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Virginia Minnich Papers

Virginia Minnich
Virginia Minnich
Virginia Minnich Papers
Volume: 3.0 linear feet
Inclusive dates: 1938-1984
Collection code: FC009
Organization of the Collection
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Historical Note

Virginia Minnich (1910-1996) was born in Zanesville, Ohio.  She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Ohio State University in 1937 and earned a master’s degree from Iowa State College in 1938.  Minnich’s expertise was in hematology and nutrition.  She studied iron metabolism, platelet function, abnormal hemoglobin, thalassemia and morphology/hematology.  Her work led to the discovery of hemoglobin E and the elucidation of the glutathionine synthesis pathway.  She also created wide-ranging audiovisual programs on all aspects of blood and bone marrow, which have been used worldwide.

Minnich spent her entire professional career at Washington University School of Medicine, starting as a hematology research assistant in 1939.  In 1958, she was promoted to research associate, and was elevated to full professor in 1974.  Minnich spent 1964-1965 in Turkey on a Fulbright Award.  She was a member of the Foundation for Clinical Research, the American Society of Hematology, and the International Society of Hematology. 

Provenance

Gift of Virginia Minnich, 1984.

Access and Use

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

Scope and Content

The collection is comprised primarily of correspondence regarding Minnich’s professional associations, though there is some representation of her personal correspondence.  Of special note is the correspondence relating to her associations with Indonesian and Turkish laboratory personnel.  Also included is material from Minnich’s membership in professional societies including their annual meeting programs and newsletters.  The collection also includes parts of Minnich’s research including drafts of research articles, notebooks, photographic prints, contact prints, slides, graphs, and hand drawings of microscopic slides.  Some of the documents in this series do not appear to be in alphabetical order, but they have been left in the original files.

Preferred Citation

Virginia Minnich Papers, Washington University School of Medicine.

Related Material

See also the Virginia Minnich Visual Collection (VC114).

Organization of the Collection (Series List)

Total Boxes: 6

Series 1: Oral History, 1981.

Series 2: General correspondence, alphabetical, 1938-1984.

Series 3: General correspondence, chronological, 1953-1974.

Series 4: Research projects and methods file, 1939-1975.

Series 5: Research notebooks and annotated directory, 1954-1976.

Container List

Series 1: Oral History, 1981.

Box 1

1. Oral history interview by Estelle Brodman, March 25, 1981.

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Series 2: General Correspondence, Alphabetical, 1938-1984.

Box 1

2. A, 1964-1974.
Alvin, Paul, Mark, Bob, Sally.
Albert, Norman.
Alperin, Jack B.
American Optical Company.
American Optical Corporation.
Analytica Corporation.
Angelopoulos, Bill.
AO Instrument Company.
Arends, Tulio.
Arcasoy, Ayten.
Arnstein, A. Robert.
Attix, Evelyn L.
3. American Society of Clinical Pathologists, 1978-1982.
Feagler, John R.
Izui, Karen.
Lorimer, Patricia B.
Mora, Connie.
Suconik, Susan.
Vellios, Frank.
Walker, William A.
Wesle, Walker.
Zabel, Nancy A.
4. American Society of Hematology, 1958-1969.
Doan, Charles A.
Gardner, Frank H.
Rubuck, John W.
Rundles, Wayne.
5. American Society of Hematology, 1970-1978.
Bradley, Thomas B.
6. Audio-visual aids, 1972-1979.
Adensina, T.A.O.
Alvarez, Luis L.
Athens, John W.
Barrientos, Jose Muricio.
Cooper, Ian.
Eicher, Cynthia.
Ellman, Leonard.
Fitzpatrick, John.
Gaby.
Green, R.E.
Hieber, F.R.
Human, Lee E.
Hutton, John J.
Inwood, Martin J.
Jim, Robert T.S.
Keith, John.
Laboratory for Comparative Biochemistry.
Oliva, Carlos.
Paine, Robert.
Phyliky, Robert L.
Pittenger, Robert G.
Plante, Michel.
Plucinsky, John J.
Poore, T. Edwin.
Ratkin, Gary A.
Raven, J.L.
Restrepo, Alberto.
Societa’ Pavese Di Cooperazione Scientifica.
Spevak, Jack.
Streiff, Richard R.
Tingle, N.A.
Verlez-Garcia, Enrique.
Veterans Administration Hospital.
Wright, Claude-Starr.
Wrotenbery, Carl R.
7. B, 1954-1984.
Baglioni, Corrado.
Barker, Clyde J.
Bannerman, Robin M.
Barron, Linda.
Beaven, G.H.
Beckman Instruments.
Belick, J.B.
Bell, Ann.
Benster, B.
Benesch, Ruth E.
Bessis, Marcel.
Beutler, Ernest.
Bick, Rodger L.
Bierman, Howard R.
Binbhakaya, Luang.
Biochimica et Biophysica Acta.
Bishop, Melvin C.
Blackwell, R. Quentin.
Blondin, Joan.
Blood Dyscrazias
Bonaventura, Joseph.
Borkon, Eli L.
Bouroncle, Bertha A.
Brecher, George R.
Briehl, Robin.
Brimhall, Bernadine.
Brodman, Estelle.
Brothman, Daniel.
Brown, Elmer B.
Burger, Rober L.
Burgess, R.C.
8. C, 1956-1978.
Callender, Shiela.
Chreli, Cavit.
Copellini, R.
Chaplin, Hugh, Jr.
Charache, Samuel.
Chiquoine, A. Duncan.
Cocoraki, Helen.
Colbert, David.
Copeland, Bradley E.
Crosby, William H.
9. Carcinogens, 1983.
Bloom, Karen.
Koditschek, Leah.
10. Cook, James D., 1960-1972.
11. D, 1956-1979.
Dacie, A.E.
Daland, Geneva A.
Dameshek, William.
Darling, Donald R.
Daughaday, William H.
Debs Hospital Supplies.
Denes, Alex E.
Doan, Charles A.
Dobbs, Joyce.
Dobbs, Charles E.
Dougherty, Jean H.
Ducach, German.
12. Detection of carcinogens in human urine project, 1974-1978.
Ames, Bruce N.
Commoner, Barry.
Heim, Alan H.
Hill, George J., II.
Hutton, John J.
Kipnis, David.
Perkhoff, Gerald.
Rhoads, Johnathan E.
University of Texas Medical Branch.

Box 2

1. E, 1963-1981.
Eckardt, B.
JAR Electives
Evans, Patricia.
2. F,1955-1978.
Fals-Borda, E.
Feagler, John R.
Fessas, Phaedon.
Fidelity Storage Moving and Packing Co.
Field, C. Elaine.
Figallo, Manuel A.
Finch, Clement A.
Fliedner, Theodor M.
Finch, Clement A.
Firkin, Barry A.
Fitzwater, Flo.
Fliedner, Theordore.
Forrest, John N.
Fox, H. H.
France, Marvin L.
3. Fulbright Program, 1963-1965.
Committee on International Exchange of Persons
Copeland, W.A.
Demiraj, B.
Dombras, Theodore T.
Hawkins, Esther L.
Mart, Omer H.
Onul, Behic.
Okcuoglu, Ayhan.
Reinhard, Ed.
4. G, 1954-1976.
Gantner, George.
Garfinkle, Lester.
Gerald, Park S.
Givhan, Edgar G.
Glaser, Robert J.
Glenn, J. H.
Goldstein, Michael A.
Gracy, A. Doswell.
Grohs, Heinz.
Grolock, William A.
Grunne and Stratton
Guidotti, Guido.
5. Gluththione synthetase deficiency, 1969-1970.
6. H, 1953-1978.
Hahneman, Betty M.
Halley, Henry.
Halsted, James A.
Hammack, William J.
Handler, Fred P.
Harrington, William J.
Hartmann, Robert C.
Hartman, Alexis.
Haquani, A. H.
Hata, D.
Hawkins, Lillie.
Hayashi, Keiki.
Herndon, C. Nash.
Herring, William B.
Herweg, John C.
Heyman, Meyer R.
Hiller, Otto.
Hillinger, Steve.
Hillman, Robert S.
Hogan, E.
Hollingsworth, Dorothy.
Holt, S. H.
Howard, Agatha.
Howell, Doris A.
Huehns, E. R.
Huisman, Titus H.J.
Hussey, Hugh H.
Hwang, Yun-Fei.
7. I, 1958-1975.
Ingram, V. M.
Izak, Gabi.
8. International Society of Hematology, 1952-1967.
9. International Society of Hematology, 1968-1977.
10. J, 1956-1968.
Jackson, Clinton.
Jim, Robert T. S.
Johnson Reprint Corporation
Jolliffe, Norman.
Jones, Barbara.
Jones, Richard T.
Josephson, A. M.
11. K, 1952-1976.
Kahana, Lawrence.
Kashemsant, C.
Kawamoto, N. Y.
Keim, J. H.
Kenyon, Rex E.
Kern, Fred.
Kewanee Company.
Kilburn, K. H.
Kirschenfeld, J. J.
Kochaseni, Su-ed.
Konishi, Frank.
Kraus, Alfred P.
Kraus, Lorraine
Krylon Products.
Kunkel, Henry G.
12. L, 1955-1969.
Larrain, Camilo.
Lederle Laboratories.
Lehmann, Hermann.
Leitz, E.
Levin, William.
Levine, Malcolm.
Ley, Dorothy C. H.
Lie-Injo Luan
Lindenwood College.
Locke, Harry R.
Loeb.
Loucks, Harold H.
Luisa.
13. M, 1954-1983.
MacMillan Limited.
Madoff, L. H.
Makley, Torrence A.
Mathias, Carla J.
McCurdy, Parl R.
McDonnell, John F., Jr.
McMullen, Warren A.
Michigan University Hospital
Miller, David.
Minkowski, A.
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Co.
Missouri Society of Medical Technologists.
Mock, Orlin B.
Molina V., Consuelo.
Moore, Emily.
Morgan, Jack.
Morningstar-Paisley, Inc.
Mosby, C. V.
Motulsky, Arno G.
Muktaprakorn, Urai.

