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03. Special Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: 03
CSHL Special Collections houses the history of molecular biology, genetics, and biotechnology worldwide. In addition to the Rare Book Collection and the Oral History Collection, it includes the personal collections of numerous notable scientists. Collections of note include the Sydney Brenner Collection, the Hermann Muller Collection, and the Matthew Meselson Collection. Generally, Special Collection materials consist of correspondence, photographs, laboratory notebooks, administrative files, memorabilia, and audiovisual media.

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Bruce Wallace Book Collection

 Collection
Identifier: BW
Scope and Contents

The Bruce Wallace Book Collection contains Cold Spring Harbor Symposia volumes (1938-1973), National Academy of Sciences Biographical Memoirs Volumes (1985-1998), and books related to topics such as evolution, genetics, and agriculture.

Notable authors include T. Dobzhansky, S.E. Luria, F. Stahl, C.H. Waddington, M. Demerec, and T.M. Sonneborn, among others.

Dates: 1873 - 1999
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Raquel Rotman Sussman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: RRS
Abstract

The Dr. Raquel Sussman Collection (1944-2007) consists of material collected throughout her scientific career, including correspondence, subject files, laboratory notebooks, photographs, and reprints spanning a 40 year period in both Spanish and English.

Dates: 1944-2007
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Charles DeLisi Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CDL
Abstract

These files are the letters sent by attendees of the Santa Fe Workshop in 1986. These formed the basis of Dr. DeLisi’s memo to the Assistant Secretary proposing the project.

Dates: 1983-1989
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Mark Ptashne Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSP
Scope and Contents The Mark Ptashne Collection contains two separate correspondence series. The first contains correspondence with Dr. George Klein of the Karolinska Institute, the renowned microbiologist, philosopher, and author. The second series contains correspondence with over one hundred scientists, including Nobel laureates Francis Crick, Sydney Brenner, and Walter Gilbert. This series also contains clippings, photographs, essays, and reports.The Ptashne-Klein materials cover a wide range of...
Dates: 1967 - 2019
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Akiyoshi Wada Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AW
Abstract

The Dr. Akiyoshi Wada Collection is comprised eight files and a binder of 24 CD-ROMs related to the completion of the human genome project. The files all relate to the Human Genome Project, including workshops, correspondence with Renato Dulbecco, reprints and photographs.

Dates: 1981-2003
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Hideki Kambara Collection

 Collection
Identifier: HK
Abstract

The Dr. Hideki Kamabara Collection contains reprints, patent applications, and presentations.

Dates: 1984-1999
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Yuzuru Husimi Collection

 Collection
Identifier: YH
Abstract

The Dr. Yuzuru Husimi Collection contains reprints and patent applications related to Dr. Husimi’s work on the Human Genome Project, including the development of DNA sequencers for the human genome.

Dates: 1982 - 2000
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Walter Gilbert Collection

 Collection
Identifier: WAG
Abstract The Walter Gilbert Collection documents the scientific career of Nobel Prize winning scientist Walter “Wally” Gilbert. It includes material accrued while a student (Sidwell Friends School, Harvard University, Cambridge University), professor (Harvard University), and as a pioneering entrepreneur in the field of biotechnology (Biogen). The collection includes course notebooks, lecture notes and teaching files, scientific papers, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, clippings, and...
Dates: 1946 - 2011
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Charles Weissmann Biogen Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CWB
Abstract

The Charles Weissmann Biogen Collection documents the genesis of the biotechnology company Biogen through the files of Charles Weissmann, an original collaborator and board member. The collection is mainly institutional correspondence and administrative and financial records. Biogen is renowned for its work with interferons: proteins which are made and released by host cells in response to pathogens.

Dates: 1977-1986
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Alan W. Bernheimer Sr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AWB
Abstract

The Dr. Alan Bernheimer Sr. Collection contains reports, topographical maps, announcements, surveys, and publications relevant to the development and natural history of the town of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, including materials regarding Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and the Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum. The Collection also contains reprints, printed materials, and correspondence.

Dates: 1897 - 1996
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives