Richard Bunker Singer Papers

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Summary Information

Prepared by: Joseph-James Ahern
Preparation date: June 2012
Date [bulk]: Bulk, 1923-2010
Date [inclusive]: 1920-2012
Extent: 24.0 Cubic feet

PROVENANCE

The Richard Bunker Singer Papers were donated by Elizabeth S. M. Estey in three increments: May 2011, July 2011, January 2012, and June 2016 (Accession #2011: 025, 2012: 002, 2016: 034).

ARRANGEMENT

The Richard Bunker Singer Papers are organized into seven series: Correspondence, Personal, Professional, Research, Works By, Photographs, and Awards. The greater part of the Correspondence Series has been arranged chronologically, and the remainder arranged alphabetically. The other five series in the collection are arranged alphabetically.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Richard Bunker Singer was born on March 22, 1914 to Edgar Arthur Singer, Jr., Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, and Helen Bunker Singer. The Singers lived in West Philadelphia, and spent many summers at Cape May, NJ. Richard and his older brother, Edgar A. Singer, III, were both educated at Philadelphia’s Episcopal Academy. Richard graduated in 1930 (after advancing two grade levels). In the Fall of 1930, Singer attended a semester at l’Ecole Alsacienne in Paris, France, while his father was on sabbatical in Europe. Upon his return to the United States in the winter of 1931, Richard entered the University of Pennsylvania, where over the next eight and one half years he earned three degrees: the A.B. in 1934, an A.M. in Physics in 1935, and the M.D. in 1939. He followed his graduation from Medical School by serving a two-year rotating internship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1941 the National Research Council awarded Singer one of its prestigious fellowships. He used it to conduct research at Harvard University in acid-base balance in human blood. At Harvard, Singer worked under the direction of Dr. A. Baird Hastings. His research was eventually interrupted by World War II.

During World War II Singer served as a United States Navy flight surgeon in the Pacific Theater. At the end of the war he finished his service at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, MD, where he met his future wife Dr. Margaret Henson. Singer continued in the Naval Reserve until 1972 when he retired with the rank of captain. In 1947 he completed his National Research Council Fellowship at Harvard University, and accepted a teaching position at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. Singer opted for a career change in 1952 when he accepted a position in life insurance medical underwriting at New England Mutual Life Insurance Company in Boston, MA. He remained with the firm until his retirement in 1979. It was at New England Mutual Life that Singer began his studies on the analysis of excess mortality follow-up studies – which he would continue after his retirement.

Singer married Margaret Henson in 1947 and they had three children – Elizabeth, Permelia, and Richard. The Singers moved to Cohasset, MA, when Singer accepted the position at New England Life. They lived there until 1979, when they retired to York, Me. Richard Bunker Singer passed away on February 19, 2010. Margaret (Henson) Singer died eleven weeks after her husband, on May 11, 2010.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The Richard Bunker Singer Papers document the family life and professional career of Dr. Singer. The collection has been organized into seven series: Correspondence, Personal, Professional, Research, Works By, Photographs, and Awards. The Correspondence Series predominantly consists of letters sent to Dr. Singer throughout his life, with copies of outgoing correspondence starting around 1980. The folder titled World War II contains letters sent by Dr. Singer to his family. The bulk of letters are from family members, and covers such topics as summer camp in New England, trips to Cape May, NJ, service during World War II, and his career as a medical researcher. Letters from his brother Edgar A. Singer III, in which both brothers address each other as Sam, detail Edgar’s service in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Also of note are two letters from Dr. I. S. Ravdin in 1940 and 1941; and letters from his classmate John Joyce Sayen who served in the 20th General Hospital and later collaborated with him in medical research. The Personal Series documents Dr. Singers education, travels, affiliations, U.S. Navy service, and other aspects of his life not related to his career. Dr. Singer’s career as an executive with the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, his teaching material, and items related to his medical career are documented in the Professional Series. The Research Series contains material from Dr. Singer’s various research projects through his career. Works By contains drafts and final versions of Dr. Singer’s published works. The Photographs Series contains images of Dr. Singer, as well as a number of images taken by him during his trips to Europe and Cape May. The World War II files contain images of Naval Air Station Sangley PT near the Philippines where Singer was stationed in the Pacific, and the Admiralty Islands. Most photographs appear to have been taken by Singer and show images around the base – particularly the medical department. The images from Dr. Singer’s 1937 Mediterranean trip were taken by him and focus mainly on images from the ship he sailed on and of his port visits. Among the ships identified in the pictures are two photographs of HMS Hood and HMS Barham. The Awards Series contain a number of plaques which Dr. Singer received throughout his career.

Of note for researchers interested in Cape May, NJ the collection has a number of images of the resort town from the 1930s through the 1940s. This includes scenes of the Baltimore Inn, the boardwalk (including a Mummers parade), the beach, sailing scenes, and images of the old NAS Cape May hanger. In the correspondence series there are also a number of post cards from Cape May – including ones from the World War II period. When the Singer family vacationed in Cape May they regularly stayed at the Baltimore Inn, as such the collection contains correspondence from the hotel.

Additional archival material related to Richard Bunker Singer is held at the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library Archives and Special Collections at St. John’s University in New York, NY.

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s): United States. Navy. — General subdivision–Medical personnel.;
Geographic Name(s): Cape May (N.J.)
Personal Name(s): Ravdin, Isidore S., (Isidore Schwaner), 1894-; Singer, Richard B.
Subject(s): Life insurance–History.–Massachusetts; World War, 1939-1945–Hospitals—Pacific Area.

Inventory


Correspondence	Box	Folder
1920 June – July	1	1
1923 July	1	2
1923 August	1	3
1924 July – December	1	4
1925 June – August	1	5
1926 March -August	1	6
1927 June – August	1	7
1928 -1929	1	8
1930 June – August	1	9
1930 September – December	1	10
ca. 1928 – 1930	1	11
1931 January – July	1	12
1931 August – December	1	13
1932 January – July	1	14
1932 August – September	1	15
1933 July – August	1	16
1934 March – July	1	17
1934 August – December	1	18
1935 February – July	1	19
1935 July – December	1	20
1936 January – March	1	21
1936 July – September	1	22
1937 July -December	1	23
1938 January – June	1	24
1938 July – December	1	25
1939 January – June	1	26
1939 July – December	1	27
1940 January – May	1	28
1940 June – December	1	29
1941 January – July	1	30
1941 August – September	1	31
1941 October – November	1	32
1941 December	1	33
1942 January	2	1
1942 February	2	2
1942 March	2	3
1942 April	2	4
1942 May	2	5
1942 June	2	6
1942 July	2	7
1942 August	2	8
1942 September	2	9
1942 October	2	10
1942 November	2	11
1942 December	2	12
1943 January	2	13
1943 February	2	14
1943 March	2	15
1943 April	2	16
1943 May	2	17
1943 June	2	18
1943 July	2	19
1943 August	2	20
1943 September	2	21
1943 October	2	22
1943 November	2	23
1943 December	2	24
1944 January	3	1
1944 February	3	2
1944 March	3	3
1944 April	3	4
1944 May	3	5
1944 June	3	6
1944 July	3	7
1944 August	3	8
1944 September – October	3	9
1944 November	3	10
1944 December	3	11
1945 January	3	12
1945 February	3	13
1945 March	3	14
1945 April	3	15
1945 May	3	16
1945 June – July	3	17
1945 August	3	18
1945 September	3	19
1945 October	3	20
1945 November – December	3	21
1946 January – April	4	1
1946 May – July	4	2
1946 August – October	4	3
1946 November – December	4	4
1947 January – March	4	5
1947 April – July	4	6
1947 August – December	4	7
1948 January – April	4	8
1948 May – December	4	9
1949 January – May	4	10
1949 June – December	4	11
1950 January – July	4	12
1950 August – December	4	13
1951 January – June	4	14
1951 July – December	4	15
1952 January – July	4	16
1952 August – December	4	17
1953 January – June	4	18
1953 July – November	4	19
1954 January – July	4	20
1954 August – December	4	21
1955 January – May	4	22
1955 June – December	4	23
1956 January – December	4	24
1957 January – December	4	25
1958 January – December	4	26
1959 January – December	4	27
Letters Sent – Received Ledger 1946-1953	4	28
1960 January – July	5	1
1960 August – December	5	2
1961 January – December	5	3
1962 January – June	5	4
1962 July – December	5	5
1963 January – December	5	6
1964 January – December	5	7
1965 January – December	5	8
1966 January – December	5	9
1967 January – August	5	10
1967 September – December	5	11
1968 January – December	5	12
1969 January – December	5	13
1970 January – June	5	14
1970 July – August	5	15
1971 January – December	5	16
1972 January – June	5	17
1972 July – December	5	18
1973 January – June	5	19
1973 July – December	5	20
1974 January – May	5	21
1974 June – December	5	22
1975 January – May	5	23
1975 July – December	5	24
1976 January – June	5	25
1976 July – December	5	26
1977 January – June	5	27
1977 July – December	5	28
1978 January – May	6	1
1978 June – December	6	2
1979 January – June	6	3
1979 July – December	6	4
1980 January – May	6	5
1980 June – December	6	6
1981 January – December	6	7
1982 January – April	6	8
1982 May – December	6	9
1983 January – December	6	10
1984 January – March	6	11
1984 April – December	6	12
1985 January – February	6	13
1985 March – December	6	14
1986 January – April	6	15
1986 May – December	6	16
1987 January – March	6	17
1987 April – December	6	18
1988 January – February	6	19
1988 March – December	6	20
1989 January – March	6	21
1989 April – December	6	22
1990 January – June	6	23
1990 July – December	6	24
1991 January – April	7	1
1991 May – December	7	2
1992 January – December	7	3
1993 January – July	7	4
1993 August – December	7	5
1994 January – July	7	6
1994 August – December	7	7
1995 January – December	7	8
1996 January – December	7	9
1997 July – August	7	10
1998 February – December	7	11
2000 January – December	7	12
2001-2007	7	13
2003 December – 2004 December	7	14
2005 January – March	7	15
2005 April – December	7	16
2006 January – December	7	17
2007 January – November	7	18
2008 January – December	7	19
2009 February – 2010 January	7	20
