Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research (WFBR) Papers ...

Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research (WFBR) Papers 

[formerly Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology (WFEB)] 

Institution name change – 1995 

Institution merged with the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) 1997 

Box # 1 

Contents: 5 binders 

Binder 1 Mimi Aaron Greenberg Cancer Research Institute (MAGCRI) 

Dedication – September 19, 1976 

1974-1976 -“MAGCRI (materials) Book #1” 

Flyers; family mailing list; pledges; invitation; program 

1976-1987 “MAGCRI – Progress Rpt. and Financial Reports Book #2” 

Binder 2 “Four Months Cumulative Report on News Releases – Period Covered: 

August 20, 1974 – December 31, 1974” 

Binder 3 “30 th Anniversary Program Materials” Convocation, June 2, 1974 

April 1, 1974 – June 30, 1977 

Campaign programs; roster of donors; budgets; speeches; newsclips, etc. 

Binder 4 “Research in Prostaglandins” (newsletter) 

Publication of the Prostaglandin Information Center of the Worcester 

Foundation for Experimental Biology 

June, 1971 – May, 1972 (Vol.1, Nos. 1-5) 

July, 1972 – May 1973 (Vol.2, Nos. 1-6/missing No.5) 

September, 1972 – Supplement – “Clinical Use of Prostaglandins in 

Fertility Control Research: 1970 – 1971 – 1972” 

Binder 5 “Worcester Foundation News” Press Releases 

January 11, 1974 – September 21, 1975





Box # 2 

Contents: 7 bound volumes; 6 unbound reports 

7 bound volumes – WFEB Annual Reports 

(1943-1999) 

1 (November 28) 1945 - 1954 

2 1955 - 1960 

3 1961 - 1965 

4 1966 -1970 

5 1970-1976; 

1973-74 “Report of Research”; 1975-76 “Report of Research” 

6 1976 - 1983 

7 1980 - 1993 

6 unbound WFEB Annual Reports and WFBR Annual Reports 

1994 - WFEB Annual Report 

1995 - WFBR Annual Report (Institution name change) 

1996 – WFBR Annual Report 

1997 – WFBR Annual Report (Merger with UMMS) 

1998; 1999 – WFBR Annual Report





Box # 3 

Contents: 24 hanging folders – Newsletters – 1958 - 1992 

10 Folders - “The Foundation News Letter” (“All the news we can get – Printed 

from time to time”) 

1 “News Letter 1958 – 1959” 

1958 - November; December 

1959 – January - November 

2 “News Letter 1960” 

1960 – January - December 


1961 – March - December 


1962 – February - December 


1963 – May - November 


1964 – May; August 


1965 - January; June; October 

8 “1966” 

1966 – April; November 

( Jackson Laboratory News (Vol.15, No.1) March 1967 attached to November 

1966 “News Letter” issue) 

9 “1967” ( June, 1967 only) 

10 “News Letter Complete File” 

November 1958 – June 1967

14 Folders - “WFEB Happenings” 

11 “WFEB Happenings 1969” 

1969 – Vol.1, Nos. 1-6 - 

12 “WFEB Happenings May 30, 1969….” (cumulative; one copy each) 

1969 - Vol. 1, Nos. 1-6 

1970 - Vol. 2, Nos. 1-11 

1971 - Vol. 3, Nos. 1-12 (no.3 missing, no.7 not produced) 

1972 - Vol. 4, Nos. 1-3 

13 “The Happenings 1970” 

1970 – Vol. 2, Nos. 1-11 

14 “WFEB Happenings 1971” 

1971 - Vol. 3, Nos. 1-12 (no.3 missing, no.7 not produced) 

15 “Happenings 1972” 

1972 - Vol 4, Nos. 1-7 (6 missing; No.7/June-July 1972 misnumbered) 


1973 - Vol. 5, Nos. 1-6 

17 “Happenings 1974” [is Vol. ;7 – there is no Vol. 6] 

1974 - Vol. 7, Nos. 1-6 


1975 - Vol. 8, Nos. 1-5 


1976 - Vol. 9, Nos. 1-6 


1977 - Vol. 10, Nos. 1-6 


1978 - Vol. 11, Nos. 1-6) 


1979 - Vol. 12, Nos. 1-6 

23 “Happenings 1980” (includes 1980, 1981, 1982) 

1980 - Vol. 13, Nos. 1-6 

1981 - Vol. 14, Nos. 1-6 

1982 - Vol. 15, Nos. 1-5

24 [no label] “Happenings” 

1983 - Vol. 16, Nos. 1-6; 

1984 - Vol. 17, Nos. 1-6 

1985 - Vol. 18, Nos. 1-6 

1986 - Vol. 19, Nos. 1-4 

1987 - Vol. 20, Nos. 1-5 

1988 - Vol. 21, Nos. 1-3 

1989 - Vol. 22, Nos. 1, 2 

1990 - Vol. 23, Nos. 1-3 

1991 - Vol. 24, No. 1 

1992 - Vol. 25, No. 1





Box # 4 

Contents: 9 bound volumes 

8 bound volumes – “Hudson Hoagland Collected Papers” (1927-1971) 

