Anne Sayre Collection of Rosalind Franklin Materials 1946-1980, bulk 1969-1978

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Anne Sayre Collection of Rosalind Franklin Materials 1946-1980, bulk 1969-1978

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After reading James Watson's The Double Helix (1968), Anne Sayre began working on an account of the role of Rosalind Franklin in the discovery of the structure of DNA. Sayre felt that the portrait of her friend Franklin (who had died in 1958) that emerged from Watson's book was not only unflattering, but wrong. After publication of Rosalind Franklin and DNA in 1975, Sayre deposited all her research materials with the American Society for Microbiology Archives: background materials and notes; correspondence; and interviews (taped and, in some instances, transcribed). Of additional interest is the file of post-publication correspondence, which provides insight into the reaction to Sayre's book.

7 boxes5 folders 2001 supplement

UMBC, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

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UMBC, Albin O. Kuhn Library & Gallery

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Sayre, Anne

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Franklin, Rosalind, 1920-1958

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Rosalind Franklin (25 July 1920 – 16 April 1958) was an English chemist whose work was central to the understanding of the molecular structures of DNA, RNA, viruses, coal, and graphite. She earn a PhD from Cambridge in 1945. After joining King's College London in 1951 as a research associate, she discovered the key properties of DNA, which eventually facilitated the correct description of the double helix structure of DNA. Owing to disagreement with her director, John Randall, and her colleague ...

Watson, James D., 1928-

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Watson taught molecular biology at Harvard. From the description of Papers of James Dewey Watson, 1945-1968 (inclusive), 1945-1954 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76973209 ...