John B. West Papers, 1948 - 2005 (MSS 444)

Restrictions: Course examination materials in boxes 113-115 are restricted by donor. Original audiovisual media and unprocessed digital media are restricted. Viewing/listening copies may be available for researchers.

Extent: 68.5 Linear feet (164 archives boxes, 8 oversize folders, 1 record carton, and 1 card file box)

Papers of John Burnard West (b. 1928), professor of physiology, researcher in high-altitude medicine and adaptation, author, and leader of the 1981 American Medical Research Expedition to Mount Everest (AMREE). West participated in Sir Edmund Hillary's 1960-1961 Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition (Silver Hut). West has been an active faculty member in the Division of Physiology at the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine since 1969. The papers document the AMREE expedition, including correspondence, planning materials, photographs, diaries and audio recordings, as well as West's physiology research projects for the NASA Spacelab Life Sciences program. The bulk of the papers date from the early 1960s to the early 2000s and include correspondence, drafts of books and articles, research files, talks and lectures, teaching and administrative materials, and audio recordings.

John Burnard West was born in Adelaide, Australia in 1928. He received a MBBS medical degree in 1951 and an M.D. in 1958, both from the University of Adelaide. After a year of residency, he moved to London, where he earned his Ph.D. from London University in 1960 and began postdoctoral work at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School. West's early research used the oxygen-15 isotope to study the topographical inequality of blood flow caused by gravity and gravity's effect on regional differences of ventilation, gas exchange, and alveolar size.

In 1960, West, who had no previous mountain climbing experience, applied and was accepted to Sir Edmund Hillary's Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition of 1960-1961. Referred to as the Silver Hut expedition, the physiologists performed a variety of experiments at high altitudes just south of Mt. Everest and on Mt. Makalu. This experience ignited West's interest in high-altitude medicine and physiology. In 1981, West led the American Medical Research Expedition to Everest (AMREE), during which five climbers reached the summit and the first physiological measurements of the summit were made. West continues to study human adaptation to extreme oxygen deprivation at high altitudes.

After returning from the Silver Hut expedition, West spent a year as a postdoctoral fellow and assistant professor at the University of New York-Buffalo. West returned to London and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School in 1962, where he was director of the Medical Research Council Respiratory Group for five years. In 1967-1968, West took a period of sabbatical leave to further study the effects of gravity on the lung at the NASA Ames Research Center. While at NASA, West submitted a proposal to study pulmonary function in astronauts. The study has sent experiments to Spacelabs in orbit and to the International Space Station.

West came to the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine in 1969 as professor of medicine and physiology. His laboratory experiments have covered a wide range of subjects including studies of ventilation-perfusion inequality in the lung, pulmonary circulation, and the regulation of the blood-gas barrier in the lung. In addition to his laboratory work, West was in charge of the physiology course for first-year medical students for over 30 years and taught several courses on the history of medicine and high-altitude physiology. He is currently professor emeritus at UC San Diego.

West has received many honors, including president of the American Physiological Society, foreign member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, and founding fellow of the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. West holds honorary doctorates from the University of Barcelona and the University of Adelaide, and is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal College of Physicians, and the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He is a recipient of the Trudeau medal from the American Thoracic Society, the Orr Reynolds Prize from the American Physiological Society, and the Hickman medal from the Royal Society of Medicine.

The papers of respiratory physiologist John Burnard West document his laboratory research in the field of high-altitude physiology, his involvement in several research expeditions to Mt. Everest, his work as an investigator with the NASA Spacelab program, his interest in the history of physiology, and his experience as a professor and administrator at the University of California, San Diego. The collection contains correspondence, drafts of books and articles, research files, talks and lectures, teaching and administrative materials, and sound recordings.

Accessions Processed in 2005

Arranged in twelve series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) BOOKS, 3) ARTICLES, 4) LECTURES, 5) RESEARCH FILES, 6) AMERICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH EXPEDITION TO EVEREST, 7) NASA SPACELAB LIFE SCIENCES, 8) TEACHING MATERIALS, 9) TRAVEL MATERIALS, 10) UC SAN DIEGO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, 11) APPOINTMENT BOOKS and 12) MT. EVEREST SOUND RECORDINGS.

Accessions Processed in 2018

Arranged in six series: 13) BIOGRAPHICAL, 14) CORRESPONDENCE, 15) WRITINGS, 16) TALKS AND LECTURES, 17) RESEARCH PROJECTS, and 18) UC SAN DIEGO.

Container List

Accessions Processed in 2005

CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

SERIES 1) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged in two subseries: A) General Correspondence and B) Outgoing Chronological Correspondence.

A) General Correspondence: West's incoming and outgoing correspondence with prominent researchers in the field of physiology, including E.R. Buskirk, David Bruce Dill, Thomas Hornbein, Herbert Hultgren, Ulrich Luft, James Milledge, Carlos Monge, and L.G.C.E. Pugh; professional organizations; historical researchers; and students interested in his work. Correspondence directly related to West's writings, travel, or university committee work can be found in subsequent series. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.

B) Outgoing Chronological Correspondence: West's outgoing correspondence from the first half of 1988.

