Alan Solomon Papers

Introduction

Name:

The Alan Solomon Papers.

Dates:

1933-1998.

Abstract:

The Alan Solomon Papers describe the activities and research of Alan Solomon. Alan Solomon is a doctor at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville who specializes in cancer research and is also a patron of the arts. The papers consist of correspondence, nearprint and writings.

Quantity:

0.8 linear feet; 2 Hollinger boxes.

Identification:

Manuscript Collection No. 666.

Alan Solomon was born in New York City in 1933. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Sciences in 1949 and obtained his B.A. in Biology from Bucknell University in Lewisville, Pennsylvania.

While still a medical student at Duke University, Solomon won the Daniel States Memorial Prize for his essay entitled "The Effects of Urine Hydrolysis on Neucleoproteins in Normal Leukemoid and Leukemic Leukocytes." He went on to graduate from Duke Medical School in 1957. He served his residency at the Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City.

Alan Solomon has been awarded numerous grants from the National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation and American Cancer Society for his work at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville. Many of these studies have resulted in articles in various medical journals. Solomon has also been an active participant in developing research and student programs at the East Tennessee Baptist Hospital.

Solomon also has an interest in the arts, which caused him to be a leader in the founding of the Knoxville Art Museum. He was instrumental as well in creating a Judaic studies program at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville.

Scope and Content Note

The Alan Solomon Papers describe the activities and research of Dr. Alan Solomon, cancer researcher at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Alan Solomon is a doctor at the University of Tennessee- Knoxville who specializes in cancer research and is also a patron of the arts. This collection contains correspondence, writings and nearprint.

Organization

The papers are organized into two (2) series:

A. CORRESPONDENCE/RESEARCH FILES

B. WRITINGS AND NEARPRINT

Arrangement

Restrictions

Access Information

The papers are open to all users and available in the reading room of the American Jewish Archives.

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Administrative Information

Citations

Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the Alan Solomon Papers and the American Jewish Archives.

Provenance

The Alan Solomon Papers were donated to the American Jewish Archives by Joseph Solomon, New York, N.Y. between 1983-1998.

Series A: Correspondence/ Research Files. 1957-1997.

The correspondence and research files series consists of one Hollinger box of correspondence, some of which are accompanied by reports and pamphlets (1957-1997). Of particular interest is correspondence relating to the National Institute of Health and the Knoxville Community Art Museum.

Box

Folder

General correspondence. A-M. .

General correspondence. N-Z.

Absher, Reba. 1993-1995.

American Cancer Society. 1966-1995.

Andreoli, Thomas. 1996.

Baker, Howard H. 1977-1988.

Duke University Medical School. 1957-1982.

East Tennessee Baptist Hospital. 1977-1995.

Heska Amuna Synagogue. Knoxville, Tennessee. 1988-1996.

Journal of Immunology. 1987-1994.

Knoxville Art Museum. 1985-1996.

National Institute of Health. 1964-1997.

National Science Foundation. 1967.

Occidental Petroleum Company. 1986-1989.

University of Tennessee-Knoxville. 1972-1996.

Unidentified correspondence.

Series B: Writings and Nearprint. 1933-1998

The writings and nearprint series consists of one Hollinger box (1933-1998). This series contains many of Solomon's articles from scientific journals detailing his cancer research experiments.

Nearprint is arranged chronologically by decade within the series. Nearprint consists of newsclippings about grant awards and Solomon's participation in local Jewish and philanthropic activities such as the art museum.

Box

Folder

Articles. A-B. 1968-1989.

Articles. C-I. 1975-1994.

Articles. L-Z. 1965-1998.

Awards; certificates. 1933-1989.

Educational records. 1942-1957.

Nearprint. 1946-1947.

Nearprint. 1967-1979.

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9

Nearprint. 1980-1989.
Nearprint 1990-1998

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