Vol I 1927-1939 

Vol.II 1940-1947 

Vol. III 1948-1951 

Vol. V [sic] 1952-1955 

Vol. VI 1956-1960 

Vol. VII 1961-1964 

Vol. VIII 1965-1967 

Vol. IX 1967-1971 

1 bound volume – “Reprint Collection – Clark University Biological Laboratories” 

1936-1939 – Volume 2





Box # 5 

Contents: 8 bound volumes and 1 box (approx 1’x1’x6” of reprints, notebook of scientist 

profiles) 

8 bound volumes – “Gregory Pincus Collected Papers” (1926-1969) 

1926-1934 

1935-1938 

1938-1943 

1944-1950 

1951-1954 

1955-1958 

1959-1963 

1965-1969 

1 box (approx 1’x1’x6”) – contents: 

-unbound reprints (tag found in box: “23 Rare Reprints W.F.E.B. Miscellaneous”) 

Loose Gregory Pincus and other scientists’ reprints 

-1 loose issue of “Science News” December 1979 (Worcester Foundation/University of 

Massachusetts Medical School) 

-1 notebook - “Science Happenings With - ” 

WFEB Scientists’ brief profiles (33) 1-2 pages each 

[n.d. – roughly 1960s and 1970s]





Box # 6 

Contents: 6 bound volumes; 35 unbound reports – WFEB and WFBR 

2 bound volumes 

1 “Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology Scientific Reports 1979-1993” 

(includes WFEB “Reports of Research” 1973-1978) 

2 “WFEB Scientific Reports 1979-1988” 

10 unbound Scientific Reports 

WFEB Scientific Reports 1987-1993 

WFBR Scientific Reports 1994-95 

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4 bound volumes – Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology Annual Reports 

(1947-1996) 

1 “WFEB Annual Reports;1947 – 1966” 

(includes loose copy of first Annual Report July 1, 1946) 

2 “WFEB Annual Reports 1967 -1980” 

3 “WFEB Annual Reports 1984 – 1989” 

4 “WFEB Annual Reports 1990 – 1996” 

25 unbound Annual Reports (WFEB and WFBR); miscellaneous fundraising materials (1994- 

2001); one Research Reporter Newsletter 

-WFEB Annual Reports 1984; 1990-91; 1992-93; 1994 

-WFBR Annual Report 1995 

-WFBR Annual Reports 2001; 2002-2003 

-1994 Donor List - Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology 

-2001 Membership – Hudson Hoagland Society – WFBR 

-“Why” publication – n.d. – Campaign Discover (three-year major gifts program) 

-Spring 1995 “News” Worcester Foundation Auxiliary – Newsletter for Members 

Fall 1992, Fall/Winter 1995; Winter 1995 The Research Reporter newsletter





Box # 7 

Contents: 23 hanging folders 

1 1971-2000 “Pincus Material” 

Email printouts; correspondence; magazine and newspaper articles about The Pill; 

Biographical article (National Academy of Sciences) 7 photocopies 

2 “Dr. Pincus” 

1937-1972 Correspondence, magazine and newspaper articles about The Pill, The 

Worcester Foundation; Pincus obituary and CV; M.C. Chang information 

3 “Dr. Pincus – Born: April 9, 1903 Died: 8-22-67” 

1964- 

Photographs (8x10 and 5x7 black and white [b/w] and negatives) 

ABC American Experience – photocopies 

Photo album with photo reprints Hoagland and Pincus, John Rock, etc. 

4 “Dr. M. Hoagland” (Dr. Mahlon B. Hoagland) 

1959- 1985 Biographical sketches, CV; conference remarks; Franklin Institute Medal; 

book reviews; publicity, news clippings 

5 “Hoagland, Mahlon – Newsclips” 

1950-1983 News items, reprints, articles 

6 “Hoagland, Hudson – Newsclips – 1961 thru January, 1970” 

1950 – 1970 

8 (9”x12”) envelopes newspaper clippings; Pathfinder article (1950); announcement of 

death and list of personal facts 

7 “1969-1988” 

Newspaper and other clippings; male contraception; Hudson and Anna Hoagland 50 th 

Wedding Anniversary; “WFEB Board of Trustees Report and Recommendations of the 

Planning and Resources Committee. October 1978” 

8 “Hudson Hoagland Info” 

1965-1979 Articles, reprints 

9 “Photos – Trustees, Misc.” 

1960s – 1990s

10 “Pincus Medal” 

1994-1999 Recipients lists; Pincus Lectures, Award (Medal) 

11 Proclamations 

1998 Resolutions drafts 

12 “50 th Anniversary” 

1993-1994 

Logos, publicity, planning; campaign Structure; clippings; Founders Day 

13 “Degree Right to WFEB” 1965 

14 “Albert Lasker Award” 1995-1996 

15 “Photos before 1960” B/w, varied sizes, mainly buildings, some staff 

16 “Photos 1960s” 

17 May 20, 1988 “Final Report of the Board of Trustees Long-Range Planning Committee” 

18 and 19 

“MH Lecture #1 - 10-3-86” and “Hoagland Disting. Lecture 10-3-86” 

Mahlon Hoagland Distinguished Lecture (First Annual) 

