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Biography written by Matthew Meselson, 2022
Collection: Sub-Series I: Cairns, John, 2022
Date: 2022
file Objects • Identifier 315422 • Cuid: MSM_b10_f11_001
2022
Matthew Meselson Collection
Date: 1940 - 2022
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
Record Group I: Professional Materials, 1940 - 2022
Date: 1940
recordgrp Objects • Identifier 311211
1940