The Marshall W. Nirenberg Papers

Title:

Letter from Lisa Sherman to Marshall W. Nirenberg

Description:

This letter from a nine year old student from New York is the product of a letter writing club listing Nirenberg as a "noteworthy person" to write to. The author requests a letter and a photo and congratulates him on his election to the National Academy of Sciences.

Item is handwritten.

Number of Image Pages:

1 (91,259 Bytes)

Date:

1967-05-24 (May 24, 1967)

Creator:

Sherman, Lisa

Recipient:

Nirenberg, Marshall W.

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Lisa Sherman-Cohen.

Exhibit Category:

Neuroblastoma Research, 1967-1976

Box Number: 4

Folder Number: 39

Unique Identifier:

JJBBMK

Accession Number:

2000-047

Document Type:

Letters (correspondence)

Language:

English

Format:

application/pdf

image/tif

Physical Condition:

Good

Series: Series II: Correspondence, 1953-1993

Folder: General, 1953-1977

Transcript:

184 Elmwood Street

Valley Stream, N.Y

May 24, 1967

Dear Mr. Nirenberg,

I belong to a Letter Writing Club and I chose you to write to from a list of noteworthy people. I hope I recive [sic] a letter and a picture of you wich [sic] I will put in my album

I am nine years old.

Congratulation for being elected to the National Academy of Science

My father is a doctor. Was it hard getting the Academy? Were you scared? Happy Memorial Day. What Collige [sic] did you go to?

Sincerely,

Lisa Sherman

Metadata Last Modified Date:

2007-02-26

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