September-October 1970
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Sequences, 1980 - 1981
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Series I: Chemical and Biological Warfare Correspondence, 1955 - 2016
- Matthew Meselson Collection > Record Group II: Chemical and Biological Warfare Materials, 1944 - 2020
Series I: Coursework, 1948 - 1957
Date: 1948
Series • Identifier 290210
- The COURSEWORK series contains material from Gilbert’s student life, and covers his years at Sidwell Friends School, Harvard University, and Cambridge University (1948-1957). The files include course notebooks, class work, and lecture notes. The series is arranged chronologically. For more information regarding Gilbert’s time at Cambridge please see the CORRESPONDENCE series.
Series I: Laboratory Notebooks, 1970-1975
Date: 1970
Series • Identifier 306747
- Laboratory notebooks and slides from work in Paul Berg’s lab in the biochemistry department at Stanford University, and the research leading up to and following the creation of the first recombinant DNA.
Series II: Documentaries, 1971-1975, 2018
Date: 1971
Series • Identifier 306749
- Email correspondence with producers Meredith DeSalazar and Lily Garrison for two separate documentaries made in 2019 and 2020.
Series II: Herbicide Correspondence, 1944-2017
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Series II: Rotation Notes & Group Meetings, 1983 - 1994
Date: 1983
Series • Identifier 296978 • Cuid: CWG_02
Series II: Rotation Notes & Group Meetings, 1983 - 1994
Date: 1983
Series • Identifier 311203 • Cuid: CWG_02
Series II: Teaching and Lecture Files, 1959 - 2004
Date: 1959 - 2004
Series • 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.
Series III: Biogen, 1978 - 1991
Date: 1978 - 1991
Series • 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.
Series III: Yellow Rain Correspondence, 1973-2012
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Series IV: Sverdlovsk Correspondence, 1980-2004
- Matthew Meselson Collection > Record Group II: Chemical and Biological Warfare Materials, 1944 - 2020
Series V: Introns and Rotifers, 1962-1998
- Matthew Meselson Collection > Record Group II: Chemical and Biological Warfare Materials, 1944 - 2020
Series VI: Correspondence, 1954 - 2005
Date: 1954 - 2005
Series • 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).
Series VI: Environmental Mutagen Society, 1940 - 2004
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Series VIII: Memorabilia and Ephemera, 1946 - 2011
Date: 1946 - 2011
Series • 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.
Sidwell Friends School - Distinguished Alumni Award, Class of 1949, undated
- Walter Gilbert Collection > Series VIII: Memorabilia and Ephemera, 1946 - 2011 > Awards, 1946 - 2008
Sidwell Friends School Cum Laude Certificate, 11 June 1948
- Walter Gilbert Collection > Series VIII: Memorabilia and Ephemera, 1946 - 2011 > Awards, 1946 - 2008
Sidwell Friends School Cum Laude Certificate, 11 June 1948
- Walter Gilbert Collection > Series VIII: Memorabilia and Ephemera, 1946 - 2011 > Awards, 1946 - 2008
Sidwell Friends School Cum Laude Certificate, 11 June 1948
- Walter Gilbert Collection > Series VIII: Memorabilia and Ephemera, 1946 - 2011 > Awards, 1946 - 2008
Sidwell Friends School Diploma, 1949
- Walter Gilbert Collection > Series VIII: Memorabilia and Ephemera, 1946 - 2011 > Awards, 1946 - 2008
Sidwell Friends School: Coursework (1 of 3), c. 1948
Date: 1947
File • Identifier 290226 • Cuid: WAG_b01_f04_001
Sidwell Friends School: Coursework (2 of 3), c. 1948
Date: 1947
File • Identifier 290228 • Cuid: WAG_b01_f05_001
Sidwell Friends School: Coursework (3 of 3), c. 1948
Date: 1947
File • Identifier 290230 • Cuid: WAG_b01_f06_001
Sidwell Friends School: Coursework, 1948 - 1949
Date: 1948
File • Identifier 290224 • Cuid: WAG_b01_f03_001
Sidwell Friends School: English 12-B, 1948 - 1949
Date: 1948
File • Identifier 290220 • Cuid: WAG_b01_f01_001
Signed Letter to Senator Trent Lott, Senate Majority Leader, 1997
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