Harold F. Blum Papers
The papers of Harold Blum are comprised mostly of notes on his irradiation of mice experiment, manuscripts of his publications, and notes on several other projects.
Dates
- 1939-1943
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Extent
2.5 Linear Feet
Abstract
The papers of Harold Blum are comprised mostly of notes on his irradiation of mice experiment, manuscripts of his publications, and notes on several other projects.
Biographical/Historical Note
Harold Francis Blum 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 the University of California, Temple University Skin and Cancer Hospital, Columbia University, Harvard Medical School, Princeton University, the Naval Medical Research Institute, the National Cancer Institute, and the State University of New York at Albany. During the course of his career, he earned several fellowships and awards, including the Finsen prize on photobiology (1976). He was also an official in several professional societies. Blum authored a number of scholarly books, including Time's Arrow and Evolution (1951) and Carcinogenesis by Ultraviolet Light (1959), and was a frequent contributor to scientific journals. Blum died on October 29, 1980 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Arrangement
Collection consists of two boxes.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository