Sunlight and man : normal and abnormal photobiologic respones : [proceedings of the International Conference on Photosensitization and Photoprotection, Tokyo, Japan, November 6-8, 1972] / consulting editor, Thomas B. Fitzpatrick, edited by Madhukar A. Pathak ... [et al.]
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The Effect of ultraviolet radiation on the immune system : a scientific round table / edited by John A. Parrish ; sponsored by New Mexico Health Coalition and Johnson & Johnson Baby Products Company
Photochemical, photoelectrochemical, and photobiological processes : proceedings of the EC Contractors' Meeting held in Brussels, 6-8 December 1982 / edited by D.O. Hall, and W. Palz and D. Pirrwitz
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The molecular mechanism of photoreception : report on the Dahlem Workshop on the Molecular Mechanism of Photoreception, Berlin, 1984 November 25-30 / H. Stieve, editor ; rapporteurs, M.L. Applebury ... [et al.]
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Primary molecular events in photobiology, N.A.T.O. Advanced Study Institute held at the Badia fiesolana, 4-16 September 1972. Edited by A. Checcucci and R. A. Weale
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Light and life in the sea : a volume arising from the Symposium on Light and Life in the Sea / organised by the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom and held at the Polytechnic South West, Plymouth, on 10-11 April 1989 ; edited by Peter J. Herring ... [et al.]
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Recent progress in photobiology: the proceedings of an international congress held at Oxford, July, 1964, under the auspices of the Comité Internationale de Photobiologie; edited by E. J. Bowen
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Research in photobiology : [proceedings of the Seventh International Congress on Photobiology, held in Rome, Italy, August 29-September 3, 1976] / edited by] Amleto Castellani
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The Smithsonian Institution Archives began its Oral History Program in 1973. The purpose of the program is to supplement the written documentation of the Archives'
record and manuscript collections with an Oral History Collection, focusing on the history of the Institution, research by its scholars, and contributions of its staff. Program
staff conduct interviews with current and retired Smithsonian staff and others who have made significant contributions to the Institution. There are also reminiscences and
interviews recorded by researchers or students on topics related to the history of the Smithsonian or the holdings of the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
The Walter Shropshire, Oral History Interviews were recorded to document the history of the Smithsonian Institution's Division of Radiation and Organisms (DRO) of the Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory (SAO), which then became the Radiation Biology Laboratory (RBL) and later the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC).
Descriptive Entry:
Pamela M. Henson, Historian, from the Smithsonian Institution Archives, conducted these interviews as a part of the Smithsonian Institution Archives' Oral History Collection.
These interviews cover the history of the Smithsonian's Radiation Biology Laboratory; the research conducted by its staff; the challenges faced by administrators; changes
in the scientific field of biophysics; and Shropshire's personal life and pastoral career. Interviews of Shropshire include audiotape sessions and photographs.
The Walter Shropshire, Oral History Interviews consist of 16 interview sessions, totaling approximately 15 hours of audiotape recordings and 684 pages of transcript.
Historical Note:
Scientific research has always been essential to the Smithsonian Institution's mission. These interviews focus on the history of the Smithsonian's Division of Radiation
and Organisms, which became the Radiation Biology Laboratory and later the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, focusing on the effects of sunlight on living organisms.
The interviewee, Walter Shropshire, a research scientist with RBL, worked at the Institution for thirty-two years. His reminiscences span from his early childhood in Washington,
D.C., to his second career as a pastor. The topics covered include background information about his education and personal life; studies at The George Washington University;
early work in the basement laboratories of the Smithsonian Institution Castle; scientific research for RBL; participation in Smithsonian symposia; collaboration with other
scientists of his era; conducting research abroad; his administrative duties at RBL; working as a Methodist pastor; and an in-depth conversation about photographs from the
early years of the Smithsonian's Division of Radiation and Organisms and RBL.
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Restricted. Contact SIHistory@si.edu to request permission.
Covers Shropshire's career, including: learning about photography from Robert Withrow; description of the Smithsonian Institution Castle's floor plan; values of drafting and photography skills; problems of title for his position, rigid civil service ca...
Covers Shropshire's career at the RBL and SERC, including: work with the Atomic Energy Commission in the 1970s and 1980s, increase of Shropshire's administrative duties, balancing laboratory work with administrative duties, and drafting illustrations o...