General Correspondence

Box 1 Folder 1
A - Miscellaneous
Box 1 Folder 2
Abernathy, John D., 1972 - 1973
Box 1 Folder 3
Academic Press, 1984 - 1994
Box 1 Folder 4
Academic Senate, 1996 - 1998
Box 1 Folder 5
Agostoni, Emilio, 1969 - 1975
Box 1 Folder 6
Albeda, Steven M., 1992
Box 1 Folder 7
Alksne, John F., 1995 - 1997
Box 1 Folder 8
Allan, David, 1975 - 1976
Box 1 Folder 9
Alpine Club, 1985 - 1996
Box 1 Folder 10
American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1984 - 1997
Box 1 Folder 11
American College of Chest Physicians, 1982 - 1986
Box 1 Folder 12
American Heart Association, 1974 - 1986
Box 1 Folder 13
American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering, 1991 - 1997
Box 1 Folder 14
American Lung Association, 1975 - 1992
Box 1 Folder 15
American Osler Society, 1998
Box 1 Folder 16-19
American Physiological Society, 1971 - 1985
Box 2 Folder 1-3
American Physiological Society, 1985 - 1998
Box 2 Folder 4
American Physiological Society - Committee on Committees, 1982 - 1985
Box 2 Folder 5
American Physiological Society - Council, 1983 - 1985
Box 2 Folder 6
American Physiological Society - Honorary Membership Committee, 1990 - 1995
Box 2 Folder 7
American Physiological Society - International Committee, 1983 - 1998
Box 2 Folder 8-9
American Physiological Society - News in Physiological Sciences , 1984 - 1990
Box 2 Folder 10
American Physiological Society - Orr E. Reynolds award selection committee, 1995
Box 2 Folder 11
American Physiological Society - Orr E. Reynolds retirement, 1984 - 1985
Box 2 Folder 12
American Physiological Society - Program Advisory Committee, 1983 - 1995
Box 2 Folder 13
American Physiological Society - Publications Committee, 1985 - 1986
Box 2 Folder 14
American Physiological Society - Respiratory symbols and abbreviations, 1981 - 1983
Box 2 Folder 15
American Physiological Society - Section on the History of Physiology, 1983 - 1984
Box 3 Folder 1
American Physiological Society - Section on the History of Physiology, 1985 - 1997
Box 3 Folder 2
American Physiological Society - William Beaumont Day and commemorative stamp campaign, 1984 - 1985
Box 3 Folder 3
American Society for Clinical Investigation, 1970 - 1985
Box 3 Folder 4
American Thoracic Society, 1970 - 1995
Box 3 Folder 5
Angell-James, Jennifer E., 1979
Box 3 Folder 6
Annual Review of Physiology , 1974
Box 3 Folder 7
Anthonisen, N.R., 1975 - 1995
Box 3 Folder 8
Arcos, Jose P., 1992 - 1996
Box 3 Folder 9
Ashirbaev, Aibek, 1996 - 1997
Box 3 Folder 10
Association of American Medical Colleges, 1979 - 1989
Box 3 Folder 11
Association of American Physicians, 1974 - 1997
Box 3 Folder 12-13
Association of Chairmen of Departments of Physiology, 1980 - 1993
Box 3 Folder 14
Athenaeum, 1995 - 1998
Box 3 Folder 15
Audio Visual Medical Marketing, Inc., 1981 - 1983
Box 3 Folder 16
Austin, John H.M., 1975 - 1979
Box 3 Folder 17-18
B - Miscellaneous
Box 3 Folder 19
Bain, Christopher T., 1972 - 1973
Box 3 Folder 20
Baker, Paul T., 1984
Box 3 Folder 21
Barer, Gwenda R., 1973 - 1993
Box 3 Folder 22
Beekman, Paul, 1976 - 1978
Box 3 Folder 23
Birks, Rick, 1994
Box 3 Folder 24
Bittar, Edward, 1992 - 1995
Box 3 Folder 25
Bizzozero, Santiago Maffia, 1998
Box 4 Folder 1
Blackwell Scientific Publications Ltd., 1975 - 1986
Box 4 Folder 2
Blancher, Marcel, 1974 - 1975
Box 4 Folder 3
Bookseller correspondence, 1979 - 1997
Box 4 Folder 4
Booth, Christopher C., 1977 - 1993
Box 4 Folder 5
Bowden, John, 1984 - 1993
Box 4 Folder 6
Brambilla, Italo, 1974
Box 4 Folder 7
Bramble, Dennis M., 1993
Box 4 Folder 8
Branco, Antonio Carlos, 1976
Box 4 Folder 9
Brentwood Publishing, 1982
