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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 underLinus Pauling , his tenure as an Assistant Professor at Caltech, his work withFranklin Stahl in 1955-1957 demonstrating self-replication of DNA, and his tenure as a Professor atHarvard 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, andDrosophila sequencing and heat shock proteins.
1940
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
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
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
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
Altenburg, Edgar to Sturtevant with notes and contributions by Muller (copy), 1940
Date: 1940
file Objects • Identifier 323333
1940
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
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
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
Series II: Rotation Notes & Group Meetings, 1983 - 1994
Date: 1983
series Objects • Identifier 296978 • Cuid: CWG_02
1983
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
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
Genetics Society of America (copies), 1940 - 1949
Date: 1940 - 1949
file Objects • Identifier 323376
1940