Microcirculatory Society Records, 1948-2001 (bulk 1954-1999) (MSS 632)

Access: Items in the AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS series are restricted. Viewing/listening copies may be available for researchers.

Extent: 3.2 Linear feet (8 archives boxes)

The Microcirculatory Society Records document the Society from its beginning through the 1990s. Items within the collection include documents pertaining to Society organization and operation, photographs of members and events, and reel-to-reel and digital audio of the first conference.

The Microcirculatory Society was organized in 1954; Edward Bloch served as its first president. It was organized from isolated and independent groups or individuals concerned with research on microcirculation. The Society first met in conjunction with the 67th annual meeting of the American Association of Anatomists. The conference was conceived and implemented by Edward Bloch, Department of Anatomy, Western Reserve University (now Case-Western Reserve) and John W. Irwin, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and subsequently Director of the Microcirculatory Laboratory, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston. The Society has met every year since then, with researchers being invited to present their findings and to discuss the latest news on microcirculation. At the second conference in 1955 the members voted to incorporate and hold separate annual conferences.

The Microcirculatory Society Records document the Society from its beginning through the 1990s. Items within the collection include documents pertaining to Society organization and operation, photographs of members and events, and reel-to-reel and digital audio of the first conference.

Arranged in nine series: 1) ADMINISTRATIVE, 2) GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE, 3) CONFERENCES, 4) 25th ANNIVERSARY MEETING, 5) COMMITTEES, 6) MEMBERSHIP, 7) NEWSLETTERS, 8) AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS, and 9) KROGH MATERIALS.

Container List

ADMINISTRATIVE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 1) ADMINISTRATIVE: This series, 1969-1999, contains Society by-laws, meeting minutes, treasurer's reports and notes contributed by members.

Box 1 Folder 1
Agenda for the Annual Business Meeting of the Microcirculatory Society, March 18, 1989
Box 1 Folder 2
Agenda for Executive Council Meeting of the Microcirculatory Society, March 17, 1989
Box 1 Folder 3
Bassingthwaite, Jim, Notes, 1990
Box 1 Folder 4
By-Laws, 1969
Box 1 Folder 5
By-Laws, 1979

Proposed revision.

Box 1 Folder 6
By-Laws, 1980

Proposed revision.

Box 1 Folder 7
By-Laws, 1983

Proposed revision.

Box 1 Folder 8
By-Laws, 1988

Proposed revision.

Box 1 Folder 9
By-Laws, 1992
Box 1 Folder 10
Treasurer's Report, 1989
Box 1 Folder 11
Treasurer's Report, 1993
Box 1 Folder 12
Compact for the Affiliation of the American Physiological Society and The Microcirculatory Society, 1985
Box 1 Folder 13
Directory of Microcirculation Societies, 1987
Box 1 Folder 14
Klitzman, Bruce notes, 1998 - 1999
Box 1 Folder 15
Kinsley Memorial Volume (under consideration), 1975
Box 1 Folder 16
Microcirculatory Society Council Meeting, April 9, 1976
Box 1 Folder 17
Microcirculatory Society Council Meeting, March 9-12, 1990
Box 1 Folder 18
Microcirculatory Society Council Meeting Agenda, March 22, 1993
Box 1 Folder 19
Minutes of Microcirculatory Society Council Meeting, April 29, 1988
Box 1 Folder 20
Minutes of Microcirculatory Society Conference Call, February 21, 1989
Box 1 Folder 21
Societies, Sites and Presidents/Chairmen of the Microcirculatory Society, 1974

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

Scope and Content of Series

Series 2) GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE: This series contains correspondence of past presidents Herbert J. Berman (1972-1973), William L. Joyner (1987-1988), Robert W. Gore (1988-1989) and James B. Bassingthwaighte (1990-1991).

Box 1 Folder 22
President's Correspondence, 1972 - 1973

Berman, Herbert J.

Box 1 Folder 23
President's Correspondence, 1987 - 1988

Joyner, William L.

Box 1 Folder 24-25
President's Correspondence, 1988 - 1989

Gore, Robert W.

Box 1 Folder 26
President's Correspondence, 1989 - 1991

Bassingthwaighte, James B.

Box 1 Folder 27
Society Secretary, 1989

Granger, Harris J.

CONFERENCES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 3) CONFERENCES: This series contains documents on the annual conference held by the Society from 1954-1997 (not a complete run).

Box 1 Folder 28
First Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1954
Box 2 Folder 1
First Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1954

Folder 2 of 2.

Box 2 Folder 2
Second Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1955
Box 2 Folder 3
Third Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1956
Box 2 Folder 4
Fourth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1957
Box 2 Folder 5
Fifth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1958
Box 2 Folder 6
Sixth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1958
Box 2 Folder 7
Seventh Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1959
Box 3 Folder 1
Seventh Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1959
Box 3 Folder 2
Eighth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1960
Box 3 Folder 3
Eleventh Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1963
Box 3 Folder 4
Twelfth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1964
Box 3 Folder 5
Thirteenth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1965
Box 3 Folder 6
Fourteenth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1966
Box 3 Folder 7
Fifteenth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1967
Box 3 Folder 8
Sixteenth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1968
Box 3 Folder 9
Eighteenth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1970
Box 3 Folder 10
Twentieth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1972
Box 3 Folder 11
Twenty-Sixth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1980
Box 3 Folder 12
Twenty-Ninth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1982
Box 3 Folder 13
Thirtieth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1983
Box 3 Folder 14
Thirty-First Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1984
Box 3 Folder 15
Thirty-Second Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1985
Box 3 Folder 16
Thirty-Third Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1986
Box 3 Folder 17
Thirty-Fourth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1987
Box 3 Folder 18
Thirty-Fifth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1988
Box 3 Folder 19
Thirty-Seventh Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1990
Box 3 Folder 20
Forty-Fourth Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1997

25th ANNIVERSARY MEETING, 1979

Scope and Content of Series

Series 4) 25th ANNIVERSARY MEETING, 1979: This series contains correspondence between Edward Bloch and possible host locations, site location requests and responses, meeting correspondence, notes and a paper written by George P. Fulton documenting the history of the society to 1979.

