Title:

Letter from Mary I. ("Polly") Bunting to Joshua Lederberg

Creator:

Bunting-Smith, Mary Ingraham, 1910-1998

Recipient:

Lederberg, Joshua

Date:

29 August 1977

Original Repository:

Rockefeller Archive Center. Edward L. Tatum Papers

Location:

Box: 86. Folder: 71

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of John Bunting.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)
Reminiscences

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Relation:

Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Mary I. ("Polly") Bunting, 1977
Letter from Mary I. ("Polly") Bunting to Joshua Lederberg, 1977
Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Mary I. ("Polly") Bunting, 1977
Draft of a memoir on Edward L. Tatum for Biographical Memoirs, National Academy of Sciences, 1977

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Rockefeller Archive Center. Edward L. Tatum Papers. 10705

Legacy ID:

BBBBBY

NLM ID:

101584906X12289

Profiles Collection:

The Joshua Lederberg Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584906X12289

Annotation:

Author: Joshua Lederberg. Date Written: November 26, 2000. Node: Mary Ingraham Bunting. related to Dean Ingraham at UWis; wife/widow of Henry Bunting - Yale faculty; later presided at Radcliffe College, and founded Bunting Institute for women scholars; research on genetics of color mutations (prodigiosin) in Serratia marcescens; [Is genetic basis of high mutability yet worked out? Cf Harry Wassermann, Yale Chemistry, re prodigiosin structure; N.B.: BELSER WL, BUNTING MI STUDIES ON A MECHANISM PROVIDING FOR GENETIC TRANSFER IN SERRATIA-MARCESCENS J BACTERIOL 72: (5) 582-592 1956 BUNTING MI THE INHERITANCE OF COLOR IN BACTERIA, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SERRATIA MARCESCENS COLD SPRING HARB SYM 11: 25-32 1946 ; KW: Bunting reminescences re Tatum; she worked in that lab near to me in 1946-47; some personal touches about my brusqueness, and Ed's forbearance and his role in civilizing me; "welcome to use any scraps worth gleaning; so I take this as a release; Marvin Johnson (at UW); jl 11/26/00

Lederberg Grouping:

P. Published Scientific Article.