n.d.	7	21
A 1993-2009	7	22
American Field Service (1) 1967-1980		23
American Field Service (2) 1967-1980		24
B 1997-2009	7	25
C 1979-2008	7	26
Countway Library of Medicine 1976-2008	8	1
D 1992-2008	8	2
Dahl, Lewis K. 1975	8	3
E 1979-2009	8	4
Estey, Elizabeth S. M. 1958-1969	8	5
Estey, Elizabeth S. M. 1970-1979	8	6
Estey, Elizabeth S. M. 1986-1989	8	7
Estey, Elizabeth S. M. 1990-1996	8	8
Estey, Elizabeth S. M., n.d.	8	9
F 1979-2007	8	10
G 1991-1992	8	11
George, Henry C. 1991-1992	8	12
H 1979-2008	8	13
I-J 1991-2008	8	14
K 1981-2008	8	15
Kane, Herb 1994-1995	8	16
Kane, Herb 1996-2000	8	17
L 1985-2002	8	18
M 1979-2009	8	19
Medical – Maine and York County 1979-2005	8	20
N 1984-2002	8	21
O 1992-2004	8	22
P – Q 1981-2008	8	23
R 1979-2007	8	24
S 1991-2009	8	25
Singer, Margaret H. 1950	8	26
Special 1983-1993	8	27
T – U 1992-2008	8	28
University of Pennsylvania Alumni Annual Giving 1995-2004	8	29
University of Pennsylvania Alumni Annual Giving 2005-2009	8	30
V – Y 1997-2005	8	31
Van Slyke, Donald D. 1955-1963	8	32
World War II 1942-1946	8	33
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Personal	Box	Folder
Acid Base Balance Material 1962-2009	8	34
American Academy of Insurance Medicine Finding Aid 2004	8	35
Apple, Kenneth E. 1977	8	36
Aviators Flight Log Book 1942-1956	8	37
Biographical Material 1930-2005	8	38
Biographical Material 1949-1979	8	39
Biographical Material 2002 2009	8	40
Brotherhood of St. Andrew 1977-1979	8	41
Christianity Material 2000	8	42
Climatology Correspondence Course 1945	8	43
Cohasset
Cohasset Conservation Trust 1968	9	1
Information 1959 1967	9	2
Public Sewage System (1) 1959-1963	9	3
Public Sewage System (2) 1959-1963	9	4
Soils and Their Interpretations for Various Land Uses 1965	9	5
Cold Water Immersion Material, n.d.	9	6
Complete Catalog of Authors and Stories in Amazing Stories edited by R. B. Singer, n.d.	9	7
Continuing Medical Education 1976-1993	9	8
Daily Desk Calendar 1940	9	9
Diaries 1927-1934	9	10
Distinguished Physician’s Award 1980-1981	9	11
Early New England History 1960-2004	9	12
Education
Alpha Omega Alpha 1939	9	13
Chemistry and Astronomy 1932-1933	9	14
Class Notecards (1), n.d.	9	15
Class Notecards (2), n.d.	9	16
English 1931-1932	9	17
Episcopal Academy
1927-1934	9	18
Alumni Prize 1930	9	19
Archives 2006	9	20
Astronomy Club Scrap Book 1928	9	21
Class Material, n.d.	9	22
Class Work 1928-1930	OS 0
Science Notebook 1929	9	23
French, n.d.	9	24
Geology, Music, Mathematics, Hygiene 1931-1934	9	25
Graduate Physics 1934-1935	9	26
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Intern 1939-1941	9	27
Notebook in French, c. 1930	9	28
Philosophy – Political Science 1933	9	29
Physics 51 Notebook, n.d.	9	30
Physics Notes and Exams (1) 1932-1934	9	31
Physics Notes and Exams (2) 1932-1934	9	32
School Work – History, n.d.	9	33
Thomas’s Practical German Grammar 1932	9	34
University of Pennsylvania
Alumni Material (1) 1969-1994	10	1
Alumni Material (2) 1969-1994	10	2
Alumni Material 2007	10	3
Announcements and Catalogs 1931-1935	10	4
Bulletin 1933-1940	10	5
Class of 1934 50th Reunion 1984	10	6
Correspondence 1928-1935	10	7
Course Schedules 1932-1935	10	8
Fund 1939	10	9
Medical Class of 1939 Alumni 1969-1979	10	10
Medical Class of 1939 Alumni 1989	10	11
Medical School 1934-1939	10	12
Medical School 1936 1999	10	13
Newspapers 1933 1940	10	14
Programs 1934 1940	10	15
Record 1934	10	16
Scope 1936	10	17
Scope 1939	10	18
Scope 1939	10	19
Zoology 1931	10	20
Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary 1997	10	21
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Bulletin 1943-1945	10	22
Identification and Membership Cards 1940-2009	10	23
Lahey Clinic Medical File 1957-2007	10	24
Literary Miscellany 1929-1932	10	25
Maine Maritime Museum 1997	10	26
Margaret H. Singer Trust 1992-2005	10	27
Marriage 1947	10	28
Medical Affiliations 1980-1996	10	29
Medical Records 1940-1982	10	30
Medical Records 1954-2009	10	31
Membership Certificates 1965-1989	10	32
Memorabilia 1929-1939	10	33
Miscellaneous 1952-1982	10	34
Miscellany 1928-1998	10	35
Navigation 1934-1937	10	36
New England Life 1952-1979	11	1
Official Papers 1931-1957	11	2
Passports 1957-1999	11	3
Popham Colony Material 2001 2007	11	4
Publications Material 1969-2004	11	5
Radon 1994	11	6
Religious Books 1923 1929	11	7
Residence 4224 Chester Avenue Philadelphia 1920-1950	11	8
Residence Havertown 1950-1952	11	9
Seibert, Frank 1998-2004	11	10
Shellback Cards 1944	11	11
Singer, Margaret H. 2005-2008	11	12
