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100	1		_aKelsey, Frances Oldham, _d1914-
245	0	0	_aFrances Oldham Kelsey papers, _f1913-1998 _g(bulk 1960-1990).
300			_a12,000 _fitems.
300			_a35 _fcontainers.
300			_a13.8 _flinear feet.
506	1		_aRestrictions apply.
506			_aRestrictions may apply to unprocessed material.
520	8		_aCorrespondence, memoranda, reports. press releases, proceedings, research files, speeches, statements, studies, biographical material, background material and draft of a book, clippings, reprints, and other papers documenting Kelsey's career, particularly as a researcher and regulator investigating new drugs at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration where she later served as director of the Division of Scientific Investigations. Includes material on her refusal to approve commercial distribution of thalidomide in the United States, a decision for which she received the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service in 1962. Also includes articles written by Kelsey while an editorial associate for the American Medical Association (1950-1952) and background material and drafts for Essentials of Pharmacology (1960), a textbook she coauthored with E.M.K. Geiling and F.E. Kelsey. Other topics include the testing of drugs, questionable cures for various diseases, quackery, and other aspects of drug regulation by the federal government.
544			_3Sound recordings _etransferred to _aLibrary of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
545	0		_aPharmacologist and government official. Born Frances Kathleen Oldham in Cobbs Hill, Vancouver, Canada. Naturalized U.S. citizen, 1956. Married F. E. Kelsey, 1943.
546			_aCollection material in English.
555	8		_aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009300
600	1	0	_aGeiling, E. M. K. _q(Eugene Maximilian Karl), _d1891-
600	1	0	_aKelsey, F. E. _q(Fremont Ellis)
610	2	0	_aAmerican Medical Association.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bFood and Drug Administration.
610	1	0	_aUnited States. _bFood and Drug Administration. _bDivision of Scientific Investigations.
650		0	_aCivil service _xAwards _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDrugs _xLaw and legislation _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDrugs _xTesting _zUnited States.
650		0	_aMedicine, Eclectic.
650		0	_aPharmaceutical policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPharmacology.
650		0	_aQuacks and quackery.
650		0	_aThalidomide.
656		7	_aPharmacologists. _2itoamc
656		7	_aPublic officials. _2itoamc
856	4		_3Finding aid _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009300
856	4		_3Finding aid (PDF) _uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009300.3
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