CSHL Archives

DIGITAL COLLECTIONS


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Matthew Meselson Collection Date: 1940 collection Objects • Identifier MSM
The Dr. Matthew Meselson Collection (1948-2022) is composed of materials accrued by Dr. Matthew Meselson during his doctorate work at the California Institute of Technology from 1953-1957 under Linus Pauling, his tenure as an Assistant Professor at Caltech, his work with Franklin Stahl in 1955-1957 demonstrating self-replication of DNA, and his tenure as a Professor at Harvard University beginning in 1960. It also includes decades of materials, mainly correspondence, concerning Meselson’s self-described “hobby:” biological and chemical weapons research and political activism for control and disarmament. The collection consists of correspondence, laboratory files, course notebooks, photographs, reprints, X-ray films, and graphs. Many materials are related to X-ray crystallography, DNA replication, and Drosophila sequencing and heat shock proteins.
1940

Scientific Papers by Gilbert #1, 1956 - 1960 Date: 1956 - 1960 file Objects • Identifier 290558
1956

Laboratory Notebook 4: In Vitro 56-80/FR 16-41/RNA 1-21, 1985 - 1986 Collection: Series I: Laboratory Notebooks, 1984 - 1992 Date: 1985 - 1986 file Objects • Identifier 298235 • Cuid: CWG_01_007
1985

Sub-Series II: University of Chicago, 1953 - 1957 Date: 1953 subseries Objects • Identifier 311217
1953

Correspondence 1987 (1 of 2), 1987 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1987 file Objects • Identifier 290514 • Cuid: WAG_b41_f03_001
1987

Correspondence 1988, 1988 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1988 file Objects • Identifier 290518 • Cuid: WAG_b41_f05_001
1988

Correspondence 1989 (2 of 2), 1989 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1989 file Objects • Identifier 290522 • Cuid: WAG_b41_f07_001
1989

Correspondence 1998, 1998 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1998 file Objects • Identifier 290550 • Cuid: WAG_b43_f07_001
1998

Dental X-Ray, 1957 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1957 file Objects • Identifier 290486 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f12_001
1957

David's Correspondence (David Dressler), 1968 - 1969 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1968 file Objects • Identifier 290492 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f15_001
1968

American Physical Society, 1954 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1954 file Objects • Identifier 290472 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f05_001
1954

Signed Letter to Senator Trent Lott, Senate Majority Leader, 1997 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 1997 file Objects • Identifier 315160 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f01_001
1997

2000 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2000 file Objects • Identifier 315168 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f05_001
2000

2008 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2008 file Objects • Identifier 315184 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f13_001
2008

1975 Collection: Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017 Date: 1975 file Objects • Identifier 315268 • Cuid: MSM_b23_f03_001
1975

Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1973 series Objects • Identifier 314892
1973

(1 of 2), 1985 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1985 file Objects • Identifier 315321 • Cuid: MSM_b23_f16_001
1985

Szilard-Meselson Correspondence, 1962 - 2020 Collection: Series V: Introns and Rotifers, 1962-1998 Date: 1962 file Objects • Identifier 315399 • Cuid: MSM_b27_f01_001
1962

1980 - 1985 Collection: Series IV: Sverdlovsk Correspondence, 1980-2004 Date: 1980 file Objects • Identifier 315365 • Cuid: MSM_b25_f01_001
1980

1987 - 1991 Collection: Series IV: Sverdlovsk Correspondence, 1980-2004 Date: 1987 file Objects • Identifier 315369 • Cuid: MSM_b25_f03_001
1987

2005 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 2005 file Objects • Identifier 315351 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f15_001
2005

Nakao, Yoshio (copies), 1961 Date: 1961 file Objects • Identifier 323389
1961

Fagan, R.H. (copy), 1939 Date: 1939 file Objects • Identifier 323372
1939

Seeds, William E. (Bill), 1955 - 1957 Collection: Sub-Series II: Alphabetical , 1950 - 2007 Date: 1955 - 1957 file Objects • Identifier 342387 • Cuid: LDH_b03_f05_001
1955

1967 - 1968 Collection: Sub-Series I: Maurice Wilkins, 1949 - 2010 Date: 1967 - 1968 file Objects • Identifier 342287 • Cuid: LDH_b02_f04_001
1967

Correspondence relating to Watson's letter to Science, 1969 Collection: Sub-Series III: The Double Helix Controversies surrounding James Watson’s book, 1964 - 2007 Date: 1969 file Objects • Identifier 342413 • Cuid: LDH_b05_f03_152
1969

Series IV: Methods Notebooks, 1975 - 1989 Date: 1975 series Objects • Identifier 296981 • Cuid: CWG_04
1975

Correspondence 1993 (2 of 2), 1993 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1993 file Objects • Identifier 290538 • Cuid: WAG_b43_f01_001
1993

