Joshua Boger Collection of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Digital Media

Collection

Identifier: 2016-012

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of 15 optical disks containing slides (PowerPoint format), video (.mov and .mp4 file format), and audio (.mp3) file format. The disks containing slides are part of the Insights & Clinical Perspectives in HCV Care: A Digital Slide Library series produced by Vertex in the late 2000s. Each slide show disk also includes a printed version of the slides inside its case.

Dates

Creation: 2004-2011

Creator

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on these materials for research purposes and the collection is open to the public.

Copyright Information

The Science History Institute does not own the copyright to materials in the Joshua Boger Collection of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Digital Media. The researcher assumes full responsibility for all copyright, property, and libel laws as they apply.

Background Note

Organic chemist Joshua Boger founded Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1989. Vertex is mostly known for developing drugs to treat HIV/AIDS, hepatitis C, and cystic fibrosis.

Full Extent

1 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Computer disks containing slide shows, video, and audio related to Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its founder, Joshua Boger.

Acquisition Information

The Joshua Boger Collection of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Digital Media was donated to the Science History Institute by Joshua Boger in 2016.

Digitized Materials

Selected materials from this collection have been made available online in our Digital Collections: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/collections/ahgaats