Singer, Richard B. 2004	11	13
Singer, Richard B. Memorial Service 2010	11	14
Singer, Richard B. Obituary 2010	11	15
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary Cards 2007	11	16
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary Guest Book 2007	11	17
Sketchbook 1924-1925	11	18
Sketchbook, n.d.	11	19
Theater Programs 1928-1940	11	20
Tyche Logbook 1946-1947	23	55
Travel
Alaska 1984	11	21
Antebellum South Cruise 1999	11	22
England 1978	11	23
Europe 1930-1931	11	24
Europe Travel Diary 1930	11	25
Grenadines, Windwards and Leewards Islands 1999-2000	11	26
Hawaii 1994	11	27
Mediterranean Trip Correspondence 1937	11	28
Mediterranean Trip Diary 1937	11	29
Mediterranean Trip Paintings 1937	OS 0
New York City, Washington D. C. – Dr. Hezl 1922 1929	11	30
New Zealand 1995-1996	11	31
Norway 1997	11	32
SS Exhibitor to Mediterranean Travel Diary 1937	11	33
SS Exhibitor to Mediterranean Travel Documents 1937	11	34
Travel Papers – France 1930	11	35
Travel Seminars 2002	11	36
Trips 1980-1982	12	1
U. S. Navy
1941-1946	12	2
1946-1949	12	3
1950-1959	12	4
1961-1969	12	5
1970-1973	12	6
Orders 1942-1946	12	7
Orders 1948-1967	12	8
Papers 1942-1998	12	9
Vershire School 1975-1988	12	10
Will 2006	12	11
Word War II Material 1942-1946	12	12
World War II Material 1995-2007	12	13
World War II Medical Material 1942-1946	12	14
World War II Memorabilia 1944-1995	12	15
World War II Newsclippings 1946	12	16
York Harbor, Maine 1982-1990	12	17
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Professional	Box	Folder
A. Baird Hastings Symposium 1965	12	18
Abstracts of Comparative Mortality 1975-1979	12	19
Acid-Base Correspondents 1956-1965	12	20
Acid-Base Material HUP Section (1) 1958-1963	12	21
Acid-Base Material HUP Section (2) 1958-1963	12	22
Acid-Base Miscellaneous Correspondence 1960-1968	12	23
Acid-Base Terminology Debate 1963-1965	12	24
Advanced Mortality Methodology Workshop 1991	12	25
Advanced Mortality Seminar #1 1989-1990	12	26
Advanced Mortality Seminar #3 1992-1996	12	27
Advanced Mortality Seminar #4 (1) 1993-1996	12	28
Advanced Mortality Seminar #4 (2) 1993-1996	12	29
ALIMDA and Medical Section Meeting Reports 1953-1966	12	30
ALIMDA and Medical Section Meeting Reports 1967-1973	12	31
ALIMDA and Medical Section Meeting Reports 1974-1978	12	32
ALIMDA Meeting
1978	12	33
1979	12	34
1980	12	35
1981	12	36
1983	12	37
1984	12	38
1985	13	1
1987	13	2
1988	13	3
1989	13	4
1990	13	5
1991	13	6
ALIMDA Research Center 1989-1991	13	7
ALIMDA Research Center FU Articles (1) 1989	13	8
ALIMDA Research Center FU Articles (2) 1989	13	9
ALIMDA Research Center Inception 1987-1988	13	10
American Academy of Insurance Medicine Meeting 1992	13	11
American Academy of Insurance Medicine Meeting 1993	13	12
American Academy of Insurance Medicine Meeting 1994	13	13
American Academy of Insurance Medicine Meeting 1996	13	14
American Cancer Society Workshop on Cohort Studies 1983	13	15
American College of Chest Physicians Meeting 1980	13	16
American Council of Life Insurance Meeting 1987	13	17
American Heart Association Miami 1976	13	18
American Public Health Association Meeting 1978	13	19
Annals of Internal Medicine 1977-1990	13	20
Bar Harbor Medical Symposium 1983	13	21
Beck, Ivan T. 1997	13	22
Best’s Reviews 1970-1976	13	23
Blackburn, Henry 1970	13	24
Blood Pressure Survey 1971-1977	13	25
Board of Life Insurance Medicine
1976	13	26
n.d.	13	27
Course 1973	13	28
Course 1981	13	29
Course 1982	13	30
Seminar (1) 1979	13	31
Seminar (2) 1979	13	32
Seminar (3) 1979	13	33
Seminar (4) 1979	13	34
Talk 1979	13	35
Brackenridge Book Chapter Edits 1990-1991	13	36
Canadian Life Insurance Medical Officers Association Meeting 1987	13	37
Center for Evaluation of Clinical Procedures 1974	13	38
Charles C. Wolferth Committee 1991-1995	13	39
Colleges of Physicians of Philadelphia 1974-1989	13	40
Conference Acid-Base Terminology 1964	13	41
Conference Heart Disease in the Young 1977	14	1
Conference on Hypertension 1966	14	2
Consultant Work Insurance Tables 1983-1990	14	3
Course Small Computers for the MD 1982	14	4
Crosby v. U.S.A. 1998	14	5
Current Concepts of Acid-Base Measurement 1964	14	6
Directories and Ads Correspondence 1988-1998	14	7
Epilepsy Symposium 1966	14	8
Fifth Triennial Course in Life and Health Insurance Medicine
(1) 1982	14	9
(2) 1982	14	10
(3) 1982	14	11
(4) 1982	14	12
Health Hazards Appraisal Meeting 1968	14	13
Heparin Studies 1994-1996	14	14
High Blood Pressure Pamphlet 1967	14	15
Hills, A. Gorman 1962-1963	14	16
