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Jacques J. Bronfenbrenner Papers

Provenance

The papers of Jacques J. Bronfenbrenner were a gift to the Washington University School of Medicine Archives by Alice Bronfenbrenner in 1977.

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 includes correspondence, legal papers, newspaper clippings, and bound short scientific publications documenting Bronfenbrenner’s career.  There is also a file of papers relating to the Bronfenbrenner Memorial Award, established after his death.

Preferred Citation

Jacques J. Bronfenbrenner Papers, Washington University School of Medicine.

Organization of the Collection (Series List)

Total Boxes: 1

Total Volumes: 4

Series 1: General files, 1909-1971. Box 1.

Series 2: Publications, 1910-1952, Volumes 1-4.

Container List

Series 1: General Files, 1909-1971.

Box 1

1.	Certificate, microbiology courses, 1908-1909, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 1909.
2.	Bronfenbrenner to Simon Flexner, 15 December 1917, carbon copy with annotations.
3.	Notes on work at the Institut Pasteur and the Rockefeller Institute, 1908‑1928.
4.	Bronfenbrenner to Joseph Erlanger, 13 January 1940.
5.	Activities and contributions associated with World War II, for the American Public Health Association, 1943.
6.	Handwritten memorandum regarding a dispute with Phillip A. Shaffer, 1944; Bronfenbrenner to Lawrence E. Stout, 28 September 1944.
7.	Certificate of the Pasteur Award of the Society of Illinois Bacteriologists, given to Bronfenbrenner 28 April 1950; together with banquet program, undated newspaper clipping, and a letter discussing the award (Ralph E. Noble to Alice Bronfenbrenner, 13 February 1958).
8.	Investigation date request, vita completed by Bronfenbrenner “for Siam job,” November 1951.
9.	Retirement dinner invitation list and clippings on occasion of Bronfenbrenner’s retirement from Washington University, 1952.
10.	Michel and Marian Morris to Alice Bronfenbrenner, 21 November and 6 December 1953.
11.	Nine letters and documents relating to the Bronfenbrenner Memorial Award, 1955‑1971.
12.	Life of Jacques J. Bronfenbrenner, ascribed to Marion (sic) Morris; appended letter to Alice Bronfenbrenner by “Edward,” 30 July 1969.
13.	Bibliography, copy of Bronfenbrenner’s original (1948 or later). Note: From carbon copy in FP001 (box 9, folder 17).
14.	Bibliography, revised and re-edited by Becker Medical Library, 2007.

Series 2: Publications, 1910-1952, Volumes 1-4.

Bronfenbrenner’s scientific publications are bound in a personal set and contained in volumes 1-3.  Volume 4 is a compilation of publications by Bronfenbrenner and his colleagues.

Volume

1.	Bronfenbrenner reprints, 1910-1928.
2.	Collected studies by Bronfenbrenner, 1929-1938.
3.	Collected studies by Bronfenbrenner, 1939-1952.
4.	Collected studies from the Research Department of the Western Pennsylvania Hospital, 1913-1917.

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