Allan D. Bass Papers
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical or Biographical Note.................................................................................................................... 4
Collection Scope and Content Summary...................................................................................................... 4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Subject Headings........................................................................................................................................... 5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 6
Series 01: Awards and Honors...............................................................................................................6
Series 02: Correspondence..................................................................................................................... 6
Series 03: Personal Memorabilia............................................................................................................7
Series 04: Miscellaneous........................................................................................................................ 7
Series 05: Department of Pharmacology................................................................................................7
Series 06: Photographs........................................................................................................................... 7
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Allan D. Bass Papers 3
Summary Information
Repository
EBL Manuscripts Collection
Creator
Bass, Allan D.
Title
Allan D. Bass Papers
Date [inclusive]
1930 - 1996
Extent
1.0 Cubic feet
Abstract
Personal papers of Vanderbilt alumnus and Professor Allan D. Bass,
who was chair of the Department of Pharmacology for two decades. This
collection includes correspondence, Department of Pharmacology related
materials, personal memorabilia, and photographs.
Preferred Citation
Allan D. Bass Papers. Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections, Vanderbilt University Medical
Center, Nashville, TN.
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Historical or Biographical Note
Professor Allan D. Bass (1910-2005) was a scientist, an educator, and an administrator; he pioneered
pharmacological research on skin sterilizing agents, sulfonamides, hormones, adrenal coricosteroids,
anthelmintics and chemical transmitters. At Vanderbilt University School of Medicine (VUSM) he served
as the chair of the Department of Pharmacology for two decades and served as Associate Dean of the
medical school from 1973-74.
Dr. Bass was born in Marcus, IA on February 12, 1910. He received his B.S. from Simpson College in
1931, and later earned his M.S. and M.D. from VUSM in 1932 and 1939. He then served two years of his
residency at Vanderbilt, followed by a one-year fellowship from Yale University School of Medicine in
1942. During World War II he was stationed on the Philippine Islands with the U.S. Army Medical Corps.
After the war Dr. Bass took a position as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology
at Syracuse University School of Medicine, from 1945-1953. He subsequently began his twenty year
tenure as Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at VUSM from 1953-1973. Later
he became the Associate Dean for Biomedical Sciences and Acting Dean, VUSM, from 1973-1974.
From 1975-1981 Dr. Bass was the Associate Chief of Staff for Education at the Nashville Veteran's
Administration Hospital. He was Professor Emeritus in Pharmacology at VUSM from 1975-2005. Dr.
Bass also served as a Member of the American Medical Association - Council on Drugs, 1962-72, and
as President of the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 1967-69. Allan
Bass died January 14, 2005 in Nashville.
Collection Description
Personal papers of Vanderbilt alumnus and Professor Allan D. Bass, who was chair of the Department of
Pharmacology for two decades. This collection includes correspondence, Department of Pharmacology
related materials, personal memorabilia, and photographs. Correspondence primarily consists of time
period 1955-1990. The collection also contains an assortment of undated newspaper clippings pertaining
to Dr. Bass, a history of pharmacology at Vanderbilt from 1875-1975, VUMC Medcom and Reporter
articles from 1990-1996 related to pharmacology, and also class notes taken by Dr. Bass while at
Vanderbilt Medical School. Photographs in this collection cover a wide time period. Pictures include
personal photographs, school and conference photographs, and slides pertaining to VUMC history.
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Administrative Information
Publication Information
EBL Manuscripts Collection 2004-10-27
Notes about Access to this Collection
All collections are subject to applicable VUMC privacy and confidentiality policies. Collection specific
restrictions: No Restrictions.
Reproduction Rights
Copyright is retained by Eskind Biomedical Library Special Collections.
Subject Headings
Personal Name(s)
Bass, Allan D.
Subject(s)
Military Medicine
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Vanderbilt Alumni
VUMC History
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Awards and Honors
Collection Inventory
Series 01: Awards and Honors
Box
Folder
80th Birthday Symposium - correspondence, photos, brochures
1
1
Bass Chair and Bass Lecture: programs and brochures
2
2
Certificate from U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development for
2
6
3
2
Box
Folder
Correspondence 1975 - 1976
1
2
Correspondence 2/9/77 - 3/21/79
1
3
Correspondence 3/26/79 - 12/18/80
1
4
Correspondence 1955 - 1994
1
5
service in World War II 1945; License to practice from the Tennessee
Licensing Board for the Healing Arts 1948; Certificate of membership from
the New York Academy of Sciences 1949; C
Certificate from U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development for
service in World War II 1945; License to practice from the Tennessee
Licensing Board for the Healing Arts 1948; Certificate of membership
from the New York Academy of Sciences 1949; Certificate from Vanderbilt
University Hospital for service on housestaff 1939-44; Certificate of
membership from Yale Chapter of the Society of Sigma Xi 1942
Certificates: Tennessee Board of Basic Science Examiners certificate
(1977) and certificate of appreciation from the National Board of Medical
Examiners (1960) (stored in tube)
Series 02: Correspondence
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Personal Memorabilia
Series 03: Personal Memorabilia
Box
Folder
Newspaper clippings pertaining to Dr. Bass (no dates available)
1
6
Class Notes taken by Allan Bass while in Medical School
2
1
Box
Folder
2
3
Box
Folder
Pharmacology at Vanderbilt 1875 - 1975 B.V. Rama Sastry
2
4
VUMC Medcom and Reporter Articles related to Pharmacology 2/5/90 &
2
5
Box
Folder
Prints c.1940 (identified)
2
7
Photograph - 4th International Cancer Research Congress Sept. 2-7, 1947
3
1
3
3
3
4
Series 04: Miscellaneous
Dedication of the Tennessee Neuropsychiatric Institute: program 3/19/71
Series 05: Department of Pharmacology
11/15/96
Series 06: Photographs
(rolled)
Dr. Allan Bass, professor and chairman of Pharmacology, Syracuse
University School of Medicine 1950
Prints from the Vanderbilt School of Medicine's Centennial Celebration
1975 (some are identified)
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Photographs
Unidentified prints of a personal nature
3
5
Slides pertaining to VUMC history (3.25" x 4")
3
6
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