Home Office Underwriters of New York 1974	14	17
Hypertension Conference Washington DC 1976	14	18
Hypertension Patient Compliance Symposium 1980	14	19
Hypertension Symposium Atlanta, GA 1973	14	20
Hypertension Symposium College of Physicians of Philadelphia 1979	14	21
Hypertension Treatment Program Mass Mutual 1979	14	22
Institute of Home Office Underwriters Meeting 1977	14	23
Institute of Home Office Underwriters Meeting (1) 1996	14	24
Institute of Home Office Underwriters Meeting (2) 1996	14	25
Insurance Medicine News and Reviews 1971-1981	14	26
International Congress of Life Assurance Medicine
1982	14	27
1986	14	28
1989	14	29
1973	14	30
1976	14	31
Joint AAIM / ICLAM Meeting (1) 1995	14	32
Joint AAIM / ICLAM Meeting (2) 1995	14	33
Journal of Chronic Diseases 1975-1981	14	34
Journal of Chronic Diseases Zejicek Article Review 1976	14	35
Life Table Methodology New Chapter Text (1) 1990-1998	15	1
Life Table Methodology New Chapter Text (2) 1990-1998	15	2
Life Tables 1977	15	3
Life Tables: Methodology and Applications Lectures BLIM Course Litchfield Park, AZ 1982	15	4
Maine High Blood Pressure Council 1986	15	5
Mayo Clinic Division of Medical Statistics 1967-1982	15	6
Mayo Clinic Insurance Use of Rochester File 1978-1981	15	7
Mayo Clinic Mortality Studies 1979	15	8
Medical Coding for Followup Studies 1975-1994	15	9
Medicolegal Consultation 1996-2006	15	10
Medicolegal Services 1985-2006	15	11
Meetings Other than Life Insurance Medical (1) 1957-1978	15	12
Meetings Other than Life Insurance Medical (2) 1957-1978	15	13
MMLC Meeting 2001	15	14
Mortality Compendium AIDS Articles 1991-1992	15	15
Mortality Compendium Marketing 1991-1994	15	16
Mortality Monograph Committee Meeting 1975	15	17
Mortality Seminar
1977-1988	15	18
#1 1990	15	19
#2 Abdominal Aneurysm 1991	15	20
#2 HIV 1990-1991	15	21
#2 Liver Transplant 1991	15	22
#2 Planning 1983-1991	15	23
#5 1996	15	24
#6 1980	15	25
Bob Wood Correspondence 1984-1986	15	26
Project (1) 1977-1982	15	27
Project (2) 1977-1982	15	28
Mortality Seminars Correspondence (1) 1986-1988	15	29
Mortality Seminars Correspondence (2) 1986-1988	15	30
Mortality Seminars Correspondence (3) 1986-1988	15	31
Mortality Tables Correspondence 1979-1990	15	32
Mudge, Gilbert H. 1980-1990	16	1
National Center for Health Statistics Conference 1991	16	2
National Conference on High Blood Pressure Control 1979-1981	16	3
National Research Council Fellowship, University of Pennsylvania Appointment, 1940-1942, 1946-1948	16	4
Navy Reports for Operation Frostbite 1946	16	5
New England High Blood Pressure Council 1980	16	6
New England Life
Blood Pressure Study 1981	16	7
ECG Studies 1979	16	8
Hypertension Study 1972-1979	16	9
Mortality Reports 1975-1984	16	10
Mortality Studies 1973	16	11
Underwriting Manual (1) 1983	16	12
Underwriting Manual (2) 1983	16	13
Underwriting Manual (3) 1983	16	14
Underwriting Revisions with Mortality Data 1971-1978	16	15
Panel Discussion on Mortality Monograph 1976-1977	16	16
Physiological Basis for Management of Respiratory Insufficiency Course 1975	16	17
Poisson Distribution and Confidence Limits 1965-1977	16	18
Prognosis Essential Hypertension 1990	16	19
Relative Frequency of Impairment Codes 1968-1969	16	20
Reviewed Articles 1991-1994	16	21
Sayen and Pierce Manuscript 1972-1974	16	22
Sayen Succinate Manuscript 1968-1969	16	23
Sayen, John J. “Remarks to the Medical Class of 1926” 1991	16	24
Schmidt, Whitney L. 1997-2001	16	25
Siber, Ferris J. CV 1984-1985	16	26
Subject Classification Biochemistry and Medical Sciences, n.d.	16	27
Teaching
Acid-Base Balance Cor Course Physiology 1948-1951	16	28
Acid-Base Balance GSM and Text 1948-1949	16	29
Acid-Base Balance Med 1948-1952	16	30
Acid-Base Balance Seminar at MIT 1955	16	31
Blood Equil Grad 1947-1951	16	32
Blood Equil Med 1949-1952	16	33
Ca + P 1948-1952	16	34
Fourth Year Correlation Course 1948-1952	16	35
Graduate Student Seminar 1951	16	36
Physiological Chemistry (1) 1947-1952	16	37
Physiological Chemistry (2) 1947-1952	16	38
Physiological Chemistry, n.d.	16	39
Physiological Chemistry Exams 1948-1952	16	40
Physiological Chemistry Lab Demonstrations 1947-1948	17	1
Physiological Chemistry Labs 1948-1949	17	2
Physiological Chemistry Lecture Notes (1) 1947-1952	17	3
Physiological Chemistry Lecture Notes (2) 1947-1952	17	4
Physiological Chemistry Lecture Notes (3) 1947-1952	17	5
Physiological Chemistry Notes and Experiments 1936	17	6
Physiological Chemistry Rosters 1947-1951	17	7
