UC San Francisco

Selected material from the papers of Choh Hao Li (1913-1987), scientist and human growth hormone researcher. Li served as director of UCSF's Hormone Research Laboratory and Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology. Li's major accomplishments include the first synthesis of the human growth hormone and the discovery of beta-endorphin. Call number: MSS 88-9

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Mobilization Against AIDS is a California-based national advocacy and lobbying organization that works to safeguard civil rights and to assure adequate treatment for all HIV-infected individuals. The Mobilization was formed in San Francisco in 1984 as a non-partisan activist organization. The organization was founded on the positive energy generated from the March for Lesbian and Gay Rights at the National Democratic Convention. It is one of the oldest AIDS activist groups in the world, having been founded just three years after AIDS was identified. This collection documents the founding, administration and work of the Mobilization Against AIDS also known as ...

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion Archives

Images from Mount Zion Hospital, third floor Operating Room / Perioperative unit.

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion Archives

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion Archives

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion Archives

Selections from the papers of Dr. Howard C. Naffziger (1884–1961), veteran, neurosurgeon, and University of California professor and regent. Material relates to his career and military service. Call number: MSS 97-04

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Selected material from the Mary B. Olney papers, including photographs, reports, ephemera, and correspondence. Olney graduated from the UCSF School of Medicine in 1932. She completed her training in pediatrics at San Francisco General Hospital and served as a professor at UCSF. She founded Camp Whitaker and Bearskin Meadow Camp, wilderness camps in California for children with diabetes, and the Diabetic Youth Foundation with her partner, Ellen Simpson. Call number: MSS 98-64.

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections

Richard W. Pollay was Curator of the History of Advertising Archives, University of British Columbia, when first asked to contribute his historical knowledge in tobacco litigation (Cipollone v Liggett et al, 1988). Over the next 20 years his knowledge of tobacco marketing was shared in many trials and with many governments, and he wrote many articles for peer reviewed journals, US Surgeon General Reports and National Cancer Institute Monographs based upon his own research and access to corporate documents, such as at UCSF. During this time he amassed a collection of over 10,000 examples of cigarette print advertising, as well ...

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Industry Documents Library

Saxton T. Pope (1875-1926) graduated from the University of California, College of Medicine in 1899. He served as a surgeon and professor at the UC Medical School and worked with Ishi of the Yahi people during his time in San Francisco. Call number: MSS 26-3.

Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections