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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