Guide to the Arthur Kornberg Papers

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Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources. Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.

Stanford, California

1998

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Overview

Call Number: SC0359

Creator: Kornberg, Arthur, 1918-2007

Title: Arthur Kornberg papers

Dates: 1938-1987

Physical Description: 52 Linear feet

Language(s): The materials are in English.

Repository: Dept. of Special Collections & University Archives.

Stanford University. Libraries & Academic Information Resources.

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6064

Email: speccollref@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 725-1022

URL: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/spc/spc.html

Administrative Information

Provenance

Custodial History

Gift of Arthur Kornberg 1989

Information about Access

Search files and other personnel files are restricted.

Ownership & Copyright

Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives.

Cite As

[Identification of item], Arthur Kornberg Papers (SC0359). Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.

Biography

Biochemistry professor at Stanford University since 1959, Kornberg's work focused on enzymatic studies of DNA replication. Kornberg was Chief of Enzymes and Metabolics at the National Institute of Health from 1947 to 1953, Chief of the Department of Microbiology at the Washington University School of Medicine from 1953 to 1959, and Chairman of Stanford's Department of Biochemistry from 1959 to 1969. In 1959, Kornberg received a Nobel Prize in medicine and physiology for pioneering the synthesis of DNA in the laboratory.

Scope and Content

Collection documents Kornberg's work concerning the synthesis of DNA in the laboratory, as well as the synthetic pathways of nucleotides, and includes correspondence, 1947 to 1982; research lab notebooks, 1947 to 1969 (which include those studies for which he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1959); coursework, lectures, and seminars; Stanford University Departmental records; records concerning professional organizations; and reprints, glass research slides, and audiotapes.

Access Terms

Stanford University. School of Medicine. Dept. of Biochemistry--Faculty.

DNA--Synthesis.

