written for the Executive Faculty meeting of December, 1960 by Alexis F. Hartmann, Sr., Carl F. Cori, and Joseph Erlanger. Abbreviated and edited for this introduction November 2001.)

Provenance

In 1965, the Dean’s Office transferred to the Library most of the Shaffer Papers from the reorganization of the Medical School to Shaffer’s retirement in 1946. The transfer was said to include files pertaining to Shaffer’s work in biochemistry and to the administration of the Biochemistry department. Material collected by Shaffer on general school problems during his tenure as Dean, was retained in the files of the Dean’s Office (Library notes, vol. 5, no. 3, Christmas 1965, p. 3.). Significant additions to the Shaffer Papers came from the Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs (76-018) and Jane Shaffer Prince (93-022, 95-028. 96-005). Specifics are noted in the individual series.

Access and Use

The collection is open and accessible for research. Certain categories of documentation, however, carry restrictions on access. For detailed information, contact the Archives and Rare Book Section (arb@wusm.wustl.edu). The Library holds copyright.

Scope and Content

The Shaffer papers include ten document series including correspondence, diaries, scrapbooks, short publications, notes, and his Ph.D. dissertation. Major subjects are his research work in biochemistry and the administration of WUSM as dean and head of the Department of Biological Chemistry. His work with Barnes Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, American Society of Biological Chemists and the U. S. Army in World War I are also subjects.

In 2006, this collection contained many deteriorated brittle carbon copies on newsprint and newspaper clippings that chipped or fractured with minimal handling. The acidic newsprint had stained surrounding documents and was losing contrast due to browning. Archives staff made acid-free photocopies to preserve content and contrast for future use and preservation microfilming.

Related Material

Visual Collections, accession, 76-018 & 76-006, 93-022: VC009: (Shaffer, Philip A., photographs, engravings, laboratories of Department of Biological Chemistry, noted British scientists, ca. 1850-1950, 24 items); VC032: (Shaffer, Philip A., lectures visual collections, 1956-1966, 4 items).

Additional documentation on Shaffer’s work as dean is also found in Central Administration records, Subgroup 1, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs and Dean, Series 5, 8, 9, and 11.

Preferred Citation

Cite as: Philip A. Shaffer Papers, Washington University School of Medicine.

Language of Material

English

Controlled Access Headings

Library of Congress Headings
Barnes Hospital (Saint Louis, Mo.).
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine. Department of Biological Chemistry.
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine. Dean.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital.
American Society of Biological Chemists.
Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.). School of Medicine. Library.

Medical Subject Headings
Biochemistry – history
Collected Works [Publication Type]
Insulin – history
Nutrition Physiology
World War I

Art and Architecture Thesaurus
Reprints
Scrapbooks
Diaries

Organization of the Collection (Series List)

Series 1: Publications, 1902-1959. Box 1.
- Subseries 1. Shaffer Publications, 1902-1959 and Bibliography, 1901-1959
- Subseries 2. Publications by Other Authors, 1911-1935
Series 2: Diaries, 1918-1957. Boxes 2-3.
Series 3: Correspondence, alphabetical, 1907-1959. Boxes 4-14.
Series 4: Correspondence, chronological, 1910-1958. Boxes 15-16.
Series 5: Documents concerning Evarts A. Graham, 1957-1958. Box 16.
Series 6: Miscellaneous programs and printed matter, 1913-1937. Box 17.
Series 7: Doctoral dissertation and other papers, 1904, 1956-1957. Box 17.
Series 8: Scrapbook, correspondence [compiled by family], 1920-1953. Box 17.
Series 9: Birthday gift scrapbook, 1956. Boxes 17-18, 20 (Oversize).
Series 10: Files from the Dean’s Office, 1938-1946, Box 19.
- Subseries 1. Files from the Dean’s Office, 1937-1946
- Subseries 2. Additional Papers from the Dean’s Office, 1939-1945

Container List

Series 1: Publications, 1902-1959

The series consists of Shaffer’s reprints in Box 1 and two volumes, acquired from the dean’s office and the Medical Library of the Washington University School of Medicine. The items in Series 1 are noted in the bibliography below as Vol. 1, Vol. 2 or Box 1. No attempt was made to collect his complete work for the archives because the articles from American Journal of Physiology, Journal of Biological Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Science are on-line and other articles are available in Becker Library and other libraries. Three early papers are an integral part of his doctoral dissertation, Box 17, Folder 12, with page numbers noted below.

Subseries 1. Shaffer Publications, 1902-1959 and Bibliography, 1901-1959

Box 1

Vol. 1 (WZ S525 1902-14)
Reprints, Schaffer, 1902-1914
Titles listed as vol. 1 in bibliography below. Order not chronological.

Vol. 2 (WZ S525 1912-14)
Reprints, 1915-1925
Titles listed as vol. 2 in bibliography below. Order not chronological.

Selected reprints, 1914-1959, 1:1.
Titles listed as Box 1 in bibliography below.

BIBLIOGRAPHY by Edward A. Doisy published in Biographical memoirs 40:330-336 (1969) with additions.

KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS:

Am. J. Physiol. = American Journal of Physiology
J. Am. Chem. Soc. = Journal of the American Chemical Society
J. Biol. Chem. = Journal of Biological Chemistry
Washington Univ. Med. Alum. Quart. = Washington University Medical Alumni Quarterly
Z. Physiol. Chem. = Hoppe Seylers Zeitschrift für physiologische Chemie

1901

With Otto Folin. Ueber die Quantitative Bestimmung der Harnsäure im Harn. Z. physiol. Chem., 32:552-572. In Shaffer’s doctoral dissertation, Box 17, folder 10, p. 39.

1902

With Otto Folin. On phosphate metabolism. Am. J. Physiol., 7:135-151. In v. 1, no. 17. In Shaffer’s doctoral dissertation, Box 17, folder 10, p. 57.

1903

On the quantitative determination of ammonia in urine. Am. J. Physiol., 8:330-354. In Shaffer’s doctoral dissertation, Box 17, folder 10, p. 34.

1904

With Otto Folin. Some metabolism studies. With special reference to mental disorders. American Journal of Insanity, 60:699-732; continued in 61:299-364.

1905

With B. H. Buxton. Enzymes in tumors. Journal of Medical Research, 8:543-554. In v. 1, no. 8.

With S. P. Beebe. The chemistry of malignant growths. IV. The pentose content of tumors. Am. J. Physiol., 14:231-238. In v. 1, no. 2.

Some observations on the enzyme catalase. Am. J. Physiol., 14:299-312.

With Loring Jackson. The action of methyl alcohol on hexabromorthoquinopyrocatechin ether. American Chemical journal, 34:460-467. In v. 1, no.1.

1906

With B. H. Buxton. Die Agglutination und verwandte Reaktionen in physiologischer Hinsicht. I. Z. physiol. Chem., 57:47-63.

Metabolism experiments upon a woman with a permanent biliary fistula. Am. J. Physiol., 17:362-391. In v. 1, no. 10.

1907

Protein metabolism in exophthalmic goitre. J. Biol. Chem., 3:xiii-xiv.

With C. G. L. Wolf. Protein metabolism in cystinuria. Proc. Soc. Biol. Chem., 3:xxix.

1908

With C. G. L. Wolf. Protein metabolism in cystinuria. J. Biol. Chem., 4:439-472. In v. 1, no. 18.

Diminished muscular activity and protein metabolism. Am. J. Physiol., 22:445-455. In Vol. 1, no. 7.

Metabolism in typhoid fever. Journal of the American Medical Association, 51:974-978. In v. 1, no. 11.

The excretion of kreatinin and kreatin in health and disease. Am. J. Physiol., 23:1-22. In v. 1, no. 9.

A method for the quantitative determination of ß-oxybutyric acid in urine. J. Biol. Chem., 5:211-223. In v. 1, no. 12.

1909

The destruction of body-protein in fever. J. Biol. Chem., 6:xxvii.

With Warren Coleman. Protein metabolism in typhoid fever. Archives of Internal Medicine, 4:538-600. In v. 1, no. 19.

Observations on the metabolism of a subject of diabetes. Proc. Soc. Exp. Biol. Med., 6:129-131. In v. 1, no. 16.

1910

With E. A. Reinoso. Note on the determination of kreatinin. J. Biol. Chem., 7:xiii-xiv.

With E. A. Reinoso. Do muscle and blood serum contain kreatinin? J. Biol. Chem., 7:xxx.

1912

Note on a new salt of ß-oxybutyric acid. J. Biol. Chem., 11:xi.

1913

With McKim Marriott. The determination of oxybutyric acid J. Biol. Chem., 16:265-280. In Vol. 1, no. 3.

Series 1 copy has two papers by Marriott in same issue.

1914

The effect of glucose on autolysis: a possible explanation of the protein‑sparing action of carbohydrates. J. Biol. Chem., 17:xlii-xliii.

Observations on creatine and creatinine. J. Biol. Chem., 18:525-540. In v. 1, no. 15.

On the determination of sugar in blood. J. Biol. Chem., 19:285-295. In v. 1, no. 13.

On the normal level of blood-sugar of the dog. J. Biol. Chem., 19:297-302. In v. 1, no. 14.

The American Society of Biological chemists, Science, 39 (997):218-220. In Box 1:1.

1915

With R. S. Hubbard. The level of blood sugar in the dog. J. Biol. Chem., 20:xxxiv.

The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Science, 41, (1054): 405.

1916

With R. S. Hubbard. The determination of ß-hydroxybutyric acid. J. Biol. Chem., 24:xxvii.

1920

With Otto Folin and A. P. Mathews. Report on the teaching of biochemistry. Association of American Medical Colleges, 30:107-114.

1921

Further observations on the mechanism of the ketolytic (antiketogenic) action of glucose. J. Biol. Chem., 46:vi-viii.

Metabolism in diabetes from the standpoint of antiketogenesis. Proceedings of the Washington University Medical Society, December 12, p. 2.

With A. F. Hartmann. The iodometric determination of copper and its use in sugar analysis. I. Equilibria of the reaction between copper sulfate and potassium iodide. J. Biol. Chem., 45:349-364. In v. 2, no. 1.

With A. F. Hartmann. The iodometric determination of copper and its use in sugar analysis. II. Methods for the determination of reducing sugars in blood, urine, milk and other solutions. J. Biol. Chem., 45:365-390. In v. 2, no. 1.

With A. P. Briggs. The excretion of acetone from the lungs. J. Biol. Chem., 48:413-428. In v. 2, no. 3.

Antiketogenesis. I. An in vitro analogy. J. Biol. Chem., 47:433-448. In v. 2, no.2. & Box 1.

Antiketogenesis. II. The ketogenic-antiketogenic balance in man. J. Biol. Chem., 47:449-473. In v. 2, no. 2.

Antiketogenesis. III. Calculation of the ketogenic balance from the respiratory quotients. J. Biol. Chem., 49:143-162. In v. 2, no. 4.

1922

Antiketogenesis. The ketogenic-antiketogenic balance in man and its significance in diabetes. J. Biol. Chem., 50:26-27. In v. 2, no. 5.

Antiketogenesis. IV. The ketogenic-antiketogenic balance in man and its significance in diabetes. J. Biol. Chem., 54:399-441. In v. 2, no. 6.

1923

With E. A. Doisy and Michael Somogyi. Some properties of an active constituent of pancreas (insulin). J. Biol. Chem., 55:xxxi-xxxii. In v. 2, no. 7.

With Ethel Ronzoni. Ether anaesthesia. I. The determination of ethyl ether in air and in blood and its distribution ratio between blood and air. J. Biol. Chem., 57:741-760. In v. 2, no. 9.

Intermediary metabolism of carbohydrates. Physiol. Rev. 3:394-437. In v. 2, no. 8.

Antiketogenesis: its mechanism and significance. Harvey Lectures, 1923/24, 18:105-136 In v. 2, no.13; Medicine, 2:375-404. In v. 2, no. 10.

1924

With T. E. Friedemann. Antiketogenesis. V. The ketolytic reaction; action of glycolaldehyde and of glyoxal. J. Biol. Chem., 61:585-623. In v. 2, no. 14. and Box 1.

With Michael Somogyi and E. A. Doisy. On the preparation and properties of insulin. J. Biol. Chem., 59:xxxiii-xxxiv.

With Michael Somogyi and E. A. Doisy. On the preparation of insulin. J. Biol. Chem., 60:31-58. In v. 2, no. 11.

Ketosis and carbohydrate metabolism. Annals of Clinical Medicine, 3:93-95. In v. 2, no. 12.

1927

Metabolism of carbohydrates in relation to ketosis. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 3:148-158.

With T. E. Friedemann and M. Cotonio. The determination of lactic acid. J. Biol. Chem., 73:335-358.

On coupled reactions: the intermediate peroxides in the oxidation of ferrous salts. J. Biol. Chem., 74:xlvi-xlvii.

1928

With N. Ariyama. Potentiometric determination of relative reducing rates of sugars for ferricyanide and iodine. J. Biol. Chem., 78:li.

1929

With B. K. Harned and W. B. Wendel. Further studies on antiketogenesis: the oxidation of acetoacetate, induced by air oxidation of sugars, and by aeration of tissue suspensions. Am. J. Physiol., 90:513.

1930

With W. B. Wendel. Induced oxidations in blood. Oxidation of lactic to pyruvic acid by methylene blue. J. Biol. Chem., 87:xx.

With T. E. Friedemann. Sugar activation by alkali. I. Formation of lactic and saccharinic acids. J. Biol. Chem., 86:345-374. In Box 1.

1931

With B. K. Harned. Oxidations induced by sugars. I. The formation of barium peroxide. J. Biol. Chem., 93:311-325. In Box 1.

1932

With Ethel Ronzoni. Carbohydrate metabolism. Annual Review of Biochemistry, 1:247-266.

With F. Urban. The acidic property of sugars. J. Biol. Chem., 94:697-715.

1933

With Michael Somogyi. Copper-iodometric reagents for sugar determination. J. Biol. Chem., 100:695-713. In Box 1.

With P. W. Preisler, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, News Edition, 11:236 (1933).

Reaction velocity and the “equivalence-change principle.” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 55:2169-2170. In Box 1.

1934

The influence of equivalent-valence change on the velocity of aqueous oxidation-reduction reactions. J. Biol. Chem., 105:lxxviii-lxxix.

1935

Otto Folin. Science, 81:35-37.

A simple factor affecting the velocity of ionic oxidation-reduction reactions in aqueous solutions: equivalence of valence change. Science, 81:464-465. In Box 1.

With R. D. Williams. Sugar determination by the ferricyanide electrode. J. Biol. Chem., 111:707-723. In Box 1.

Fat. In: Cyclopedia of Medicine, rev. ed., 1934/35, Vol. 8, pp. 846-860.

1936

With E. S. Hill. Semiquinones of anthraquinone sulfonates. J. Biol. Chem., 114:1i.

Catalysis of ionic oxidation-reduction reactions by dyes and its probable mechanism. Journal of Physical Chemistry, 40:1021-1026. In Box 1.

1937

Slow ionic oxidation-reduction reactions: their mechanism and catalysis. Science, 85(2193):53. January 8, 1937. In Box 1.

Stanley Rossiter Benedict. J. Biol. Chem., 117:429ff.

Address by Professor Philip Anderson Shaffer, In Williams McKim Marriott, 1885-1936: memorial addresses at a meeting held in the auditorium of the Washington University School of Medicine, Sunday, January 3, 1937. Privately printed, Washington University: St. Louis, pp. 5-10.

1939

The mode of action by sulphanilamid. Science, 89(2320):547-550 (June 16, 1939). In Box 1.

The mode of action by sulphanilamid. In Third International Congress for Microbiology (Report of the Proceedings). Waverly Press, Inc., Baltimore, 1939, pp. 592-593.

