Descriptive summary
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creator:
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Berkson, Joseph (1899-1982) |
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title:
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Papers
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dates:
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1930-1983, n.d. |
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extent:
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0.84 linear ft.
(2 document boxes)
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collection number:
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MS 575
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repository:
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Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.
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Administrative
information
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access:
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Open for research
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publication rights:
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Consult Head, Special Collections Department
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preferred
citation:
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Joseph Berkson Papers, MS
575, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.
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Biographical
note
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Physician and statistician Joseph
Berkson was born in New York City in 1899. He received a B.S.
(1920) at City College, New York; an A.M. (1922) at Columbia
University; and an M.D. (1927) and Sc.D. (1928) at the Johns Hopkins
University. Berkson was employed as Professor of Biometry at the
University of Minnesota as well as head of the biometry and medical
statistics division at the Mayo Clinic from 1932-1964.
Berkson was
elected to the National Academy of Science in 1979. |
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Collection description
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This collection
(1930-1983, n.d.) contains correspondence, writings, and
publications. The majority of the correspondence is with Frederick
Mosteller (MS-610), a professor of mathematical statistics at
Harvard University. The collection includes correspondence,
photographs, published and unpublished writings, lectures and
speeches, clippings, honors, and research materials. Correspondents
include Francis J. Anscombe, Peter Armitage, George A. Barnard, M.
S. Bartlett, Yvonne Bishop, David Blackwell, George W. Brown, Herman
Chernoff, William G. Cochran, Jerome Cornfield, A. W. F. Edwards,
Bradley Efron, Churchill Eisenhart, Thomas G. Ferguson, D. J.
Finney, John Gart, J. K. Ghosh, Leo A. Goodman, David R. Goddard,
Bernard Greenberg, James E. Grizzle, E. J. Gumbel, William E. Hall,
Bruce M. Hill, David V. Hinkley, Joseph L. Hodges, Jr., Oscar
Kempthorne, John F. Kennedy, Maurice Kendall, Ancel Keys, Gary G.
Koch, William Kruskal, Richard G. Krutchkoff, S. Kullback, Lucien Le
Cam, Rupert G. Miller, Jr., Frederick Mosteller, Jerzy Neyman, E. S.
Pearson, R. L. Plackett, C. R. Rao, I. J. Savage, William F. Taylor,
John W. Tukey, Jean Pierre Vigier, and C. P. Winsor. Organizations
and corporate bodies represented in the collection include the
American Public Health Association, Army Air Force, Federal Security
Agency, Food and Drug Administration, Institute of Mathematical
Statistics, International College of Surgeons, Mayo Clinic, and the
National Academy of Sciences. |
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Organization
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The collection is unarranged.
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Container list
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Folder |
Title |
Dates |
| 1 |
1 |
Biographical information (1- 2x2.5" b/w and 1- 5.75x4.5" b/w
photographs) |
1937-1948, n.d. |
| 1 |
2 |
Correspondence with professional colleagues |
1945-1947 |
| 1 |
3 |
Correspondence with professional colleagues |
1966-1978 |
| 1 |
4 |
Presentations (1948, 1976, 1978) |
1948-1978 |
| 1 |
5 |
Correspondence relating to specific articles |
1975-1976 |
| 1 |
6 |
Correspondence |
1947-1949, 1974-1977 |
| 1 |
7 |
Correspondence discussing research (1- 4.25x5.5" b/w photograph) |
1947-1951 |
| 1 |
8 |
Correspondence with Dr. Frederick Mosteller |
1947-1983 |
| 1 |
9 |
Correspondence with Dr. Frederick Mosteller |
1949-1952 |
| 2 |
1 |
Correspondence with Dr. Frederick Mosteller |
1963-1964 |
| 2 |
2 |
Research
notes and correspondence |
1950-1957 |
| 2 |
3 |
Articles
and reprints |
1930-1946 |
| 2 |
4 |
Reprints |
1940-1949 |
| 2 |
5 |
Reprints |
1953-1956 |
| 2 |
6 |
Articles
and reprints |
1930-1977 |
| 2 |
7 |
Reprints |
1950s-1960s |
| 2 |
8 |
Draft
article and printed letter about smoking and lung cancer |
1957 |
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