Box 4 Folder 10
Brutsaert, Tom, 1996 - 1997
Box 4 Folder 11
Burchell, Howard B., 1996 - 1998
Box 4 Folder 12
Burda Publications, 1982
Box 4 Folder 13
Burma, Gerald M., 1975
Box 4 Folder 14
Buskirk, E.R., 1993
Box 4 Folder 15
Butler, John, 1979 - 1990
Box 4 Folder 16
C - Miscellaneous
Box 4 Folder 17
Campbell, E.J. Moran, 1969 - 1996
Box 4 Folder 18
Caro, Colin G., 1977 - 1996
Box 4 Folder 19
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1981 - 1987
Box 4 Folder 20
Chang, Hsin-Kang, 1979 - 1992
Box 4 Folder 21
Chemical Heritage Foundation, 1997 - 1998
Box 4 Folder 22
Chest: Cardiopulmonary Journal , 1982 - 1998
Box 4 Folder 23
Chiang, Shou T., 1971 - 1973
Box 4 Folder 24
Chinard, Francis P., 1990 - 1997
Box 4 Folder 25
Churchill Livingstone, Inc., 1987 - 1988
Box 4 Folder 26
Clark, John C., 1975 - 1976
Box 4 Folder 27
Clark, Tim J.H., 1979
Box 4 Folder 28
Clarke, Edwin, 1974
Box 4 Folder 29
Clarke, S.W., 1979
Box 4 Folder 30
Clinical Physiology , 1997 - 1998
Box 4 Folder 31
Colebatch, H.J.H., 1990 - 1993
Box 4 Folder 32
Coleman, Mark, 1994
Box 4 Folder 33
Colice, Gene, 1992 - 1995
Box 4 Folder 34
Collins, Nancy, 1987
Box 4 Folder 35
Comroe, Julius H., Jr., 1969 - 1977
Box 4 Folder 36
Crosbie, William A., 1975 - 1976
Box 4 Folder 37
Cumming, Gordon, 1970 - 1978
Box 5 Folder 1
Current Medical Literature, Inc., 1979 - 1981
Box 5 Folder 2
D - Miscellaneous
Box 5 Folder 3
Dantzker, David R., 1979 - 1992
Box 5 Folder 4
Dawson, Stanley V., 1976
Box 5 Folder 5
Dearborn, Dorr G., 1998
Box 5 Folder 6
Decker, Brian C., 1977 - 1979
Box 5 Folder 7
Delphi Study on Directions in Anesthesia Research, 1977 - 1978
Box 5 Folder 8
DeMaria-Pesce, Victor H., 1991 - 1998
Box 5 Folder 9
Dembo-Smeaton, Elena, 1996
Box 5 Folder 10
Demedts, M., 1978
Box 5 Folder 11
Demers, Robert R., 1977
Box 5 Folder 12
Dempsey, J.A., 1972 - 1974
Box 5 Folder 13
Derks, C.M., 1976 - 1977
Box 5 Folder 14
Dewey, C. Forbes, 1969 - 1970
Box 5 Folder 15
Dill, David Bruce, 1970 - 1978
Box 5 Folder 16
Drew, Michael J.R., 1971 - 1973
Box 5 Folder 17
Dunn, D.E., 1978 - 1979
Box 5 Folder 18
Dunn, Peter M., 1992 - 1995
Box 5 Folder 19
Duvall, Charles T., 1978 - 1979
Box 5 Folder 20
D'yachenko, Alexander, 1991 - 1993
Box 5 Folder 21
E - Miscellaneous
Box 5 Folder 22
Eckberg, Dwain L., 1992
Box 5 Folder 23
Edsall, John T., 1994
Box 5 Folder 24
Eger, Edmond I., 1976
Box 5 Folder 25
Elsevier Science, 1994 - 1995
Box 5 Folder 26
Encyclopedia of Human Biology , 1990 - 1997
Box 5 Folder 27
English, Mark C., 1974
Box 5 Folder 28
Enhorning, Goran, 1992
Box 5 Folder 29
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, 1983 - 1985
Box 5 Folder 30
Erickson, B. Kipp, 1992
Box 5 Folder 31
European Space Agency, 1984 - 1986
Box 5 Folder 32
Even, Philippe, 1975
Box 5 Folder 33
Explorers Club, 1994 - 1997
Box 5 Folder 34
F - Miscellaneous
Box 5 Folder 35
Fallat, Robert J., 1973
Box 5 Folder 36
Farhi, Leon E., 1979 - 1983
Box 6 Folder 1
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 1981 - 1984
Box 6 Folder 2
Feldman, Stanley A., 1979 - 1998
Box 6 Folder 3
Ferenc, Kovats, 1973 - 1976
Box 6 Folder 4
Fishman, Alfred P., 1975 - 1996
Box 6 Folder 5-6
Fleischner Society, 1972 - 1996
Box 6 Folder 7
Fleischner Society - Abstracts for annual meeting, 1981 - 1987
Box 6 Folder 8
Fleischner Society - Executive Committee, 1984 - 1985
Box 6 Folder 9
Flenley, David C., 1975 - 1979
Box 6 Folder 10
Friedman, Paul, 1979 - 1997
Box 6 Folder 11
Furgusson, Gordon J., 1973
Box 6 Folder 12
G - Miscellaneous
Box 6 Folder 13
Galileo Foundation - International Advisory Panel, 1990
Box 6 Folder 14
Gandevia, Bryan, 1995 - 1996
Box 6 Folder 15
