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Identifier: R-MC 132

Abstract: This collection consists of correspondence related to Gerald N. Grob. The bulk of the correspondence covers Grob's career as a professor, author, editor and historian at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts and Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Most of the documents are typed or handwritten letters, including both originals and copies, as well as memoranda. Additional items include newspaper clippings, reports, telegrams, placards, application and contract forms,...
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Identifier: MC 1399

Abstract: The Jane Orttung Files on Yznaga del Valle comprise 2 cubic feet of materials (2 records center cartons and one oversize folder) and dates primarily from the 1970s and 1980s, although the collection includes a few items from earlier and later dates. Included are typed and handwritten letters to and from the Yznaga del Valle family that were transcribed into legible Spanish and then translated into English, mostly from the years 1855-60, as well as some from 1890. Also included are Jane...
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Identifier: R-MC 154

Abstract: Robert Adrain was a professor of mathematics at Rutgers College, Columbia College, and the University of Pennsylvania. The notebooks in this collection demonstrate his work method, general approach and drafts of his publications to journals such as Mathematical Diaries as well as several instances of personal record keeping. These papers start at the middle of his teaching career at Rutgers and tracks his time there as well as the University of Pennsylvania...
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Identifier: R-MC 003

Abstract: Selman A. Waksman, a Rutgers University professor of Microbiology, is best known for the discovery of streptomycin. His papers include materials related to his work as a microbiologist, publications by and about him, patent litigation and patent royalty files, which include litigation brought about by Albert Schatz regarding the discovery of streptomycin. They also include photographs, notebooks kept by his secretaries, and memorabilia commemorating his career and his contributions to...