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Papers, 1929-1992.

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Series I (30 linear ft.) contains correspondence with biochemists, chemists, molecular biologists, students, publishers, and European colleagues. Among the topics covered in this series are: nucleic acids, recombinant DNA, denaturation of DNA, and blood clotting. There is a substantial amount of correspondence regarding the administration of Chargaff's research laboratories at Columbia University and at Roosevelt Hospital, his work as editor for the journal, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta, and his affiliations with the National Academy of Sciences and the American Chemical Society. The major correspondents include Rudolph J. Anderson, Jacques Barzun, Robert H. Burris, Herbert E. Carter, Waldo E. Cohn, Francis Crick, J. Norman Davidson, Paul Doty, John T. Edsall, George Gamow, Garrett J. Hardin, Polykarp Kusch, Joshua Lederberg, Edgar Lederer, Barbara McClintock, Linus Pauling, Max F. Perutz, John Runnstrom, Gerhard Schmidt, Francis O. Schmitt, Nikola Z. Stanacev, Werner Straus, Heinrich B. Waelsch, George Wald, and James D. Watson. Series IIa (3.5 linear ft.) contains applications, reports, correspondence, and expenditure statements for various agencies that granted Chargaff research money for his laboratories at Columbia University and at Roosevelt Hospital. The American Cancer Society, the Office of Scientific Research and Development, and the United States Public Health Service account for a significant portion of this series. Series IIb (1.5 linear ft.) contains programs, brochures, newspaper and magazine clippings, reports and meeting minutes (mainly from the National Academy of Sciences), lists of books ordered by Chargaff and places visited by Chargaff, trip itineraries, and material regarding laboratory administration. Series III (15.5 linear ft.) contains outlines, preparatory notes, research, drafts, and galley proofs for articles, books, reviews, lectures, and tributes to colleagues. Many of the works are co-authored with students and colleagues. Series IV (1.25 linear ft.) contains articles, notes, and papers written by colleagues and students of Chargaff. This series is arranged alphabetically by author and then by title. Series V (2.25 linear ft.) contains loose notes and notebooks that are arranged by folder title and include the subjects of nucleoproteins, blood coagulation, and phosphatides. Series VI (2.75 linear ft.) contains prints, negatives, and slides. The majority of the prints are graphs and charts from articles about biochemistry, many from the journal, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta. There are some prints of Chargaff giving lectures and receiving awards.

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