Gazenlo, Oleg G., 1987 - 1998
Box 6 Folder 16
General Medical Council (United Kingdom), 1971 - 1976
Box 6 Folder 17
George, Ronald B., 1975
Box 6 Folder 18
Gerstenbrand, F., 1994
Box 6 Folder 19
Ghinsta, Dhanjoo N., 1969 - 1970
Box 6 Folder 20
Gil, Joan, 1970 - 1977
Box 7 Folder 1-2
Gilbert, Daniel L., 1982 - 1990
Box 7 Folder 3
Gippenreiter, Eugene, 1981 - 1997
Box 7 Folder 4
Giutini, Carlo, 1976 - 1977
Box 7 Folder 5
Glenny, Rob W., 1991
Box 7 Folder 6
Godfrey, Simon, 1974 - 1975
Box 7 Folder 7
Goldberg, Jay M., 1984
Box 7 Folder 8
Graham, Jeff, 1995 - 1996
Box 7 Folder 9
Grant, Brydon J.B., 1983 - 1996
Box 7 Folder 10
Greco and Traficante, 1987
Box 7 Folder 11
Green, Jerry F., 1973
Box 7 Folder 12
Greenbaum, Leon J., 1996
Box 7 Folder 13
Grigg, E.R.N., 1973 - 1974
Box 7 Folder 14
Grover, Robert F., 1974 - 1996
Box 7 Folder 15
Guaita, Roberto Rodriguez, 1994 - 1995
Box 7 Folder 16
Gurther, Gail H., 1973 - 1992
Box 7 Folder 17
Guyton, Arthur C., 1978 - 1994
Box 7 Folder 18
H - Hi - Miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 1
Ho - Hw - Miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 2
H.K. Lewis and Co., 1979 - 1980
Box 8 Folder 3
Haab, Pierre, 1975 - 1989
Box 8 Folder 4
Hackett, Peter, 1986 - 1994
Box 8 Folder 5
Hakluyt Society, 1988
Box 8 Folder 6
Hammond, Michael D., 1986 - 1990
Box 8 Folder 7
Harries, Mark, 1995
Box 8 Folder 8
Harris, Peter, 1987
Box 8 Folder 9
Harvard Medical School, 1986 - 1996
Box 8 Folder 10
Harveian Society of London, 1982 - 1992
Box 8 Folder 11
Hawley, Rollin J., 1997 - 1998
Box 8 Folder 12
Heart, Lung, and Blood Disease Newsletter , 1985
Box 8 Folder 13
Hedenstierna, Goran, 1979 - 1998
Box 8 Folder 14
Heyes, Melvin P., 1977 - 1979
Box 8 Folder 15
Heymanson, F.E., 1973 - 1974
Box 8 Folder 16
Hill, Paul, 1977 - 1992
Box 8 Folder 17
Hill, Brian A., 1975 - 1993
Box 8 Folder 18
Hlastala, Michael P., 1974 - 1993
Box 8 Folder 19
Hogg, James C., 1976 - 1993
Box 8 Folder 20
Hollard, Robert A.B., 1987 - 1996
Box 8 Folder 21
Holmgren, Alf, 1969 - 1979
Box 8 Folder 22
Holy Cross Hospital, 1982
Box 8 Folder 23
Homma, Yukihiko, 1979
Box 8 Folder 24
Hopkins, Susan, 1993 - 1997
Box 8 Folder 25
Horn, Lyle W., 1975
Box 8 Folder 26
Hornbein, Thomas F., 1969 - 1990
Box 8 Folder 27
Houston, Charles S., 1987 - 1994
Box 8 Folder 28
Hu, Shu-Tsu, 1980 - 1986
Box 8 Folder 29
Hugh-Jones, Philip, 1975 - 1976
Box 8 Folder 30
Hughes, J. Michael, 1972 - 1996
Box 8 Folder 31
Hultgren, Herbert N., 1993 - 1995
Box 8 Folder 32
Hutchinson Ross Publishing Company, 1982
Box 8 Folder 33
I - Miscellaneous
Box 8 Folder 34
Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary's, 1996
Box 8 Folder 35
Information Dynamics, Inc., 1998
Box 9 Folder 1
Institut Francais D'Etudes Andines, 1996 - 1997
Box 9 Folder 2
Institute for Biomedical Engineering, 1991 - 1997
Box 9 Folder 3
Institute of Child Health, 1995
Box 9 Folder 4
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, 1982 - 1983
Box 9 Folder 5
International Biographical Centre, 1991
Box 9 Folder 6
International Heart and Lung Institute, 1973
Box 9 Folder 7
International Society for Correlative and Biologic Research, 1983 - 1986
Box 9 Folder 8
International Society for Gravitational Physiology, 1994 - 1995
Box 9 Folder 9-10
International Society for Mountain Medicine, 1989 - 1998
Box 9 Folder 11
International Union of Physiological Sciences, 1983 - 1996
Box 9 Folder 12
J - Miscellaneous
Box 9 Folder 13
James, A. Everette, 1974 - 1987
Box 9 Folder 14
James, O.F., 1978 - 1983
Box 9 Folder 15
Janssen, Pieter J., 1973 - 1974
Box 9 Folder 16
Jennings, Pat, 1984
Box 9 Folder 17
Jennings, Ron, 1982