The “equivalence change principle” in ionic oxidation-reduction reactions. Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology, 7:50-58. In Box 1.

The Washington University School of Medicine, Reprinted from The Centennial volume of the St. Louis Medical Society, October 1939, St. Louis, Mo.: St. Louis Medical Society, 1939, 12 pp. In Becker Library Collection.

1940

Chemotherapy (address in symposium). Proc. Associated Harvard Clubs, 1940, p. 158.

With H. L. Barnett, A.F. Hartmann, E.K. Marshall, Jr., and B.B. Wendel. 1940. Mode of action of sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine. In: Panel discussion on chemotherapy. (Trans. Amer. Acad. Ped.) J. Pediatrics, 16:396-407.

1942

Joseph Nash McDowell. Washington Univ. Med. Alum. Quart., 5:170-174.

1946

With L. Berger. Kinetics of the iodination of tyrosine. Federation Proceedings, 5:121-122. In Box 1.

1950

Robert S. Brookings. Washington Univ. Med. Alum. Quart., 13:121, 124-127.

Biographical notes on Dr. Leo Loeb. Archives of Pathology, 50:661-662.

1952

Otto Folin, 1867-1934. National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs, 27:47-82. In Box 1.

1954

Otto Folin. J. Nutrition, 52:1-12. In Box 1.

1956

Origin and development of the American Society of Biological Chemists. Federation Proceedings, 15:800-802. In Box 1.

1957

Evarts Ambrose Graham 1883-1957. American Philosophical Society Year Book, 11:121-26. 1959. In Box 1.

1959

With P. W. Preisler, E. S. Hill, and R. G. Loeffel. Oxidation-reduction potentials, ionization constants and semiquinone formation of indigo sulfonates and their reduction products. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 81:1991-1995. In Box 1.

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Subseries 2. Publications by Other Authors, 1911-1935

Box 1

Bulletin of Washington University, catalog of the Medical School, June 1911, 1:2.

Heavily annotated in Shaffer’s handwriting. Significant because he was the Dean of the School of Medicine twice.

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, United States Department of the Interior, 1935, 1:3.

Fifth International Congress on Nutrition, Sept. 1-7, 1960, a mailing addressed to Shaffer, 1:4.

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Series 2: Calendars and Diaries, 1918-1957

This series contains day-by day records. Box 3 is a series of heavily annotated leather bound diaries, 1936-1952. The small diaries have sections for identification, appointment calendar, memoranda, cash accounts, and addresses. The calendar section contains professional and personal appointments and to do list, comments on meetings. Box 2 contains miscellaneous large calendars and dated notes housed in folders and PAS’s World War I diary, given by Jane Shaffer Prince (95-028).

Box 2

World War I diary, 1918, 2:1.
- Notes on people, events, diet and foodstuffs.
Yearbook, 1936, 2:2.
Diary for January 17- February 15, 1938, 2:3.
- Notes on people, possible candidates on trip to Toronto, Harvard, etc. via Chicago.
1951 Daybook, 2:4.
1953 Daybook, 2:5.
1954 Daybook, 2:6.
1955 Calendar, 2:7.
1956 Daybook, 2:8.
- No entries.
1957 Daybook, 2:9.

Box 3

Diary P.A.S., 1936, 3:1.
Diary P.A.S., 1937, 3:2.
Diary P.A.S., 1938, 3:3.
Diary P.A.S., 1939, 3:4.
Diary P.A.S., 1940, 3:5.
Diary P.A.S., 1941, 3:6.
Diary P.A.S., 1942, 3:7.
Diary P.A.S., 1943, 3:8.
Diary P.A.S., 1944, 3:9.
- Contains PAS’s membership card for “St. Louis Speaks” and a list of possible trustees.
Diary P.A.S., 1945, 3:10.
Diary P.A.S., 1946, 3:11.
Diary P.A.S., 1947, 3:12.
Diary P.A.S., 1948, 3:13.
Diary P.A.S., 1949, 3:14.
Diary P.A.S., 1950, 3:15.
Diary P.A.S., 1952, 3:16.
Diary P.A.S., 1953, 3:17.

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Series 3: Correspondence, Alphabetical, 1907-1959

Boxes 4-14. This series is from the Department of Biochemistry. It was acquired in November 1965 via the Dean’s Office.

Box 4

A, miscellaneous, 1956, 4:1.
American Association of Clinical Chemists, 1954, 4:2.
American Chemical Society, Chemical Reviews, 1936-1937, 4:3.
American Chemical Society, manuscripts, 1914-1955, 4:4.
American Chemical Society, St. Louis section, 1944-1945, 4:5.
First World War, 1918, folder 1, 4:6.
First World War, 1918, folder 2, 4:7.
First World War, 1917-1919, folder 3, 4:8.

Box 5

First World War, nutrition, 1917-1918, folder 1, 5:1.
First World War, nutrition, 1917-1922, folder 2, 5:2.
A. E. F, First World War, Dr. Shaffer (Nutrition). United States Food Administration Statistical Division Information Service bulletins, 1917-1918, 5:3.
American Philosophical Society, 1952-1959, 5:4.
American Societies for Experimental Biology, Federation of, 1930, 5:5.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, Panama-Pacific exposition, 1912-1915, 5:6.
- Oversize invitation to 20:1.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, nominating committee of, 1933-1942, 5:7.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, program committee, 1935 meeting in Detroit, 1934, 5:8.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, Dr. Shaffer’s talk at 50th anniversary dinner, April 18, 1956, folder 1, 5:9.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, Dr. Shaffer’s talk at 50th anniversary dinner, April 18, 1956, folder 2, 5:10.

Box 6

American Society of Biological Chemistry, second 25 years, 1907, 1955, 6:1.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, editorial committee, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1917-1956, 6:2.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, historical dates, [1926, 1938, 1949-1956], 1955, 6:3.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, editorial committee, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1940-1956, 6:4.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, editorial committee, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1937-1939, 6:5.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, editorial committee, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1937, 6:6.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, editorial committee, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1932-1936, 6:7.

Box 7

American Society of Biological Chemistry, editorial committee, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1919-1931, 7:1.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, Journal of Biological Chemistry, manuscripts, 1930-1932, 7:2.
American Society of Biological Chemistry, 1913-1914, 7:3.
Meetings of American Society of Biological Chemistry, 8th-10th, 1913-1915, 7:4.
Association of American Medical Colleges, 1919, 7:5.
B – 1936-1956, 7:6.
- Ball, Eric
  Bierman, Howard R.
  Bourne, Geoffrey
  Burgess Publishing
  Burstein, Elias
Barnes Hospital-Medical School, concerning Unit Organization, 1936, 7:7.
Benedict, Stanley R., 1937, 7:8.
Brookhill Farm, 1945-1957, 7:9.
Brookings, Robert S., 1913, 1929, 7:10.
Budgets, 1947-1958, 7:11.
Budgets, 1910-1915, 7:12.
C – 1936-1938, 7:13.
- Clark, Guy
  Coryell, Charles D.
  Cori, Gerty T.

Box 8

Carlson, Anton, J, 1956-1957, 8:1.
Clopton, Malvern B., 1937-1945, 8:2.
Commonwealth Fund, 1937, 8:3.
Group Clinic, Dr. Shaffer, 1945-1958, 8:4.
Group Clinic, Dr. Shaffer, New York Hospital and Cornell Medical College, 1945, 8:5.
Group Clinic, Dr. Shaffer, University of Pennsylvania, 1944-1946, 8:6.
Group clinics, 1936-1951, 8:7.
Group clinics, 1946, 8:8.
Coleman, Warren, 1911-1912, 8:9.
Cori, Gerty T., 1950-1957, 8:10.
Dock, George, 1939, 8:11.
Dedication of buildings, WUSM, April 29-30, 1915, 8:12.
- Contains program.
DuBois, Eugene F., 1922-1923, 8:13.
Doisy, Edward A., 1919-1920, 8:14.
Evans, Lester J., 1946, 8:15.
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1933-1936, 8:16.
Federation meetings, 1914-1915, 8:17.