Speaker invitation, lecture transcription, invitation and mailing list, news release, 

correspondence 

20 “MH Lecture #2 - 10-2-87” 

Mahlon Hoagland Distinguished Lecture (Second Annual) 

Speaker, travel, facilities, invitation, mailing list, requisitions, correspondence 

21 “MH Lecture #3” (5-5-89) 

Mahlon Hoagland Distinguished Lecture (Third Annual) 

Correspondence, speaker, invitation mailing 

22 “MBH Lectures Fall 1982” 

1980-1982 Free public lecture series by Mahlon Hoagland (Sept. 28, Oct. 5, Oct. 14, and 

Oct. 28, 1982) “Are You Curious About Science?” Publicity, evaluation questionnaire 

summaries for first three lectures 

23 “The Pill Newsclips” 

April 1967 – May, 2000 Mainly 1960s and 1970s news clippings and press releases





Box # 8 

Contents: 12 binders – WFEB and WFBR Trustees Meeting Minutes and ancillary 

materials (e.g., Treasurer’s Reports, Committee Reports, Annual Reports, Elections) 

Binder labels - Jan. 20, 1944 - June 27, 1997 

Material inclusive dates: 1926 – June 27, 1997 

Binder 1 “Trustees’ Meetings – Jan. 20, 1944 thru Sept. 28, 1949” 

Binder 2 “Trustees’ Meetings – Jan. 23, 1950 thru June 6, 1953” 

Binder 3 “Trustees’ Meetings – June 24, 1953 thru April 24, 1957” 

Binder 4 “Trustees’ Meetings – May 6, 1957 thru Jan. 8, 1960” 

Binder 5 “Trustees’ Meetings – May 9, 1960 thru June 5, 1964” 

Binder 6 “Trustees’ Meetings – Nov. 30, 1964 thru May 30, 1969” 

Binder 7 “Trustees’ Meetings – June 30, 1970 - December 31, 1972” 

Binder 8 “Trustees’ Meetings – June 1973 – December 1974” 

(May 1973 – December 18, 1974 inclusive) 

Binder 9 “Trustees’ Meetings – June 7, 1975 - October 31, 1981” 

Binder 10 “Trustees’ Meetings – May 8, 1982 - October 12, 1990” 

Binder 11 “Trustees’ Meetings – February 1, 1991 - October 2, 1992” 

Binder 12 “Trustees’ Meetings – January 22, 1993 - June 27, 1997”





Box # 9 

Contents: 7 hanging folders; 5 books 

7 Hanging Folders 

1 “Dr. Hudson Hoagland” 

circa 1938 - 1980 

b/w photographs – 8” x 10”; 5” x 7”; 2” x 3,” negatives,contact sheets 

Dr. Hudson Hoagland, with Gregory Pincus, students, Mrs. Hudson Hoagland; group 

gatherings, portrait sittings, television show, campus exterior and interior 

2 “Dr. Chang” 

1970 - 

Biographical notes/CV; Correspondence; articles; reprints; NAS/Roy Greep Biographical 

memoir of Min Chueh Chang; photograph 

3 “Chang, M.C., Ph.D, D.Sc. 

1964 - 1988 

Newsclippings and news releases; copy of “Stern” Magazine (Germany); 

correspondence; Postdoctoral Fellowships in Male Fertility; awards; lectures; grant 

applications, reprint 

4 “Delegation” ((U.S.) Delegation for Basic Biomedical Research) 

1977 - 1982 

Memos, correspondence, newsclippings; federal grants/funding; lectures; copy “Medical 

World News” (Feb 20, 1978); House subcommittee testimony; 

5 “Chang info” 

1969 1998 

Bibliography; MEDLINE searches; Roy Greep memoir manuscript; M.C. Chang 

Memorial Fund correspondence 

6 “Chang Bench Dedication – June 3, 1994” 

Memos; invitation/attendance/regrets lists; invitation; bench stonecarving/inscription; 

Chang (Conference) Room Concept (references portrait)

7 “Birth Control” 

1964 – 1980 

newspaper clippings; magazine articles; “Population Reports” issues; “Bibliography of 

Fertility Control – 1950-1965”; “World Fertility Patterns” poster; 

5 books: 

Hoagland, Hudson. “The Road to Yesterday.” Privately printed, Worcester, MA 1974. 

(2 copies) 

Hoagland, Mahlon. “Discovery – The Search for DNA’s Secrets.” Houghton Mifflin Company, 

Boston, MA 1981. 

Hoagland, Hudson. “Reflections on Science and Human Affairs.” Schenkman Publishing 

Company, Cambridge, MA 1973. 

“Simply Science – A Selection of Columns Published in The Evening Gazette by Mahlon 

Hoagland, M.D.” Worcester Telegram and Gazette, Worcester, MA 1985.





