Record Group I: Personal Papers, 1897 - 2022
Scope and Content
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. Carlson’s seminal biography "Genes, Radiation and Society" about his mentor, Dr. Hermann Muller. Hermann J. Muller (1890-1967) was a Nobel Prize winning geneticist who first showed that exposure to radiation would produce mutations in living organisms. Elof Carlson was his student at the University of Indiana and they became lifelong friends.
Record Group I: Personal Papers
From the Collection:- Biographical Material, 1918-1999
- Ephemera, 1930-2017
- Articles, 1966-2001
- Photographs, 1930-1999
- Subject Files, 1957-1997
- Manuscripts, 1965-1999
- Reprints, 1897-2013
- Diaries, 1955-2022
- Laboratory Notebooks, 1995-1985
- Correspondence, 1953-2013
- Conferences and Talks, 1993-2015
- Stony Brook University, 1966-2001
- Writings, 1952-2019
- Confidential, 1975-2016
- Audio Visual, 2003-2004
Record Group II: Muller Biography Materials
From the Collection:- Muller Research Files: Source Documents on Hermann J. Muller's Life and Muller Biography Materials, 1949, 1981-1982
- Muller Manuscript Drafts: Documents on the Writing of Muller Biography, 1981
Record Group III: 2020 Accession
From the Collection:- Diaries, 1950-2019
- Laboratory Notebooks, 1958-1986
- Correspondence, 1950-1982
- Hermann Muller, 1939-1987
- Writings, 1953-2015
- Reprints, 1866-2002
- Research, 1939-2007
- University of Indiana, 1953-1982
- Queens University, 1958-1961
- UCLA, 1960-1967
- Stony Brook, 1972-2013
- Biographical Materials, 1947-2009
Dates
- Creation: 1897 - 2022
Creator
- From the Collection: Carlson, Elof Axel (Person)
Access Restrictions
Some restrictions apply, see Archivist for details. Access is given only by appointment, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Extent
From the Collection: 81 Boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives Repository
Library & Archives
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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Cold Spring Harbor NY 11724 USA
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