The Christian B. Anfinsen Papers

Title:

Letter from Christian B. Anfinsen, Marshall W. Nirenberg to President of Brazil

Description:

Anfinsen and the 1968 Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine, Nirenberg, protested the Brazilian government's purging of its renowned scientists Isaias Raw, Alberto Carvalho da Silva, and Helio Lourenco de Oliveira. In this letter to President Artur da Costa e Silva, the two scientists argued for continuity between the scientific exchange of ideas and political freedom.

Item is a photocopy.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (48,415 Bytes)

Date Supplied:

May 1969?

Creator:

Anfinsen, Christian B.

Nirenberg, Marshall W.

Recipient:

Costa e Silva, Arthur

President of Brazil

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Libby Anfinsen.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: Social Change; Freedom

Exhibit Category:

Humanitarian and Political Activism, 1967-1994

Box Number: 9

Folder Number: 16

Unique Identifier:

KKBBFR

Document Type:

Letters (correspondence)

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Series: Correspondence, 1965-1999

SubSeries: Chronological Files, 1965-1999

Folder: 1965-1969

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2006-05-18

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