An official website of the United States government. Here’s how you know

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Letter from Barbara McClintock to F. G. Brieger

Title:: Letter from Barbara McClintock to F. G. Brieger
Creator:: McClintock, Barbara, 1902-1992
Recipient:: Brieger, F. G.
Date:: 2 April 1962
Description:: McClintock requested that several different varieties of maize be sent along with Almiro Blumenschein when he traveled to North Carolina in the following summer. Letter included instructions on how best to prepare and package the corn kernels.
Location:: Box: 1. Folder: 5
Rights:: Reproduced with permission of the Barbara McClintock Papers, American Philosophical Society.
Genre:: Letters (correspondence)
Subject:: Chromosomes and Zea mays
Format:: Text
Extent:: 2 pages
Language:: English
Legacy Source Citation:: Free Text. American Philosophical Society Library. Barbara McClintock Papers
Legacy ID:: LLBBFF
NLM ID:: 101584613X67
Profiles Collection:: The Barbara McClintock Papers
Shareable Link:: https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584613X67
Story Section:: Searching for the Origins of Maize in Latin America, 1957-1981