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Lederberg, Joshua
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Joshua Lederberg papers
Collection
Identifier: HMD MS ACC 2008-074
Abstract
UNPROCESSED COLLECTION. Additional correspondence and subject files (2000-), reprints of others, publications of others (Lederberg's office library), various institutional annual/policy reports, maps.
Dates:
2000-
Joshua Lederberg Papers
Collection
Identifier: MS C 552
Abstract
Lederberg won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edward Tatum and George Beadle "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria." He was professor of genetics at Stanford University, president of Rockfeller University, and public servant to presidents, national groups, and governmental organizations.
Dates:
1904-2008
Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Michael Heidelberger
Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X192
Dates:
12 November 1956
Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Michael Heidelberger
Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X194
Dates:
30 November 1956
Letter from Michael Heidelberger to Joshua Lederberg
Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X193
Dates:
28 November 1956
Letter from Salvador E. Luria to Joshua Lederberg
Digital Record
Identifier: 101584940X195
Dates:
24 February 1947
Oswald T. Avery Collection
Collection — Box 7 - RECORDS CLOSED
Identifier: MS C 497
Abstract
Artificial collection of primarily secondary research materials and photocopies of originals from the Rockefeller Archive Center assembled by Avery's colleague Joshua Lederberg. Avery's career focused on a "systematic effort to understand the biological activities of pathogenic bacteria through a knowledge of their chemical composition," focusing most of his research on a single species of pneumococcus, Diplococcus pneumoniae. The collection falls roughly into two parts: items related to the...
Dates:
1912-2005