Includes Everest article by Jennings.

Box 9 Folder 18
Jensen, Helle Mikel, 1977
Box 9 Folder 19
Johns, David P., 1987
Box 9 Folder 20
Johnson, Martin "Duke", 1987 - 1996
Box 10 Folder 1
Jones, James H., 1991 - 1994
Box 10 Folder 2
Jones, Norman L., 1974 - 1997
Box 10 Folder 3
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1975 - 1981
Box 10 Folder 4
Journal of Gravitational Physiology , 1994 - 1998
Box 10 Folder 5
Journal of Physiology , 1992 - 1993
Box 10 Folder 6
Journal of the American Medical Association , 1985 - 1989
Box 10 Folder 7
Jung Stiftung für Wissenchaft und Forschung, 1979 - 1989
Box 10 Folder 8
Jurila, George A., 1984
Box 10 Folder 9
K - Miscellaneous
Box 10 Folder 10
Kafer, Enid R., 1975
Box 10 Folder 11
Kallenbach, Jeremy, 1988 - 1989
Box 10 Folder 12
Karliner, Joel, 1977 - 1985
Box 10 Folder 13
Kass, Irving, 1975 - 1980
Box 10 Folder 14
Kauffman, Andy, 1985 - 1987
Box 10 Folder 15
Kayser, Bengt, 1992 - 1997
Box 10 Folder 16
Kazemi, Homayoun, 1984 - 1998
Box 10 Folder 17
Kellogg, Ralph H., 1977 - 1992
Box 10 Folder 18
Kennedy, Kevin P., 1979 - 1980
Box 10 Folder 19
Kerwin, Joseph P., 1984
Box 10 Folder 20
Kiley, James P., 1985
Box 10 Folder 21
Kim, Won Dong, 1980
Box 10 Folder 22
Kimmich, H.P., 1976
Box 10 Folder 23
Kira, Shiro, 1981
Box 10 Folder 24
Kirsch, K., 1989
Box 10 Folder 25
Klein, Stanley R., 1983
Box 10 Folder 26
Klineberg, Peter L., 1975
Box 10 Folder 27
Klocke, Robert A., 1978 - 1992
Box 10 Folder 28
Kneussl, Meinhard, 1975
Box 10 Folder 29
Kodansha Publishers, 1982
Box 10 Folder 30
Koga, Hidetake, 1984 - 1987
Box 10 Folder 31
Kohlhagen, Michael, 1994 - 1995
Box 10 Folder 32
Kones, Richard, 1980
Box 10 Folder 33
Kostyo, Jack L., 1980 - 1982
Box 10 Folder 34
Kovacs, Chris, 1993
Box 10 Folder 35
Kovats-Ferenc, Ernie, 1979 - 1995
Box 10 Folder 36
Koyal, Sankar, 1980 - 1983
Box 10 Folder 37
Kravis, Thomas C., 1972 - 1987
Box 10 Folder 38
Kreuzer, Ferdinand, 1982 - 1985
Box 10 Folder 39
Kryger, Meir H., 1985 - 1986
Box 11 Folder 1-2
L - Miscellaneous
Box 11 Folder 3
Ladurner, Linnette, 1982 - 1983
Box 11 Folder 4
Lahiri, Sukhamay, 1979 - 1996
Box 11 Folder 5
La Jolla Group for Explaining the Origins of Humans (LOH), 1997
Box 11 Folder 6
Lal, Seth, 1991
Box 11 Folder 7
Lancet , 1986 - 1993
Box 11 Folder 8
Langley, Lee, 1973 - 1982
Box 11 Folder 9
Laszlo, Gabriel, 1973 - 1991
Box 11 Folder 10
Laudurner, Linnette D., 1981 - 1990
Box 11 Folder 11
Laurent, Geoffrey J., 1993 - 1995
Box 11 Folder 12
Lauweryns, Joseph M., 1974
Box 11 Folder 13
Lavender, J. Peter, 1991 - 1997
Box 11 Folder 14
Leach, Berton J., 1966 - 1983
Box 11 Folder 15
Lee, Li-Na, 1989 - 1995
Box 11 Folder 16
Lee, Robert G., 1987 - 1988

Includes journal from Lee's Everest expedition.

Box 11 Folder 17
Lenfant, Claude, 1977 - 1996
Box 11 Folder 18
Lerman, Sam I., 1982 - 1987
Box 11 Folder 19
Leschin, A., 1979
Box 11 Folder 20
Levine, Benjamin D., 1987 - 1995
Box 11 Folder 21
Lewis, Steven M., 1978 - 1982
Box 11 Folder 22
Li, Quanhui, 1998
Box 11 Folder 23
Lieberman, Philip, 1990 - 1994
Box 11 Folder 24
Lien, Te-Chang, 1989
Box 11 Folder 25
Lindell, Sven-Eric, 1979
Box 11 Folder 26
Linnarsson, Dag, 1985
Box 11 Folder 27
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins (Lippincott-Raven Publishers), 1996 - 1998
Box 11 Folder 28
Lipton, Rose, 1988
Box 11 Folder 29
Livingston, Robert B., 1979 - 1993
Box 11 Folder 30
Llanos, Anibal J., 1986 - 1987
Box 11 Folder 31
Lockhart, Alain, 1973 - 1986
Box 11 Folder 32
Loeppky, Jack, 1992 - 1994
Box 11 Folder 33
Longo, Lawrence D., 1978 - 1997
Box 11 Folder 34
Louisiana State University Medical Center, 1976 - 1987
Box 11 Folder 35
Luft, Ulrich C., 1970 - 1987
Box 12 Folder 1-3
M - Miscellaneous
Box 12 Folder 4
MacKeen, William L., 1985
Box 12 Folder 5
MacKinnon, J. Dougal, 1983
Box 12 Folder 6
Macklem, Peter T., 1971 - 1985
Box 12 Folder 7
Maidement, Julia, 1985
Box 12 Folder 8
Mair, Tim S., 1995
Box 12 Folder 9
Mairbarl, Heimo, 1988
Box 12 Folder 10
Malkin, Victor B., 1985 - 1995
Box 12 Folder 11
Maloney, John E., 1973 - 1989
Box 12 Folder 12
Mansor, Mary E., 1986 - 1988
Box 12 Folder 13
Maricopa County Medical Society, 1980 - 1983
Box 12 Folder 14
Maron, Michael B., 1992
Box 12 Folder 15
Marshall, Bryan E., 1975 - 1979
Box 12 Folder 16
Martin, Carroll J., 1975
Box 12 Folder 17
Martin, Thomas, R., 1991 - 1993
Box 12 Folder 18
Masoro, Edward, 1974 - 1975
Box 12 Folder 19
Massaro, Donald, 1975 - 1990
Box 12 Folder 20
Mastenbrook, S. Martin, 1980 - 1983
Box 12 Folder 21
Matthews, Christine M.E., 1976
Box 12 Folder 22
Matthews, Frank L., 1971 - 1985
Box 12 Folder 23
Matthews, Ric, 1984 - 1991
Box 12 Folder 24
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 1981 - 1984
Box 12 Folder 25
Mazzei, Juan Antonio M., 1989 - 1995
Box 12 Folder 26
Mazzone, Robert W., 1979 - 1983
Box 12 Folder 27
McCarthy, Donal S., 1982
Box 12 Folder 28
McDonald, Donald M., 1995
Box 12 Folder 29
McEvoy, R. Doug, 1983 - 1988
Box 12 Folder 30
McIlroy, Malcom B., 1969
Box 13 Folder 1
McKusick, Victor A., 1980 - 1981
Box 13 Folder 2
Mead, Jere (Jeremiah), 1973 - 1993
Box 13 Folder 3
Mecikalski, Mark, 1987 - 1997
Box 13 Folder 4
Medical Research Council of New Zealand, 1986
Box 13 Folder 5
Meister, Beat, 1991
Box 13 Folder 6
Meith, David V., 1974 - 1975
Box 13 Folder 7
Michimata, Hideo, 1995
Box 13 Folder 8
Milc-Emili, J., 1969 - 1994
Box 13 Folder 9
Milledge, James S., 1985 - 1995