Correspondence 1994 (1 of 2), 1994 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1994 file Objects • Identifier 290540 • Cuid: WAG_b43_f02_001
1994

Correspondence 1997, 1997 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1997 file Objects • Identifier 290548 • Cuid: WAG_b43_f06_001
1997

National Science Foundation Fellowship Correspondence, 1955 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1955 file Objects • Identifier 290478 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f08_001
1955

Sub-Series I: Eighth Day of Creation, Judson, Horace F., 1993 - 2013 Date: 1993 subseries Objects • Identifier 314888
1993

2001 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2001 file Objects • Identifier 315170 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f06_001
2001

(2 of 2), 1974 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 1974 file Objects • Identifier 314963 • Cuid: MSM_b16_f09_001
1974


2005 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2005 file Objects • Identifier 315178 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f10_001
2005

2009 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2009 file Objects • Identifier 315186 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f14_001
2009

2013 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2013 file Objects • Identifier 315216 • Cuid: MSM_b21_f01_001
2013

(2 of 2), 1972 Collection: Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017 Date: 1972 file Objects • Identifier 315262 • Cuid: MSM_b22_f10_001
1972

1978 Collection: Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017 Date: 1978 file Objects • Identifier 315274 • Cuid: MSM_b23_f06_001
1978

1984 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1984 file Objects • Identifier 315319 • Cuid: MSM_b23_f15_001
1984

2011 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 2011 file Objects • Identifier 315361 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f20_001
2011

1989 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1989 file Objects • Identifier 315331 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f05_001
1989

1992 - 1995 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1992 file Objects • Identifier 315337 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f08_001
1992

Crew, F.A.E. about Muller (copies), 1939 Date: 1939 file Objects • Identifier 323369
1939

Joravsky, David (copy), 1965 Date: 1965 file Objects • Identifier 323384
1965

Picture Postcard, Ada [Muller Greismaier] to Jessie, 15 July 1932 Date: 1932 file Objects • Identifier 323675 • Cuid: HJM01_00076_001
1932

Arnott, Struther, 1968 - 1969 Collection: Sub-Series II: Alphabetical , 1950 - 2007 Date: 1968 - 1969 file Objects • Identifier 342367 • Cuid: LDH_b02_f12_001
1968

Crick, Francis, 1954 - 1959 Collection: Sub-Series II: Alphabetical , 1950 - 2007 Date: 1954 - 1959 file Objects • Identifier 342369 • Cuid: LDH_b02_f13_001
1954

Tipton, Isabel H., Lithium Chloride Analyses, 1956 - 1959 Collection: Sub-Series II: Alphabetical , 1950 - 2007 Date: 1956 - 1959 file Objects • Identifier 342389 • Cuid: LDH_b03_f06_001
1956

Sub-Series I: Maurice Wilkins, 1949 - 2010 Date: 1949 - 2010 subseries Objects • Identifier 342267
1949

1962-1963, Includes correspondence with Struther Arnott Collection: Sub-Series I: Maurice Wilkins, 1949 - 2010 Date: 1962 - 1963 file Objects • Identifier 342283 • Cuid: LDH_b02_f02_001
1962

1963-1964, Includes correspondence with Watson Fuller Collection: Sub-Series I: Maurice Wilkins, 1949 - 2010 Date: 1963 - 1964 file Objects • Identifier 342285 • Cuid: LDH_b02_f03_001
1963

Carlson, Elof Axel (copies and originals), 1958 - 1966 Date: 1958 - 1966 file Objects • Identifier 323336
1958

Clippings (1 of 2), 1981-1996, 2005 Date: 1981 - 2005 file Objects • Identifier 290446
1981

Series II: Rotation Notes & Group Meetings, 1983 - 1994 Date: 1983 series Objects • Identifier 296978 • Cuid: CWG_02
1983

Sub-Series I: General, 1951 - 2019 Date: 1951 subseries Objects • Identifier 311213
1951

Correspondence 1993 (1 of 2), 1993 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1993 file Objects • Identifier 290536 • Cuid: WAG_b42_f06_001
1993

Correspondence 1994 (2 of 2), 1994 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1994 file Objects • Identifier 290542 • Cuid: WAG_b43_f03_001
1994

Correspondence 1990 (2 of 2), 1990 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1990 file Objects • Identifier 290526 • Cuid: WAG_b42_f01_001
1990

Correspondence #2, 1976 - 1983 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1976 file Objects • Identifier 290494 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f16_001
1976

1991 Entrepreneur of the Year (Includes photographs), 1991 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1991 file Objects • Identifier 290500 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f19_001
1991

Wally-Book, 1968 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1968 file Objects • Identifier 290490 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f14_001
1968

