Matthew Meselson Collection
Date: 1940
Collection • 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.
Laboratory Notebook 4: In Vitro 56-80/FR 16-41/RNA 1-21, 1985 - 1986
David's Correspondence (David Dressler), 1968 - 1969
Signed Letter to Senator Trent Lott, Senate Majority Leader, 1997
Szilard-Meselson Correspondence, 1962 - 2020
2010, Correspondence and article related to the lost correspondence of Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins
Seeds, William E. (Bill), 1955 - 1957
1969, S.B. Ullman request for help with research, writing samples enclosed
Correspondence relating to Watson's letter to Science, 1969
National Science Foundation Fellowship Correspondence, 1955
Sub-Series I: Eighth Day of Creation, Judson, Horace F., 1993 - 2013
Altenburg, Edgar to Sturtevant with notes and contributions by Muller (copy), 1940
Picture Postcard, Ada [Muller Greismaier] to Jessie, 15 July 1932
Tipton, Isabel H., Lithium Chloride Analyses, 1956 - 1959
1962-1963, Includes correspondence with Struther Arnott
1963-1964, Includes correspondence with Watson Fuller
Series II: Rotation Notes & Group Meetings, 1983 - 1994
Letters About Me Becoming CEO, May-June 1981
1991 Entrepreneur of the Year (Includes photographs), 1991