Emil L. Smith papers, 1897-1994

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Smith, Emil L., 1911-
Title
Emil L. Smith papers
Dates
1897-1994 (inclusive)
Quantity
59 linear feet
Collection Number
ACCN 1008
Summary
The Emil L. Smith papers (1905-1994) contain copies and reprints of scientific papers in biochemistry by Emil L. Smith and by other contemporary biochemists. Emil L. Smith was a biochemist at the University of Utah College of Medicine and UCLA.
Repository
University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860

Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu
Access Restrictions

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Languages
English

Biographical NoteReturn to Top

Dr. Smith was on the faculty of the University of Utah College of Medicine 1946-1963, then to UCLA where he was also on the faculty. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the first Utah faculty membrer so elected.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

The Emil L. Smith papers (1905-1994) contain correspondence, reports, minutes, reprints, collected papers of Konrad Bloch and Franz Knoop, and pamphlets. Cartons 102-105 contain office files, correspondence, journal articles, travel itineraries, and documents pertaining to faculty affairs at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). The material in this addendum covers the time Smith was a professor of Biological Chemistry at UCLA. Box 106 contains collected journal articles and booklets on the Royal Society. There is also information on the Royal Society and the Biochemical Society. Smith was a member of both societies.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Preferred Citation

Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Gift of Emil L. Smith in 1988.

Processing Note

Processed by Tony Pori in 1989.

Addendum processed by Luke Kelly in 2000.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Academic Papers, A-ZReturn to Top

This series contains bound and unbound papers of contemporary biochemists in alphabetical order.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
1
Emil Abderhalden
1905-1928
2
Emil Abderhalden-C.B. Anfinsen
1928-1965
3
C.B. Anfinsen
1966-1970
4
Marvin D. Armstrong-E.S.G. Barron
1929-1957
5
James Bonnor
1946-1962
6-7
Britton Chance
1943-1967
8
Philip Cohen-E.J. Cohn
1916-1951
9-10
E.J. Cohn
1933-1951
11
J.B. Connant-Claude Fromageot
1924-1962
12-14
David E. Green
1934-1963
15
J.P. Greenstein
1940-1949
16
Ephraim Katchalski-D. Keilin
1933-1966
17
H. Gobind Khorana
1958-1968
18
H.A. Krebs-Arthur Kornberg
1948-1971
19-20
P.A. Levene
1901-1939
21-23
C.H. Li
1939-1980
24
Leonor Mickaelis
1897-1926
25
Leonor Michaelis-Hans Neurath
1927-1986
26-27
Hans Neurath
1959-1975
28
John Northrop
1919-1956
29-30
Severo Ochoa
1939-1971
31
Kazuo Okunuki
1956-1967
32
T.B. Osborne
1887-1916
33
T.B. Osborne-Frank Putnam
1916-1967
34
Claude Rimington-Bert L. Vallee
1948-1958
35
F. Sorm-Bert L. Vallee
1958-1967
36
Bert L. Vallee
1965-1979
37-38
Vincent du Vigneaud
1935-1970
39-40
H.B. Vickery
1924-1962
41
George Wald
1935-1959
42
George Wald-E. Waldschmidt-Leitz
1925-1967
43
Otto Warburg-Richard Willstatter
1922-1926
44
Helmut Zahn
1955-1967
45-46
CIBA Laboratories
1946-1958
47
CIBA Laboratories-Carlsberg Institute
1905-1961
48-49
Carlsberg Institute
1926-1952

Papers by Organizations, A-ZReturn to Top

This series contains papers of organizations in alphabetical order.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
50-52
Carlsberg Institute
1938-1987
53
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Uppsala, Sweden
1938-1957
54
Institute of Biochemistry, University of Uppsala, Sweden-Metabolic Laboratory, University of Utah
1947-1975
55
International Wool Textile Research Conference
1955

Academic Papers, A-ZReturn to Top

This series contains unbound papers of contemporary biochemists.

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
56
Roger Acher, Mickael Brown, Harris Busch, Carl Cori
1943-1984
57
Gerald Edelman, Alexander Glazer, Frank Gurd
1962-1985
58
Pierra Jolles
1962-1986
59
Henry Lardy, Frank Lipmann, Kazuyuki Morihara
1941-1970
60
Kazuyuki Morihara, Peter Reichard, Michael Sela
1962-1986
61
Michael Sela
1970-1975
62
Michael Sela, Esmond Snell, Wendell Stanley, Ferenc Straub
1936-1984
63
Ferenc Straub, Richard Synge, Hugo Theorell, Charles Yanofsky
1939-1967
64
Charles Yanofsky
1968-1986

Articles by Emil SmithReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
65
Journal of Biological Chemistry
Boxes 65- contain articles of Emil Smith.
1941-1958
66
Journal of Biological Chemistry
1958-1980
67-68
Articles in Alphabetical Order by Journal
69
Articles by Subject
70
Miscellaneous

General MaterialsReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Box
71-74
Bound Papers of Contemporary Biochemists
75-85
Unbound Papers of Contemporary Biochemists (Reprints)
86
Subject Papers
87-91
Correspondence
92-93
Miscellaneous
94-100
Correspondence
Folder
101 1-2
Glutamate Dehydrogenase Reprints
101 3
Glutamate Dehydrogenase
101 4
Hemoproteins
101 5
Salganik, "Some Patterns of Genetic Induction of Protein Synthesis in Animal Cells"
101 6
Articles by Others
101 7
Biographies
Carton
102
"A" Miscellaneous to Goldstone
103
"H" Miscellaneous to National Science Foundation
104
Ovchinnokova to Tsuru
105
United Nations to Zabin
Box Folder
106 1
R.H.A. Plummer, "History of the Biochemical Society, 1911-1949"
106 2
The Royal Society at Carlton House Terrace London and its New House Opening
106 3
Franz Knoop, Assorted Papers
106 4
Konrad Bloch, Collected Papers Volume 1
1948-1952

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Biochemistry

Form or Genre Terms

  • Articles
  • Reprints