Physiological Chemistry Schedule 1949-1952	17	8
Physiological Miscellaneous Lectures 1949-1951	17	9
Reference, n.d.	17	10
Renal 1949-1952	17	11
Seminar, n.d.	17	12
Water and Elect Balance Grad 1947	17	13
Water and Elect Balance Med 1948-1952	17	14
Training Session Audio Visual Aids 1970	17	15
U. S. Naval Reserve Retirement 1973-1974	17	16
U. S. Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery 1965-1966	17	17
Underwriting and Reinsurance 1974-1979	17	18
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Research	Box	Folder
Abstracts (1) 1965	17	19
Abstracts (2) 1965	17	20
Acid-Base Data Dog Experts 1951-1964	17	21
Acid-Base Diagrams, n.d.	17	22
Acid-Base Terminology Articles 1925-1962	17	23
Age/Sex Estimates 1984-2005	17	24
Analysis of Substandard Rating Structure 1974-1975	17	25
Background Literature 1994-1997	17	26
Balance NaHCO3 Therapy Renal Acidosis, n.d.	17	27
Benzidine Sulfate Method for Total Base (1), 1941-1942, 1946-1947	17	28
Benzidine Sulfate Method for Total Base (2), 1941-1942, 1946-1947	17	29
Bibliographic Cards – Sampling (1), n.d.	17	30
Bibliographic Cards – Sampling (2), n.d.	17	31
Blood Equilibrium and Some of its Pathological Changes Data 1937	17	32
Blood Vertebrates Acid-Base Data 1936-1953	17	33
Bloom Case Studies, n.d.	17	34
Colorimeter Experiments 1935-1936	17	35
Data on Handling Sample for CO2 Analysis 1950	17	36
Epstein, J. A. ” The Buffer Bases of the Blood”, n.d.	17	37
Farr, William 1807-1883 1993	17	38
Forms and Charts, n.d.	18	1
Framingham Heart Study 26 Year Follow-Up File (1) 1985	18	2
Framingham Heart Study 26 Year Follow-Up File (2) 1985	18	3
Framingham Heart Study 26 Year Follow-Up File (3) 1985	18	4
Framingham Study – annotated 1977	18	5
Harvard Medical School Experiments Data 1941-1942	18	6
Hastings Nomogram 1947	18	7
Heparin Article Data 1978-1982	18	8
Heparin Manuscript Final 1986	18	9
Heparin Mortality Abstract 1976-1989	18	10
Heparin Study (1) 1985-1991	18	11
Heparin Study (2) 1985-1991	18	12
Life Table Methodology (1) 1976-1987	18	13
Life Table Methodology (2) 1976-1987	18	14
Material – Early Follow-Up Studies (1) 1988	18	15
Material – Early Follow-Up Studies (2) 1988	18	16
Medlars (1) 1988-1990	18	17
Medlars (2) 1988-1990	18	18
Metabolic Acidosis, n.d.	18	19
Metabolic Alkalosis, n.d.	18	20
Miscellaneous 1954-1978	18	21
Miscellaneous Acid-Base 1952-1955	18	22
Miscellaneous Case Studies, n.d.	18	23
Mixed Acid-Base Disturbances – pH Variable, n.d.	18	24
Mixed Acidosis, n.d.	18	25
Mixed Alkalosis, n.d.	18	26
Mortality Life Tables – Bliss System of Subject Classification 1980-1981	18	27
NaHCO3 #2 Data, n.d.	18	28
NaHCO3 Infusion Experiments Results (1) 1950-1952	18	29
NaHCO3 Infusion Experiments Results (2) 1950-1952	18	30
NaHCO3 Infusion Experiments Results (3) 1950-1952	18	31
Nomogram Calculations 1942	18	32
Nomograms 1948	18	33
Nomograms for Acid-Base Balance of Human Blood 1948	18	34
Nomograms for Acid-Base Balance of Human Blood Explanatory Sheets, n.d.	18	35
Normal Adults 1949-1952	18	36
Normal Infants, n.d.	18	37
Proposed NaHCO3 #3 (1) 1956-1963	18	38
Proposed NaHCO3 #3 (2) 1956-1963	18	39
Reference Data and Graphs 1950-1951	19	1
Reference Material 1947-1952	19	2
References 1924-1952	19	3
Report to National Research Council, n.d.	19	4
Respiratory Acidosis, n.d.	19	5
Respiratory Alkalosis, n.d.	19	6
Respiratory Alkalosis and Respiratory Acidosis Data 1952	19	7
Shock and Hastings Experimental Data, n.d.	19	8
Spectrophometric Constants of Human Oxyhemoglobin, with a Note on the Color Development of Acid Hematin Solutions, n.d.	19	9
Student Data University of Pennsylvania 1948-1952	19	10
Tables for use with Binomial Samples 1956	19	11
Temperature Effect on pH and Acid-Base Balance (1) 1959-1960	19	12
Temperature Effect on pH and Acid-Base Balance (2) 1959-1960	19	13
Test of Nomogram 1946-1947	19	14
Titration Curves, , n.d.	19	15
Tomasella Case Studies, n.d.	19	16
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Works By	Box	Folder
Acid-Base Disturbance in Salicylate Intoxication 1953-1954	19	17
Acid-Base Equilibrium in Man in Health and Disease Rough Notes 1952	19	18
Acute Effects in Man of Rapid Intravenous Infusion of Hypertonic Sodium Bicarbonate Solution (1) 1954	19	19
Acute Effects in Man of Rapid Intravenous Infusion of Hypertonic Sodium Bicarbonate Solution (2) 1954	19	20
Acute Effects in Man of Rapid Intravenous Infusion of Hypertonic Sodium Bicarbonate Solution 1955-1956	19	21
Approach to the Approximation of Medical Impairment Ratings 1963	19	22
