Papers, 1936-1984.

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Papers, 1936-1984.

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Records of the Biology Division of the California Institute of Technology from 1936-1984. The collection includes papers relating to the day to day administration of the department, especially its financial management and physical condition, as well as records on faculty and students. Part 2 of the papers consists of records kept while the department was under the leadership of George Beadle, from 1946-1961. Many aspects of the turbulent history of the 1940s and 1950s are represented, including documents relating to the Second World War, the atomic bomb, and the "red scare". The final part of the collection represents papers collected during the chairmanship of Robert L. Sinsheimer, 1968-1977. These papers exhibit the changing character of biological research during the 1960s and 1970s as governmental and industrial concerns began to dominate the field.

96 boxes (48 linear feet)

California Institute of Technology, Caltech Library

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California Institute of Technology, Caltech Library

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Beadle, George Wells, 1903-1989

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Chemist, University president. From the description of Reminiscences of George Wells Beadle : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122608221 George Wells Beadle, professor, university administrator. From the guide to the Beadle, George Wells. Papers, 1908-1981, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.) Chancellor, University of...

California Institute of Technology. Division of Biology

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Sinsheimer, Robert L.

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Sinsheimer (1920- ). Biophysicist. California Institute of Technology. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80830846 Biographical Sketch Robert L. Sinsheimer was born the second of three brothers in Washington, D.C. in 1920, but he grew up in Chicago. He was one of the first graduates of M.I.T.'s biophysics undergraduate program in 1941. Sinsheimer stayed on for graduate study in biophysics, earn...