Nobel Prize winners

Nobel prize--Stanford faculty--biochemistry

Collection Contents

Series 1 Correspondence 1947-1987

Stanford Correspondence 1957-1975

Box 31, Folder 8

Stanford Correspondence 1957

Box 31, Folder 7

Stanford Correspondence 1958

Box 31, Folder 9

Stanford Correspondence July-Dec. 1958

Box 31, Folder 3

Stanford Correspondence A-Co 1961

Box 31, Folder 4

Stanford Correspondence Co-Me 1961

Box 31, Folder 5

Stanford Correspondence Me-R 1961

Box 31, Folder 6

Stanford Correspondence Sa-Y 1961

Box 31, Folder 15

Stanford Correspondence 1961-1966

Box 26, Folder 13

Stanford Correspondence 1967-1968

Box 28, Folder 8

Stanford Correspondence 1969-1972

Box 30, Folder 2-4

Stanford Correspondence: Medical Search Committee 1972-1975

Box 30, Folder 8

Library Correspondence 1958-1964

Box 31, Folder 14

Library Correspondence 1960-1961

General Correspondence 1947-1987

Box 15, Folder 11-18

Correspondence 1947-1951

Box 16, Folder 1-2

Correspondence 1951-1952

Box 24, Folder 1

Correspondence 1953

Box 25, Folder 5

Correspondence 1953

Box 24, Folder 2

Correspondence 1954

Box 24, Folder 3

Correspondence 1955

Box 24, Folder 4

Correspondence 1956

Box 24, Folder 5

Correspondence 1957

Box 24, Folder 6

Correspondence 1958

Box 25, Folder 1

Correspondence 1959

Box 23, Folder 10

Correspondence 1959

Box 29, Folder 1

Correspondence A-K 1959

Box 29, Folder 2

Correspondence L-Z 1959

Box 25, Folder 2

Correspondence A-F 1960

Box 25, Folder 3

Correspondence G-N 1960

Box 25, Folder 4

Correspondence O-Z 1960

Box 32, Folder 1

Correspondence 1962

Box 32, Folder 2

Correspondence 1963

Box 32, Folder 3

Correspondence 1964

Box 32, Folder 4

Correspondence A-L 1965

Box 32, Folder 5

Correspondence M-Z 1965

Box 32, Folder 9

Correspondence A-J 1966

Box 26, Folder 1

Correspondence K-Z 1966

Box 26, Folder 2

Correspondence A-L 1967

Box 26, Folder 3

Correspondence M-Z 1967

Box 26, Folder 14

Correspondence A-C 1968

Box 26, Folder 15

Correspondence D-K 1968

Box 26, Folder 16

Correspondence L-R 1968

Box 26, Folder 17

Correspondence S-Z 1968

Box 27, Folder 1

Correspondence A-B 1969

Box 27, Folder 2

Correspondence C-D 1969

Box 27, Folder 3

Correspondence E-K 1969

Box 27, Folder 4

Correspondence L-P 1969

Box 27, Folder 5

Correspondence R-Z 1969

Box 29, Folder 8

Correspondence 1970

Box 27, Folder 6

Correspondence A-E 1970

Box 27, Folder 7

Correspondence F-J 1970

Box 27, Folder 8

Correspondence K-O 1970

Box 27, Folder 9

Correspondence P-Z 1970

Box 28, Folder 1

Correspondence A-F 1971

Box 28, Folder 2

Correspondence G-H 1971

Box 28, Folder 3

Correspondence I-M 1971

Box 28, Folder 4

Correspondence N-Z 1971

Box 28, Folder 9

Correspondence A-F 1972

Box 29, Folder 3

Correspondence G-M 1972

Box 28, Folder 10

Correspondence N-Z 1972

Box 29, Folder 4

Correspondence A-F 1973

Box 29, Folder 5

Correspondence G-M 1973

Box 29, Folder 6

Correspondence N-Z 1973

Box 12, Folder 5

Correspondence A-F 1974

Box 12, Folder 6

Correspondence G-P 1974

Box 12, Folder 7

Correspondence Q-Z 1974

Box 12, Folder 8

Correspondence A-H 1975

Box 12, Folder 9

Correspondence I-R 1975

Box 13, Folder 1

Correspondence S-Z 1975

Box 13, Folder 2

Correspondence A-B 1976

Box 13, Folder 3

Correspondence C-I 1976

Box 13, Folder 4

Correspondence J-Q 1976

Box 13, Folder 5

Correspondence R-Z 1976

Box 13, Folder 6

Correspondence A-G 1977

Box 11, Folder 1

Correspondence F-K 1977

Box 11, Folder 2

Correspondence L-Q 1977

Box 11, Folder 3

Correspondence R-XYZ 1977

Box 11, Folder 4

Correspondence A-E 1978

Box 11, Folder 5

Correspondence F-K 1978

Box 11, Folder 6

Correspondence L-Q 1978

Box 11, Folder 7

Correspondence R-Z 1978

Box 11, Folder 8

Correspondence A-H 1979

Box 11, Folder 9

Correspondence I-Z 1979

Box 12, Folder 1

Correspondence A-C 1980-1981

Box 12, Folder 2

Correspondence D-I 1980-1981

Box 12, Folder 3

Correspondence J-P 1980-1981

Box 12, Folder 4

Correspondence Q-S 1980-1981

Box 6, Folder 4

Correspondence T-Z 1980-1981

Box 6, Folder 5

Correspondence A-G 1982

Box 6, Folder 6

Correspondence H-Q 1982

Box 6, Folder 7

Correspondence R-Z 1982

Box 6, Folder 8

Correspondence A-E 1983-1984

Box 6, Folder 9

Correspondence F-J 1983-1984

Box 7, Folder 1

Correspondence K-R 1983-1984

Box 7, Folder 2

Correspondence S-Z 1983-1984

Box 7, Folder 3

Correspondence A-G 1985-1986

Box 7, Folder 4

Correspondence H-N 1985-1986

Box 7, Folder 5

Correspondence O-Z 1985-1986

Box 10, Folder 1

Correspondence A-D 1987

Box 10, Folder 2

Correspondence E-M 1987

Box 10, Folder 3

Correspondence N-Z 1987

Box 2, Folder 14

Benno C. Schmidt, correspondence and papers 1974-82

Box 18, Folder 13

Bellagio Study and Conference Center, correspondence 1975

Box 26, Folder 10

American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, Correspondence 1967-1969