Box 9

Flexner, Abraham, 1920-1921, 9:1.
Flynn, Laura, 1940-1943, 9:2.
Folin, Otto, 1934-1954, 9:3.
Folin, Otto, data for memoir, 1934-1950, 9:4.
Freiberg, Irene Koechig, 1944, 9:5.
Friedmann, T. E., 1930-1941, 9:6.
- Oversized graph, fig. 9, to 20:2.
G – 1948, 1919, 9:7.
- Gorin, Manuel
  Goldschmidt, Samuel
Gamble, James L., 1922, 9:8.
Geis, W. G. (and others), 1907-1917, 9:9.
Graham, Evarts A., 1957, 9:10.
Gregg, Alan, 1946-1957, 9:11.
H – 1934-1948, 9:12.
- Hinsey, Joseph C.
  Hill, Tony
  Hastings, A. Baird
  Holmes, Walter C.
Harvey Society lectures, 1919, 9:13.
Herzstein lectures, Shaffer, 1932-1933, 9:14.
Honorary degrees, W. U., 1936-1939, 9:15.
Insulin, 1922-1923, [1951-1952] 9:16.
- Somogyi, Michael
  Macleod, J. J. R.
  Hutchison, F. Lorne
  Jensen, H.
  Noyes, Arthur A.
  Clowes, G. H. A.
  Best, C. H.
  Defries, R. D.
  Includes reprints.
Thirteenth (13th) International Physiological Congress, Boston, August 19-23, 1929, 1928-1929, 9:17.

Box 10

J – 1936-1937, 10:1.
- John, Henry J.
  Jackson, C. N.
Journals, Dr. Shaffer, 1945-1946, 1957, 10:2.
Journal of Nutrition, 1938-1942, 10:3.
L – 1933-1951, 10:4.
- Lamb, Arthur.
  Lang, Jr., George
  Letterman, W. Gordon
  Li, Choh Hao
  Lindauer, Maurice
  Little, Max A.
  Lock, Arthur
  Lovelace, W. R., II
Eli Lilly Award Committee, 1935-1940, 10:5.
Loeb, Leo, appointment to staff and Department of Comparative Pathology, 1915-1937, 10:6.
Los Alamos, 1946-1949, 10:7.

Box 11

M – 1934-1944, 11:1.
- Mallinckrodt Chemical
  Marshall, E. K., Jr.
  Mattill, H. A.
  Mayer, R. L.
  McLain, Paul L.
  Mellon, R. R.
  Michaelis, L.
  Monsanto Chemical
  Moore, Sherwood
  Morgulis, S.
  Morse, Withrow
  Murlin, John
  Myers, V. C.
Mallinckrodt, Edward Jr., 1917-1937, 11:2.
Markle Foundation, 1943, 11:3.
Marriott, W. McKim, 1936-1937, 11:4.
Me – 1954-1958, 11:5.
- Mel McKerrow?
  Mead Johnson Institute
Medical Brotherhood, 1915-1917, 11:6.
Medical education-1915-1916, 1933-1943, 11:7.
Medical School, Administrative Committee, 1936, 11:8.
Medical School, Anatomy, 1937-1938, 11:9.
Medical School, animal quarters, 1914, 1916, 1946, 11:10.
Medical School, Bacteriology, 1937, 11:11.
Medical School, Biological Chemistry, 1914-1938, 11:12.
Medical School, Chancellor, 1935-1937, 11:13.
Medical School, Executive Faculty, 1917-1919, 11:14.
Medical School, Library, 1913, 11:15.
Medical School, McMillan Hospital, O. J. I., 1936-1937, 1945, 11:16.
Medical School, miscellaneous, 1936-1945, 11:17.
Medical School, Pediatrics, 1936, 11:18.
Medical School, Pharmacology, 1936, 11:19.

Box 12

Medical School, pre-medical curriculum at Washington University, 1914, 12:1.
Medical School, schedules, 1910, 12:2.
Medical School, Social Services, 1919-1920, 12:3.
Medical School, Surgery, 1919, 12:4.
N – 1936-1945, 12:5.
- Narcotic report
  Nash, T. P.
  National Board
  Neuwirth, Isaac
  Noyes, W. A.
  Nutrition
  Nutter, Pauline
National Academy of Sciences, 1941-1946, 12:6.
National Academy of Sciences, 1933-1943, 12:7.
National Research Council, meeting in St. Louis, Nov. 10-12, 1952, 1952, folder 1, 12:8.
National Research Council, 1951-1952, folder 2, 12:9.

Box 13

National Research Council, 1933-1941, 13:1.
National Research Council, Endocrinology Fund Q225BC, 1937-1941, 13:2.
National Science Foundation, 1947-1950, 13:3.
Newspaper clippings, 1913 clipping on Osler and Johns Hopkins hospital; 1945 St. Louis highlighted as medical center by Nobel Awards, penicillin in research, pictorial spread of research in St. Louis, 13:4.
O – 1910 clipping about William H. Welch, 13:5.
- Caricature of Welch and students, including Eugene Opie (to Oversize, 20:3-4).
P – 1921-1939, 13:6.
- Paine, H. E.
  Park, E. A.
  Parks, George B.
  Parr Instrument Co.
  Perley, Anne
  Peters, John B.
  Peters, R. A.
  Peterson, W. H.
  Pfaltz and Bauer
  Phillips, Robert A.
  Ponder, Eric
  Prichard, L. E.
  Proetz, Arthur
  Proud, G. O’Neil
  Precision Scientific
  Public Works Administration (PWA)
  Purchasing Dept., Washington University
Phi Beta Pi, 1949-1952, 13:7.
R – 1934-1955, 13:8.
- Richards, A. N.
  Reithel, Francis J.
  Robertson, D. F.
  Richter, Curt
  Robbins, William J.
  Rose, W. C.
  Russell, Jane
  Russian War Relief
Rockefeller Foundation, 1931-1938, 13:9.
S – 1914-1956, 13:10.
- Scott, A. C.
  Scott, D. A.
  Sott, E. L.
  Souge, Paula
  Sachs, Ernest
  Schlomovitz, B. H.
  Speakman, H. B.
  Sendroy, Julius
  South, E. H.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, 1917, 13:11.
St. Louis Medical Society, 1937, 13:12.
Senate of University, 1939-1945, 13:13.
Shackelford, Horace H., 1913-1920, 13:14.

Box 14

Shaffer, Philip A., personal, 1936-1954, 14:1.
Sigma Xi, 1915-1918, 14:2.
Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine, 1919-1945, 14:3.
Stare, Fredrick J., 1934-1940, 14:4.
Sulphanilamide, mode of action of, 1939-1940, 14:5.
T - 1916-1958, 14:6.
- Trimble, Harry C.
  Town and Gown
  Tracy, Martha
  Troop, George R.
  Thomas, Lloyd E.
U-V – 1916-1945, 14:7.
- Vigneaud, Vincent du
  Visscher, M. B.
  Valentine, Alan
  Veeder, Borden S.
  Van Slyke, D. D.
Urban, Frank, 1931-1945, 14:8.
W – 1921, 1955, 14:9.
- Winstein, S.
  Woodyatt, R. T.
Washington University Association, 1914-1917, 1937, 14:10.
Washington University Medical Society, 1916, 14:11.
Washington University School of Nursing, 1921-1937, 14:12.
Washington University Senate, 1919-1950, 14:13.
Washington University War Memorial Association, 1920, 14:14.
Welch, Arnold, 1940-1944, 14:15.
Wendel, William B., 1947, 1957, 14:16.
West, Edward S., 1935-1955, 14:17.
X-Y – 1935-1949, 14:18.
- Yost, Don M.
  Young, Leslie

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Series 4: Correspondence, Chronological, 1910-1958

Boxes 15-16. This series is chronological but has certain subject matter also found in Series 3 and the Dean’s correspondence for Shaffer’s tenure as Dean. For example, much material is on Shaffer’s work with the Department of Biological Chemistry and with the Executive Faculty when he was Dean. Included are documents on proposed departments or programs such as Neuropsychiatry (1937) and the Physiological Institute (1942). The Barnes Hospital-Medical School controversy (1936-1937) was resolved by means of a Barnes Hospital Committee (1937). Included are documents relating to a failed challenge to the policy of full time appointment in clinical departments (1943-1945). Resulting from that challenge was a report to the Executive Faculty on planning for the post-war years and an innovation called “group practice” (1944-1945). Folder 1, for example, solely concerns plans for the new buildings at the Department of Medicine in 1910, but other correspondence on the physical plant and reorganization of the old Medical Department is found throughout Folders 2-5. The 1957 letter from Linus Pauling concerns a petition to halt nuclear testing in the atmosphere that Shaffer signed.

