Meselson, Matthew, 1930-
Person
Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:
Matthew Meselson, 2011-03-07
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Oral History Collection contains interviews conducted with 200 scientists within the fields of molecular biology, genetics, and the life sciences between 1990 and 2024. The interviewees provide first-hand accounts of their experiences in the fields of modern biology, such as neuroscience, cancer, genetics, plant genetics, genomics, biotechnology and others, from the 1940s through the 2000s. The collection contains audio and video recordings, as well as transcripts of interviews....
Dates:
2011-03-07
Meselson, Matthew, 1958-1965
File — Box CP01, Folder: 24
Identifier: SB_1_1_415
Abstract
1958-1962; 1965
Dates:
1958-1965
Meselson, Matthew, 1970
File — Box CR65, Folder: 04
Identifier: JDW_02_02_1203_001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The correspondence series includes handwritten and typed letters, carbon copies, postcards and notes dating from 1916-2012. The bulk of the material covers Watson’s sojourn in Cambridge (1951-1954), Harvard (1956-1975) and as Director (1968-1994), President (1994-2003), Chancellor (2003-2007), and Chancellor Emeritus (2007-2011) of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Watson’s career at the Copenhagen Crystallography Lab and time at California Institute of Technology are...
Dates:
1970
Matthew Meselson Collection
Collection
Identifier: MSM
Abstract
The Dr. Matthew Meselson Collection (1948-2022) is composed of materials accrued by Dr. Matthew Meselson during his doctorate work at the California Institute of Technology from 1953-1957 under Linus Pauling, his tenure as an Assistant Professor at Caltech, his work with Franklin Stahl in 1955-1957 demonstrating self-replication of DNA, and his tenure as a Professor at Harvard...
Dates:
1940 - 2022
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Meselson, Matthew (Includes a significant amount of Harvard material), 1955 - 1971
File — Box CR28, Folder: 06
Identifier: JDW_02_02_1202_001
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The correspondence series includes handwritten and typed letters, carbon copies, postcards and notes dating from 1916-2012. The bulk of the material covers Watson’s sojourn in Cambridge (1951-1954), Harvard (1956-1975) and as Director (1968-1994), President (1994-2003), Chancellor (2003-2007), and Chancellor Emeritus (2007-2011) of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Watson’s career at the Copenhagen Crystallography Lab and time at California Institute of Technology are...
Dates:
1955 - 1971
Meselson, Matthew (Includes Harvard University material, newspaper clippings and reprints), 1976-1977; 1998-2018
File — Box CR89, Folder: 10
Identifier: JDW_02_02
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The correspondence series includes handwritten and typed letters, carbon copies, postcards and notes dating from 1916-2012. The bulk of the material covers Watson’s sojourn in Cambridge (1951-1954), Harvard (1956-1975) and as Director (1968-1994), President (1994-2003), Chancellor (2003-2007), and Chancellor Emeritus (2007-2011) of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Watson’s career at the Copenhagen Crystallography Lab and time at California Institute of Technology are...
Dates:
1976-1977; 1998-2018
Meselson with Other Scientists, 1961 - 1997
File — Box 32, Folder: 5
Identifier: MSM_b12_f04_001
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The Dr. Matthew Meselson Collection is composed of two record groups: Professional Materials and Chemical and Biological Warfare Materials.Materials in Record Group I were accrued by Dr. Matthew Meselson during his doctorate work at the California Institute of Technology from 1953-1957 under Linus Pauling, his tenure as an Assistant Professor at Caltech, his work with Franklin Stahl in 1955-1957 demonstrating self-replication of DNA, and his tenure as a Professor at Harvard...
Dates:
1961 - 1997

Oral History Collection
Collection
Identifier: OH
Scope and Contents
The Oral History Collection contains interviews conducted with 200 scientists within the fields of molecular biology, genetics, and the life sciences between 1990 and 2024. The interviewees provide first-hand accounts of their experiences in the fields of modern biology, such as neuroscience, cancer, genetics, plant genetics, genomics, biotechnology and others, from the 1940s through the 2000s. The collection contains audio and video recordings, as well as transcripts of interviews....
Dates:
1990 - 2024
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Paul Doty, 2003-07-22
Item — Box AV05, Hi8: CSHL1239
Scope and Contents
Paul Doty reflects on his career in science as well as his second career in politics. He talks about the influences of and relationships he maintained with scientists Max Delbrück, Francis Crick, Rosalind Franklin, Peter Kapitza, Matt Meselson, and Tom Maniatis, as well as the development of the Department of Molecular Biololgy at Harvard. His professional and personal relationship with Jim Watson is discussed in detail, including Doty's observations of the different periods in Watson's...
Dates:
2003-07-22
Series 3: History of Restriction Enzymes (October 19-23), 2013
Series
Scope and Contents
This meeting on The History of Restriction Enzymes was held October 19-21, 2013, at Grace Auditorium, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). This international meeting was organized by Herb Boyer, Stu Linn, Rich Roberts, and Mila Pollock. This was the first meeting to bring together the scientists who were involved with the discoveries and research on restriction enzymes dating back to the 1950s and covering developments to the present time. See...
Dates:
2013
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