Title:

Transformation of Pneumococcal Types

Creator:

Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955
McCarty, Maclyn

Date:

[10 December 1943]

Description:

These typewritten notes and discussion were prepared by McCarty and Avery for a presentation given by Avery to current (and several former) colleagues at the Rockefeller Institute during the weekly staff meeting held on 10 December 1943. McCarty later reported that the presentation was met with a long silence, then acclaim by those in attendance. The handwritten notes on the outline and discussion text are Avery's.

Original Repository:

Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 2

Rights:

Courtesy of the Tennessee State Library and Archives. and http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/

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Genre:

Speeches

Subject:

Transformation, Genetic and Research Design

Format:

Text

Extent:

16 pages

Relation:

The Transforming Principle: Discovering that Genes Are Made of DNA, 1985

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers. 361

Legacy ID:

CCBBCV

NLM ID:

101584575X499

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X499

Story Section:

DNA as the "Stuff of Genes": The Discovery of the Transforming Principle, 1940-1944