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Papers of M H F Wilkins: articles chiefly by Francis Crick, with related correspondence

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Photocopy manuscript draft article by Francis Crick, ‘The Fourier transform of a coiled coil’, with offprint of published article, Acta Crystallographica, Sept 1953. Two photocopies of manuscript draft letter from Wilkins to Crick, c 2000, referring to the original of the manuscript draft article (possibly subsequently sent to Crick), and suggesting a collaborative review of DNA history. Also a photocopy of ‘The structure of the hereditary material’ by Crick, published in Scientific American, Oct 1954, and draft article, ‘Statistical correlation of protein and ribonucleic acid composition’ by George Gamow and Martynas Ycas (subsequently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dec 1955), with covering letter to Crick from Ycas, Oct 1955.

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Papers of M H F Wilkins: articles chiefly by Francis Crick, with related correspondence

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