MS 2002-29 Orchid Cellmark O.J. Simpson DNA Analysis Records
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: NAA MS 2002-29
name: label: Creator
content: Orchid Cellmark
label: Names
content: Simpson, O. J., 1947-
topic: label: Topic
content: Identification
label: Topic
content: DNA -- Analysis
label: Topic
content: DNA fingerprinting
creator: label: Creator
content: Orchid Cellmark
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Orchid Cellmark was hired by the prosecution to analyze DNA evidence from the O.J. Simpson trial. The California Department of Justice DNA Laboratory and Orchid Cellmark collectively analyzed more than 100 items of bloodstained evidence and eventually presented its findings to juries in both the criminal and civil trials.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1995
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.MS2002-29
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Autoradiographs
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Autoradiographs
label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection contains correspondence between the Los Angeles Police Department and Cellmark Diagnostics (now known as Orchid Cellmark) ; copies of autoradiographs of blood found at the crime scene; Cellmark's procedure manuals explaining how analysis was performed; evidence photographs; and reports.