Articles 1939-1986	19	23
Asthma and TB: What Threat to Life and Breath? 1973	19	24
Blood Equilibrium and Some of its Pathological Changes 1938	19	25
Blood Equilibrium and Some of its Pathological Changes 1938-2007	19	26
Blood Pressure Article 1966-1972	19	27
Blood Pressure Article Correspondence 1965-1968	19	28
Buffer Constants of Human Hemoglobin 1947	19	29
Chest X-Ray in Medical Underwriting 1972	20	1
Chronic Renal Failure – New Hope for the Patient 1974	20	2
Coronary Heart Disease and Chest Pain: An Underwriting Problem 1971	20	3
Coronary Heart Disease Statistical Study Navy Mutual Aid Association 1965	20	4
CV survey of the Chest X-Ray in Nearly 5000 Life Insurance Applicants 1979-1980	20	5
Descriptive Index of Mortality Studies from Selected Sources 1951 – 1995 (1) 2001	20	6
Descriptive Index of Mortality Studies from Selected Sources 1951 – 1995 (2) 2001	20	7
Descriptive Index of Mortality Studies from Selected Sources 1951 – 1995 (3) 2001	20	8
Diabetes: A Sweet and Sour Disease 1973	20	9
Distrbution of Infused NaHO3 Solution in Man – Talk 1952	20	10
Drafts Proposed NaHCO3 #3 1954-1957	20	11
Effects in Man of Acute Experimental Respiratory Alkalosis and Acidosis on Ionic Transfers in the Total Body Fluids – Manuscript 1956	20	12
Electrocardiogram – A Divining Rod for the Heart 1972	20	13
Electrocardiogram and Insurability 1972	20	14
F.D.R’s Fatal Stroke, Mortality in Severe Hypertension, 1944-45 1995	20	15
First Mortality Follow-Up Study: The 1841 Report of William Farr (Physician) on the Mortality of Lunatics 2001	20	16
Handbook of Biological Data Correspondence 1949-1963	20	17
Handbook of Biological Data Drafts 1953	20	18
Heparin
Article Draft 1976-1986	20	19
Article Draft 1986	20	20
Follow Up Study (1) 1974-1977	20	21
Follow Up Study (2) 1974-1977	20	22
Manuscript Presentation 1982	20	23
Manuscript Supporting Data 1979	20	24
Material (1) 1975-1980	20	25
Material (2) 1975-1980	20	26
Material (3) 1975-1980	20	27
Material (4) 1975-1980	20	28
Material (5) 1975-1980	20	29
Material (6) 1975-1980	20	30
Material 1979-1983	21	1
No 1 Manuscript (1) 1981-1982	21	2
No 1 Manuscript (2) 1981-1982	21	3
No 1 Manuscript Drafts (1) 1979-1980	21	4
No 1 Manuscript Drafts (2) 1979-1980	21	5
No 1 Manuscript Final Draft 1982	21	6
No 1 Supporting Data 1979-1980	21	7
Paper Drafts (1) 1977-1978	21	8
Paper Drafts (2) 1977-1978	21	9
Papers 1977-1979	21	10
Series 1978-1981	21	11
Series Manuscript (1) 1984-1985	21	12
Series Manuscript (2) 1984-1985	21	13
High Blood Pressure: What it Means to the Insurance Agent 1971	21	14
Hypertension – What Does it Mean? 1967	21	15
Hypertension Revisited 1973	21	16
Improved Clinical Method for the Estimation of Disturbances of the Acid-Base Balance of Human Blood 1948	21	17
Improved Clinical Method for the Estimation of Disturbances of the Acid-Base Balance of Human Blood Correspondence 1947-1950	21	18
Improved Clinical Method for the Estimation of Disturbances of the Acid-Base Balance of Human Blood Drafts (1) 1944-1947	21	19
Improved Clinical Method for the Estimation of Disturbances of the Acid-Base Balance of Human Blood Drafts (2) 1944-1947	21	20
Insurability of the Diabetic Applicant 1973	21	21
Kidneys – Master Regulator of Body Fluids 1967-1974	21	22
Life Expectancy Reports 2004-2005	21	23
Life Insurance and Heart Disease 1971-1972	21	24
Life Insurance for the Cancer Patient 1972	21	25
Life Insurance Medicine – the Unknown Specialty 1988-1989	21	26
Life Table Reconstruction from Annual Data for Survival Rate 1991	21	27
Management of Salicylate Poisoning 1953-1955	21	28
Medical Risks
1991 Compend of Mortality / Morbidity (1) 1993	21	29
1991 Compend of Mortality / Morbidity (2) 1993	21	30
1991 Compend of Mortality / Morbidity (3) 1993	21	31
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Draft (1) 1976	22	1
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Draft (2) 1976	22	2
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Draft (3) 1976	22	3
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Draft (4) 1976	22	4
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Draft (5) 1976	22	5
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Final Draft (1) 1976	22	6
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Final Draft (2) 1976	22	7
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Final Draft (3) 1976	22	8
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Final Draft (4) 1976	22	9
