Clarkson, Bayard

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....

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...

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...

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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Bayard Clarkson opening remarks for dedication of the DNALC in Grace Auditorium; David Micklos speaks about the mystery of life: miracle of conception; self replication of living cells; organization of living cells; the genetic code; Hugh Mahoney Special Assistant to Tom Gulotta Nassau County Executive [Gulotta couldn't make it]; Toni Rettaliata Town Supervisor of Town of Huntington, NY; Director Dr. James D. Watson; Robert E. Pollack

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correspondence and application, related reprints

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George Cutting; women speaking without microphone; reporting of the "Ambassador of the Year Award" Wendy Hatch; Nominating Committee Larry Davis; James Watson helps present a gift to Bayard Clarkson; James Watson speaks; Open Panel Discussion: Dr. James Watson; Morgan Browne; Richard J. Roberts; Ed Harlow; Winship Herr.

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Arnold Beckman cuts the ribbon for the opening ceremony of the Beckman Neuroscience Complex; includes footage of James D. Watson, Richard J. Roberts, Susan Cooper, Elizabeth Watson, interior of Beckman; formal dedication ceremony with Bayard Clarkson, James D. Watson, Marianne Dolan Weber (Daughter of the Dolan Family), Dr. Stephen Heinemann, Dr. Susan Hockfield, Dr. W. Maxwell Cowan, Congressman Robert J. Mrazek.