Albert Szent-Györgyi papers

LC control no.	mm 81042184
Type of material	Archival Manuscript/Mixed Formats (Collection)
Personal name	Szent-Györgyi, Albert, 1893-1986. » More like this
Main title	Albert Szent-Györgyi papers, 1908-1986 (bulk 1947-1986).
Related names	Szent-Györgyi, Albert, 1893-1986. Crazy Ape. 1970. » More like this
Description	1,400 items. 7 containers. 2.8 linear feet.
Organized/Arranged	Arranged in 3 series. Series 1: Correspondence, 1948-1986; Series 2: Writings, 1924-1985; and Series 3: Miscellany, 1908-1986.
Access advisory	Open to research.
Biography/History note	Hungarian-born biochemist. Winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for the isolation and synthesis of vitamin C. Emigrated to the United States in 1947.
Summary	Correspondence, writings, biographical material, Hungarian legal documents, immigration papers, notebooks, musical compositions, newspaper clippings, printed matter, photographs, and other papers chiefly relating to Szent-Györgyi's work at the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. Documents his research on muscle contraction and directorship of the Institute for Muscle Research, work as scientific director of the National Foundation for Cancer Research, and research on vitamin C. Includes typewritten drafts of his book, The Crazy Ape (1970); unpublished work, The Sick Ape; and writings in opposition to the Vietnam War.
Notes	Some photographs: transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Collection material in English and Hungarian. MSS42184
Finding aids	Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008092>
Acquisition source	Gift, Albert Szent-Györgyi and family, 1964-1988.
Subjects	Institute for Muscle Research. » More like this Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) » More like this National Foundation for Cancer Research. » More like this Biochemistry. » More like this Biological laboratories--Massachusetts--Woods Hole. » More like this Cancer--Research. » More like this Medicine--Awards. » More like this Muscle contraction. » More like this Muscles--Research. » More like this Nobel Prizes. » More like this Physiology--Awards. » More like this Vietnam War, 1961-1975. » More like this Vitamin C. » More like this Biochemists.
Local shelving no.	0442D
Language code	eng hun
Repository	Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home>
Links	Finding aid: <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008092> Finding aid (PDF): <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008092.3>