Papers of M H F Wilkins: copies of articles and notes by Rosalind Franklin relating to her DNA research

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Photocopies of articles and notes by Rosalind Elsie Franklin concerning her work in DNA research in the Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit, King’s College London, 1951-1953, with later annotations by Wilkins, comprising: manuscript notes, ‘Colloquium Nov 1951’, and typescript ‘Interim annual reports’ for Jan 1951 – Jan 1952 and for Jan 1952 – Jan 1953, by Franklin, with later annotations by Aaron Klug and Wilkins, and a covering letter from Klug to Wilkins, Nov 1975; draft article by Franklin, ‘Notes on aspects of the structure of calf thymus DNA as revealed by its interaction with water’, 3 Dec 1951; joke death notice for the DNA helix, by Franklin and Raymond Gosling, 18 Jul 1952; draft article, ‘X-ray studies of calf thymus DNA’ by Franklin and Gosling, 3 Sep 1952; extract from a report to Medical Research Council, 15 Dec 1952, on recent research in the Biophysics Unit, King’s College Unit, including the text of Franklin and Gosling’s 3 Sep 1952 article on calf thymus DNA; draft article, ‘A note on molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate’ by Franklin and Gosling, 17 Mar 1953.

Papers of M H F Wilkins: copies of articles and notes by Rosalind Franklin relating to her DNA research

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