Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) 
 
   SERIES TITLE     William E. Siri Files 
 
  INCLUSIVE DATES   1945 1989 
 
  ARRANGEMENT  Chronological 
 
  VOLUME  11.5 cubic feet 
 
  DESCRIPTION  This series contains files relating to the 
               research of William Siri who was a physicist  at 
               Donner Laboratory. Topics covered are human body 
               composition, including studies  of total body 
               water, hydrogen exchange, acromegaly, and hypoxia. 
               Files include LBL  interoffice correspondence, and 
               correspondence with outside colleagues; records  
               relating to biophysics conferences and 
               presentations; committees on which Siri  served, 
               such as Energy and Environment Division Council, 
               and National Research  Council; manuscripts and 
               abstracts in draft, published form, grant 
               applications and  annual reports; drawings and 
               plans for mass spectroscope, and altitude and low  
               pressure chambers; and patient and human subject 
               charts and graphs. Patient and  human subject 
               documentation includes raw data, cardiograms, 
               notebooks for tritium  studies, and studies using 
               radioisotopes such as carbon-14, potassium-40,  
               chromium-57, and iron-59. This series contains 
               records of high altitude studies conducted in Peru 
               in 1952, Bolivia in 1957, and relating to the 
               American Mount Everest  Expedition (AMEE) in 1963, 
               using radioisotopes on human subjects. Files are 
               arranged chronologically by subject in three-ring 
               binders and folders. This series contains 
               videotapes of heart flow and monkey studies, and 
               21 rolls of numbered electrographs. 
 
  LOCATION OF  RECORDS   
Federal Records Center   
LBL Archives and Records Office   
Berkeley, CA 94720