See also Series 6A: AMERICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH EXPEDITION TO EVEREST - Correspondence.

Box 13 Folder 10
Miller, A.T., 1974
Box 13 Folder 11
Milne, Eric N.C., 1985 - 1988
Box 13 Folder 12
Mitchell, Jere H., 1988
Box 13 Folder 13
Mochizuki, Masaji, 1983 - 1997
Box 13 Folder 14
Mommaerts, Wilifried, 1972 - 1984
Box 13 Folder 15
Monge, Carlos, 1985 - 1992
Box 13 Folder 16
Montiero, Stephen, 1990
Box 13 Folder 17
Moore, Keith, 1982
Box 13 Folder 18
Moore, Terris, 1987
Box 13 Folder 19
Moore-Ede, Martin C., 1983 - 1985
Box 13 Folder 20
Moosa, A.R., 1985
Box 13 Folder 21
Morgan, Howard E., 1981 - 1986
Box 13 Folder 22
Morgan, Philip K., 1976 - 1984
Box 13 Folder 23
Moser, Kenneth M., 1976 - 1979
Box 13 Folder 24
Moser, Robert, 1985 - 1986
Box 13 Folder 25
Muir, David C.F., 1986 - 1992
Box 13 Folder 26
Murao, Makoto, 1982
Box 13 Folder 27
Murray, John F., 1984 - 1997
Box 13 Folder 28
Mutnick, Jack, 1997 - 1998
Box 13 Folder 29
Mutual de Seguridad and Mining Company Doña Ines de Collahuasi, 1996
Box 13 Folder 30
Myhre, Byron A., 1987
Box 13 Folder 31
N - Miscellaneous
Box 13 Folder 32
Nadel, Jay A., 1971 - 1995
Box 13 Folder 33
Naeije, Robert, 1995 - 1998
Box 13 Folder 34
Nakashima, Michiro, 1983 - 1986
Box 13 Folder 35
Namba, Yasuo, 1993 - 1995
Box 13 Folder 36
National Academy of Engineering - Committee on the Interplay of Engineering with Biology and Medicine, 1971 - 1972
Box 13 Folder 37
National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia) - Panel of Independent Assessors, 1986 - 1991
Box 13 Folder 38
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 1988 - 1996
Box 13 Folder 39
National Research Council, 1986 - 1993
Box 13 Folder 40
Nayar, H.S., 1984 - 1985
Box 13 Folder 41
Neuarth, Jeffrey Lee, 1982
Box 13 Folder 42
Newell, Jonathan, 1979
Box 13 Folder 43
Nicholas, Terry E., 1975 - 1986
Box 13 Folder 44
Nicolaysen, Gunnar, 1991 - 1992
Box 13 Folder 45
Nieman, Gary, 1977 - 1978
Box 13 Folder 46
Nilsestuen, Jon O., 1977
Box 13 Folder 47
Noehren, Theodore H., 1975
Box 13 Folder 48
Nordin, B.E.C., 1996
Box 13 Folder 49
Norton, Allen C., 1984 - 1985
Box 13 Folder 50
Nowell, Janice, 1971 - 1973
Box 13 Folder 51
Nunn, John F., 1975 - 1998
Box 13 Folder 52
O - Miscellaneous
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O'Donnell, T.V., 1974 - 1989
Box 13 Folder 54
Oelz, Oswald, 1986 - 1997
Box 14 Folder 1
Ohira, Yoshi, 1995 - 1996
Box 14 Folder 2
Okubo, Takao, 1973 - 1988
Box 14 Folder 3
Olszowka, Albert J., 1975 - 1976
Box 14 Folder 4
O'Neil, Terrence Jay, 1975
Box 14 Folder 5
Osborn, John J., 1974
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Otis, Arthur B., 1980 - 1983
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P - Miscellaneous
Box 14 Folder 9
Pain, Michael C.F., 1973 - 1997
Box 14 Folder 10
Paintal, Autar S., 1975 - 1996
Box 14 Folder 11
Paiva, Manuel, 1973 - 1994
Box 14 Folder 12
Palecek, Frantisek, 1977 - 1991
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Pappenheimer, John R., 1984 - 1996
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Papper, Solomon, 1980
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Parker, James C., 1991 - 1997
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Parker, John C., 1990
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Parker B. Fellowship Program, 1981 - 1999
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Paterson, David, 1991 - 1992
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Pedley, Tim J., 1976
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Pengelly, Eric T., 1984 - 1986
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Permutt, Solbert, 1982 - 1986
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Peterson, Nils, 1987
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Petty, Thomas L., 1974 - 1980
Box 14 Folder 24
Physiological Society, 1987 - 1998
Box 14 Folder 25
Piccin Medical Books, 1974 - 1982
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Pierce, Rob J., 1979
Box 14 Folder 27
Piiper, Johannes, 1975 - 1996
Box 14 Folder 28
Pilet, Paul-Emile, 1984
Box 14 Folder 29
Pizzo, Christopher J., 1986 - 1991
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Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1985 - 1996
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Pokorny, Jiri, 1976
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Porter, Robert, 1980
Box 14 Folder 33
Porzak, Glenn E., 1986 - 1987
Box 14 Folder 34
Potts, Renfrey B., 1971 - 1988
Box 14 Folder 35
Powell, Frank, 1982 - 1997
Box 14 Folder 36
Poznak, E. Van, 1995
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Prediletto, Renato, 1990 - 1991
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Preuss, Charles A., 1985
Box 14 Folder 39
Pride, Neil, 1983 - 1992
Box 14 Folder 40
Prisk, G. Kim, 1998
Box 14 Folder 41
Proctor, Donald F., 1982 - 1994
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Pugh, L.G.C.E., 1973 - 1987