Box 15

1910, instructions on buildings, 15:1.
- Houston, D. F., Chancellor
  Dock, George
1911, 15:2.
- Lusk, Graham
  Kendall, Arthur I.
  Dock, George
  Hatcher, R. A.
  Weil, Richard
  Edsall, D. L.
  Murphy, Fred T.
  Gorshire, Ernest
  Report of dispensaries and hospitals.
1912, 15:3.
- Sites, J. McKee
  Opie, Eugene
  Graf, Vincent
  Lusk, Graham
  Warren, W. H.
  Hatcher, R. A.
  Snow, Marshall S.
  Houston, D. F.
  Howland, John
  Greenwald, Isador
  Woodyatt, R.
  Leathes, J. B.
1913, 15:4.
- Theo C. Link & Sons, Architect. By George N. Sanger
  - Plans located in oversize box, 20:5.
- Schwarz paper on serodiagnosis of pregnancy
  Schwarz, Henry
  Howland, John
  Hall, Frederick A., Acting Chancellor
  Levy, Magnus
  Potter, Nathaniel Bowditch
  Tuttle, George T.
  Opie, Eugene L.
  Lusk, Graham
  Gies, Wm. J.
1914, 15:5.
- Lusk, Graham
  Hatcher, R. A.
  Patterson, Guillermo, Jr.
  Murlin, J. R.
  Opie, Eugene L.
  Warren, William H.
1915, 15:6.
- Howe, Paul E.
  Polk, William M.
  Hatcher, R. A.
  Opie, Eugene L.
  Lusk, Graham
  Lang, George Jr.
1916, 15:7.
- Flexner, Abraham
  Lusk, Graham
  Alsberg, Carl L.
  Garrey, W. E.
  Loeb, Leo
  Hatcher, R. A.
  Weil, Richard
  Gies, William J.
  Slyke, Donald D.
  Beebes, S. P.
  Others
1917, 15:8.
- Langsdorf, Alexander S.
  Lusk, Graham
  Wilson, Woodrow, President of the United States. (petitions)
1919, 15:9.
- Heller, Otto
  Hoskins, E.J., Major
  Haviland and Sons
  Lamke, G. W.
  More
1920, 15:10.
- Comparative Pathology, WUSM
  Loeb, Leo
  Pearce, Richard M.
  Rockefeller Foundation. Division of Medical Education
  University College Medical School, London
  Robinson, G. Canby
1921, 15:11.
- Hornor, Albert A.
  Hubbard, Roger S.
1927, 15:12.
- Shaffer, Philip, publications
1928, 15:13.
- Ariyama, N.
1930, 15:14.
- Dinner honoring Francis Gano Benedict, Algonquin Club, Boston.
1934, 15:15.
- Otto Folin obituary
  Wood, W. B.
1935, 15:16.
- Gasser, Herbert S.
  Neff, Carroll F. with “Vitamin assay procedures used by the Biological Department, Anheuser-Busch, Inc.”
1936, 15:17.
- Gasser, Herbert S.
  Rockefeller Institute
1937, 15:18.
- Kirby, Daniel. [Barnes Hospital Committee]
  “Medical School-Barnes Hospital controversy”
  Fred
  Stanley Rossiter Benedict obituary
  Notes on David M. Rioch, Carlyle Jacobsen, Whitehorn and department of Neuropsychiatry, December 22-23, 1937.
  Reviewing the fields of research … Department of Biological Chemistry during the last thirty years … sent to Dr. Erlanger at his request.
1938, 15:19.
- Ariyama, N.
  Throop, George R.
  Weaver, Warren
  Rockefeller Foundation
1939, 15:20.
- Hartmann, Alexis F.
  Marshall, E. K., Jr.
  - Correspondence and drafts related to panel discussion later published by H. L. Barnett, A.F. Hartmann, E.K. Marshall, Jr., and B.B. Wendel in 1940. Mode of action of sulfanilamide and sulfapyridine. In: Panel discussion on chemotherapy. (Trans. Amer. Acad. Ped.) J. Pediatrics, 16:396-407.
- Marriott, Betty (Mrs. W. McKim Marriot)
  Graham, Evarts (with Shaffer’s speech on Dr. E.A. Graham, celebrating his 20 years as Professor of Surgery).
1940, 15:21.
- Opie, Eugene L.
  Murphy, Fred T.
1941, 15:22.
- Somogyi, Michael
1942, 15:23.
- Caulfield, H. S.
1943, 15:24.
- Maternity Hospital staff physicians
1944, 15:25.
- Greenwald, Isador
  Allen, Willard M.
  Retirement policy
1945, 15:26.
- Miller, Harry M. Jr., The Rockefeller Foundation
  Gregg, Alan, The Rockefeller Foundation
  Hanson, F. B., The Rockefeller Foundation
  Wallace Harry B., Acting Chancellor, Washington University
  Clark, E. Gurney
  McGavran, Edward G.
  - Preventive Medicine, premedical and medical education, the death of F.B. Hanson
1946, 15:27.
- Kaiser, Helen
  Parker, W. B.
  Barr, David P.
  Gregg, Alan

Box 16

1947, 16:1.
- Oberfell, G. G.
  Bradley, F. R.
  Belknap, Charles
  Compton, Arthur H.
  Stearns, J. C.
  McAlister, E. D.
1948, 16:2.
- Chancellor’s Office
1949, 16:3.
- Richards, A.N., National Academy of Sciences
  Forchheimer, Otto L.
  Michaelis, L.
  Phi Beta Pi
  Carmichael, Emmett B.
  Payment of dues
  Moore, Robert A.
1950, 16:4.
- Tributes to Robert S. Brookings
1952, 16:5.
- Hearned, B. K.
  Nagano, S. M.
  Lewis, Howard
  Fox, Marjorie E. [later Marjorie Fox Grisham.]
  Executive Committee, April 8, 1952, re rules
1953, 16:6.
- Moore, Robert A.
  - Resignation as dean and professor of pathology.
1954, 16:7.
- Longsworth, Lewis G.
  Olson, A. R.
  Berg, Clarence
  - Death of Dr. Henry A. Mattill
- Hammett, Louis P.
1955, 16:8.
- LuValle, J. E.
  Murlin, John R.
  Gildea, Edward F.
  - Program and Shaffer’s speech on the early history of the neuropsychiatry department for the dedication of Renard Hospital.
- Robinson, G. Canby
  Yust, Walter
  - Article on Edward Adelbert Doisy for Encyclopedia Brittanica
- Cady, Lee D.
  - With printed matter on the Veterans Administration Hospital in Houston
1956, 16:9.
- Robinson, G. Canby
  Lowry, Oliver H.
  - Dedication of University of Missouri Medical Center
- Kettelkamp, F. G.
  - Alumni Citation Committee
1957, 16:10.
- Greenwald, Isidor.
  Scrimshaw, Nevin S.
  Pauling, Linus.
1958, 16:11.
- Snively, Jr., W. D.
  Mead Johnson & Company.
  Medical Evansville a Century Ago.

