Allen, Garland E.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The Elof Carlson Collection is comprised of personal and professional material accrued by Dr. Carlson primarily during his professional academic career from 1958-2000. Professionally, Dr. Carlson was a professor, a geneticist, and a historian of genetics and the materials reflect these interests. The collection includes course notebooks, lecture notes and teaching files, scientific papers, correspondence, photographs, personal diaries, memorabilia, clippings, and material related to Dr....

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...

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This meeting took a historical role of scientific archives and discussed the importance of oral history in the development of science. Participants examined the challenges and perspectives posed to scientific libraries and archives in the digital age. Participants included: Peter Hirtle, Robert C. Olby, E.M. Tansey, Peter J. Wosh. See http://library.cshl.edu/Meetings/hsci/ for a complete list.