See also Series 6A: AMERICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH EXPEDITION TO EVEREST - Correspondence.

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Q - Miscellaneous
Box 14 Folder 44
Quyyum, Mohammed, 1993
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R - Miscellaneous
Box 15 Folder 3
Raff, Hershall, 1984
Box 15 Folder 4
Rahn, Hermann, 1969 - 1987
Box 15 Folder 5
Ranney, Helen M., 1989
Box 15 Folder 6
Raub, William F., 1980
Box 15 Folder 7
Ravin, Carl E., 1975 - 1986
Box 15 Folder 8
Reeves, John T., 1975 - 1988
Box 15 Folder 9
Resnik, Robert, 1984
Box 15 Folder 10
Richalet, Jean-Paul, 1983 - 1998
Box 15 Folder 11
Rigatto, Mario, 1992 - 1993
Box 15 Folder 12
Rigby, Sarah, 1989
Box 15 Folder 13
Rigler, Leo G., 1976
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Riley, David J., 1981 - 1991
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Riley, Richard, 1976 - 1994
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Ritchie, Blair, 1971 - 1985
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Robin, Eugene D., 1977 - 1988
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Rodarte, Joe R., 1974 - 1991
Box 15 Folder 19
Rom, William N., 1980 - 1998
Box 15 Folder 20
Rosborough, John, 1980
Box 15 Folder 21
Rosenzweig, David Y., 1974
Box 15 Folder 22
Ross, John, Jr., 1981 - 1994
Box 15 Folder 23
Rostami, Ahmad, 1985 - 1997
Box 15 Folder 24
Roussos, Charis, 1983 - 1995
Box 15 Folder 25
Royal Australian College of Physicians, 1989 - 1997
Box 15 Folder 26
Royal College of Physicians, 1986 - 1994
Box 15 Folder 27
Royal Geographical Society, 1985 - 1995
Box 15 Folder 28
Royal Institute of Great Britain, 1990 - 1993
Box 15 Folder 29
Royal Society of Medicine, 1995 - 1996
Box 15 Folder 30
Ruben, John, 1995 - 1996
Box 15 Folder 31
Russian Academy of Sciences, 1994 - 1996
Box 15 Folder 32
S-Sc - Miscellaneous
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Sd-Sz - Miscellaneous
Box 16 Folder 4
Sackner, Marvin A., 1975
Box 16 Folder 5
Sadoul, Paul, 1973 - 1984
Box 16 Folder 6
Saint Mary Corwin Hospital, 1976
Box 16 Folder 7
Saint Paul Surgical Society, 1982 - 1983
Box 16 Folder 8
Saint Vincent's Hospital, 1991
Box 16 Folder 9
Sakula, Alex, 1988 - 1992
Box 16 Folder 10
Saltzman, Herbert A., 1973 - 1980
Box 16 Folder 11
Samaja, Michele, 1992
Box 16 Folder 12
San Diego County - Animal Control Advisory Committee, 1987 - 1989
Box 16 Folder 13
Sanchez-Grinan, Maria Ines, 1982 - 1984
Box 16 Folder 14
Sant'Ambrogio, Giuseppe, 1983 - 1998
Box 16 Folder 15
Santolaya Biondi, Rasmundo, 1986 - 1992
Box 16 Folder 16
Satterfield, Timothy S., 1991 - 1992
Box 16 Folder 17
Saunders, Kenneth B., 1978 - 1995
Box 16 Folder 18
Scheid, Peter, 1973 - 1997
Box 16 Folder 19
Scher, Allen M., 1973
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Schering Corporation, 1980
Box 16 Folder 21
Schlenker, Evelyn H., 1981 - 1982
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Schmidt-Nielsen, Bodil M., 1980 - 1992
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Schmidt-Nielsen, Knut, 1984 - 1987
Box 16 Folder 24
Schmitt, Hans Josef, 1982
Box 16 Folder 25
Schneider, Alan M., 1976 - 1981
Box 16 Folder 26
Schobersberger, Wolfgang, 1988
Box 16 Folder 27
Schoene, Robert B., 1982 - 1997
Box 16 Folder 28
Schroeder, Hosso, 1976 - 1977
Box 16 Folder 29
Science , 1979 - 1996