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Series 5: Tribute to Evarts A. Graham, 1957-1958

Working files for Shaffer’s tribute to Graham published in 1959 as “Evarts Ambrose Graham 1883-1957,” American Philosophical Society Year Book, 11:121-26. Includes curriculum vitae, published biographical sketches, notes, manuscripts, and correspondence with the American Philosophical Society and National Academy of Science concerning obituaries for Graham. Also includes Shaffer’s files on other honors for Graham especially the nomination of Graham to the National Academy of Sciences.

Box 16

Typed early work sheets on Graham, by Philip A. Shaffer, 16:12.
- With notes by N.E.S. (Nan Evans Shaffer).
Evarts A. Graham’s death, Post Dispatch, obituaries, clippings, 1957, 16:13.
Evarts Graham First Memoir, 1937-1958, 16:14.
- P.A.S, hand written draft.
  Moyer, Carl A., “Evarts A. Graham, 1883-1957,” The Pharos of Alpha Omega Alpha, Vol. 21, no. 1, 1958, pp. 29-30.
  Curriculum vitae, 1937.
Graham notes, “Evarts A. Graham, 1883-1957,” four manuscript drafts, 16:15.
Graham – excerpts of manuscripts sent, letters, etc., 1919-1957, 16:16.
- Curriculum vitae
  Evarts A. Graham, “A tribute to Rollin Turner Woodyatt,” Quarterly Bulletin, Northwestern University Medical School, 1956, Fall Quarter
  Shaffer, Philip A., “Evarts Ambrose Graham, 1883-1957,” Year Book of the American Philosophical Society, 1957
  Letters concerning Evarts A. Graham
  Graham, Evarts A., “A Brief Account of the Development of Thoracic Surgery and Some of its Consequences.” Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics 104:241-250 (1957)
  Excerpts from sheets sent to Dr. Dryden, original sent to Nat’l A.
  Evarts Ambrose Graham, Bixby Professor of Surgery, programme, 1939
  Memorial service program
  Letter to F. E. Wright, National Academy of Sciences, 1939
  List of journals, degrees of Evarts A. Graham, staff of the Department of Surgery, March 1919 and March 1920

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Series 6: Programs and Printed Matter, 1913-1937

Announcements, pamphlets, reprints, resolutions, and early programs from the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology. Transferred from the office of the Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs (76-018).

Box 17

Course of lectures on protein metabolism by Otto Folin, Harvard University, dedication of new laboratories. Washington University, n.d. [1915], 17:1.
“Contribution of Washington University to the war and in particular to France,” n.d., 17:2.
Marriott, W. McKim, memorial service announcement for, 1937, 17:3.
Richards, Theodore William, 1869-1928, n.d.,17:4.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, annual meeting program, 1913, 17:5.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, annual meeting, 1914, 17:6.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, annual meeting program, 1915, 17:7.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, resolution adopted re: World War I, December 28, 1914, 17:8.
The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, menu, 1914, 17:9.

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Series 7: Doctoral Dissertation and Other Papers, 1901-1957

In 1992 Jane Shaffer Prince gave this dissertation and associated correspondence with Curt P. Richter (93-022) to the Library. The 1904 dissertation is a bound volume with a bookplate, “Philip A. Shaffer, Humanity and Truth.” Shaffer’s was the first doctorate in biological chemistry to be awarded at Harvard. Volume 1, text, is part of this series. Volume II, tables, is missing. (Copies of both volumes of Shaffer’s thesis are listed in Harvard Library’s catalog.)

Box 17

Shaffer’s Ph.D. dissertation, “An investigation of metabolism in the insane together with a discussion of analytical technique in metabolism experiments,” volume 1, text, 93 leaves, Harvard University, 1904, 17:10.
- Included are Shaffer’s notes on purpose, results and an abbreviated manuscript list of tables – most likely, the tables prepared for vol. 2 – normal, manic depressive, involution melancholia, dementia praecox, general paralysis, organic dementia. Integral to the dissertation are three early published papers:
  p. 34: On the quantitative determination of ammonia in urine. 1903. Am. J. Physiol., 8:330-354.
  p. 39: With Otto Folin. 1903. Ueber die Quantitative Bestimmung der Harnsäure im Harn. Z. physiol. Chem., 32:552- 572.
  p. 57: With Otto Folin. 1902. On phosphate metabolism. Am. J. Physiol., 7:135-151.
Richter, Curt P., 1937-1957, 17:11.
- “Hormones and rhythms in man and animals,” Recent Progress in Hormone Research, Vol. 13, 1957
  Correspondence concerning Shaffer’s dissertation, 1937

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Series 8: Scrapbook, Correspondence Compiled by Family, 1920-1953

A scrapbook of incoming correspondence, telegrams, clippings, publications, speeches, programs and other memorabilia pertaining to the career of PAS, head of biochemistry and twice dean of WUSM. Gift of Jane Shaffer Prince, 95-028.

Box 17

1920, 17:12.
- Hall, Frederic A.
1925, 17:13.
- Shaffer publications, 1923-1924.
1928, 17:14.
- Folin, Otto.
  White, David.
  Benedict, Francis G.
1935, 17:15.
- Shaffer Anniversary
  Davenport, H. A.
  Cotonia and Kerly [Margherita Cotonio Bourne and Margaret Kerly]
  Chouke, K. S.
  Chambers, W. H.
  Hubbard, [Roger S.].
  Duggar, Ben
  Allen, E. R.
1939, 17:16.
- Shaffer reprint: “Washington University School of Medicine”
1941, 17:17.
- Shaffer publications, 1939-1940
1945, 17:18.
- Speech to Dental School
1946, 17:19.
- Agenda for dinner at Ambassador Hotel
1946 [clippings], 17:20.
1947, 17:21.
- University of Oregon Graduation
  E.S.W. [West, Edward S.]
  Shaffer, Nan and Philip.
  Ted [West, Edward S.]
  Baird, D. W. E.
  Walton, Franklin E.
1948, 17:22.
- Friends of the Land
  Womack, Nathan A.
  Ochterbeck, Evelyne See (Mrs. Paul)
  Stevenson, Hugh
  Cosgrove, Joseph R.
  Ochterbeck, Evelyne
1949, 17:23.
- Bessey, Otto A.
  Loeb, Leo
  Carmichael, Emmett B.
  Shaffer daughter, “Punk”
  Phi Beta Phi “Man of the year” award certificate
1950, 17:24.
- Bukantz, Samuel C.
  Joseph and Aimee Erlanger
  Stanley, W. M.
  Hastings, Albert Baird
  Centennial tribute to Robert S. Brookings
1950, 17:25.
- Newspaper Clippings
  Betts, Virginia P.
1951, 17:26.
- Hastings, Albert Baird
  Stotz, Elmer
1952, 17:27.
- National Academy of Sciences’ Programs, Honorary Degree, 1953
  Compton, Arthur H.
  Shaffer, Philip
1953, 17:28.
- Honorary Degree, 1953
  Compton, Arthur H.
  Moore, Carl

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Series 9: Birthday Gift Scrapbook, 1956

The scrapbook, Philip Anderson Shaffer, September 20, 1956, commemorates a ceremony honoring Shaffer’s 75th birthday and the creation of a fund for a lectureship in his honor, from which the oil portrait in the Shaffer Conference Room was commissioned. Photos, news releases, clippings, and a poster make up the first section. The scrapbook also contains letters and telegrams from initial contributors to the Shaffer lectureship and tributes to PAS sent to Alexis F. Hartmann, who evidently coordinated this feature of the celebration. The contents of each page of the scrapbook were placed in individual folders due to the deteriorating condition of the scrapbook (Box 18) and the original cover was retained (Box 20). However, the original pages were scanned to create a bound color facsimile of the original scrapbook (Box 17). Gift of Jane Shaffer Prince (95-028). Box 17-18, 20.

