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Leonard B. Kirschner Papers, 1951-1993

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Kirschner, Leonard B.
Title
Leonard B. Kirschner Papers
Dates
1951-1993 (inclusive)
Quantity
8 containers., (9 linear feet of shelf space.)
Collection Number
Cage 659
Summary
Contains a wide variety of items, including Professor Kirschner's correspondence, working records, research data, lecture notes and publications.
Repository
Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Access Restrictions

This collection is open for research use.

Languages
English
Sponsor
Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Biographical Note

Professor Kirschner has an experience of more than forty years of teaching and research in the field of Biochemistry and physiology. He got his Ph.D. degree in Physiology from the University of Wisconsin in 1951, worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Copenhagen for two years. From 1953 on, he has worked in WSU as professor of physiology. He is well known in his field and has published very frequently (more than 70 articles and many chapters of textbooks). He has also given lectures at various universities in the United States as well as many European countries. He was the chairman of the Department of Zoology for some time, and served on various committees at other times. Professor Kirschner retired from WSU in 1993.

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Content Description

The papers consist Professor Kirschner's correspondence, working records, research data, lecture notes and publications.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item Description]. Cage 659, Leonard B. Kirschner Papers . Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The papers are divided into 10 series based roughly on the original themes: 1, Correspondence; 2, Reviews and Recommendations; 3, Racism (records of his work as chairman of the Human Relations Committee); 4, Visiting Lectures (Lectures given at WSU by visiting professors); 5, Committees (Various committees Professor Kirschner served on); 6, Invited Talks, Symposia (given or attended by Professor Kirschner); 7, Professional Societies; 8, Technical Personal; 9, Miscellaneous; 10, Lectures and Papers. Within each series, the files are arranged as much as possible in alphabetical order according to the file titles which are Professor Kirschner's original titles. Series 1 has three alphabetical orders: by names under Colleagues; by names alone; by topics.

Acquisition Information

The papers of Leonard Kirschner, Professor of Zoology at Washington State University, were donated to the university libraries in 1996 by Professor Kirschner (accession number MS96-21).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

Finding aid prepared by Baodi Zhou
2012

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