Title:

Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Boris Ephrussi

Creator:

Lederberg, Joshua

Recipient:

Ephrussi, Boris, 1901-1979

Date:

5 October 1972

Description:

In this follow-up letter, Lederberg thanked Ephrussi for searching for a manuscript written by Harriett Ephrussi-Taylor, Ephrussi's late wife. With this letter, Lederberg enclosed various excerpts from the manuscript with the hope that it would aid Ephrussi in any further search for the document. Ephrussi-Taylor worked in Avery's lab for several years during the mid-1940s before moving to France shortly after her marriage to Ephrussi. Ephrussi-Taylor died in 1968 from cancer. On the bottom of the letter, Lederberg added a handwritten note: "Boris--I am sure this king of digging into the past must carry some pain, but I hope this is also ameliorated by the respect and regard for Harriett which it substantiates. You know I have only the warmest feelings for you."

Location:

Box: 5. Folder: 2

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Joshua Lederberg.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Transformation, Genetic and History of Medicine

Format:

Text

Extent:

1 pages

Relation:

Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Boris Ephrussi, 1972
Letter from Boris Ephrussi to Joshua Lederberg, 1972

Language:

English

Legacy ID:

CCAAJO

NLM ID:

101584575X229

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X229

Story Section:

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