The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Title:

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg

Description:

One of several letters in which Coburn responded to requests by Lederberg for his recollections of Avery and Griffith. In this letter, Coburn compared the similarities between the two scientists' personalities.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (82,210 Bytes)

Date:

1966-04-20 (April 20, 1966)

Creator:

Coburn, Alvin F.

Recipient:

Lederberg, Joshua

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the New York Medical College.

Subject:

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH):: History of Medicine

Exhibit Categories:

Shifting Focus: Early Work on Bacterial Transformation, 1928-1940

After the Discovery: The Transforming Principle's Reception by the Scientific Community

Relation:

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Oswald T. Avery (May 25, 1943)

[Fred Griffith and "Bobby"] [1936]

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (September 28, 1965)

[Oswald T. Avery] [March 1943]

[Avery with Alvin Coburn's son, Tim] [March 1943]

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (November 9, 1965)

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (November 19, 1965)

Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg (March 21, 1966)

Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Alvin F. Coburn (April 1, 1966)

Box Number: 4

Folder Number: 6

Unique Identifier:

CCAAIX

Document Type:

Letters (correspondence)

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Series: Commentary on Avery and His Work, 1944-2005

SubSeries: Chronological

Folder: 1964-1969

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2007-01-05

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