CSHL Archives

DIGITAL COLLECTIONS


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

Series II: Rotation Notes & Group Meetings, 1983 - 1994 Date: 1983 series Objects • Identifier 311203 • Cuid: CWG_02
1983

Series II: Teaching and Lecture Files, 1959 - 2004 Date: 1959 - 2004 series Objects • Identifier 290211
TEACHING AND LECTURE FILES includes material accumulated from Gilbert’s years as a professor at Harvard, as well as a small amount of material related to lectures delivered outside the university (1970s-2000s). The material is primarily composed of lecture notes, problem sets, exams, reading lists, syllabi, lecture transcripts, slides, and transparencies. The series is arranged chronologically.
1959

Series III: Biogen, 1978 - 1991 Date: 1978 - 1991 series Objects • Identifier 290212
The BIOGEN series documents Gilbert’s role as co-founder and early leader of the biotechnology firm, dating from 1978-1991. Files include meeting minutes (both the Scientific Board and the Supervisory Board), memoranda, correspondence, legal agreements, reports, and press releases. The series is arranged chronologically. For photographs of Biogen meetings please see the MEMORABILIA AND EPHEMERA series.
1978

Series III: Thesis, 1983 - 1987 Date: 1983 series Objects • Identifier 296979 • Cuid: CWG_03
1983

Series III: Thesis, 1983 - 1987 Date: 1983 series Objects • Identifier 311204 • Cuid: CWG_03
1983

Series III: Writings, 1987 - 2013 Date: 1987 series Objects • Identifier 311221
1987

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

Series IV: Methods Notebooks, 1975 - 1989 Date: 1975 series Objects • Identifier 311205 • Cuid: CWG_04
1975

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

Series IV: Subject Files, 1948 - 2022 Date: 1948 series Objects • Identifier 311222
1948

Series IV: Sverdlovsk Correspondence, 1980-2004 Date: 1980 series Objects • Identifier 314893
1980

Series V: Awards and Honors, 1975 - 2009 Date: 1975 series Objects • Identifier 311223
1975

Series V: Class Notes, Berkeley, 1983 - 1992 Date: 1983 series Objects • Identifier 311206 • Cuid: CWG_05
1983

Series V: Class Notes, Berkeley, 1983 - 1992 Date: 1983 series Objects • Identifier 296982 • Cuid: CWG_05
1983

Series V: Introns and Rotifers, 1962-1998 Date: 1962 series Objects • Identifier 314894
1962

Series VI: Correspondence, 1954 - 2005 Date: 1954 - 2005 series Objects • Identifier 290215
The CORRESPONDENCE series is divided into two sets, one from each accession. The first contains a small amount of letters and related material covering the period of 1954-2000 which were found unorganized in the first accession of material (Box 13). The bulk of this material relates to his time at Cambridge University (1954-1957), and includes correspondence with the National Science Foundation (regarding his fellowship), administrative material (including his admission letter), scientific correspondence with his advisor, Abdus Salam, financial ephemera, and a small amount of scientific typescripts, which were submitted for publication during this time. The second set of correspondence arrived in the second accession. This material was organized into bulk files by year, from 1985-2005 (Boxes 41-44). It almost entirely consists of outgoing letters, printed on Harvard University letterhead (exceptions include letters from the 2000s printed on Bioventures letterhead). Topics include Harvard administration (including Zebrafish grants and the construction of new facilities), the Human Genome Project, the NIH Human Genome Study Section, and biotechnology ventures. The files contain material related to manuscript submissions (see also: SCIENTIFIC PAPERS: BY GILBERT).
1954

Series VI: Environmental Mutagen Society, 1940 - 2004 Date: 1940 series Objects • Identifier 314895
1940

Series VII: Diagnostic Films, 1983 - 1995 Date: 1983 series Objects • Identifier 296983 • Cuid: CWG/7
1983

Series VII: Diagnostic Films, 1983 - 1995 Date: 1983 series Objects • Identifier 311207 • Cuid: CWG/7
1983

Series VIII: Memorabilia and Ephemera, 1946 - 2011 Date: 1946 - 2011 series Objects • Identifier 290217
The MEMORABILIA AND EPHEMERA series consists of personal memorabilia, photographs, ephemera, material related to Gilbert’s Nobel Prize, and various awards and honors collected by Gilbert from 1946-2008. The series includes his grades from Sidwell Friends School, material related the Science Clubs of America Talent Search, letters announcing scholarship awards and his professorship appointments at Harvard University, material related to travel (including notes on a trip to China, 1980), and three books documenting Gilbert’s art exhibitions (2007-2011). Photographs found in the series include portraits commissioned by Harvard (1960s-1970s), Biogen meetings (1977-1982), and a series of scientific photographs obtained by a young Gilbert from the Franklin Institute (1947). Also included are two scrapbooks, one related to the Nobel Prize (1981) and the other assembled for his 60th Birthday Symposium at Harvard University (1992). Material related to his Nobel Prize in Chemistry include congratulatory letters, ephemera (booklets, invitations, programs, etc.), and his Nobel Prize medal (1980). Finally, the series also includes numerous awards, honorary degrees, and framed certificates awarded to Gilbert throughout his life. These include his diploma from Sidwell Friends School (1949), the 1979 Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, and the 1991 Entrepreneur of the Year trophy, awarded to Gilbert for his work at Biogen.
1946

Series VIII: Patents, 1999 - 2000 Date: 1999 series Objects • Identifier 311208
1999

Social Events, c.1950s - 1990s Date: 1940 file Objects • Identifier 315560 • Cuid: MSM_b32_f06_001
1940

Student Notebooks, 2006 - 2012 Date: 2006 series Objects • Identifier 314768
2006

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

Sub-Series I: Cairns, John, 2022 Date: 2022 subseries Objects • Identifier 315413
2022

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

Sub-Series I: Structure of N,N'-Dimethylmalonamide, 1953 - 1957 Date: 1953 subseries Objects • Identifier 314596
1953


Sub-Series II: Doty, Paul, 1983 - 1987 Date: 1983 subseries Objects • Identifier 315414
1983

Sub-Series II: Meselson-Stahl DNA Replication, 1956 - 1957 Date: 1956 subseries Objects • Identifier 314714
1956

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

Sub-Series III: Drosophila, 1975 - 1996 Date: 1975 subseries Objects • Identifier 314716
1975

Sub-Series III: California Institute of Technology, 1958 - 1960 Date: 1958 subseries Objects • Identifier 311218
1958

Sub-Series III: Pauling, Linus, 1948 - 2012 Date: 1948 subseries Objects • Identifier 315415
1948

Sub-Series IV: Harvard University, 1961 - 1971 Date: 1961 subseries Objects • Identifier 311219
1961

Sub-Series IV: Laboratory Notebooks, 1940 - 2015 Date: 1940 subseries Objects • Identifier 314766
1940

Sub-Series IV: Watson, James D., 1957 - 2017 Date: 1957 subseries Objects • Identifier 315416
1957

Sub-Series V: General, 1957 - 2024 Date: 1957 subseries Objects • Identifier 314765
1957

Sub-Series V: Lectures, 1996 - 2007 Date: 1996 subseries Objects • Identifier 315417
1996

Sub-Series VI: Events, 1957 - 2006 Date: 1957 subseries Objects • Identifier 315418
1957

Sub-Series VII: Nominations, 1971 - 2014 Date: 1971 subseries Objects • Identifier 315419
1971






Walter Gilbert Collection Date: 1946 collection Objects • Identifier WAG
The Walter Gilbert Collection documents the scientific career of Nobel Prize winning scientist Walter “Wally” Gilbert. It includes material accrued while a student (Sidwell Friends School, Harvard University, Cambridge University), professor (Harvard University), and as a pioneering entrepreneur in the field of biotechnology (Biogen). The collection includes course notebooks, lecture notes and teaching files, scientific papers, correspondence, photographs, memorabilia, clippings, and material related to receiving the Nobel Prize.
1946

Yeshiva University Honorary Degree, 1980 Date: 1980 file Objects • Identifier 306744 • Cuid: WAG_b33_001
1980