4. 1978 February 8-December 28

The Records of the Chairman of the Section on Basic Sciences, spanning 1975 to 1990, consist of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, lecture announcements, seminar programs, and financial records. The collection includes the records of three section chairmen: Earle H. Spaulding, Dwight B. McNair Scott, and Kenneth R. Cundy. Also present is information pertaining to the founding of the section in 1977 and its dissolution in 1985.

Series 1 contains the correspondence files of Spaulding, I Scott, and Cundy. Included in Scott's correspondence are responses from companies who were asked to sponsor the section's 1979 seminar on ''Dietary Factors in Cholesteremia and Atherosclerosis''. Other correspondence in Series 1 pertains to the formation of the section and the planning and organization of its seminars and lectures; correspondents include College presidents George I. Blumstein and John P, Hubbard. In addition to correspondence, these files contain memoranda, minutes from the Basic Sciences Steering Committee, and the section's 1979 Annual Report.

Included in Series 2 is material pertaining to lectures and seminars sponsored by the Section on Basic Sciences. Present are announcements of lectures, programs for seminars, and some correspondence and financial information. This series also contains completed evaluation forms from the section's 1982 seminar on "Immunology in Transition".

Series 3 contains financial information; present is a cash book and a disbound check register in which income from section dues and seminar registration fees, as well as expenses associated with section activities, were recorded.

Historical information about the founding of the Section on Basic Sciences is contained in Series 4. Included is a list of the Fellows who initially sponsored the section, "Fellows' Forum" articles, and programs from some of the section's early lectures.