Box 17

Philip Anderson Shaffer, September 20, 1956: 2 bound color reproductions of scrapbook
Group photographs during the Shaffer 75th birthday, September 20, 1956, pp. 1-13, VC009032-VC009052 (page 2 was blank)
- Former students, faculty, and colleagues of Philip Shaffer during the presentation ceremony for oil portrait and luncheon afterwards, Herb Weitman, photographer

Index of persons in Group Photos by VC Number and Page

Alexander, Harry L., 1887-1969: VC009044, 18:9; VC009048, 18:11; VC009051a, 18:13.
Bishop, George H.: VC009037, 18:5; VC009043, 18:8.
Charles, Cecil M.: VC009037, 18:5; VC009046, 18:10; VC009048, 18:11.
Cori, Carl F., 1896-1984: VC009044, 18:9; VC009048, 18:11.
Cori, Gerty T., 1896-1957: VC009038, 18:6; VC009052, 18:13.
Dempsey, Edward W.: VC009049, 18:11; VC009051, 18:12.
Erlanger, Joseph, 1874-1965: VC009050, 18:12.
Flynn, Laura Mary: VC009040, 18:7.
Gilson, Arthur: VC009039, 18:6; VC009040, 18:7.
Glaser, Robert J.: VC009037, 18:5; VC009046, 18:10.
Goldman, Al, VC009048, 18:11.
Graham, Evarts A., 1883-1957: with Shaffer portrait, VC009033 (18:3); VC009036, 18:5; VC009049, 18:11.
Graham, Helen Tredway: VC009049, 18:11; VC009050, 18:12.
Griffith, Wendell: VC009041, 18:7; VC009047, 18:10.
Harned, B.K.: VC009041, 18:7; VC009042, 18:8.
Hartmann, Alexis F, Sr., 1898-1968: with Shaffer portrait, with oil portrait, VC009032, 18:3; VC009034, 18:4; VC009039, 18:6.
Hartroft, W. Stanley: VC009046, 18:10; VC009048, 18:11; VC009052, 18:13.
Hinsey, Joseph C.: VC009052, 18:13.
Hunter, F. Edmund: VC009049, 18:11; VC009051, 18:12.
Knapp, Louise: VC009038, 18:6.
Lowry, Oliver H.: with Shaffer oil portrait, VC009033, 18:4; VC009035, 18:4 VC009040, 18:7; VC009045, 18:9.
Massie, Edward: VC009051a, 18:13; VC009052, 18:13.
Moore, Carl V., 1908-1972: VC009048, 18:11; VC009052, 18:13.
Moore, Robert A.: VC009037, 18:5.
Moore, Robert A., Mrs.: VC009048, 18:11.
Moyer, Carl A., 1908-1970: VC009041, 18:7.
Parker, William B., Registrar, 1926-1967: VC009046, 18:10; VC009051a, 18:13.
Ronzoni, Ethel: VC009043, 18:8; VC009050, 18:12.
Schwartz, Henry G., 1909-1998: VC009039, 18:6; VC009041, 18:7.
Shaffer, Jane, Miss: VC009038, 18:6; VC009049, 18:11; VC009051, 18:12; VC009052, 18:13.
Shaffer, Philip A., 1881-1960: oil portrait, VC009032, 18:1; with oil portrait, VC009032, 18:3; VC009034, 18:4; VC00936, 18:5; VC009039, 18:6; VC009042, 18:8; VC009047, 18:10.
Shaffer, Nan Evans (Mrs. Philip A.): VC009049, 18:11; VC009051, 18:12.
Shaffer, Philip A., Jr.,: VC009043, 18:8; VC009049, 18:11; VC009052, 18:13.
Shank, Robert E., 1914- : VC009038, 18:6; VC009052, 18:13.
Shepley, Ethan A.H.: VC009035, 18:4; VC009045, 18:9.
Shepley, Ethan A.H., Mrs.: VC009035, 18:4; VC009045, 18:9.
Smith, Margaret G.: VC009048, 18:11.
Stare, Fred: VC009038, 18:6.
Terry, Robert J., 1871-1966.: VC009038, 18:6.
Tolman, Carl: VC009048, 18:11.
Veeder, Borden S., 1883-1970: VC009048, 18:11.
Walsh, Theodore E., 1900-1971: VC009046, 18:10; VC009048, 18:11.
West, Edward: with Shaffer oil portrait VC009033, 18:3; VC009034, 18:4; VC009039, 18:6.
West, Mrs. Edward: VC009050, 18:12.
White, Harvey Lester: VC009050, 18:12.

Box 18

Philip Anderson Shaffer, September 20, 1956: Scrapbook contents in folders.

Clippings, Shaffer 75th Birthday, September 20, 1956, 18:14.
- “W. U. lectureship will honor Dr. Shaffer,” “Dr. Philip Shaffer praised for service,”
  “Dr. P. A. Shaffer honored by Medical School.”
News release, first annual Philip A. Shaffer lecture and presentation of his portrait, September 15, 1956, 18:15.
- Biographical sketches of Shaffer and the speaker, Edward S. West are included.
News release, Shaffer 75th Birthday, September 19, 1956, 18:16.
- Remarks by Evarts A. Graham, emeritus Bixby Professor of Surgery, on the occasion of the presentation of a portrait of Dr. Philip A. Shaffer.
News release, first Shaffer lecture, September 15, 1956, 18:17.
- Abstract of the speech to be given by Edward S. West: The production and utilization of ketone bodies in animal tissues.
Poster, The first annual Philip A. Shaffer lecture, September 20, 1956, 18:18.
Letters, 1956, 18:19.
- Gregg, Alan
Page 20 blank.
Letters, 1956, 18:21.
- Graham, Evarts A.
Page 22 blank.
Telegrams, 1956, 18:23.
- Mu Chapter, Phi Beta Pi
  Wade, Leo
  Hempelmann, Louis H.
  “Zula and Will”
  Compton, Arthur H.
Telegrams, 1956, 18:24.
- Little, Pete & Peggy
  Peterson, Ruth
  Trimble, Harry C.
Letters and Telegrams, 1956, 18:25.
- Mallinckrodt, Edward
  “Leal and Barry”
Letters, 1956, 18:26.
- Robinson, G. Canby
Letters, 1956, 18:27.
- Robinson, G. Canby
Letters, 1956, 18:28.
- Stare, Fred
Letters, 1956, 18:29.
- Shaffer, Bev (Mrs. Philip A. Shaffer, Jr.)
Letters, 1956, 18:30.
- Womack, Nathan A.
Letters, 1956, 18:31.
- Womack, Nathan A.
Letters, 1956, 18:32.
- Loeb, Leo
  Lakemann?, Louis (5340 Waterman Ave)
Letters, 1956, 18:33.
- Dragstedt, Lester R.
  Defries, R. D.
  Hunter, Andrew
Letters, 1956, 18:34.
- Cady, Lee D.
Letters, 1956, 18:35.
- Hall, Corinne S.
  Kleiner, Israel S.
Letters, 1956, 18:36.
- McHenry, E. W.
Letters, 1956, 18:37.
- Evans, Lester J.
Letters, 1956, 18:38.
- Ferguson, J.K.
Letters, 1956, 18:39.
- Smith, Dione, President of the University of Toronto 1956
Letters, 1956, 18:40.
- McCollum, E. V.
Letters, 1956, 18:41.
- Fisher, A. M.
Letters, 1956, 18:42.
- Moore, Robert A.
Letters, 1956, 18:43.
- Sale, Llewellyn
Letters, 1956, 18:44.
- McHenry, E. W.
Letters, 1956, 18:45.
- Wasteneys, Hardolph
Letters, 1956, 18:46.
- Coston, James B.
  Fischer, Martin
  Beams, Maxine S.
Letters, 1956, 18:47.
- Sillcox, L. K.
  Opie, Eugene C.
  Bronfenbrener, Alicia
  Edsall, John T.
Letters, 1956, 18:48.
- Anderson, Edgar
  McEllroy, W. S
  Meek, Walter J.
Letters, 1956, 18:49.
- Moorhouse, Victor
  Long, Esmond R.
Letters, 1956, 18:52.
- Gies, Wm. J.
  Benson, C.C.
Letters, 1956, 18:53.
- Aitken, Louis F.
  Wilens, Sally for R. G. Harrison
  Ochoa, Severo
Letters, 1956, 18:54.
- Clowes, G. H. A.
Letters, 1956, 18:55.
- Luck, J. Murray
  Lawrence, Ernest O.
  Scott, D. A.
Letters, 1956, 18:56.
- Wendel, William B.
  Schmitt, Francis O.
  La Mer, Victor K.
  Hagemann, Paul O.
Letters, 1956, 18:57.
- Barr, David
Letters, 1956, 18:58.
- Rose, William C.
Letters, 1956, 18:59.
- Defries, R.D.
Letters and biographical sketches, 1956, 18:60.
- Bunzell, H. H. (Herbert Horace)
Letters, 1956, 18:61.
- Harris, A. Sidney
  Rivins, Thomas M.
Letters, 1956, 18:62.
- Wade, Leo
  Armstrong, Charles
Letters, 1956, 18:63.
- Greenwald, Isadore
  Thomas, Arthur W.
  White, Park J.
Letters, 1956, 18:64.
- Friedemann, Theodore E.
  Hinsey, Joseph C.
  Miller, Benjamin F.
  Weinhouse, Sidney
Letters, 1956, 18:65.
- Maynard, L.A.
  Doisey, E.A.
  Harned, B.K.
Letters, 1956, 18:66.
- Duggar, B.M.
Letters, 1956, 18:67.
- Williams, Roger J.
  Moore, Robert A.
  Harned, B.K.
Letters, 1956, 18:68.
- Claiborne, Estelle D.
  Forbes, Alexander
  McEllroy, W. S.
  Wood, W. Barry Jr.
Letters, 1956, 18:69.
- Masteneys, Hardolph
  Bourne, Geoffrey for Margherita Cotonio
  Kellogg, Mary Gies for William J. Gies
Letters, 1956, 18:70.
- Stakman, E.C.
  Richter, Curt
  Van Slyke, Donald D.
  Dugger, B.M.
Letters, 1956, 18:71.
- Flynn, Laura Mary
Letters, 1956, 18:72.
- Mc Ellroy, W.S.
  Fenn, Wallace O.
  Aitken, Louis F.
  Whipple, G. H.
Letters, 1956, 18:73.
- Collip, J.B.
  Benson, Clara
  Skilling, David M., Jr.
  Wood, W. Barry, Jr.
Letters, 1956, 18:74.
- Trimble, Harry C.
  Maynard, L.A.
  Wendel, William B.
Letters, 1956, 18:75.
- West, Ruth
  Wilson, D. Wright
  Fay, Marian
Program, Washington University, Saint Louis, Eighty-eighth commencement, June 7, 1949, 18:76.
Photocopy of early Shaffer family photos and clipping, n.d. & 1946, 18:77.
- “Philip Shaffer quits as dean of Medicine”
Computer printout, Activities and offices of Philip A. Shaffer, n.d., 18:78.
Computer printout, Philip William Anderson, n.d., 18:79.
- Gives biographical sketch and genealogical chart.