Box 3 Folder 21
25th Anniversary Essay: "The Founding of the Microcirculatory Society", 1954 - 1979
Box 3 Folder 22
25th Microcirculatory Meeting, History/Banquet
Box 3 Folder 23
Dr. Edward H. Bloch, Babson Institute
Box 3 Folder 24
Dr. Edward H. Bloch, Boston University
Box 4 Folder 1
Dr. Edward H. Bloch, Brandeis, 1974
Box 4 Folder 2
Dr. Edward H. Bloch, Case Western Reserve University, 1974
Box 4 Folder 3
Dr. Edward H. Bloch, University of Arkansas
Box 4 Folder 4
Dr. Edward H. Bloch, University of California, San Diego, 1974
Box 4 Folder 5
List to Whom the Site Letter is/has been sent
Box 4 Folder 6
Meeting Correspondence, 1972 - 1975
Box 4 Folder 7
Microcirculatory Society Correspondence with George Fulton, 1979
Box 4 Folder 8
Responses to Site Selection Letter
Box 4 Folder 9
Site Request Letter
Box 4 Folder 10
Site Visit Schedule, 1974

COMMITTEES

Scope and Content of Series

Series 5) COMMITTEES: This series has information on the various committees of the Society, including the Awards Committee, which chooses the winners of the Landis, Travel, Innovative Instrumentation and Young Investigator awards; the Liason Committee which organizes events with the World Congress on Microcirculation; and the Publications Committee.

Box 4 Folder 11
Awards Committee, 1982 - 1990
Box 5 Folder 1-3
Awards Committee, Grega-Zacharkow Young Investigator Award, 1988 - 1993
Box 5 Folder 4
Awards Committee, Innovative Instrumentation Award, 1988 - 1989
Box 5 Folder 5-6
Awards Committee, Landis Award, 1983 - 1989
Box 6 Folder 1-2
Awards Committee, Pharmacia Travel Award, 1983 - 1990

Committee Assignments

Box 6 Folder 3
1978-1979
Box 6 Folder 4
1992-1994
Box 6 Folder 5-6
Historical Committee, 1954 - 1989
Box 6 Folder 7-8
Liaison Committee, 1975 - 1992
Box 6 Folder 9
Publications Committee, 1988 - 1995

MEMBERSHIP

Scope and Content of Series

Series 6) MEMBERSHIP: Contains membership lists, 1955-1998.

Box 7 Folder 1
1955-1982
Box 7 Folder 2
1985-1998

MICROCIRCULATORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTERS, 1970-1999

Scope and Content of Series

Series 7) MICROCIRCULATORY SOCIETY NEWSLETTERS: This series contains Society newsletters from the 1970s through the 1990s.

Box 7 Folder 3
1970-1979
Box 7 Folder 4
1980 - 1989
Box 7 Folder 5
1990-1999

AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS

Scope and Content of Series

Series 8) AUDIO/VISUAL MATERIALS: This series contains photographic prints and negatives of prominent Society members, lecture slides, and reel-to-reel audio of the first conference in 1954. The Society converted the reel-to-reel to both MP3 and WAV formats on two CD-R disks, included in the series.

Photographs, Slides, and Negatives

Box 7 Folder 6
Bloch, E.H. - Portraits. Negatives, 1947-1966
Box 7 Folder 7
Bloch, E.H. - Portraits. Prints, 1968-1971
Box 7 Folder 8
Bloch, E.H. - Laboratory at Case Western Reserve University. Prints, circa 1960
Box 7 Folder 9
Bloch, E.H. with Louise Warner at the University of Chicago. Photographs taken by Fritz Goro. Prints, 1947
Box 7 Folder 10
Bloch, E.H. with Melvin Knisely and John and Mary Irwin at the Boston conference. Print, 1967
Box 7 Folder 11
Knisely, Melvin H. - Portraits. Prints, 1930-1975
Box 7 Folder 12
Krogh, August - Portraits. Prints and negatives, undated
Box 7 Folder 13 Oversize FB-473-08
Quartz rod. Photograph taken by Fritz Goro. Print, undated
Box 7 Folder 14
Slides 1-20

Slides include portraits of Krogh and Bloch, among others and microcirculatory drawings.

Audio Materials

First Conference on Microcirculatory Physiology and Pathology, 1954

Box 7 Folder 15
Reels 1 and 2

Restrictions apply.

Box 8 Folder 1
Reels 3 and 4

Restrictions apply.

Box 8 Folder 2
Reels 5 and 6

Restrictions apply.

Box 8 Folder 3
Transcripts of reels 1 through 6
Box 8 Folder 4
Audio files on CD-R

Restrictions apply.

For original reel-to-reel audio content, see also Box 8, Folders 11-13.

KROGH MATERIALS, 1948

Scope and Content of Series

Series 9) KROGH MATERIALS: This series contains items relating to August Krogh, prominent physiologist and winner of the Nobel Prize, as collected by the Society.

Box 8 Folder 5
Krogh, August. Hand written notes for his introduction to the Century Fund Lectures, 1948
Box 8 Folder 6 Oversize FB-473-08
Poster - Oversize, 1948