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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:

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

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

Rare Books

 Collection
Identifier: RB
Scope and Contents The Rare Books Collection encompasses 352 linear feet and over 2,500 books from the early days of the history of molecular biology and genetics. Please see the CSHL Library catalog for the complete listing of rare books.The Rare Books Collection can be searched using ...
Dates: 1697 - 2011
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Errol C. Friedberg Collection

 Collection
Identifier: ECF
Abstract

The Errol C. Friedberg Collection is comprised of material related to the research and writing of biographies of Nobel Laureates James D. Watson and Sydney Benner.

Dates: 1947 - 2010; Majority of material found within 1998 - 2010
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

Charles Yanofsky Collection

 Collection
Identifier: CY
Abstract

The Charles Yanofsky Collection documents the career of Dr. Charles Yanofsky through materials and ephemera relating to his academic and professional achievements. Dr. Yanofsky’s research focused on how the genetic code is read and translated into proteins.

Dates: 1948-2010
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

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

Gerald Rubin Collection: Model Organism Genome Sequencing

 Collection
Identifier: GR
Abstract

The Dr. Gerald Rubin Collection contains documents pertinent to the Drosophila sequencing project collaboration in 1999, the Celera Genomics collaboration, and correspondence with the Department of Energy concerning support for model organism sequencing.

Dates: 1992-1999
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives

Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: OH
Scope and Contents The Oral History Collection contains interviews conducted with 200 scientists within the fields of molecular biology, genetics, and the life sciences between 1990 and 2018. 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....
Dates: 1990 - 2019
Found in: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives