Harvard Teaching Files

The Harvard Teaching Files series primarily consists of material created during Watson’s years as Associate Professor of Biology (1958), and as Professor of Microbiology (1961-1976) at Harvard University. The bulk of material consists of material accrued while teaching several courses at Harvard, including Biochemistry and Biology. Lectures from these courses would form the basis for Watson’s famous textbook The Molecular Biology of the Gene. It also includes departmental correspondence and memoranda, committee files, and other material accumulated by Watson during his time at Harvard University. Records include grades of notable scientists such as Mark Ptashne, Ray Gesteland, Mario Capecchi, and Nancy Hopkins.

1948-1981

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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 Copyright of material created by persons other than Watson, published or unpublished, is retained by its original author or rightsholder.

The majority of papers are open and available at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Library and Archives unless otherwise stated. Please see individual items for access conditions.

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

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.