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4337
Whiteley, Helen Riaboff, 1921-
Helen R. Whiteley papers
1937-1992
30.92 cubic feet (31 containers)
Collection materials are inEnglish.
Personal and professional papers of a woman microbiology professor
Microbiologist, b. 1921, d. 1990. Dr. Whiteley received her Ph.D from the University of Washington in 1951. She was a Research Associate and Research Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington from 1953 to 1965 and a professor of Microbiology from 1965 until her death in 1990. She was active in the American Society for Microbiology and chaired its Publications Board from 1980 to 1990. Her research focused on control of viral transcription in Bacillus subtilis phages, properties of RNA polymerases, and on cloning and expression of the crystalline protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis.
Organized into 3 accessions.
- Accession No. 4337-001, Helen R. Whiteley Papers, 1961-1992
- Accession No. 4337-003, Helen R. Whiteley Papers, 1947-1988
- Accession No. 4337-004, Helen R. Whiteley Papers, 1937-1990
General Correspondence, Personal Correspondence, correspondence of family members, Scrapbooks and personal mementos, research notebooks, committee work, writings, consulting files, grant files, curriculum files, photographs
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Whiteley, Helen Riaboff, 1921---Archives
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Accession No. 4337-001: Helen R. Whiteley Papers, 1961-1992
6.84 cu. ft. (8 boxes)
Scope and Content:
Correspondence, minutes, reports, grant files, photographs, curriculum files, writings, memorial brochures; 1961-1992.
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Restrictions on Access:
Access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact repository for details.
Acquisition Info:
Arthur Whiteley, 10/22/92
Accession No. 4337-003: Helen R. Whiteley Papers, 1947-1988
4.84 cubic feet (7 boxes and one oversize folder)
Scope and Content:
Research files, reprints, photographs, correspondence, consulting files
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users, but access to portions of the papers restricted. Contact Special Collections for details.
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4337-003
Papers, Publications
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Papers, Publications
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Publications, Abstracts, Purines Work
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4337-003
Publications, Papers
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4337-003
Slides, Charts
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Publications, CV
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CETUS Materials
8
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Pictures, Clippings, Charts / Blueprints
Accession No. 4337-004: Helen R. Whiteley Papers, 1937-1990
4.84 cubic feet (15 boxes)
Scope and Content:
General Correspondence, Personal Correspondence, correspondence of family members, Scrapbooks and personal mementos, research notebooks, committee work, writings; Includes Bacillus Thuringiensis Work, patent work and files created as Vice-President, President and 10 years of service as Chairman of the Publications Board of the American Society for Microbiology.
Restrictions on Access:
Open to all users
Acquisition Info:
This accession is a merger of accession #4337-002 (Donated by Arthur Whitely on 8/8/2013) and new incoming material (Donated by Arthur Whiteley on 8/20/2013)
The new material was separated from Arthur Whiteley papers when they were accessioned.
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General Correspondence
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4337-004
Correspondence with Jim Kellogg
Kellogg, Dimitri Alexander
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Correspondence addressed Helen's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Riaboff
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4337-004
Personal Papers
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4337-004
Scrapbook, Ephemera, Undergraduate Diploma
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4337-004
Lab Notebooks
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Lab Notebooks
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Committee Notes
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Committee Notes
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Committee Notes
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Writings
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Bacillus Thuringiensis Work
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Patent Work
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American Society for Microbiology--1975-1976
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Lecture notes--Microbiology 510--1961-1968