Box # 10 

Contents: One notebook binder and loose items related to Pincus Lectures/Awards 

1971 - 2002 

Binder Spine Title: “Pincus Lectures” 

Loose items within binder: 

Folder – 

“Evolution of the Pill” booklet by Dorothy M. Hunt, Northborough, MA (2002) 

-8” x 10” b/w photographs Hogland/Pincus; Margaret Sanger; John Rock, Garcia Celse, Gregory 

Pincus; 

-envelope of 5” x 7” b/w photographs 1996 Pincus Award ceremony (Pincus Memorial Lecture) 

-miscellaneous 5” x 7” b/w photographs 

-two 1.44MB floppy disks (“Pill History” PowerPoint file and “The Early History of the Birth 

Control Pill: People, Policies, Principles and Progesterone” by Lawrence C. Zoller (?Powerpoint 

or Word file) 

Folder – 

“Worcester Foundation 50 th Anniversary Steroid Symposium and Gregory Pincus Memorial 

Lecture – Friday, November 4, 1994” 

Programs; participants; 1994 Annual Report; 1994 Donor List; 1992/93 Scientific Report; 

Floppy disk – “Gregory Pincus Memorial Lecture Mailing List 1996” (M. Nay/John McCracken) 

FY03 to FY05 “WFBR Scholars Fund Projected income and awards” (list) 

In binder rings: 

“List of Recipients of Pincus Medal 1969 – 1992” [in plastic sheet protector] 

1971 – 2000 (tabbed binder sections) No information in the1990 section of notebook 

(Award was annual 1969-1981, bi-annual thereafter) 

Each section contains news clippings, press releases; correspondence with and addresses 

of lecturers (Pincus Medal recipients); invitations; lecturer curriculum vitae/photographs; 

programs; 

Loose “1998 Worcester Foundation” publication (?Annual Report post-merger?)





Box # 11 

Contents: 18 hanging folders 

1 “MAGCRI – LISTS & APPEALS & REPORTS 

-The Mimi Aaron Greenberg Cancer Research Institute” 

3 subfolders – fundraising materials: donor mailing lists, committees, brochures, 

press releases, correspondence 

-“Greenberg Mail Appeal/List” - January 30, 1976 – July 6, 1981 

-“Working Folder” – September 11, 1974 - September 19, 1976 - 

-“Greenberg Sponsors – and Letter from MBH thanking them for being sponsors” 

December 18, 1975 March 15, 1976 

2 “DEDICATION PROGRAM - MAGCRI “ – June 11, 1976 – September 19, 1976 

Correspondence; photographs, program, plaque, appeals, invitations ; Ford Foundation 

Reprint: “Contraceptive Development for Developing Countries: Unmet Needs” by G.W. 

Perkin, et al. 

3 “Pill/David Halberstam from American Heritage 1993” 

April 21, 1970 - August 15, 1970 

4 copies“Discovering Sex” David Halberstam, American Heritage, May-June 1993, 

p. 39-58; 2 articles (LOOK Magazine and Science News) 

4 “Pill Excerpts from The Road to Yesterday” 

6 copies; “The Road to Yesterday” Hudson Hoagland, Privately Printed, Worcester, MA 

1974. 

5 “The Story of the Pill 1930-1970” 

March 20, 1937 – December 7, 1969 - Newsclippings and articles 

6 “American Heritage Article” 

1978 - 1993 

6 photocopies and copy of magazine issue - “Discovering Sex” David Halberstam, 

American Heritage, May-June 1993, p. 39-58. 

1 hardbound copy – American Heritage, August/September 1978 – contains article: 

“The Story of the Pill” Kenneth S. Davis, p. 80-91. 

“Hudson Hoagland Clark Collection” – July 1985 - 

Correspondence and finding aid for “Papers of Hudson Hoagland (1899-1982)

7 “Contraceptives, Oral” - June 1963 – December 1977 

newspaper clippings and articles 

8 “Contraception” – 1963 – December 1982 

newspaper clippings; articles; government reports 

9 “Gregory Pincus Memoirs” 

5”x7” b/w photos only (Rock, Pincus, Hoagland, Chang) 

10 “Pincus Info” January 6, 1964 – March 1995 

obituary; photos; publication list; CV; NAS biographical memoir (Dwight J. Ingle); 

Memorial Lectures; articles; “Dr. Pincus, Gregory Trip to Russia, May 1967” 

11 “Photos – Pincus, Chang” 1967 - 2001 

5”x7” b/w photos, contact sheets, photocopies with captions (request from Science News 

for article) 

12 “The Pill” (“Pill articles” and “Population/Birth Control”) 

May 1978 – April 8, 1994 

articles, newspaper clippings, correspondence, copy of “Der Spiegel” magazine 

13 “Pill Articles 1970 – 1989” 

articles, newspaper clippings; Speeches given October 19, 1974 by – Mary S. Calderone, 

M.D. “Family Planning and Sexuality – Retrospect 1953-1974” and Lucy Komisar 

“The Pill and the Changing Economic and Social Status of Women” 

14 “Worcester Foundation” 

March 21, 1997 - January 12, 2000 

Correspondence; UMass Financial Records System (UMass Foundation) Account 

Statement for 8/6/99; State Matching Funds - Worcester Foundation Accounts; Research 

Planning Retreat (10/13/98); assets transfers from WFBR to UMMS; Development office 

future organization/staff resumes. 

