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ABOUT Office of NIH HIstory Mission Staff Contact Advisory Committee Visitors Information The History of NIH Timelines Publications News and Events Conferences and Symposia Seminars Biomedical Research History Interest Group RESEARCH AND TRAINING Bibliographical and Reference Sources FAQ Fellowships and Grants Oral Histories AIDS and NIH Timelines Publications NIH Historical Data MUSEUM Virtual Exhibits Onsite Exhibits Education Collections Donate Practitioners History Trade Catalogs Manuals ARCHIVES Finding Aids Oral Histories Donate Policies and Forms HOME News and Events Inquiries Visitors Information Teachers Researchers OFFICE OF NIH HISTORY and Stetten museum NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH The Office of NIH History and Stetten Museum at the National Institutes of Health advances the historical understanding of the biomedical research conducted at the National Institutes of Health by documenting, preserving, and interpreting records and artifacts. The office creates exhibits and other products, and helps scholars and researchers to navigate the rich history of the National Institutes of Health. NEWS Steve Katz, M.D., Ph.D., the long-time Director of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), died December 20. Katz was born in New York, grew up in Bethesda, trained in internal medicine and dermatology, and came to NIH in 1974 as a Senior Investigator in the Dermatology Branch at the National Cancer Institute, initiating a highly productive research program in the immunology of skin diseases. Six years later he was Branch Chief. And when a Director for NIAMS was sought in 1995, Katz emerged as the ideal candidate. Over these years he ably led an Institute that has made major contributions to research across a broad portfolio of disorders that affect millions of Americans such as the Accelerated Medicines Partnership (AMP) project that is shedding dramatic new light on the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and lupus. He recently completed an oral history, available here: https://history.nih.gov/archives/downloads/stephenkatzinterview6182018.pdf ARCHIVES Oral histories are added on a regular basis. Henry Metzger Interview date: June10,1998 Interview date :  July 30, 2001  ( Clinical Associates Program  Oral History Series) The Office of NIH History holds photograph collections cataloged and uncataloged. Many can be found in on our Flickr site and in Search Our Collections . To request images for use in publications or presentations contact the Office of NIH History . Follow us on Twitter, Facebook  and Tumblr. ERNZT LEITZ MICROSCOPE, ONE OF SEVERAL MICROSCOPES LOCATED IN THE STETTEN MUSEUM COLLECTION A TORSION BALANCE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE FLAG THAT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH FLEW FROM 1953 TO 1980 DR. ALICE C. EVANS AT THE HYGIENIC LABORATORY, CA. 1930s. EVANS CONFIRMED THAT THE SOURCE OF MOST HUMAN BRUCELLOSIS CASES WAS THE MILK FROM COWS INFECTED WITH BACILLUS ABORTUS THE CLINICAL CENTER (BUILDING 10) WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1953 AS A RESEARCH HOSPITAL COMBINING LABORATORY RESEARCH AND PATIENT CARE, CA 1984 DR. JULIUS AXELROD, NOBEL LAUREATE, IN HIS LABORATORY AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, CA 1970s AERIAL VIEW OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH CAMPUS IN THE EARLY 1950s SHORTLY AFTER THE COMPLETION OF BUILDING 10, THE CLINICAL CENTER DR. GARY GIBBONS AND LABORATORY PERSONNEL, 2004 DR. HAROLD VARMUS, DIRECTOR OF THE NIH (1993-1999), CURRENT DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (2010) AND RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR WORK ON ONCOGENES BUILDING 16, KNOWN AS THE “STONE HOUSE” ON THE NIH CAMPUS DR. CHARLES WARDELL STILES JOINED THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH AND MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE IN 1902 AS THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE HYGIENIC LABORATORY’S DIVISION OF ZOOLOGY BROAD-SPECTRUM ANTIBIOTICS USED FOR ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER, CA 1950s AERIAL VIEW OF THE NIH CAMPUS, CA 2004 EARLY IMAGES OF DESKTOP COMPUTER USE AT THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH EARLY PHOTOGRAPH OF THE HYGIENIC LABORATORY, CA 1900 LABORATORY TECHNICIAN, CA 1970 ROYAL MANUAL TYPEWRITER, WIDELY USED AT THE NIH UNTIL COMPUTERS WERE INTRODUCED IN THE 1980s MICROMANIPULATORS ARE MECHANICAL DEVICES FOR TRANSLATING GROSS MOVEMENTS OF THE HANDS INTO EXTREMELY FINE MOVEMENTS OF SMALL INSTRUMENTS. FROM THE STETTEN MUSEUM COLLECTIONS THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE ON THE CAMPUS OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, WAS DEDICATED DECEMBER 14, 1961 DR. MARSHALL W. NIRENBERG, THE FIRST FEDERAL SCIENTIST TO RECEIVE A NOBEL PRIZE (PHYSIOLOGY OF MEDICINE, 1968) SHOWN IN HIS LABORATORY MEASURING THE AMOUNT OF FLUID IN A PIPETTE JUNE 22, 1951, PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN LAID THE CORNERSTONE FOR THE NIH CLINICAL CENTER. LEFT TO RIGHT, NIH DIRECTOR, WILLIAM H. SEBRELL, JR., FEDERAL SECURITY AGENCY ADMINISTRATOR, OSCAR EWING, CONTRACTOR JOHN MCSHAIN AND THE SURGEON GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, LEONARD A. SCHEELE A ERNST LEITZ MICROSCOPE, ONE OF SEVERAL MICROSCOPES LOCATED IN THE STETTEN MUSEUM COLLECTION Site Map | Accessibility | Privacy Policy | Department of Health and Human Services | National Institutes of Health | Office of Intramural Research | FOIA Office of History and Stetten Museum | Bldg 60 | Suite 230 | National Institutes of Health | Bethesda, MD 20814-1460 Phone: 301.496.6610 | Email: history@nih.gov Last updated: 01 January 2019 First published: 2 February 2005 Permanence level : Permanent: Dynamic Content...