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Re: Nature's RAIN



Dear Jill,

Thank you for bringing this article to my attention. It is
interesting that The Jeremy Norman Molecular Biology
Archive, "has acquired the original papers of many Nobel
laureates, the most recognizable-to-the-layman being
Francis Crick & James Watson." Dr. Watson is presently the
President of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island
and one year ago he established an archives, with all of
his papers (minus those deposited at Harvard University) as
the cornerstone.  This archives may become the research
center for modern biology. Francis Crick's papers, as far
as I know, still remain at Cambridge. I will have to take a
look at this article.  I am surprised to hear that these
original papers would have left their holding institutions.

Sincerely,
Jennifer Gunter

On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 12:55:40 -0800 Jill L Schneider
<jschnidr@USGS.GOV> wrote:

> I don't recall seeing this here.......
>
> The June 14 issue of Nature (v.411, #6839, p.732-733) has a short article -
> THE HISTORY MAN - about a rare book dealer in California who has compiled a
> private scientific archive :  The Jeremy Norman Molecular Biology Archive.
> Norman has acquired the original papers of many Nobel laureates, the most
> recognizable-to-the-layman being Francis Crick & James Watson (DNA
> double-helix structure).   There is a short description of the who-what-how
> of the archives, and the second half deals with the controversies of
> private archives - i.e., ground-breaking scientific research being held in
> private hands, policies of acquisition and access, etc.  Good food for
> thought!
>
> The article is on-line if you or your institution has a paper subscription.
>
> ttfn - Jill in Alaska.
>
> Jill L Schneider
> USGS - Alaska Technical Data Unit
> 907-786-7457
> jschnidr@usgs.gov
> http://minerals.usgs.gov/west/alaska.html
>
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Jennifer Gunter
NHPRC Archival Administration Fellow
The Albert H. Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
Telephone: (804)924-0510
Fax: (804)924-4968

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-Goethe

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