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Box 3

1. Minnich, Virginia, personal file, 1942-1983.
2. Minnich correspondence, re: Moore, 1972-1973.
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
American Medical Association.
Blackwell Scientific Publications, Ltd.
Geigy, J. R.
Goldsmith, Grace A.
Grune and Stratton, Inc.
Layrisse, Miguel.
Lea and Febiger.
Pond, W. G.
3. Moore, Carl V., 1938-1975.
4. Moore, Carl V., reception for Virginia Minnich, 1970.
5. Moore, Carl V., testimonials sent to Max M. Wintrobe, 1982.
6. N, 1952-1976.
Dhutiyabhodhi, Uthai.
Na-Nakara, Prachoom.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
National Academy of Sciences.
National Foundation.
Nature.
Naumann, Hans N.
Neel, James V.
Neely, Charles Lea.
Neungton, Neelobol.
New York Academy of Sciences.
New York City Department of Health.
Noah, Joseph W.
Nongnuch Patpongpaniq.
Soodsarkorn
Tuchinda, S.
7. O, 1961-1974.
Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies.
Okcuoghi, Ayhan.
Ortho Diagnostics, Inc.
Ospina, Leonel.
Osserman, Elliot F.
8. P, 1956-1976.
Packman, Robert.
Palade, George E.
Panhorst, Harry.
Paniker, N.V.
Parker, John C.
Patpongpaniq, Nongnuch.
Payne, Irene.
Pediatrics.
Perutz, M. F.
Peterson, Malcolm L.
Platt, William R.
Plax, Steven.
Pohlmeyer, Ronald A.
Pootrakul, Sanga.
Powell, Gladys.
Precision Scientific, Co.
Pugh, Reginald P.
9. Q, 1966.
Quinn, James G.
10. R, 1952-1978.
Randol, Sandra.
Ranney, Helen M.
Renda, Fevzi
Restrepo, Alberto.
Reynolds, William A.
Rigas, Demetrice A.
Robinson, Abner R.
Rodgers, Sue, Dot, Dave, Kathy, Elrie.
Root, W. S.
Ross, John B.
Rush, Bryan.
Rucknagel, Donald L.
11. Rodgers, Pet, 1956-1961.
12. S, 1952-1982.
Sabin, Rena.
St. Joseph Hospital.
St. Louis University.
Samples, Donald M.
Sandoz Pharmaceuticals
Scantlebury, Ronald E.
Schneider, Rose G.
Science.
Scott, Virgil C.
Shapleigh, John B.
Shelton, Dorris.
Shively, John A.
Sickle Cell Disease Research Foundation.
Signor, Roger.
Singer, Karl.
Smith, Mary Ruth.
Snow, Roger.
Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine.
Society of the Sigma Xi.
Stratton, Henry M.
Story, Peter.
Strawn, J. R.
Sutherland, John.
Sutton, James A.
13. Savant Industries, 1962-64.
14. T, 1956-1980.
Thornton, Lowell F.
Thorup, Oscar A.
Tillack, Thomas W.
Tobias, Sandra Randol.
Trobaugh, Frank E.
Tuttle, A. H.
Tuchinda, S.
15. U-V, 1957-1976.
Urdaneta, Yluska de.
Vavra, John D.
Vella, F.
Velez-Garcia, Enrique.
16. W, 1952-1973.
Wallwork, Kristen.
Ward, Howard N.
Warren, Mary C.
Waxman, Herbert S.
Weatherall, D. J.
Went, L. N.
Wheelband, Richard H.
White, Lucille.
Williams, L.
Williams, William J.
Wintrobe, Maxwell M.
Witts, L. J.
Wohl, Martin J.
Wood, W. Barry.
World Health Organization.
Wright, Claude.
17. X, Y, Z, 1968-1977.
Yam, L. T.
Year Book Medical Publishers.
Yunis, Adel.

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Series 3: General Correspondence, Chronological, 1953-1974.

Box 4

1. 1952.
2. 1953.
Soodsarkorn.
3. 1954.
Soodsarkorn.
4. 1955, February.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
5. 1955, March-May.
Fessas, Phaedon.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Phongcharoensuk, S.
6. 1955, June-July.
Fessas, Phaedon.
Inclusion Body Anemia Seminar
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Pee Pa
Soodsarkorn.
7. 1955, August-September.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Pee Pa
8. 1955, October.
Fessas, Phaedon.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Pee Pa
9. 1955, November-December.
Moore, Carl V.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Osgood, E. E.
Pee Pa
Singer, Karl.
Soodsarkorn.
10. 1955
Experiments.
Fessas, Phaedon.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Sangat.
Soodsarkorn.
11. 1956, January-February.
Lowry, O. H.
Osgood, Edwin E.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Pee Pa
12. 1956, March-April.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Neel, James V.
World Health Organization.
13. 1956, May-June.
Fessas, Phaedon.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
14. 1956, July-August.
A. S. Aloe Company.
Dameshek, William.
Moore, C. V.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Pee Pa
15. 1956, September-October.
Koler, Robert D.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Pee Pa
16. 1956, November-December.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
17. 1956, n.d.
Moore, Carl.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Study of 32 cases of Mediterranean anemia in Thailand.
18. 1957.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
19. 1957.
Hemoglobinopathies in Thailand.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
20. 1958, January-July.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Soodsarkorn.
21. 1958, August-October.
Fessas, Phaedon.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Soodsarkorn.
Tuchinda, S.
22. 1958.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Study of the nature of inclusion bodies in red cells of Thalassemia-Hgb H disease.
23. 1959.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
Soodsarkorn.
Visenhskul, D.
24. 1959, n.d.
Na-Nakorn, Supa.
25. 1969.
Echavarria, Alberto.
26. 1973.
Bhanchet, P. Israngkul.
27. 1974.
Gaby.
28. Undated.
Soodsarkorn.

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Series 4: Research project and methods file, 1939-1975.

Box 5

1. Abnormal hemoglobins, 1953-1961.
2. Agar-analtrol, 1959.
3. Charts for carcinogens, 1975.
4. Clay. See also Pica, 1966.
5. Counter current distribution, 1961-1963.
6. Fingerprint chromatography, 1960-1962.
7. Fingerprint contact prints, 1959-1964.
8. Hemoglobin solubility, no date.
9. Iron in tissues, 1956.
10. Iron spansule study, Carl V. Moore, 1939-1956.

Note: Folder also includes laboratory notebook, spansule experiments, 1955-1956.
11. Leukemia study, Ruth Steinkamp, undated.
12. Methods for the study of hemoglobins, 1964-1967.
13. One dimensional electrophoresis, 1960.
14. Pica, see also clay, 1964-1968.
15. Starch gel electrophoresis, 1955-1963.

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Series 5: Research notebooks and annotated directory, 1954-1976.

Box 6

1. Thalassemia & Hgh E, 1954-1956.

Note: Includes histories.
2. Electrophoresis Hemoglobin, 11/19/1955-06/14/1958.
3. Pica study, Turkey, 1964-1967.
4. Clay studies for paper on pica, 1966-1967.
5. Hb (Hemoglobin) electrophoresis, 08/19/1970-10/28/1976.
6. Annotated directory and membership list, International Society of Hematology, Western Hemisphere, 1962-1964.

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