15 “Pill Projects” June – August 1988 

WFEB Pill Exhibit (1982) correspondence, planning notes 

Russell Marker obituary; correspondence; Sheep Surgical Core Facility description; Male 

Fertility Group selected publications 1985-1989 

16 “Foundation History Bldgs, etc.” 

1969 – September 17, 1984 

Reed Building information; Behavioral Sciences Building, new Wings; Building 

Contributions (n.d.); floor plans; Shrewsbury Garden Club meeting minutes; Campus 

Buildings story 

17 “Pill Articles 1990s” 

February, 1963 - Articles; newspaper clippings; correspondence; Carl Djerassi

18 No general folder label 

October 23, 1985 – May 2004 

-“Great Moments in Medicine” photocopied chapters from book 

(courtesy of R. W. Errickson - Parke–Davis) 

-“Pill Exhibit Info” (Exhibit at UMMS March 1982) 

March 15, 1982 – December 21, 1989 

Captions; legend; planning; graphics costs; correspondence 

-“2004 Caspi Lecture 

May 7, 2004 - Eliahu Caspi (2 nd ) Lecture in Chemical Biology (in remembrance)– 

mailing lists;email correspondence; lectureship fund; program 

-Walter Reeves consultant report on pre-campaign feasibility study (Oct 1990);





Box # 12 

Contents: 15 hanging folders – mostly photographs 

1 “Cafeteria – Hoagland-Pincus Center” 

8”x10” and 5”x7” b/w photographs and transparencies 

2 “Library – Hoagland-Pincus Center” – circa May 1970 

8”x10” and 5”x7” b/w photographs, negatives, contact sheets, transparencies 

3 “Bldg. Exteriors” – 1968 - July 1981 

Mostly exterior 8”x10” and 5”x7” b/w photographs, negatives, contact sheets 

Some interior (Hoagland-Pincus lobby and auditorium, library, Dr. James D. Watson, 

labs); two color ~4”x4” 

4 “Endocrine Clinic” – n.d. 

8”x10” and 5”x7” b/w photographs (exterior) 

5 “Aldus Higgins Building” 

1950s - 1964 

Was Administration Building (contained Library) 8”x10” b/w photographs, 

negatives 

6 Folder – no label – several photos labeled 1974 

8”x10” and 5”x7” b/w (several color) photographs, negatives, contact sheets, 

transparencies – day and night photos of mainly building exteriors; one of American 

Cancer Society support plaque 

7 “Auditorium – Hoagland-Pincus Center” [mislabeled? It is the building progress of 

Hoagland-Pincus Center] 

Three “Progress Photos” folders and one folder “Comm. Svcs. Center Completed 

(photos)”- November 9, 1965 – February 15, 1966 

8”x10” b/w photos - Architect drawings exterior of “Library and Conference Center 

– Worcester Foundation;” 8”x10” b/w photos laying foundation, and construction, start to 

finish. 

8 “Old Building Photos” 1946 – 1963 

Exterior photos buildings; aerial photos, various sizes; negatives; several color slides; 

9 glass slides -original buildings, barn at Clark University where WFEB was established

9 “WFEB – Buildings Miscellaneous” 

1969 - 

various sizes, b/w and color, slides, many negatives, aerial photos, various 

seasons, day and night, mainly building exteriors 

10 “Cancer Center 20 th Anniversary” – September 27, 1991 

Invitations; programs; correspondence; committee; newspaper coverage;2 - 8”x10” black 

and white photos of retrovirus and microtubules 

11 “Behavioral Building” – circa September 1968 

Behavioral Studies Facilities and Barn. 5”x7” b/w photos, negatives, and many contact 

sheets – interior and exterior 

12 “WFEB Aerial Views” 

circa 1965/1967 

B/w and color mainly 8”x10”, some negatives – campus aerial view photos 

13 “6/2/74 Dedication Cancer Res. Bldg” (Rose and Gordon Research Laboratory) 

May - June1974 - 

30 th Anniversary Campaign gifts; Trustee Development Report 5/3/74; invitations; 

30 th Anniversary Year program 6/2/74 – symposium; program; invitees; trustee 

attendance;(press package) press release; newsletter; article; remarks of H. Ladd Plumley 

14 “Brewer Estate” 

October 5, 1971 - Feb 13, 1974 

Contributions to the Worcester Foundation for purchase of the Brewer Estate; 

correspondence 

15 “Reed Bldg. – Open House and Misc.” (Ann Putnam Reed Research Laboratory) 

February 7, 1965 - June 27, 1997 

Newspaper clippings; “Prospectus” investment portfolio; Building dedication June 12, 

1965; invitations; correspondence; excerpts from Sidney Farber, MD address at 

dedication





Box # 13 

Contents: 

1 wood box – 18” x 13” x 5” – three drawers containing glass slides (4” x 3 1/4”) 

Drawer 1 115 slides – compartments are labeled on side (not clear where one subject 

ends and another begins): 

- perfusion 

- human adrenals 

- corticosteroid 

Drawer 2 123 slides - no compartment labels 

Drawer 3 59 slides - compartments are labeled on side 

-arthritics 

-steroidogenesis 

-steroid formuli 

-Blood ACTH





Box # 14 

Contents: 2 binders – photograph contact sheets and 35 mm slides (no negatives) 