Box 20 (Oversize)

Philip Anderson Shaffer, September 20, 1956: Scrapbook covers.

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Series 10: Files from the Deans Office, 1938-1946

Boxes 19. Two accessions and two miscellaneous folders related to Shaffer’s function as Dean. Folders 1-12, the gift of Jane Shaffer Prince, consist of Dean’s correspondence primarily on problems in fiscal management of the School, and endowment and other grants from the Rockefeller Foundation (96-005). Folders 13-29 contain speeches Shaffer gave at events and drafts of his published papers. Folders 30-31 are probably a creation of the Dean’s office. Folder 30 concerns chiefly the Shaffer family, 1960-1961, but it also contains earlier Shaffer correspondence about the Medical Library (Leo Loeb) and the Throop controversy.

Subseries 1. Files from the Dean’s Office, 1937-1946

Box 19

Blackwell, T.E., Treasurer, 1942-1943, 19:1.
Clopton, Malvern B., 1942-1943, 19:2.
Commonwealth Fund, 1943, 19:3.
Hemingway, W. L., 1940, 19:4.
Honorary Societies, 1928-1950, 19:5.
- Sigma XI
  National Academy of Sciences
  Hartmann, Alexis V.
  Folin, Otto
  Howe, H. E.
  Wilkinson, Paul D.
  Opie, Eugene
  Mallinkrodt, E.
  Mendre, Lafayette B.
  Clark, W. Mansfield
  Gibson, H. V.
  Murphy, Fred T.
  American Philosophical Society
  Wallace, Harry B.
  Bogert, Marston T.
  Cannon, W. B.
Kirby, Daniel N., 1943, 19:6.
Loeb, Leo, Autobiographical notes, 1958, 19:7.
- Reprint from Perspectives in Biology and Medicine, II.
Rockefeller Foundation / Gregg / Hansen, Sawyer, 1916, 1942-1946, 19:8.
St. Louis Children’s Hospital Statistics from Annual Reports, 1928-1941, 19:9.
Throop, George R., Chancellor, 1937-1944, 19:10.
Wallace, H. B., President, 1944, 19:11.
W.U. (Washington University), 1912, 1938-1943, 19:12.

Subseries 2. Additional Papers from the Dean’s Office, 1939-1945

Box 19

Address at dedication ceremonies of the Malcolm Bliss Psychopathic Institute, 1939 (Aug., 25), 19:13.
Address delivered at Dental Convocation, 1941 (Apr.9), 19:14.
Address in honor of 70th General Hospital (St. Louis University Unit), 1942 (Dec.), 19:15.
Barnes Hospital Society, 1945 (Feb.), 19:16.
Board of Directors of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Remarks on Group Practice, 1938 (May 3), 19:17.
Dinner in Honor of Dean Lischer and Dr. Pippin, Remarks, 1945 (May), 19:18.
History of the Washington University Medical School, Remarks, 1939 (Nov.), 19:19.
International Assembly of the Inter-State Post Graduate Medical Association of North America. Assembly Dinner, Article (copy and galley) for the St. Louis Medical Society Centennial Volume, 1938 (Jan. 28), 19:20.
McDowell Cornerstone Laying, 1942 (March 28), Speech, copy, 19:21.
Memorandum for Dr. E. G. Ballenger, 1944 (Nov.), 19:22.
Neuropsychiatry. A new major department in the School of Medicine, 1938 (Oct. 14), 19:23.
- Written for the A.M. Quarterly.
Nobel prize awards in Medicine, 1944 (Jan.), 19:24.
Opportunities and obligation of Medical Students for Student Life, 1942, 19:25.
Origin and development of the American Society of Biological Chemistry, 1956 (Jun.), 19:26.
- Galley.
Radio programs on Careers Station KXOK, 1942 (May 9), 19:27.
- Speech.
Report for the Press concerning the Department of Neuropsychiatry, 1938 (Jun.), 19:28.
Speech at the dinner in honor Dr. E. A. Graham, celebrating 25 years as Professor of Surgery, 1939 (Oct.,12), 19:29.
Talk before Alumnae Association. Rochester, N.Y., 1939 (Jun. 9), 19:30.
Personal papers, 1933-1944, 1951-1966, 19:31.
- Hartmann, Alexis F.
  Shaffer, Nan E. (Evans)
  - Includes biographical materials and letters from Nan Evans Shaffer concerning pension, PAS’s declining health, and the disposition of his library and old correspondence file (to the school).
- West, Ed.
  Moore, Robert A.
  Dempsey, Edward W.
  National Cyclopedia of American Biography
  Jacoby, Louise Q., Secretary
  Gregg, A., 1944
  Shaffer, Philip A.
  - Includes PAS’s statement of September 18-20, 1936 to the Executive Faculty concerning a dean for the medical school (photocopy).
- Throop, George R., 1943
  Clopton, M. B., 1943?
  Loeb, Leo, 1933-1935
Saint Louis Children’s Hospital summary statistics from annual reports, 1928-1941, 19:32.

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