Murray, Joseph E. papers, 1919-2011 (inclusive)

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Murray, Joseph E. papers, 1919-2011 (inclusive)

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The Joseph E. Murray papers, 1919-2011 (inclusive), are the product of Murray's activities as a plastic surgeon, transplant surgeon, laboratory director, author, and Harvard Medical School alumnus. The papers include: records from Murray's plastic surgery and transplantation work at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Children's Hospital Boston, including patient records; his personal and professional correspondence; and records produced from his activities as Chairman of the Harvard Medical Alumni Fund and from reunions of the Harvard Medical School class of 1943b. Also contained in the collection are Murray's professional writings, records generated as a product of attending professional meetings and conferences, newspaper and magazine clippings, and subject files maintained by Murray.

Collection Items

Joseph Murray in Army uniform.

Harvard Medical School Office of Gift Planning Flyer

Harvard Medical School Class of 1943B 20th Reunion

Joseph Murray and Elliott Cutler correspondence

Joseph Murray with Roy Calne, Gertrude Elion, George Hitchings and surviving transplant dogs.

Joseph Murray's Surgical Research Laboratory notebook

Herrick brothers with the transplant team
Ronald and Richard Herrick (front) with the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital team that performed the first successful organ transplantation: (left to right) Joseph E. Murray, John P. Merrill and J. Hartwell Harrison.

First successful organ transplantation

Joseph Murray and Roy Calne correspondence

Kidney transplant protocols

Joseph Murray as Harvard Medical School Student
Joseph Murray and unidentifed man as students at Harvard Medical School

Joseph Murray correspondence with Burroughs Wellcome and Company

Joseph Murray, Roy Calne, Gertrude Elion, George Hitchings and surviving transplant dogs.

Joseph Murray correspondence with Francis Moore

Peter Bent Brigham Surgical Associates Agreement of Association

Joseph Murray memorandum about his stroke

Joseph Murray with wife and children

Joseph Murray and Pope John Paul II

Joseph Murray receiving the Nobel Prize

Joseph Murray standing beside the painting "The First Successful Kidney Transplantation"

Joseph Murray letter to 60 Minutes

Joseph Murray letter to his son Tom Murray

Class of 1943B reunion

Joseph Murray and dogs

Paper on Craniofacial Surgery
Written by Joseph E. Murray M.D., John B. Mulliken, M.D., Leonard B. Kaben, M.D., and Anthony D. Holmes, M.B.B.S., this is the introduction to a report that discusses the lessons learned by surgeons through twenty years experience in the repair of…

Precedent Book For Plastic Surgery

Joseph E. Murray
Dr. Joseph E. Murray, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1990, is well known for his pioneering work on kidney transplants and research on immunosuppression. Dr. Murray has also had a long and distinguished career in facial…

Herrick Twins with Physicians

Dr. Murray Receiving Nobel Prize

Dr. Murray and Dr. Tessier with patient
Born in Brittany, in 1917, Paul Tessier presented the first paper on craniofacial surgery in 1967. Dr. Tessier worked with Dr. Murray at the Craniofacial Clinic in the 1970s and 1980s.

Dr. Murray and Dr. Tessier standing in front of the Plastic Surgery Unit at Children's Hospital
Born in Brittany, in 1917, Paul Tessier presented the first paper on craniofacial surgery in 1967. Dr. Tessier worked with Dr. Murray at the Craniofacial Clinic in the 1970s and 1980s.
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