Correspondence between Florence Rena Sabin and Elise L'Esperance about a tissue culture of avian tubercle bacilli. The correspondence also touches on women's organizations and the roles Sabin and L'Esperance play in them.
Includes: Correspondence about a position in bacteriology at University of California, 1910, 1913. Correspondence about vaccine for typhoid produced at University of California by Dr. Claypole. Because it cannot be adequately tested for lack of research funds, Gay asks if it can be sent to RIMR for that purpose, 1915. Correspondence about Jules Bordet's concerns over funds at University of Brussels. Correspondence about an assistant for Karl Landsteiner at RIMR, 1922. General correspondence about applicants for NRC grants.
Correspondence between Florence Barbara Seibert and Eva Soto Figueroa Leake. The first letters concern Leake's plans to travel from Mexico to the United States to study with Seibert, particularly her difficulties securing a fellowship, while the latter part of the correspondence. Later letters focus on Leake's career, her research on tuberculin, and Seibert's cancer research.