Includes submitted letters to the editor by West.

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Scientific American , 1983 - 1984
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Scott Foresman and Company, 1976
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Semple, Steve J.G., 1977 - 1979
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Severinghaus, John W., 1970 - 1998
Box 17 Folder 3
Shabetai, Ralph, 1979 - 1982
Box 17 Folder 4
Shebata, Carl, 1973
Box 17 Folder 5
Shepro, David, 1977 - 1992
Box 17 Folder 6
Shibamoto, Toshishinge, 1996
Box 17 Folder 7
Shupak, Avi, 1995
Box 17 Folder 8
Silber, Antoly P., 1975 - 1992
Box 17 Folder 9
Simmons, Daniel H., 1974 - 1984
Box 17 Folder 10
Sinclair, Jack D., 1969 - 1982
Box 17 Folder 11
Singh, M.P., 1976 - 1984
Box 17 Folder 12
Sleep , 1997 - 1998
Box 17 Folder 13
Slutsky, Arthur, 1981 - 1994
Box 17 Folder 14
Smaldon, Geoffrey, 1980 - 1981
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Smidt, Udo, 1975 - 1989
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Smith, Dana, 1982
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Smith, Len A., 1975
Box 17 Folder 18
Smith, R.T., 1974 - 1976
Box 17 Folder 19
Smith, Richard Merrill, 1976
Box 17 Folder 20
Smithsonian Institute, 1983 - 1985
Box 17 Folder 21
Sociedad Portuguesa de Patologia Respiratoria, 1979
Box 17 Folder 22
South Coast Medical Center, 1985 - 1986
Box 17 Folder 23
Sovereign Leasing Place, 1990
Box 17 Folder 24
Spragg, Roger, 1980 - 1996
Box 17 Folder 25
Stableforth, David, 1981
Box 17 Folder 26
Stang, L.G., 1974
Box 17 Folder 27
Staub, Norman C., 1973 - 1996
Box 17 Folder 28
Steadman, Philip, 1985
Box 17 Folder 29
Steinberg, Daniel, 1975 - 1996
Box 17 Folder 30
Steiner, Robert E., 1982 - 1995
Box 17 Folder 31
Stenzler, Alex, 1998
Box 17 Folder 32
Story, David, 1985 - 1986
Box 17 Folder 33
Strand, Fleur L., 1981
Box 17 Folder 34
Strang, Leonard B., 1984 - 1985
Box 17 Folder 35
Suedfeld, Peter, 1985
Box 17 Folder 36
Sullivan, Stuart F., 1976 - 1977
Box 17 Folder 37
Sutton, John R., 1979 - 1996

Includes color photograph of Sutton and West.

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Swan, H. Jeremy C., 1981 - 1987
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Sykes, Alan H., 1986 - 1987
Box 17 Folder 40
Sykes, M. Keith, 1975 - 1984
Box 17 Folder 41
Sylvester, Jim T., 1975 - 1979
Box 17 Folder 42
Szewczak, Joe, 1990
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T - Miscellaneous
Box 17 Folder 44
Tansey, Tilli, 1991 - 1998
Box 17 Folder 45
Taskier, Fanita, 1973
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Taylor, Aubrey E., 1984 - 1987
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Taylor, C. Richard, 1984
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Tenney, Stephen Marsh, 1984 - 1995
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Teplick, Richard, 1976
Box 17 Folder 50
Tessier, Shirley, 1988
Box 17 Folder 51
Thieme-Stratton, Inc., 1981
Box 17 Folder 52
Thomson, Andrew, 1986 - 1987
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Thurlbeck, William M., 1976 - 1995
Box 18 Folder 2
Tisi, Gennaro M., 1972 - 1982
Box 18 Folder 3
Torrance, R.W., 1989 - 1995
Box 18 Folder 4
Townes, Brenda D., 1986 - 1987
Box 18 Folder 5
Townsley, Mary C., 1992 - 1996
Box 18 Folder 6
Trapnell, David H., 1977 - 1979
Box 18 Folder 7
Trask, Arthur L., 1986 - 1987
Box 18 Folder 8
Tsukamoto, Reizo, 1981 - 1982
Box 18 Folder 9
Tsukimoto, Koichi, 1991 - 1994
Box 18 Folder 10
Tverskaya, Galina, 1992 - 1994
Box 18 Folder 11
U - Miscellaneous
Box 18 Folder 12
Ulmer, W.T., 1971 - 1975
Box 18 Folder 13
University of Adelaide, 1988 - 1995
Box 18 Folder 14
University of Arizona, 1983 - 1997
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University of California, Los Angeles, 1978 - 1983
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