Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg Archive
Unbound File C

1. Two copies of manuscript: Delappe, Irving P, "Evolution of support for Plasmid Research by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases" ; includes handwritten note on upper right corner of first page: 10/1981. One copy was clearly intended for (or had belonged to) stanley Falkow.

2. June 28, 1986 Esther M. Lederberg to Dr. Monica Riley, Dept. of Biol. Sci., SUNY Stony Brook, NY November 17, 1994 or January 17, 1994, following up on a phone inquiry by Dr. Riley about the current status of the Plasmid Reference Center. Letter details then-current funding for the Plasmid Reference Center, and discusses the method for transferring the Plasmid Reference Center collection to the American Type Culture Collection (ATCC).

3. Announcement of a October 18, 1995 talk Esther M. Lederberg gave at UC Berkeley as part of a lecture series entitled "Patterns of Scientific Discovery in the Biological and Medical Sciences since 1800". Esther M. Lederberg's talk is called "The Discovery of lambda phage and of Replica-plating: Two Landmarks in Molecular Biology".

4. Reprint: Engels, William R., "Perspectives: Anecdotal, Historical and Cricial Commentries on Genetics" (edited by James F. Crow and William F. Dove), Genetics 145, pp 11-15, January 1997.

5. Reprint signed by the author "With warmest regards": Kellenberger, Eduard, "History of phage research as viewed by a European", FEMS Microbiology Reviews 17, pp 7-24, 1995.

6. Typed document, "Department of Microbiology & Immunology History". Subsections included:

   1. 1911 - 1954
   2. 1955 - 1981
   3. 1981 - present

   Handwritten notation on top of the first page: "Heyflick 1969 - 1976"

7. Two stapled xerox copies of Plasmid Reference Center "News and Announcements" for May 1978

8. Handout entitled "The Plasmid Reference Center (PRC)", dated December 1980. Describes what the PRC is, notes that the collection currently contains over eight hundred members; that no catalog is available; that certain plasmid-bearing strains are available for distribution as kits. Describes how to deposit prototype plasmid strains; how nomenclature for bacterial plasmids will be determined; the funding for the Plasmid Reference Center.

9. Manila folder:
   
   Several papers which appear to be part of a grant/funding request: "Pertinent Experience" of E. M. Lederberg (described therein as the "offeror"), including a publications list

   • Page 1A subheads include (but are not limited to):
   1. Appendix 25
   2. Appendix 26          various reprints and tables
   3. Appendix 27

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