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Mary Westall Collection
Collection
Identifier: MW
Scope and Contents
The Mary Westall Collection consists of five handwritten letters from Mary to her family in Asheville, North Carolina. The letters detail Mary's experience as a summer student at Cold Spring Harbor during 1916. The letters discuss her daily class experiences, instructors (including Charles Davenport), classmates, grounds and accomodations of Cold Spring Harbor, as well as family matters. The letters offer historical insight into the the culture of a young southern woman and her thoughts and...
Dates:
1916 - 2021
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives
Evelyn Witkin Collection
Collection
Identifier: EMW
Abstract
The collection includes correspondence with scientific colleagues, her seminal work on the SOS response, and a collection of Witkin's reprints, as well as copies of Microbial Genetics Bulletin, a periodical that Witkin edited.
Dates:
1944 - 2016
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
Norton Zinder Collection
Collection
Identifier: NDZ
Abstract
The Norton Zinder Collection documents the academic life and career of Norton Zinder a geneticist and microbiologist, Professor Emeritus at the Rockefeller University, and trustee of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Zinder was an active participant in five dynamic decades of biological science, emerging from the confines of the laboratory to national and international arenas addressing political and moral issues such as recombinant DNA research guidelines, the demilitarization of chemical...
Dates:
1938-2012
Found in:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Archives