Series 3: Laboratory Notes and Notebooks, 1959-1985

This series contains approximately 40 laboratory notebooks and a few loose laboratory notes. Although these scientific notes come from Anfinsen's laboratory or from his colleagues, only a few are in Anfinsen's hand. The materials come from the late-1960s and extend into the early 1980s. These notes document various scientific experiments such as studies on chromatography, electrophoresis, and interferon assays. Since only a few of the notebook binders had names on the binder and nearly all items were dated, the series was arranged chronologically. For preservation considerations, materials were removed from binders and put into folders. Some of the items are fragile and should be handled with extra care. These notebooks provide important documentary evidence of Anfinsen's forty-year scientific career.