Robert B. Livingston Papers

http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf1779n7fr Online items available Robert B. Livingston Papers Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego Copyright 2017 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla 92093-0175 [email protected] URL: http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/index.html Robert B. Livingston Papers MSS 0418 1 Descriptive Summary Languages: English Contributing Institution: Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive La Jolla 92093-0175 Title: Robert B. Livingston Papers Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0418 Physical Description: 54.3 Linear feet(32 archives boxes, 38 records cartons, 6 card file boxes, and 10 oversize folders) Date (inclusive): 1918 - 2000 Abstract: Papers of Robert Burr Livingston (1918-2002), professor of neuroscience and medical administrator. The collection includes correspondence, writings, talks and lectures, project materials, UC San Diego administrative and teaching materials, photographs, audiovisual materials, and digital files. Also included are papers of Livingston's mentor, neurophysiologist John Farquhar Fulton (1899-1960), and his father, neuroscientist William Kenneth Livingston (1892-1966). Scope and Content of Collection The Robert Burr Livingston Papers document the career and professional activities of a noted neuroscientist, professor and medical administrator. Materials include correspondence, writings, talks and lectures, project materials, and UC San Diego teaching materials. Also included are papers of Livingston's mentor, neurophysiologist John Farquhar Fulton (1899-1960), and his father, neuroscientist William Kenneth Livingston (1892-1966). Accession Processed in 2005 Arranged in seven series: 1) CORRESPONDENCE, 2) SUBJECT FILES, 3) WRITINGS, 4) LECTURES AND TALKS, 5) PROJECTS, 6) TEACHING MATERIALS, and 7) JOHN F. FULTON MATERIALS. Accession Processed in 2017 Arranged in twelve series: 8) BIOGRAPHICAL, 9) CORRESPONDENCE, 10) WRITINGS, 11) PROJECTS AND RESEARCH, 12) UC SAN DIEGO, 13) ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMITTEES, 14) DALAI LAMA, 15) WILLIAM K. LIVINGSTON, 16) PHOTOGRAPHS, 17) SOUND RECORDINGS, 18) FILM AND VIDEO, and 19) DIGITAL MEDIA. Biography Robert Burr Livingston was born in 1918 in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University in 1940 and graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine in 1944, where he did his residency in internal medicine. Livingston served as a US Navy Medical Corps Reserve officer in Okinawa during World War II, and was awarded a Bronze Star. His major academic appointments include Harvard Medical School (1946-1947); the Yale University School of Medicine (1946-1952); the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine (1952-1957); and the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (1965-1989). Livingston served as scientific director for both the National Institute for Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (NINDB) from 1956-1965. In 1965 he founded the world's first interdisciplinary neuroscience department at UC San Diego. Throughout his career, Livingston was active in several anti-nuclear weapons and peace organizations, including the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, which was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize for Peace. Livingston's research has been concerned with investigating combinations of nervous and mental functions, using neuroanatomical, neurophysiological, behavioral, and clinical techniques. He has published widely in these fields, including chapters in John F. Fulton's Physiology of the Nervous System (fourth edition, 1960) and a dozen chapters in Best and Taylor's Physiological Basis of Medical Practice (eleventh edition, 1985). While a professor in the Department of Neurosciences at UC San Diego, he developed the Neurosciences Study Plan for graduate students. He is well known for his work in the cinemorphology of the human brain, using a technique developed at UC San Diego by Roy E. Mills which involves slicing, staining and photographing very thin sections of the whole human brain in sequence. The Human Brain: A Dynamic View of its Structures and Organization, an award-winning film on this research, was produced in 1976 by Sy Wexler. Livingston has also made significant contributions to the study of the relationship between chronic undernutrition and human brain development, including participating in the Committee for Undernourished People research project. In 1986, the Army Medical Corps Research and Development Command selected Livingston's Laboratory for Quantitative Morphology in the Department of Neurosciences at UC San Diego to establish a national research and development program to construct a prototype computer system that would be capable of three-dimensional mapping and displaying the entire human brain at microscopic levels of detail. Livingston also consulted on the autopsy of President John F. Kennedy, and served as science advisor to the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet. Livingston died in 2002 in La Jolla, California. Robert B. Livingston Papers MSS 0418 2 Publication Rights Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection. Preferred Citation Robert B. Livingston Papers, MSS 418. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Acquisition Information Acquired 1996, 2002. OFF-SITE STORAGE BULK OF COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. ALLOW ONE WEEK FOR RETRIEVAL OF MATERIALS. Boxes 64-76 on-site. Restrictions Materials containing personally identifiable medical information, original audiovisual media, and unprocessed digital media are restricted. Researchers may inquire about access to these materials in advance of their visit. Digital Content The original film The Human Brain: Its Structures and Organization has been digitized. Subjects and Indexing Terms Nuclear nonproliferation Nutrition -- Research Malnutrition -- Research Brain mapping -- Methodology Brain -- Imaging Brain -- Anatomy Neuroanatomy Neurosciences -- United States Neurologists -- United States -- Biography Brain mapping Livingston, Robert B. (Robert Burr), 1918-2002 -- Archives Fulton, John F. (John Farquhar), 1899-1960 -- Archives Livingston, W. K. (William Kenneth), 1892-1966 -- Archives Szilard, Leo -- Correspondence Bstan-ʼdzin-rgya-mtsho, Dalai Lama XIV, 1935 Salk, Jonas, 1914-1995 -- Correspondence Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 -- Correspondence Penfield, Wilder, 1891-1976 -- Correspondence Sagan, Carl, 1934-1996 -- Correspondence Thomas, Lewis, 1913-1993 -- Correspondence Smith, Paul C. -- Correspondence Tuchman, Barbara W. (Barbara Wertheim), 1912-1989 -- Correspondence Mellinkoff, Sherman M. (Sherman Mussoff), 1920-2016 -- Correspondence Hultgren, Herbert N. -- Correspondence University of California, San Diego. School of Medicine University of California, San Diego. Department of Neurosciences Institute for Policy Studies Committee for Undernourished People Elmwood Institute Accession Processed in 2005 Robert B. Livingston Papers MSS 0418 3 Accession Processed in 2005 CORRESPONDENCE CORRESPONDENCE Scope and Content of Series Series 1) CORRESPONDENCE: Arranged alphabetically by correspondent, the series includes letters from Leo Szilard, Jonas Salk, Linus Pauling, Wilder Penfield, Carl Sagan, and Lewis Thomas. There is correspondence documenting Livingston's involvement with the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences, the Foundations' Fund for Research in Psychiatry, and the Institute for Policy Studies, of which he was a founding member. A very rich correspondence covers the period from 1947 to 1952, while Livingston was a member of the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine and spent time in Europe receiving advanced training. Of particular interest are letters to Paul C. Smith, editor and general manager of the San Francisco Chronicle, that report on his interpretations of the climate and mood of post-war Europe. Box 1, Folder 1 A - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 2 Aeromedical Research Unit, Yale University 1940 - 1952 Box 1, Folder 3 American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1966 - 1981 Box 1, Folder 4 American Association for the Advancement of Science 1969 - 1977 Box 1, Folder 5 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Commission on Science Education 1969 Box 1, Folder 6 Association for Research in Nervous and Mental Disease 1947 Box 1, Folder 7 B - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 8 Balzers Corporation 1974 - 1976 Box 1, Folder 9 Bates, John 1948 Box 1, Folder 10 Bloomfield, Arthur L. 1943 - 1952 Box 1, Folder 11 British Broadcasting Corporation 1980 - 1982 Box 1, Folder 12 Bronk, Detlev 1951 - 1956 Box 1, Folder 13 C - Miscellaneous Box 1, Folder 14 Caveness, William 1948 - 1949 Box 1, Folder 15 Chandler, M.L. 1947 - 1948 Box 1, Folder 16 Chapman, William P. 1948 - 1949 Box 1, Folder 17 Cohen, Leonard 1954 Box 2, Folder 1 Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) 1962 - 1964 Box 2, Folder 2 Cook, Lyle E. 1954 Box 2, Folder 3 Corson, Samuel A. 1951 - 1952 Box 2, Folder 4 Cutting, Windsor C. 1946 - 1950 Box 2, Folder 5 D - Miscellaneous Box 2, Folder 6 Danforth, C.H. 1943 - 1947 Box 2, Folder 7 Davis, Dr. and Mrs. George 1951 Box 2, Folder 8 Denny-Brown, D. 1945 - 1946 Box 2, Folder 9 Desmedt, J.E. 1951 Box 2, Folder 10 Digital Equipment Corporation 1981 Box 2, Folder 11 E - Miscellaneous Box 2, Folder 12 Evans, Joseph P. 1948 - 1949 Box 2, Folder 13 F - Miscellaneous Box 2, Folder 14 Fessard, Alfred 1949 - 1954 Box 2, Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences 1959 - 1964 Folder 15-17 Box 2, Folder 18 Foundations' Fund for

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