Selman A. Waksman papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1500
Subjects: Correspondence; Antibiotics; Soil microbiology; Rutgers University; University of California; Streptomycin; Microbiology; Universities and colleges
Description: Correspondence, speeches, articles, and radio scripts pertaining to Waksman's career in the field of microbiology.  Correspondence with colleagues pertains to Waksman's discovery of the antibiotic streptomycin as well as to his research of other microbes.  Other correspondence relates to Waksman's early studies at Rutgers University, his graduate work at the University of California, and his return to Rutgers in 1918 as a lecturer in soil microbiology.  Correspondents include Paul R. Burkholder, René J. Dubos, Alexander Fleming, and George Wilhelm Merck.
Notes: Open to research.

In part, typewritten transcripts. [S.l.].

Gift, Selman Waksman, 1960-1961.

Microbiologist.

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