Title:

Letter from Francis Crick to Rosalind Franklin

Creator:

Crick, Francis, 1916-2004

Recipient:

Franklin, Rosalind

Date:

3 June 1955

Description:

Franklin's relations with both Watson and Crick improved greatly once she moved from King's College to Birkbeck College, and she was in regular contact with both as she worked on the structure of TMV. In this letter, Crick commented briefly on a manuscript Franklin had sent, and then discussed Watson's upcoming visit and inquired whether Franklin planned to work on potato virus X, as she had indicated earlier.

Original Repository:

Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin

Location:

Folder: 2/33

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of Odile Crick.

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Subject:

Tobacco Mosaic Virus, RNA, and Potexvirus

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. Churchill Archives Centre. The Papers of Rosalind Franklin. 12313

Legacy ID:

KRBBBV

NLM ID:

101584586X17

Profiles Collection:

The Rosalind Franklin Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584586X17

Story Section:

Envisioning Viruses: Birkbeck College, London, 1953-1958