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This Record Sub-Group contains papers documenting the personal and professional life of Wesley S. Platner. The bulk of the papers cover his duties as Professor of Physiology in the School of Medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Items in this Sub-Group include lecture notes, raw research data, reprints and drafts of Platner's articles, correspondence, minutes of meetings, personal letters, and photographic materials. The photographic materials include 3 by 4 transparencies, photographic prints and negatives, and 35 mm slides. The Sub-Group also contains a family scrapbook of Platner's wife, Mary McConathy.

Wesley S. Platner was born on the 26th of September, 1915, in Newark, New Jersey. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science in 1939. Platner received his masters degree in cellular physiology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1942.

From 1942 to 1947, Platner worked as an aquatic biologist for the United States Department of the Interior. A part of his duties involved traveling the United States gathering water samples for the U.S. Government Water Pollution Survey. These samples were analyzed at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Thus, Platner first came to MU in January of 1942.

He obtained his Ph.D. degree in mammalian physiology at MU in 1948. Later in 1948, Platner became an assistant professor of physiology and pharmacology at MU. He was named associate professor in 1950 and received tenure in 1955. From 1965 to 1969, Platner had a joint appointment with MU and the Space Science Center based in Columbia. In 1971, he was a visiting research physiologist at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Platner retired in September 1980 and became Professor Emeritus of Physiology.

Platner married Mary McConathy in Columbia on November 28, 1942. Mary McConathy Platner was born on March 5, 1913 and died on December 24, 1992 in Columbia. She worked for a time as a secretary in the Physiology Department at the University of Missouri. The Platners had a daughter, Peggy Ann Platner. Wesley Platner died on August 23, 1999 at the age of 83.

This Sub-Group is divided into seven record series and four sub-series. Arrangement within each series is primarily chronological, except for Series One (Teaching) and Series Four (Professional Societies and Councils). In Series One, the class files are in alphabetical order by title and the notes for each class are in chronological order. In Series Four, the folders are arranged in alphabetical order by title of society or organization.

Series One includes lecture notes covering classes on general physiology, medical physiology, mammalian physiology, environmental stress on physiology, and teaching laboratory experiments. Series One is divided into four sub-series: departmental correspondence (physiology department), committee work, professional correspondence (regarding classes and animal care), classes and teaching files. (ca 1931-1980)

Series Two contains methods, reports, and field data on water and soil analysis; correspondence; and grants, applications, and progress reports on research. Topics in Series Two include lipid metabolisms and the effects of special diets on lab animals. (ca 1936-1980)

Series Four contains correspondence, minutes and eligibility standards for various academic and professional organizations. The societies covered are American Physiological Society, Sigma XI, and the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. (ca 1951-1980)

Series Five includes certificates, annual faculty reports, and a newspaper clipping concerning Platner's wedding. Series Five is divided into three sub-series: personal records, personal correspondence, and professional correspondence. (ca 1934-1980)

Series Seven includes black and white photos, a color photo, photo negatives, 3 x 4 transparencies, and 35 mm slides. A black and white wallet size, undated, photo of Platner is included in Series Seven. The 3 x 4 transparencies include graphs, charts, and diagrams relating to research and teaching. The 35 mm slides are divided into seven sheets. Sheets one and three contain physiology diagrams and research data. Sheet two covers chick embryos. Sheet four covers a liver lecture. Sheets six and seven have pictures of lab equipment and organs.

Sub-Series One - Departmental CorrespondenceSub-Series Two - Committee WorkSub-Series Three - Professional CorrespondenceSub-Series Four - Class and Teaching FilesSeries Two - Research and GrantsSeries Three - PublicationsSeries Four - Professional Societies and CouncilsSeries Five - Personal Records and CorrespondenceSub-Series One - Personal RecordsSub-Series Two - Personal CorrespondenceSub-Series Three - Professional CorrespondenceSeries Six - Personal Class-Work RecordsSeries Seven - Photographic Materials

FF 16 - [A09-14] McConathy Scrapbook (photographs of McConathy family boat trip up the Mississippi River, including images of the steamboats "Muscatine" and "General Allen"), ca. 1934FF 17 - [A09-14] Photographs - McConathy - Miscellaneous, ca. 1930sRestrictions Note: The Archives of the University of Missouri-Columbia is required by law and Board of Curator's policy to restrict access to some files and information. Student records are held as confidential under the Federal Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 and by University policy. Faculty promotion and tenure records and Academic Personnel files are restricted for 75 years, or the lifetime of the individual. All grievance, disciplinary, and medical records are treated as confidential files. Consultations with legal counsel, both in-house and external, are protected by the attorney/client privilege and will not be released.

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