{"id":10639,"date":"2016-12-09T11:00:12","date_gmt":"2016-12-09T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:31:09","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:31:09","slug":"celebrating-the-nobel-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov\/2016\/12\/09\/celebrating-the-nobel-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Nobel Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Christie Moffatt<\/em><\/p>\n

The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony takes place tomorrow, December 10, in Stockholm, Sweden, as it does each year, on the anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s<\/a> death. These prestigious international awards recognize outstanding achievements in chemistry, economics, literature, peace, physics, and physiology or medicine. On this exciting occasion, and in the spirit of celebrating the 2016 Nobel Laureates<\/a>, we offer the glimpses of Nobel ceremonies and celebrations in the past through the collections of Nobel Laureates who have donated their personal papers and manuscripts to the National Library of Medicine, and to collaborating institutions, digitized and available online through on NLM\u2019s Profiles in Science<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Seven<\/a>
Nobel Prize recipients in Chemistry, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine, 1958
Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation<\/em>
Profiles in Science<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Profiles in Science<\/em> includes selections from the manuscript collections of eleven laureates who have received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and two who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.* One of the laureates, Linus Pauling<\/a>, won both the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) and the Nobel Peace Prize (1962)\u2014the only person in history to win two unshared Nobel prizes. On Profiles<\/em>, researchers can\u00a0learn all about the background, research, and\u00a0achievements of these Nobel Laureates, and access their correspondence, photographs, oral histories, speeches, and other materials, including reflections and documentation\u00a0of\u00a0their own experiences at the Nobel Prize award ceremonies.<\/p>\n

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Christian B. Anfinsen’s Nobel Prize Diploma, 1972 Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Christian B. Anfinsen’s Nobel Prize Diploma, 1972 Courtesy of the Nobel Foundation Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Christian B. Anfinsen receiving the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1972 Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Their collections include images from the awards ceremonies themselves,\u00a0including those honoring the work of NIH Nobelists Marshall Nirenberg<\/a> (1968 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), Julius Axelrod <\/a>(1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine), and Christian Anfinsen <\/a>(1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry). These photos show the event’s traditions, where each Laureate, in formal evening dress, receives a diploma and a medal from the King of Sweden.\u00a0 In some cases, the collections include the actual Nobel Prize diploma, and in the special case of Marshall Nirenberg<\/a>, through the generosity of his widow Dr. Myrna Weissman<\/a>, the Nobel medal itself, which is on display in the Library’s History of Medicine Division Reading Room.<\/p>\n

\"Six <\/a>
1968 Nobel Prize winners. Nirenberg is third from the right. Courtesy the Nobel Foundation <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Marshall Nirenberg’s Nobel Medal, 1968 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"At <\/a>
King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden presents the Nobel Prize to Marshall Nirenberg, 1968 <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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While certainly\u00a0the main event,\u00a0the awards ceremony is\u00a0just one part of week full of festivities, lectures, and banquets.\u00a0 In the collections you can see Barbara McClintock<\/a> (1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) deliver her Nobel lecture, and read her Nobel banquet speech<\/a>, handwritten written on the stationary of Stockholm\u2019s Grand Hotel.\u00a0 Martin Rodbell\u2019s<\/a> (1994 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) banquet \u201cspeech\u201d<\/a> is also available, in poetic form, as well as the speeches of Julius Axelrod<\/a>, Marshall Nirenberg<\/a>, and Linus Pauling<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also see a photograph taken on Santa Lucia Day, a festival of light celebrated on December 13, a traditional part of the Nobel festivities.<\/p>\n

\"McClintock <\/a>
McClintock giving speech at Nobel Conference, 1983 Courtesy of the Barbara McClintock Papers, American Philosophical Society Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
Linus and Ava Helen Pauling dancing at the Nobel Banquet, 1954 Courtesy European Photo Union Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
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Albert Szent-Gyorgyi at the Santa Lucia feast in Stockholm, Sweden Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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Of course, the celebrating begins early at the home institutions of the laureates, and the Profiles<\/em> collections feature some of the fun and festivities there as well!<\/p>\n

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Campus Celebration! Please Come! Flyer, 1989 Courtesy Regents of the University of California Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"A <\/a>
UUU Are Great Marshall, 1968 Courtesy of Marshall W. Nirenberg Profiles in Science <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

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You can find these items and other Nobel Prize related materials on NLM’s <\/em>Profiles in Science website<\/a> and on the <\/em>Profiles in Science Pinterest page<\/a>, and in the manuscript collections<\/a> of NLM.<\/em><\/p>\n

* <\/em>Profiles in Science features the papers of Nobel Laureates Christian Anfinsen, Julius Axelrod, Francis Crick, Arthur Kornberg, Joshua Lederberg, Salvador Luria, Barbara McClintock, Daniel Nathans, Marshall Nirenberg, Linus Pauling, Martin Rodbell, Albert Szent Gyorgyi, and Harold Varmus.\u00a0 NLM’s manuscript collections also include the papers of Carlton Gajdusek.
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\"Christie<\/a>Christie Moffatt is Manager of the Digital Manuscripts Program in the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine and Chair of NLM’s Web Collecting and Archiving Working Group.
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