Title:

Letter from Barbara McClintock to Charles R. Burnham

Creator:

McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992

Recipient:

Burnham, Charles R.

Date:

[9 August 1948?]

Description:

McClintock thanked Burnham for assisting her attempts to get Peter Peterson, who would become a noted maize geneticist in his own right, into a graduate program. She informs Burnham that Peterson decided to attend the University of Illinois. Writing just months before her first long "memo" to Marcus Rhoades, McClintock also mentioned the "exciting" direction her research had taken.

Original Repository:

University of Minnesota, University Archives. Charles Burnham Papers

Location:

Box: 3. Folder: 5

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the University of Minnesota, University Archives. Charles Burnham Papers

Genre:

Letters (correspondence)

Format:

Text

Extent:

2 pages

Language:

English

Legacy Source Citation:

Original Repository. University of Minnesota, University Archives. Charles Burnham Papers. 10851

Legacy ID:

LLBBNW

NLM ID:

101584613X227

Profiles Collection:

The Barbara McClintock Papers

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584613X227

Story Section:

Breakage-Fusion-Bridge: The University of Missouri, 1936-1941