Bridges, Calvin B. (copies), 1928 Date: 1928 file Objects • Identifier 323334
1928

1977 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 1977 file Objects • Identifier 314969 • Cuid: MSM_b17_f02_001
1977

1996 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 1996 file Objects • Identifier 315158 • Cuid: MSM_b19_f10_001
1996

1998 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 1998 file Objects • Identifier 315164 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f03_001
1998

1987 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 1987 file Objects • Identifier 315130 • Cuid: MSM_b18_f07_001
1987

2003 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2003 file Objects • Identifier 315174 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f08_001
2003

2010 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2010 file Objects • Identifier 315188 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f15_001
2010

2006 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2006 file Objects • Identifier 315180 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f11_001
2006

1968 Collection: Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017 Date: 1968 file Objects • Identifier 315226 • Cuid: MSM_b21_f06_001
1968

1976 Collection: Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017 Date: 1976 file Objects • Identifier 315270 • Cuid: MSM_b23_f04_001
1976

(1 of 2), 1983 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1983 file Objects • Identifier 315315 • Cuid: MSM_b23_f13_001
1983

(2 of 2), 1985 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1985 file Objects • Identifier 315323 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f01_001
1985

1998 Collection: Series IV: Sverdlovsk Correspondence, 1980-2004 Date: 1998 file Objects • Identifier 315395 • Cuid: MSM_b26_f07_001
1998

1991 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1991 file Objects • Identifier 315335 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f07_001
1991

2008 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 2008 file Objects • Identifier 315359 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f19_001
2008

1990 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1990 file Objects • Identifier 315333 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f06_001
1990

DNA supplies and prep, 1954 - 1958 Collection: Sub-Series II: Alphabetical , 1950 - 2007 Date: 1954 - 1958 file Objects • Identifier 342371 • Cuid: LDH_b02_f14_001
1954

1955-1957, Includes correspondence with Herbert Wilson Collection: Sub-Series I: Maurice Wilkins, 1949 - 2010 Date: 1955 - 1957 file Objects • Identifier 342273 • Cuid: LDH_b01_f04_001
1955

1969 - 1971 Collection: Sub-Series I: Maurice Wilkins, 1949 - 2010 Date: 1969 - 1971 file Objects • Identifier 342293 • Cuid: LDH_b02_f07_001
1969

1976, Letter from Hamilton to Wilkins responding to Wilkins's "X-ray diffraction studies of DNA in King's College, 1950 onwards." Includes drafts Collection: Sub-Series I: Maurice Wilkins, 1949 - 2010 Date: 1976 file Objects • Identifier 342359 • Cuid: LDH_b02_f08_001
1976

Henry Rosovsky - Harvard, 1982 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1982 file Objects • Identifier 290496 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f17_001
1982

Correspondence #3, 1985 - 1991 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1985 file Objects • Identifier 290498 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f18_001
1985

Correspondence 1992 (2 of 2), 1992 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1992 file Objects • Identifier 290534 • Cuid: WAG_b42_f05_001
1992

Kate Gilbert, 1996 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 1996 file Objects • Identifier 290506 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f22_001
1996

NetGenics, 2000 Collection: Correspondence (Set 1), 1954 - 2000 Date: 2000 file Objects • Identifier 290508 • Cuid: WAG_b13_f23_001
2000

Correspondence 1986, 1986 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1986 file Objects • Identifier 290512 • Cuid: WAG_b41_f02_001
1986

Correspondence 1992 (1 of 2), 1992 Collection: Correspondence (Set 2), 1985 - 2005 Date: 1992 file Objects • Identifier 290532 • Cuid: WAG_b42_f04_001
1992

1955 - 1964 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 1955 file Objects • Identifier 314907 • Cuid: MSM_b14_f01_001
1955

1976 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 1976 file Objects • Identifier 314967 • Cuid: MSM_b17_f01_001
1976

2002 Collection: Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016 Date: 2002 file Objects • Identifier 315172 • Cuid: MSM_b20_f07_001
2002

1944 Collection: Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017 Date: 1944 file Objects • Identifier 315224 • Cuid: MSM_b21_f05_001
1944

1969 Collection: Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017 Date: 1969 file Objects • Identifier 315228 • Cuid: MSM_b21_f07_001
1969

1974 Collection: Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017 Date: 1974 file Objects • Identifier 315266 • Cuid: MSM_b23_f02_001
1974

1997 - 1999 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 1997 file Objects • Identifier 315341 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f10_001
1997

2004 Collection: Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012 Date: 2004 file Objects • Identifier 315349 • Cuid: MSM_b24_f14_001
2004

Westing, S.W. (copy), 1938 Date: 1938 file Objects • Identifier 323402
1938

Genetics Society of America (copies), 1940 - 1949 Date: 1940 - 1949 file Objects • Identifier 323376
1940