Binder 1 “1993 – 1995 Contact Sheets” (b/w) 

[most described and dated on back] 

January 21, 1993 - October 12, 1995 

-scientists, laboratories and staff, administrative staff 

-trustee and other meetings; presentations, receptions, booksignings; horse shows; 

-Hudson Hoagland Society Annual event (speakers include Jane Goodall, Sir Edmund 

Hillary, David Campbell, David Halberstam, Dr. Joseph Murray) 

63 - color slides (35 mm) - (4 pocket sheets) 

Exterior shots of buildings on campus, mainly Hoagland-Pincus Center (with blue 50 th 

Anniversary banner) 

Binder 2 “Contact Sheets 1996 – 98 – 99 – 00” (b/w, some color) 

[most described and dated on back] 

January 1996 – May 31, 2000 

-scientists, laboratories and staff, administrative staff 

-trustees, other meetings, presentations, receptions, horse shows, Rockwell home event 

-Pincus Award – Dr. Judah Folkman recipient; Furchgott/Moncada recipients 

-Hudson Hoagland Society annual event; speakers Story Musgrave, Mark Schrader 

-50 th Reunion and Auxiliary Anniversary; Gov. Weld proclamation 

-“InVitro Baby” Cameron McCarthy; 

-Ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin presentation; Friends Tour of Labs 

-Partners in Science Award – Al Sacco speaker; Metastasis Symposium; 

Spirit of Discovery Conference 

32 - color slides (35 mm) - (2 pocket sheets) 

New campus sign “Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research”





Box # 15 

Contents: 11 binders – Executive Committee Meetings and Finance Committee Meetings 

Minutes and ancillary materials (e.g., Operating Committee Meeting Minutes) 

1 loose folder: 

“Worcester Foundation – Founders’ Board Meeting – 12/23/1943” 

(Minutes of the “Informal Board” Meeting of the “Worcester Research 

Foundation” December 23, 1943) 

Binder 1 “Fin. Comm. Meetings 4-6-50 to 9-12-56/ 

Executive Committee Meetings 10-9-56 to 12-24-59” 

Binder 2 “Executive Committee Meetings Jan.4, 1960 to Sept. 26, 1963” 

Binder 3 “Executive Committee Meetings Oct. 18, 1963 to May 8, 1969” 

Binder 4 “Executive Committee Meeting Minutes July 16, 1969 to May 15, 1973” 

Binder 5 “Executive Committee Minutes September 22, 1973 to March 20, 1975” 

Binder 6 “Executive Committee 1975 – 1978” 

(July 17, 1975 to December 7, 1978) 

Binder 7 “Executive Committee 1979 – 1983” 

(February 1, 1979 to December 8, 1983) 

Binder 8 “Executive Committee Meetings 1984 – 1988” 

(February 9, 1984 to November 11, 1988) 


(January 26, 1989 to December 6, 1990) 


(January 23, 1991 to December 9, 1992) 

Binder 11 “Executive Committee Meetings 1993 – June 10, 1997” 

(February 10, 1993 to June 13, 1997)





Box # 16 

Contents: 

- Library of Congress Pincus Finding aid 

- 1945 Dedication Bulletin 

- 38 hanging folders – correspondence, contracts, income/expenditure statements (1950s to 

1960s/ majority of inclusive material is in the 1960s): 

“E” series - Grants to WFEB to do research studies on substances, compounds 

and tests for Pharmaceutical and other industry companies 

“H” folders – McCormick 

“D” folder – Gregory Pincus biographical (deceased) file 

Folders (initial box order): 

1 E.48 Dr. Pincus – ROUSSEL UCLAF 

2 E.43 Dr. Pincus – MERCK & CO., INC. 

3 E.44 Dr. Pincus – KIMBERLY-CLARK 

4 H.1 Dr. Pincus – McCORMICK - PUERTO RICO (1950s) 

5 H.8 Dr. Pincus – McCORMICK – HOUSING (1950s-1960s) 

6 E.28 Dorfman - SYNTEX CORPORATION 

7 E.29 Dr. Pincus - MERCK CO. FOUND. 

8 E.30 Dr. Dorfman – SHIONOGI RESEARCH LAB. 

9 E.31 Dr. Pincus – NORWICH PHARMACAL CO. 

10 E.32 Dr. Pincus – MERCK INSTITUTE FOR THERAPEUTIC RESEARCH 

11 E.34 Dr. Pincus – MERCK AND COMPANY 

12 E.39 Dr. Pincus – ORTHO RESEARCH FOUNDATION 

13 E.41 Dr. Pincus – CIBA 

14 E.22 Dorfman - LEAD INDUSTRY 

15 E.23 Dorfman - TOBACCO INDUSTRY 

16 E.24 Dr. Pincus – PHYTOGENS PRODUCTS 

17 E.25 Dr. Pincus – JULIUS SCHMID, INC. 

18 E.18 Dr. Pincus – SCHMID (PILOT PLANT) 

19 E.19 Dr. Pincus – EBERHARD-STEPHENS LAB 

20 E.20 Dorfman - LILLY & COMPANY 

21 E.12 Dorfman - LILLY 

22 E.13 Dr. Dorfman – GERMANIUM 

23 E.14 Dr. Pincus – SCHMID 

24 E.15 Dr. Pincus – MERCK

25 E.46 Dr. Pincus – MERCK SHARP & DOHME 

26 E.21 Dorfman - SYNTEX 

27 D Dr. Pincus – McCORMICK - BROOKLINE 

28 E.1 Dr. Pincus – CIBA (1950s and 1960s) 

29 E.3 CIBA(1950s and 1960s) 

30 E.4 Dr. Pincus – SCHMID 

31 E.5 - HOFFMAN-LAROCHE 

32 E.6 (Resnick) - HOFFMAN-LAROCHE 

33 E.7 - UPJOHN (1950s and 1960s) 

34 E.8 (Dorfman) - **HOFFMANN LAROCHE (1950s and 1960s) 

35 E.9 **MERCK SHARP & DOHME 

36 E.10 ASTRA 

37 E.11 SYNTEX 

38 “Pincus, Gregory – Hired _____/ Deceased August 22, 1967” 

[labeled “Deceased” File” 

Biographical, family information, CV, publicity, reprints 

Loose items: 

-“The Papers of Gregory Pincus” The Library of Congress Manuscript Division (draft) 

(papers acquired 1966-1988) 

Processed by Anita Nolen & Margherita Pryor 1970 

Additional processing: Paul Ledvina 1978 and 1989 

-“The Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology – 222 Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, 

Massachusetts” 

“Bulletin issued on the occasion of the dedication of the Shrewsbury Laboratories of the 

Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology – June 9, 1945”





Box # 17 

Contents: one 11 ½” x 19” flat oversized photos box - dates approximately 1950’s – 1970s 

(Box is labeled “Worc. Foundation 3-inserts AIDS, The Brain, Cancer – Hudson Hoagland 

Society 1993 Membership – does not seem to correspond with contents) 

-rubber(?) stamp of “The old barn at Clark University where Hoagland and Pincus began the 

Foundation.” 

-photocopies of two Hudson Hoagland articles (Worcester Medical News, 34(4), 1969, p.6-8 

and 33(5), 1969, pp.6-8, 19) 

-one Al Banx cartoon (?date) Worcester Medical News 

-8 color 35mm slides (labs, staff) n.d. 

- (33) b/w and color photos (some mounted/labeled -possibly exhibit use) 11”x17” and 8”x 10” 

- labs, equipment, surgery, lab staff, summer students, urchin, cells 

- campus buildings and aerial views of WFEB 

- b/w group of 40 – “Most of the staff at WFEB, 1953” 

- Auxiliary tea 

-14” x 11” b/w photo – mother rabbit and two babies…. Caption:“Rabbit ova, fertilized in 

Cambridge, England, were flown to W.F.E.B., implanted into American Rabbits, resulting in 42 

babies.”





Box # 18 

Contents: 29 hanging folders – WFEB/WFBR Scientist photofiles (continues in Box 21) 

-mainly b/w photos of various sizes (some negatives) scientists, often with staff in labs 

-Varied sizes, many undated, some folders contain CVs, background articles, 

-Dates can range from the 1970s to as recently as 1995. Most folders reflect date ranges. 

Aberhart 

Bayley 

Chang 

Crain 

Dangott 

Fallon 

Florman 

Goldman 

Goodchild 

Hildebrandt 

Hoagland (Mahlon) 

Jacob 

Jackson 

Kilpatrick 

Klaiber 

Kupfer 

Lambert 

Lemos 

Luna 

Macrides 

McCracken 

O’Connor 

Pederson 

Pryciak 

Richter 

Ross 

Sluder 

Triestman 

Vallee 

[continues in Box 20]





Box # 19 

Contents: 4 binders; 1 hanging folder; 1 videotape; box of slides 

Binder 1 “Four Months Cumulative Report on News Released – Period Covered: 

August 20 to December 31, 1974” [See Binder 2, Box 1] 

Binder 2 “Cumulative Report on News Releases – Period Covered: 

January 1, 1975 – ” October 11, 1975 [See Binder 2, Box 1] 

Binder 3 “WFEB Science News” (bimonthly science newsletter) 

Vol. 1 nos. 1-17 September 1974 – April 1977 

Vol. 2, nos 1-3 July-December, 1977 

Vol. 3, nos.1- February – November, 1978 

1979 February and June 

Binder 4 “Chang” 

August 14, 1991 – April 8, 2000 

Correspondence, accounting, related to establishing Fund for M.C. Chang 

Memorial Service (October 12, 1991); the memorial bench, and the “Chang 

Room); also the MC. Chang Distinguished Lecturer information 

Binder includes - Memorial service, invitees, program, newsclippings, obituary, 

accounting historical/biographical/family information 

Folder -Photos, newsclippings and correspondence related to UMMS 1982 exhibit 

“A Glimpse of Two Hundred Years of Medicine in the Worcester 

Area”(WFEB participated?) 

-1991 Smithsonian Exhibition (Maryellen Johnson) news article 

-1994 Steroid Symposium participants’ photo (b/w 8”x10”) 

-Envelope of Horse Show photos (no dates, color/b/w, various sizes) 

-30 “Ready Made” bibliographies from “Reproduction Research Information 

Service, Ltd., Cambridge, England (prepared 1969-1970) 

-3 issues of “Bulletin of the WFEB” (vol.5, nos 1,2:1966 and vol.6, no.1:1967) 

-one reprint – Nelson, Warren O. “The Physiology of Reproduction and its 

relation to the regulation of fertility” Marriage and Family Living, 25(1); Feb, 

1963 

Videotape Large Beta format tape (not VHS) Nova Series “The Birth Control Pill” 

Saturday, March 19, 1977; WQED-TV 3pm - ?running time 

Slides “Great Moments in Medicine” color 35mm slides from R.W. Errickson/Parke- 

Davis 3 small boxes (approx. 100 slides)





Box # 20 

Contents: 16 hanging folders (photos) 

7 hanging folders -WFEB/WFBR Scientist photofiles (folders continue from Box 18) 

-mainly b/w photos of various sizes (some negatives) scientists, often with staff in labs 

-Varied sizes, many undated, some folders contain CVs, background articles, 

-Dates can range from the 1970s to as recently as 1995. Most folders reflect date ranges. 

Wadsworth 

Wang 

Welsch 

Witman 

Wolf 

Zamecnik 

Ziomek 

====================================================== 

9 hanging folders – WFEB Buildings/photos – (most undated 1965-1974) 

Folder 1 “Rose & Gordon Research Laboratory” – “Cancer Building, progress of “ 

July 1, 1973 - October 24, 1974 

Subfolders of mostly b/w photos, floor plans of building construction, 

exterior/interior, various sizes, some correspondence 

Folder 2 “WFEB Signs” 

n.d. – various photos of campus and building signs 

Folder 3 “Stoddard Cancer Building” (photos) 

Folder 4 “Wings A & B” (photos) 

Folder 5 “Conference Rooms Hoagland-Pincus Center” (photos) 

Folder 6 “Rose and Gordon Building Dedication 6-2-74” (photos, program, 

Folder 7 “Rose and Gordon Research Building” (building correspondence; courtyard 

memorial sculpture 

Folder 8 “Photos – outside, misc.” 

Folder 9 “Ann Putnam Reed 1965 – Dedication and Open House”





Box # 21 

Contents: 18 hanging folders – mainly photos 

Folder 1 “Exploration 81” October 18, 1981 

Festival publicity, newsclippings, planning /b/w and color photos- 

Folder 2 “Distinguished Guest Lecturers” 

1976-1994 Misc lecturers - b/w photos various sizes 

Folder 3 “Wall Mural Lobby” (of Hoagland Pincus building) 

Large negatives n.d. 

Folder 4 “Hoagland-Pincus Plaque” 

Dedicated June 8, 1968 (n.d. on b/w photos) 

Folder 5 “Hoagland-Pincus Foyer” (n.d. 4 color negatives) 

Folder 6 “Hoagland-Pincus Center” 

Photos, contact sheets, negatives – approx. 1967-68 

Folder 7 “Hoagland-Pincus Center Open House - 1968” (also photos of memorial plaques) 

Mostly b/w photographs, negatives, contact sheets 

-photographs taken by Architects Collaborative 

-1965 Dedication Open House (Reed Building?) 

Folder 8 “Trustee Meeting 1968” (contact sheets/negatives) 

Folder 9 “Trustees Meeting – January 15, 1966” (b/w photos) 

Folder 10 “Photo File – Trustees Mtg. 1965” (b/w photos) 

Folder 11 “Washington D.C. Delegation by MBH 1/78” (b/w photos) 

Folder 12 “WFBR 2004 New Trustees Pictures” 

contact sheets plus one CD-ROM (color photos) 

Folder 13 “Photos – Pincus Lectures” (1969- ?many undated/unlabeled 

Folder 14 “Pincus Medal” – image of medal 

Folder 15 “50 th Anniversary Events” (b/w photos) 

Chang Bench Dedication (6/3/94); Betsy Dresser talk (9/29/94); Pincus 

Lectures/Steroid Symp (11/4/94); 50 th party Halberstam (10/20/94); Elion/Alberts 

talk (5/12/94) 

Folder 16 “Great Moments in Medicine” (Exhibit at WFBR) n.d. b/w photos 

Folder 17 “Photos – H. Hoagland Award” Oct. 1, 1982- May 11, 1984 

Folder 18 “Horse Show” 1995-97 (few dates noted) b/w and color photos various sizes

Additions to collection since list created in 2007: 

“The Pill”, 1961 by Granada TV Network, London, England. - DVD 

Includes interview with Gregory Pincus 

Pincus medal ceremonies - (2) DVDs 

2005: Mountain View, CA. Hosted by Jane Shaw at the Alza Corporation. Remarks by 

Thoru Pederson. Recipient: Alejandro Zaffaroni 

2009: Manhattan NY, April 13, 2009. Recipient: Seymour Lieberman 

Writings: 

“Recollections of my life during the past 40 years at the Worcester Foundation for 

Experimental Biology”, M.C. Chang, Mar. 14, 1985. 

“Studies on the Developmental Physiology of Mammalian Eggs”, Gregory Pincus.

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