Selman A. Waksman papers, 1915-1960.
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 1,500 items; 6 containers; 2.2 linear feetSubject(s): - Burkholder, Paul R. (Paul Rufus), 1903-1972 -- Correspondence
- Dubos, René J. (René Jules), 1901-1982 -- Correspondence
- Fleming, Alexander, 1881-1955 -- Correspondence
- Merck, George Wilhelm, 1894-1957 -- Correspondence
- Rutgers University
- University of California
- Antibiotics
- Microbiology
- Soil microbiology
- Streptomycin
- Universities and colleges -- California
- Universities and colleges -- New Jersey
- Microbiologists
Open to research.
Correspondence, speeches, articles, and radio scripts pertaining to Waksman's career in the field of microbiology. Correspondence with colleagues pertains to Waksman's discovery of the antibiotic streptomycin as well as to his research of other microbes. Other correspondence relates to Waksman's early studies at Rutgers University, his graduate work at the University of California, and his return to Rutgers in 1918 as a lecturer in soil microbiology. Correspondents include Paul R. Burkholder, René J. Dubos, Alexander Fleming, and George Wilhelm Merck.
In part, typewritten transcripts. [S.l.].
Microbiologist.
Collection material in English.
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