Description
Reference code
Name and location of repository
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Collection
Title
Berg, Paul, Vertical File
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Extent
0.02 Linear Feet
Name of creator
Biographical history
Paul Berg is an American biochemist and professor emeritus at Stanford University. After completing his PhD in biochemistry at Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve) University in Cleveland in 1952, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Cytophysiology in Copenhagen and spent a year conducting further research with Arthur Kornberg at Washington University in St. Louis. He served as an assistant professor of microbiology at Washington University from 1955 until 1959, when he accepted a position at Stanford University. Berg was awarded half of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant DNA."
Scope and content
System of arrangement
Conditions governing access
The Vertical File Collection is open and accessible for research.
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Users of the collection should read and abide by the Rights and Permissions guidelines at the Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives.
Users of the collection who wish to cite items from this collection, in whole or in part, in any form of publication must request, sign, and return a Statement of Use form to the Archives.
For detailed information regarding use of this collection, contact the Archives and Rare Book Department of the Becker Library (arb@wusm.wustl.edu).
Preferred Citation:
Item description, Reference Code, Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives, Washington University in St. Louis.
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
- Latin
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Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
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Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
See also Dept. of Microbiology files; See also Nobel Prize Winners files.
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Rules or conventions
"Describing Archives: A Content Standard, Second Edition (DACS), 2013."
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Archivist's note
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