Nobel Prize

Date:
1960-1980
Reference:
JDW/2/13
Part of:
James D. Watson Collection
  • Archives and manuscripts

Collection contents

About this work

Description

The Nobel Prize series consists of congratulatory letters and telegrams, correspondence, Harvard University News Office press releases, newspaper clippings, postcards, and items related to the awards dinner such as Dr. Watson’s handwritten notes of his banquet speech, drafts of his Nobel lecture, the Nobel itinerary, and photographs. Telegrams and congratulatory letters include those sent by prominent scientists and Nobel Laureates such as Alfred D. Hershey, Salvador Luria, and Sydney Brenner. Also included within these congratulatory messages are those sent by politicians (including Senator Edward Kennedy), family members, friends, former students, and colleagues. The series is organized into 4 subseries:

1. Correspondence (1962-1963)

2. Congratulatory Correspondence (1962-1963)

3. Lectures, Programs, Ephemera (1960-1963, 1980)

4. Clippings (1962-1963)

Publication/Creation

1960-1980

Physical description

3 boxes

Copyright note

Please note that CSHL holds copyright in writings by Watson that are held within Watson's archive in the CSHL Library and Archives, but does not hold copyright in Watson's writings held outside the CSHL Library and Archives. Copyright of material created by persons other than Watson, published or unpublished, is retained by its original author or rightsholder.

Terms of use

Open and available at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives.

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Where to find it

Location of original

The original material is held at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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