Argonne National Laboratory 
 
SERIES TITLE Institutional Review Board Records 
 
 
INCLUSIVE DATES 1971 present 
 
 
ARRANGEMENT Chronological (Legal Dept.) 
            Subject (Medical Dept.) 
 
 
VOLUME approximately 3 cubic feet 
 
 
DESCRIPTION 
This series consists of the records of the Argonne Institutional Review Board. Two 
sets of records are maintained, one by the Committee Secretary for the Legal 
Department and the other by the Committee Chairman for the Medical Department. The 
records contain minutes of meetings; correspondence between members; memos; 
letters confirming the appointment of the Chairman and members; materials submitted 
to the Committee for review; and a variety of other information considered pertinent 
to the interests or functioning of the Committee. The records include brief 
information on all research projects submitted to the IRB for review. These projects have 
been funded by a variety of sources, including the Department of Energy and its 
predecessors, the National Institutes of Health, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
the Veterans Administration, and the International Atomic Energy Agency. 
 
 
RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material.  
 

LOCATION OF RECORDS 
Argonne National Laboratory 
Legal Department, Building 201, Second Floor 
Medical Department, Building 201, First Floor 
Argonne, IL 60439