Title:

Letter from Harriett Ephrussi-Taylor to Oswald T. Avery

Creator:

Ephrussi-Taylor, Harriett

Recipient:

Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955

Date:

20 October 1948

Description:

In this letter, Ephrussi-Taylor, who worked for three years in Avery's lab, thanked Avery for his assistance in getting her an appointment at a French institution. She briefly detailed her establishing her own lab and work she planned to conduct in it. A large portion of the letter expressed Ephrussi-Taylor's concern for the state of science in the Soviet Union and her contempt for leftists and communists in Western science who do not condemn the repressive tactics of the Soviet government. She further detailed the activities of her husband, the noted scientist Boris Ephrussi, who fled Russia shortly after the 1917 Revolution and later became a naturalized citizen of France.

Original Repository:

Tennessee State Library and Archives. Oswald T. Avery Papers

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 2

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Anne Ephrussi.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

History of Medicine, Transformation, Genetic, and Research

Format:

Text

Extent:

5 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

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

Legacy ID:

CCAAFG

NLM ID:

101584575X120

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X120

Story Section:

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