Title:

Appendix I: A Letter from Avery to His Brother Roy, Dated May 26, 1943

Creator:

Avery, Oswald Theodore, 1877-1955

Contributor:

Dubos, Rene? J. (Rene? Jules), 1901-1982 (Transcriber)

Recipient:

Avery, Roy C. (Roy Crowdy), 1885-1971

Date:

1976

Description:

In this partial transcript of a rather lengthy letter to his brother, Oswald Avery explains that his retirement plans have been placed on hold due to the war and the recent developments of his research on pneumococcal transformation. This excerpt includes the second part of the original letter in which Avery provided a rather thorough introduction to the history of research on the transforming principle and describes the results of experiments conducted by Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty and the role of DNA as carrier of genetic information.

Publisher:

Rockefeller University. Press

Location:

Box: 1. Folder: 3

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Rockefeller University Press. Any reproduction or copying of this material in any format, beyond single copying by an authorized individual for personal use, must first receive the written consent of Rockefeller University Press. and http://www.rupress.org/

Genre:

Monographs
Excerpts
Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Transformation, Genetic and DNA

Format:

Text

Extent:

4 pages

Relation:

Letter from Oswald T. Avery to Roy Avery, 1943
Letter from Oswald T. Avery to Roy Avery (partial transcription), 1943

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Monograph. Avery, Oswald T. "Appendix I: A Letter from Avery to His Brother Roy, Dated May 26, 1943." The Professor, The Institute, and DNA. Rockefeller University Press, 1976. Pp. 217-220. Excerpt. Letter (correspondence). Monograph. 4 Images.

Legacy ID:

CCGMGT

NLM ID:

101584575X614

Profiles Collection:

The Oswald T. Avery Collection

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584575X614

Story Section:

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