Title:

Letter from Percival Hartley, Medical Research Council of Great Britain to Michael Heidelberger

Creator:

Medical Research Council (Great Britain)
Hartley, Percival Horton-Smith, Sir, 1867-

Recipient:

Heidelberger, Michael

Date:

27 July 1939

Description:

In this letter, the biochemist and immunologist Percival Hartley lamented the coming of World War II and discussed his efforts to keep the National Institute of Medical Research in operation at a time when the requirements of the military for scientific and medical resources affected researchers in many fields. "I live in this daily stress of preparing for war; there is no respite," Hartley wrote.

Location:

Box: 2. Folder: 26

Rights:

Courtesy of Michael Heidelberger.

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Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

World War II

Format:

Text

Extent:

4 pages

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

DHBBGW

NLM ID:

101584940X101

Profiles Collection:

The Michael Heidelberger Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584940X101

Story Section:

Antigens and Antibodies: Heidelberger and The Rise of Quantitative Immunochemistry, 1928-1954