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Record Group I: Personal Papers, 1897 - 2022

 Record Group

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. 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.

From the Collection:

Record Group I: Personal Papers

From the Collection:
  1. Biographical Material, 1918-1999
  2. Ephemera, 1930-2017
  3. Articles, 1966-2001
  4. Photographs, 1930-1999
  5. Subject Files, 1957-1997
  6. Manuscripts, 1965-1999
  7. Reprints, 1897-2013
  8. Diaries, 1955-2022
  9. Laboratory Notebooks, 1995-1985
  10. Correspondence, 1953-2013
  11. Conferences and Talks, 1993-2015
  12. Stony Brook University, 1966-2001
  13. Writings, 1952-2019
  14. Confidential, 1975-2016
  15. Audio Visual, 2003-2004

Record Group II: Muller Biography Materials

From the Collection:
  1. Muller Research Files: Source Documents on Hermann J. Muller's Life and Muller Biography Materials, 1949, 1981-1982
  2. Muller Manuscript Drafts: Documents on the Writing of Muller Biography, 1981

Record Group III: 2020 Accession

From the Collection:
  1. Diaries, 1950-2019
  2. Laboratory Notebooks, 1958-1986
  3. Correspondence, 1950-1982
  4. Hermann Muller, 1939-1987
  5. Writings, 1953-2015
  6. Reprints, 1866-2002
  7. Research, 1939-2007
  8. University of Indiana, 1953-1982
  9. Queens University, 1958-1961
  10. UCLA, 1960-1967
  11. Stony Brook, 1972-2013
  12. Biographical Materials, 1947-2009

Dates

  • Creation: 1897 - 2022

Creator

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

Contact:
Library & Archives
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
One Bungtown Rd
Cold Spring Harbor NY 11724 USA
516-367-6872