Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg Archive
Unbound Files AE through AZ, BA through BY

Packet Container Contents
AE beige leatherette with gold trim Japanese photos, 1962
AF spiral bound photo album, turquoise and hot pink Photo album, Colleagues 1972
AG blue pendaflex file folder Mostly family photos circa 1937-1945, mounted on loose photo album pages, covered with plastic sleeves
AH olive green pendaflex file folder Early photographs: 1950 EMBO, 1977 Plasmids conference
AI olive green pendaflex file folder Photos of friends and colleagues in loose plastic album sleeves
AJ olive green pendaflex file folder Miscellaneous loose photographs of colleagues
AK olive green pendaflex file folder Photos of colleagues and friends in manila envelopes, circa 1972
AL blue pendaflex file folder Loose, mostly in manila envelopes: photo of Alexander Hollaender & wife; photo of Esther in the lab; photos of colleagues; Gordon Conference 1980 name list; Gordon Conference 1971 name list; family photographs 1896 - 1982
AM red pendaflex folder Japanese announcement about the Lederbergs; article about John Platt
AN blue pendaflex file folder Japanese photo of Esther
AO green leatherette photo album 1959 vacation photos of a trip to France; Carlyle; colleagues; Stanford University construction
AP manila envelope Curriculum vitae; lists of publications, research positions; copy of some published papers; curriculum vitae (see unbound file "B")
AQ photo album 1896 - 1982 Family: David Zimmer Pauline Geller
AR green cloth spiral bound photo album Photos of 1967 trip to Porto Vallarta
AS black cardboard photo album Photos of trip to France
AT black plastic notebook, labeled "CB Van Niel 1960" General Microbiology class notes [one of the students listed is Adayapalam Ganesan]
AU hard cover notebook with "EML Med Micro Room 3 K McKerghan Aug 1977-> Dec. 78 Maureen Bibb" on cover Class notes on first 15 pages of this bound, lined-paper notebook; the rest is blank [no indication of whose writing this is, and what class it was really for]
AV brown accordion pendaflex folder Unbound copies of Microbial Genetics Bulletin Vol. 2 (1950), Vol. 4 (1951), Vol. 5 (1951), Vol. 6 (1952), Vol. 7 (1953), Vol. 10 (1954), Vol. 11 (1954), Vol. 14 (1956), Vol. 15 (1957), Vol. 16 (1958, two copies)
AW brown accordion envelope Unbound copies of Microbial Genetics Bulletin VOl. 18 (1962), Vol. 19 (1963), Vol. 19 Supplement, Vol. 20 (1964), Vol. 20 Supplement, Vol. 21 (1964), Directory 1965 (two copies), Vol. 22 (1965), Vol. 23 (1965, two copies), Vol. 24 (1966), Vol. 25 (1966), Vol. 25 Supplement, Vol. 26 (1967), Vol. 28 (1968), Vol. 30 (1969), Vol. 31 (1969)
AX brown accordion envelope Various allocations of Transposition numbers "Tn"; various allocations of Insertion Sequence numbers "IS" with Transposition numbers "Tn"; Plasmid Reference Center Correspondence: Moyra McConnell to Esther Lederberg, Esther Lederberg to David E. Bradley, Larry L. McKay to Esther Lederberg; Paper: "Abbreviated Rules of Nomenclature for Transposable Elements of DNA"
AY brown accordion envelope Copies of August 28, 1985 Plasmid number allocations
AZ pendaflex folder Historic personal records of Esther Lederberg: application for Dernham Fellowship in Oncology, Sept. 20, 1968; a number of copies of publications of Esther Lederberg and Joshua Lederberg
BA University of Wisconsin red envelope Several copies of "Nomenclature of Transposable Elements in Prokaryotes" by several authors including Esther Lederberg; a number of papers related to the Plasmid Reference Center, including correspondence from B. Holloway to Esther Lederberg, correspondence from W. Szybalski to Esther Lederberg, and correspondence from Esther Lederberg to W. Szybalski
BB manila envelope Plasmid Reference Center forms and regulations
BC pendaflex folder
  1. Preliminary Plasmid Reference center Registry of Transposon (Tn) allocations through May, 1981, with references: Campbell, et al, 1979; S. Cohen; Campbell, Berg, Botstein, E. Lederberg, R. Novick, P. Starlinger, W. Szybalski papers; NAID Contract designations; response by w. Szybalski
  2. Plasmid Reference Center Correspondence: W. Szybalski to Esther Lederberg (6/12/81); W. Szybalski to Esther Lederberg (12/10/81); Richard Novick to Esther Lederberg (9/27/78); Esther Lederberg to Richard Novick (10/19/78); W. Szybalski to Alan Campbell (8/31/78), with attached note by W. Szybalski to E. Lederberg and A. Campbell dated 10/19/78; W. Szybalski to Esther Lederberg (10/12/76); W. Szybalski to Esther Lederberg (6/12/81) with note by E. Lederberg to A. Campbell at bottom; W. Szybalski to Esther Lederberg (3/1/79)
  3. Final Form: Plasmid Reference Center Registry of Tn allocations through June 1981 (see #1, above)
  4. Letter from S. N. Cohen to John W. Foster requesting that plasmid allocations be secured from E. Lederberg, director of the Plasmid Reference Center (11/3/82)
  5. Several copies of the Gene, 16 (1981) 59-61 paper by E. Lederberg: "Plasmid Reference Center Registry of transposon (Tn) allocations through July 1981"
BD yellow folder Copies of three papers:
  1. "Plasmid Reference Center Registry of transposon(Tn) and insertion sequence (IS) allocations through December 1986", Gene, 51, 1987, 115-118, by E. Lederberg
  2. "Plasmid Reference center Registry of Transposon (Tn) allocations through July, 1981", Gene, 16, 1981, 59-61 (by E. Lederberg)
  3. "Nomenclature of Transposable Elements in Prokaryotes", Plasmid 2, 1979, 466-473 by A. Campbell; D. E. Berg; E. M. Lederberg; P. Starlinger; D. Botstein; R. P. Novick
Manila envelope containg many copies (on pink paper) of: "Nomenclature of Transposable Elements in Prokaryotes", Plasmid 2, 1979, 466-473 by A. Campbell; D. E. Berg; E. M. Lederberg; P. Starlinger; D. Botstein; R. P. Novick
BE manila folder Various published Plasmid Reference Center announcements; references; letter from Esther Lederberg to the Plasmid Nomenclature Committee
BF lilac-colored folder Copies of "Plasmid Reference Center Registry of transposon(Tn) and insertion sequence (IS) allocations through December 1986", Gene, 51, 1987, 115-118, by E. Lederberg; continuation of IS allocations (through 1997)

Note: Dr. Lederberg intended to publish another more up-to-date paper of Plasmid allocations. Dr. Lederberg's second husband (Matthew Simon) prepared a new collection of plasmid allocations, but Dr. Lederberg's heart attack in 1998 prevented completion and publication of this paper. Soon after, the Plasmid Reference Center work was transferred (through the Stanford University Microbiology Department).

Several copies of the Gene, 16 (1981) 59-61 paper by E. Lederberg: "Plasmid Reference Center Registry of transposon (Tn) allocations through July 1981"
BG manila folder Plasmid Reference Center Cultures (PRC number, Plasmid, Strain, Researcher); PRC Acquisition Lists (PRC number, Plasmid, Host, Researcher)
BH yellow folder PRC plasmid-coded beta-lactamase types in Escherichia coli K-12 hosts: [PRC#, Plasmid, beta-lactamase, culture]; PRC Tn allocations; PRC plasmid allocations; PRC IS allocations
BI brown accordion file 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 PRC plasmid allocations (prefixes)
BJ brown accordion file 1994, 1995 PRC transposon number allocations (Tn); 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996 PRC insertion sequence allocations (IS)
BK photograph folder, for 3 photographs circa 12" x 9.5" Nobel Prize Ceremony photgraphs
BL small manila envelope Various photographs of colleagues, including Japanese, Tatum, JL, EML, L. Cavalli & Alba, G. Buttin?; photographs of family (father and Esther's brother Ben); letter from Barry Egan with Australian photographs
BM brown accordion file Loose photographs, including: Boris Rotman, L. Cavalli-Sforza, J. Crow, T. Iino, Y. Hirota, M. Enomoto, I. Sasaki, Miss N. Suzuki, Miss I. Yamanaka (photo album apparently disintegrated)
Gordon Conference 1972 group photograph with list of attendees
Photos of Esther M. Lederberg and Joshua Lederberg as very young married couple; other photos of Joshua and Esther Lederberg
BN brown accordion file Various loose photos and papers:
  1. Esther Lederberg in Japan; Esther Lederberg with Matthew Simon; Matthew Simon with Thanksgiving turkey; Esther as a young woman; Esther Lederberg and Matthew Simon at Yosemite; Esther Lederberg with Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza; Esther Lederberg and Matthew Simon on their honeymoon (Vancouver and Columbia River, 1993); Esther Lederberg and Matthew Simon in Venice/Venetto; Esther Lederberg and Matthew Simon at the Jane Austen Society North America meeting, San Francisco; Esther Lederberg and Matthew Simon at Yosemite; Joshua and Esther Lederberg 10-58; Esther Lederberg and Matthew Simon with Esther's relatives; Esther Lederberg in Venice; Esther Lederberg with the Anderson family near Tomales Bay; Esther Lederberg with Pnina Abir-Am
  2. Various loose photos (in white bag): Joshua Lederberg's mother; Esther Lederberg and Matthew Simon in the Music Room of Esther's Stanford home; Esther Lederberg, Joshua Lederberg and others in Japan; Joshua and Esther Lederberg; Esther Lederberg; Rudiger Schmitt Family; Esther Lederberg's parents; a relative of Esther Lederberg; Esther Lederberg with her mother; Rudiger Schmitt in front of the Hoover Tower (Stanford University); Esther Lederberg with Nicole Simon (Esther Lederberg's step-daughter) at the Carmel Mission, 1991; Esther Lederberg, Nicole Simon and Matthew Simon in Pacific Grove, 1991; Matthew Simon and Esther Lederbert at the Carmel Mission, 1991; Esther Lederberg in Seattle, 1993; C. B. van Niel (Summer 1961); Salvador Luria, A. D. Hershey, B. Davis at Cold Spring Harbor; B. A. D. Stocker; Bruce A. D. Stocker with Viking helmet; young Esther Zimmer with Benji Zimmer; Benji Zimmer with Esther Zimmer; Esther Zimmer's mother with Benji and Esther; two large photos of Esther Lederberg taken in Paris, 1954; Eugene and Martha Nester in the Stanford Polynesian Sculpture Garden; two photos of Esther Zimmer's grandparents
  3. Manila folder containing a large photo of Esther Lederberg at the Mid-Peninsula Recorder Orchestra, a large photo of Esther Lederberg with Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza at Esther's Stanford home, two small photos of early geneticists (unidentified), Kitty Dunn family (1980), J. Crow family (1985), Esther Lederberg at the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden, Chris and Bill Tucker at Stern Grove, San Francisco (1980), another photo of Chris Tucker, Grether Children 1977 (see Gordon conferences), Esther Zimmer at a young age (many copies), two photos of music friends, Eagers, other relatives (large photo)
    Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg obituaries: Los Angeles Times 11-30-06; San Jose Mercury News, 11-15-06, 11-16-06, 11-17-06; New York Times, 11-16-06, 11-17-06, 11-18-06; San Francisco Chronicle, 11-17-06, 11-28-06; Palo Alto Daily, 11-17-06
    Copy of Email from Karla Kirkegaard (Microbiology Dept Chairperson) regarding the Stanford Memorial for Esther Lederberg
BO string-tied brown envelope Many (hundreds) of loose photographs, as well as parts of a photograph album binder that disintegrated. Most of these photographs are unidentified, 1950s and later
BP string-tied brown envelope many loose photographs, most unidentified
BQ manila envelope Plasmid Reference Center materials: D. Drake paper (Esther Lederberg academic advisor); Ann B. Oglesby paper (Esther Lederberg academic advisor); miscellaneous correspondence (see unbound File "C"); notes and slides from U.C. Davis talk by Esther M. Z. Lederberg (see Unbound File "A")
BR manila envelope Richard Soffer papers: preliminary draft of paper; appendices and tables; review comments by Eugene Nester, Ann Ganesan and Esther Lederberg; published paper
BS manila envelope Japanese correspondence; a copy of Esther Lederberg's "Lysogenicity, Lambda abstract" (see unbound File "E")
BT manila envelope Correspondence between Esther Lederberg and Julius Adler
BU brown spiral-bound photo album labeled "Wisconsin years" Early photos, likely 1950s Wisconsin years
BV blue 3-ring binder Photo Album labeled "1994 I"
BW black 3-ring binder Esther M. Zimmer Lederberg reprints of papers
BX white 3-ring binder photo album labeled "1995"
BY 15 loose photo-slides (should be boxed with the 32 other boxes of slides)

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