http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt829040sn Online items available Guide to the Esther M. Lederberg papers SC0874 Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson Department of Special Collections and University Archives July 2018 Green Library 557 Escondido Mall Stanford 94305-6064 [email protected] URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc Note This encoded finding aid is compliant with Stanford EAD Best Practice Guidelines, Version 1.0. Guide to the Esther M. Lederberg SC0874 1 papers SC0874 Language of Material: English Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives Title: Esther M. Lederberg papers creator: Lederberg, Esther M. Identifier/Call Number: SC0874 Physical Description: 31 Linear Feet Date (inclusive): 1906-2016 Date (bulk): bulk Abstract: Collection includes class notes and lab notebooks from her education at Hunter College, 1939-42, Stanford University, 1944-46, and the University of Wisconsin, 1948-50; notes and lab notebooks from subsequent research, primarily with plasmids, 1950 on; records from the Plasmid Reference Center; correspondence; articles and reprints; photographs both professional and personal; family documents; and other materials. Information about Access This collection is open for research. Ownership & Copyright All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html. Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes. Cite As Esther M. Lederberg papers (SC0874). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif. Biographical/Historical Sketch Esther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg, PhD, professor emeritus of microbiology and immunology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, earned her AB at Hunter College in 1942. She then came to Stanford to study genetics, earning her MA in 1946. She earned her PhD at the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1950. Among her achievements was the discovery of lambda phage, a virus that infects E. coli bacteria. Esther and Joshua Lederberg both joined the Stanford medical school faculty in 1959; they were divorced in 1966. In addition to her teaching duties, she directed the Plasmid Reference Center at Stanford medical school from 1976 to 1986. She was also the American Cancer Society Senior Dernham Fellow from 1968 to 1970. She died in 2006. Description of the Collection Collection includes class notes and lab notebooks from her education at Hunter College, 1939-42, Stanford University, 1944-46, and the University of Wisconsin, 1948-50; notes and lab notebooks from subsequent research, primarily with plasmids, 1950 on; records from the Plasmid Reference Center; correspondence; articles and reprints; photographs both professional and personal; family documents; and other materials. Subjects and Indexing Terms Microbiology. Plasmids -- Genetics. Laboratory notes. Notebooks. Lederberg, Esther M. Lederberg, Esther M. Stanford University. School of Medicine. Faculty Original accession Accession ARCH-2007-158 box 1, folder 1 Botanical notes and drawings, Hunter College 1939 Dec box 1, folder 2 Botanical drawings 1939 Guide to the Esther M. Lederberg SC0874 2 papers SC0874 Original accession Accession ARCH-2007-158 Notebooks box 1, folder 3 Invertebrate zoology I and II, Drs. Elliott and McKinnsey, drawings, 1940 box 1, folder 4 Invertebrate zoology I and II, Drs. Elliott and McKinnsey, notes part 1, 1940 box 1, folder 5 Invertebrate zoology I and II, Drs. Elliott and McKinnsey, notes part 2 box 1, folder 6 Mycology notebook, Hunter College, Spring 1941 box 2, folder 1 Botanical drawings, observed at New York Botanical Gardens, Feb. 1942 box 2, folder 2 Botanical drawings, New York Botanical Gardens Museum, March 1942 box 2, folder 4 Neurospora [genetics] notebook, Stanford, 1944 box 2, folder 5 Biology 107, Dr. G. W. Beadle, Stanford 1944 box 2, folder 6 Biology 250, Dr. G. W. Beadle, Stanford 1945-46 box 2, folder 7 Anatomy 141, Dr. C. Danforth, Stanford 1945 box 2, folder 10 Physiology reading [1945] box 2, folder 11 Microbiology I, Stanford, 1945 box 2, folder 12 Microbiology II, Stanford, 1945 box 2, folder 13 Comparative and experimental marine biology, Dr. R. Watterson, Hopkins Marine Station, summer 1945 box 3, folder 1 Physiology of bacteria, F. W. Wilson, U. of Wisconsin, 1948 (1 of 2) box 3, folder 2 Physiology of bacteria, F. W. Wilson, U. of Wisconsin, 1948 (2 of 2) box 3, folder 3 Genetic Control of Mutability notes, 2/1948-6/1949: pp. 1-60 box 3, folder 4 Genetic Control of Mutability notes, 2/1948-6/1949: pp. 61-150 box 3, folder 5 Genetic Control of Mutability notes, 2/1948-6/1949: pp. 151-224 box 3, folder 6 Genetic Control of Mutability notes, 2/1948-6/1949: pp. 225-300 box 3, folder 7 Genetic Control of Mutability notes, 2/1948-6/1949: pp. 301-399 box 3, folder 8 Genetic Control of Mutability notes, 2/1948-6/1949: pp. 400-499 box 4 Four botanical specimens collected in New York and New Jersey, 1941 Books box 5 E. Z. Lederberg, Genetic Control of Mutability in the Bacterium Escherichia Coli. Ph.D. dissertatation, University of Wisconsin, 1950. box 5 Plasmids; Medical and Theoretical Aspects; Third International Symposium on Antibiotic Resistance, 1976 [Lederberg article p. 389] box 5 Horace Freeland Judson, The Eighth Day of Creation [Lederberg annotations p. 377 and 386] box 5 8th International Conference on Bacilli. Program. Sponsored by Genencor International, Inc. July 8-12, 1995 Stanford, California. Notebooks box 1, folder 7 Bryophytes and Pteridophytes, lab notebook, Hunter College, Jan. 1942 box 2, folder 14 Evolution notebook, Stanford, 1946 box 6, folder 1 University of Wisconsin-Madison lab notebook 1, Sept. 1950-Jan. 1952 (1 of 3) box 6, folder 2 UWM lab notebook 1, Sept. 1950-Jan. 1952 (2 of 3) box 6, folder 3 UWM lab notebook 1, Sept. 1950-Jan. 1952 (3 of 3) box 6, folder 4 UWM lab notebook 2, Oct. 1956-July 1957 (1 of 2) box 6, folder 5 UWM lab notebook 2, Oct. 1956-July 1957 (2 of 2) box 6, folder 6 Lab notebook (S1) 1964 box 7, folder 2 Lab notebook (S4) Jan.4 - April 4, 1966 box 7, folder 3 Lab notebook (S5) 1962-63, 1965, 1967 box 7, folder 4 Lab notebook (S5) – folder 1 labeled "NSF Proposal" box 7, folder 5 Lab notebook (S5) – folder 2 labeled "MS" box 7, folder 6 Lab notebook (S6) 1966-71 box 7, folder 7 Lab notebook (S7) 1973 (1 of 2) box 7, folder 8 Lab notebook (S7) 1973 (2 of 2) box 7, folder 9 Notebook (S8) "Molecular Properties of an F-Lac+-Tetracycline-Resistant Plasmid in E. coli and Salmonella typhimurium" drafts and background material. [Submitted on 4/20/73 to XIII International Congress of Genetics; presented in Berkeley Aug. 20-29, 1973] box 8, folder 1 Lab notebook (S9), Jan. 30-May 31, 1973 box 8, folder 2 Lab notebook (S10), March 25-July 24, 1974 box 8, folder 3 Lab notebook (S11) 1973-74 (1 of 2) Guide to the Esther M. Lederberg SC0874 3 papers SC0874 Original accession Accession ARCH-2007-158 Notebooks box 8, folder 4 Lab notebook (S11) 1973-74 (2 of 2) box 8, folder 5 Lab notebook (S12) June 23-Oct. 4, 1974 (1 of 2) box 8, folder 6 Lab notebook (S12) June 23-Oct. 4, 1974 (2 of 2) box 8, folder 7 Lab notebook (S13) Oct. 11-Dec. 4, 1974 box 8, folder 8 Lab notebook (S14) 1973-75 box 9, folder 1 Lab notebook (S15) Plasmid stock descriptions, 1973, 1974, 1975 and Index of Experiments 1974-75 box 9, folder 2 Lab notebook (S16A) 1975 box 9, folder 3 Lab notebook (S16B) 1975 (1 of 2) box 9, folder 4 Lab notebook (S16B) 1975 (2 of 2) box 9, folder 5 Lab notebook (S17) Nov. 4, 1975-April 28, 1976 box 9, folder 6 Lab notebook (S18) 1976 box 9, folder 7 Lab notebook [Plasmid Reference Center] (PRC1) Dec. 13, 1976-Dec. 12, 1977 box 9, folder 8 Lab notebook (PRC 2) March 22-Sept. 15, 1977 box 10, folder 1 Lab notebook (PRC4) Nov. 3, 1976-Feb. 3, 1978 box 10, folder 2 Lab notebook (PRC5) – Salmonella stock lists, SW Stab Collection list as of 7/76, E. coli linkage map dated 5/70, letter from EML to Bruce Holloway, 7/11/78 box 10, folder 3 Lab notebook [Plasmid Resource Center] (PRC6) – Kevin Reynolds worksheets, Sept. 16, 1971-July 28, 1978 box 10, folder 6 Lab notebook (PRC8) 1978-79 box 10, folder 4 Plasmid Resource Center correspondence (notebook PRC7) [this folder includes paperwork in support of a grant request to the NIH 4/29/76] Feb. 24, 1975-Jan. 23, 1979 (1 of 2) box 10, folder 5 Plasmid Resource Center correspondence (notebook PRC7) Feb. 24, 1975-Jan. 23, 1979 (2 of 2) box 10, folder 7 Lab notebook: Tf54 – Tf77 (PRC9) 1979 box 11, folder 1 Lab notebook (PRC 10) Feb. 2-June 30, 1979 (1 of 2) box 11, folder 2 Lab notebook (PRC 10) Feb. 2-June 30, 1979 (2 of 2) box 11, folder 3 Lab notebook (PRC 11) May 11-Nov. 24, 1979 (1 of 2) box 11, folder 4 Lab notebook (PRC 11) May 11-Nov. 24, 1979 (2 of 2) box 11, folder 5 Lab notebook (PRC 12) Oct.