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Final Draft (5) 1976	22	10
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Final Draft (6) 1976	22	11
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Final Draft (7) 1976	22	12
Patterns of Mortality and Survival – Final Draft (8) 1976	22	13
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Draft (1) 1986	22	14
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Draft (2) 1986	22	15
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Draft (3) 1986	22	16
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Draft (4) 1986	22	17
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Draft (1) 1987	22	18
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Draft (2) 1987	22	19
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Draft (3) 1987	22	20
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Final Proofs (1) 1987	22	21
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Final Proofs (2) 1987	22	22
Patterns of Mortality and Survival, Chapter 6 Final Proofs (3) 1987	22	23
Mortality Abstracts and Articles (1) 1975-2005	22	24
Mortality Abstracts and Articles (2) 1975-2005	22	25
Mortality Abstracts and Articles (3) 1975-2005	22	26
Mortality in Epilepsy 1966-1982	22	27
Mortality Risk in Hypertension and Hypertensive Heart Disease 1968	22	28
Mortality Seminars – Origins and Early Years 1988	22	29
NaHCO3 Articles Correspondence (1) 1953-1958	23	1
NaHCO3 Articles Correspondence (2) 1953-1958	23	2
New Diagram for the Visualization and Interpretation of Acid-Base Changes 1950	23	3
Number One Reason for Rating or Declination – What the Agent Can Do 1975	23	4
Overweight, Obesity and Insurability 1972-1973	23	5
Peptic Ulcer Disease – A Common Insurability Problem 1972	23	6
Physico-Chemical Equilibrium of Normal Human Blood 1937	23	7
Published Articles 1972-1989	23	8
Pulse: One of Life’s Vital Signs 1973	23	9
Relation of Urinary Bicarbonate Output to the Acid-Base Balance in Plasma 1969	23	10
Renal Response in Man to Acute Experimental Respiratory Alkalosis and Acidosis – Manuscript 1956	23	11
Simplified Sedimentation Rate Technique with Combined Chart and Correction Nomogram 1947-1951	23	12
Simultaneous Determination of pH, CO2 Content and Cell Volume in 0.1 ml. Aliquots of Cuntaneous Blood 1955	23	13
Spectrophometric Studies 1939	23	14
Structured Settlement Annuities (1) 1999-2000	23	15
Structured Settlement Annuities (2) 1999-2000	23	16
Structured Settlement Mortality 1998	23	17
To Smoke or Not to Smoke 1968-1972	23	18
To Treat or Not to Treat 1975	23	19
TVC vs COPD 1973	23	20
Underwriting Kidney Diseases 1974	23	21
Underwriting Manual Revision Blood Pressure 1963	23	22
Usefulness of Mortality and Survival Data in Existing Medical Literature 1968-1969	23	23
X-Ray Mortality Study (1) 1981-1982	23	24
X-Ray Mortality Study (2) 1981-1982	23	25
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Photographs	Box	Folder
American Field Service 1967-1976	23	26
Camp Tecumseh 1923	23	27
Cape May, NJ 1938-1941	23	28
CD of Images 2012	23	29
Charles River Basin, Boston, MA 1941 1946	23	30
Copies of photograph envelopes 1939-1965	23	31
Delaware River 1949	23	32
Distinguished Physician’s Award 1980	23	33
Episcopal Academy 1930	23	34
Hawaii Trip 1994	23	35
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 1939-1941	23	36
Medical Interns 1939-1941	23	37
Mediterranean Trip (1) 1937	23	38
Mediterranean Trip (2) 1937	23	39
Mediterranean Trip Scrapbook 1937	OS 1
Miscellaneous Portraits (includes 1 of RBS), n.d.	23	40
Residence 4226 Chester Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 1920-1940	23	41
Singer, Edgar A., Jr 1938-1946	23	42
Singer, Richard B. 1922-1949	23	43
Singer, Richard B. 1942-2010	23	44
Singer, Richard B. – in uniform 1945	23	45
TYCHE — Sailboat Cape May, NJ 1946	23	46
University of Pennsylvania Medical School 1938 1940	23	47
University of Pennsylvania Portraits, n.d.	23	48
USNR Med Co. 1-1 1971	23	49
U. S. Navy Operation Frostbite 1946	23	50
Wedding 1947	23	51
World’s Fair New York City 1939	23	52
World War II (1) 1942-1945	23	53
World War II (2) 1942-1945	23	54
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Awards	Box	Folder
Appreciation from Board of Life Insurance Medicine Course 1982	24
Distinguished Physician’s Award 1980	24
Distinguished Physician Award 1996	24
W. John Elder, M.D. Award 2000	24
Who’s Who in Health and Medical Services Honored Member 1991	24
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