Title:

Oswald T. Avery

Creator:

Reedley, Durr

Date:

1928

Description:

This portrait of Avery by Durr Reedley was commissioned in 1928 by Avery's colleague at the Rockefeller Institute, and close friend, Ernest Stillman. In 1985, the portrait was donated to Rockefeller University by Avery's sister-in-law, Catherine Avery.

Original Repository:

Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers

Rights:

Courtesy of the Tennessee State Library and Archives. and http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/

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Genre:

Photographic prints
Portraits

Format:

Still Image

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Maclyn McCarty with a portrait of Oswald T. Avery at the Rockefeller University Hospital, 1985
Letter from Edward C. Curnen, Jr. to Joshua Lederberg, 1985

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers. 361

Legacy ID:

CCGMFT

NLM ID:

101584575X595

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X595

Story Section:

The "Sugar-Coated Microbe" and the Search for a Cure for Pneumonia, 1919-1929