Box 26, Folder 11

Student Reports, DNA, Correspondence 1961-1969

Box 26, Folder 12

Whiting file, Correspondence 1964-1965

Box 26, Folder 4-8

Special Subjects Correspondence 1967

Box 26, Folder 9

Journal of Biological Chemistry, Correspondence with 1953-1962

Box 28, Folder 5

Japan April 1971

Box 28, Folder 6

Germany/Israel Trip Oct.-Nov. 1971

Box 28, Folder 7

Irvine Oct. 1971

Box 29, Folder 7

Guggenheim Foundation 1968-1972

Box 30, Folder 1

Correspondence, Prism magazine, Genetic disease and the Support of Science 1973,

Box 30, Folder 11

Academic Press, correspondence re: publication of manuscript, included, "Bacterial DNA Polymerases," 1973

Box 31, Folder 10

Correspondence, Cranks 1959

Box 31, Folder 11

Correspondence re: Nobel Lecture 1959-1960

Box 31, Folder 12

Correspondence, Sweden 1959-1960

Box 31, Folder 13

Correspondence, Political 1961-1964

Box 32, Folder 6

Correspondence re: remodeling 1965-1966

Box 32, Folder 7

Correspondence MA General Hospital Advisor's Committee 1965-1966

Box 32, Folder 8

ASBC President, Correspondence 1965-1966

Series 2 Research and laboratory notebooks 1938-1970

Box 7, Folder 6

Pricer Methods

Box 7, Folder 7

Ion Exchange [Dataleaflets/Graphs]

Box 7, Folder 8

Spectra [Research Notes]

Box 15, Folder 1-10

Medical student notes 1938-41

Box 16, Folder 9

Lab Notebooks: Berkley Brookhaven Boulder 1951; 1955; 1958

Box 16, Folder 10

Lab Notebooks: Pacific Grove 1953

Box 16, Folder 11-17

Lab Notebooks: SK 1953-[1957]

Box 17, Folder 1

Lab Notebooks: SK Polymerase I & II 1958; 1958-1959

Box 17, Folder 2

Lab Notebooks: Johnson Polymerase 1961 Dec. - 1962 Apr.

Box 17, Folder 3

Lab Notebooks: SK 1978

Box 17, Folder 4-5

Lab Notebooks: New England Enzyme Center: Enzyme Preparations and Fermentations

Box 17, Folder 6

Lab Notebooks: PRPP Book 1 [Vancouver] Jan-Feb 1957

Box 17, Folder 7

Lab Notebooks: PRPP Book 2 [Vancouver II] Feb 7-Feb 16, 1957

Box 19, Folder

Lab Notebooks: NYU (v. 1-17) 1947-1951

Box 20, Folder

Lab Notebooks: NYU (v. 18-21) 1951-1953

Box 20, Folder

Lab Notebooks: (v. 22-33) 1954-1958

Box 21, Folder

Lab Notebooks: (v. 34-49) 1958-1967

Box 22, Folder

Lab Notebooks: (v. 51-65) 1963-1969

Box 23, Folder 1

Lab Notebooks: (v. 66-67) 1969

Box 17, Folder 8

Lab Notebooks: Radding 1959-1961

Box 17, Folder 9

Lab Notebooks: Zimmerman 1958-1961

Box 17, Folder 10

Lab Notebooks: Aposnian 1959-1962

Box 17, Folder 11

Lab Notebooks: Frautner

Box 17, Folder 12

Lab Notebooks: Swartz 1960-1961

Box 23, Folder 2

Lab Notebooks: Bertsch Em 1969-1970

Box 23, Folder 3

Lab Notebooks: Atkinson 1968

Box 23, Folder 4

Lab Notebooks: Cozzarelli 1968

Box 23, Folder 5

Lab Notebooks: Wehrli, Jackson, Albettson (1962 and 1964)

Box 23, Folder 6

Lab Notebooks: Okazaki 1962-1963

Box 23, Folder 7

Lab Notebooks: Okazaki (n.d.)

Box 23, Folder 8

Lab Notebooks: Nussbaum 1961-1963

Box 23, Folder 9

Lab Notebooks: Reichard/Levy/Richardson (n.d.)

Series 3 Lectures and Seminars 1949-1987

Box 1, Folder 21-32

Lectures 1966-1973

Box 2, Folder 3-9

Lectures 1974-1977

Box 3, Folder 16-43

Lectures (off campus) 1972-1974

Box 4

Lectures (off campus) 1975-1981

Box 9, Folder 1-56

Lectures/Symposia 1982-1987

Box 7, Folder 9

Seminars 1949

Box 7, Folder 10

Seminars 1950

Box 7, Folder 11

Seminars 1951

Box 8, Folder 1

Seminars 1952-1954

Box 8, Folder 2

Seminars 1955-1958

Box 8, Folder 3

Seminars 1959-1960

Box 30, Folder 6

Seminars correspondence 1970-1971,

Box 30, Folder 7

Seminars correspondence 1972-1976,

Box 17, Folder 13

Seminars 1980

Box 17, Folder 14

Seminars 1981

Box 17, Folder 15

Seminars 1982

Box 16, Folder 8

Talks 1948-1957

Box 18, Folder 1-11

Talks 1959-1980

Box 30, Folder 5

Talks 1971

Box 16, Folder 6

Lipkins course 1954

Box 16, Folder 7

St. Louis microbiology lectures 1956

Box 18, Folder 12

Enzyme substrate complex (seminar)

Box 18, Folder 14-35

Series of speaking engagements 1960s-1970s

Series 4 Professional Files 1947-1987

Box 1, Folder 5-6

Papers submitted for publication 1967

Box 2, Folder 1-2

Correspondence re: publishing book [DNA Synthesis] 1972-79

Box 2, Folder 10

Book reviews

Box 2, Folder 11

Weizmann Institute 1971-1980

Box 2, Folder 12-13

Senate and House Hearings 1968-1973

Box 2, Folder 15-19

Research support 1972-1977

Box 3, Folder 1

Research support 1978-83

Box 3, Folder 2

Genetic Engineering 1976

Box 3, Folder 4

Genetic Engineering 1978

Box 3, Folder 3

Genetic Engineering 1977

Box 3, Folder 5

Senator Kennedy letter [re biomedical research and federal funding] 1978

Box 3, Folder 9

Weizmann Leadership Conference, Los Angeles June 1981

Box 3, Folder 10

California Medical Association, Anaheim meeting 1981

Box 3, Folder 11

Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies - Biomedical Workshop 1981

Box 3, Folder 12

ARK Symposium March 1982

Box 3, Folder 13

National Science Foundation Research Proposal (Membranes in DNA Replications and the Viral Life Cycle) 1978

Box 3, Folder 15

Aging Grant (DNA Transactions and Aging) 1980-83

Box 9, Folder 57-60

Grants: NSF, NIH 1978-1983, 1982-1987

Box 10, Folder 4-20

Professional organizations, misc. files

Box 13, Folder 7-26

Reports, lectures, trips, plans, preparations 1953-67

Box 15, Folder 19-22

Miscellaneous research files

Box 16, Folder 5

Publications 1947-52

Box 25, Folder 7

Wiesmeyer, Herbert, "The Characterization of the Maltose Permease and Amylomaltose of E. Coli," Ph.D. Thesis Washington University 1959,

Box 26, Folder 18

National Academy of Sciences 1968-1969

Box 29, Folder 10

California State Board of Education-Evolution vs. Creation 1972

Box 29, Folder 11

National Academy of Sciences

Box 29, Folder 12

National Academy of Sciences Editorial Board 1966

Box 29, Folder 13

National Academy of Sciences Editorial Board 1965

Box 29, Folder 14

New England Enzyme Center, NIH Panels, reviews, etc.

Box 30, Folder 12

Notebook of Kornberg's reports "Enzymatic Synthesis of DNA"

Series 5 Class Materials 1953-1968

Box 8, Folder 4

Micro-Biology Syllabus 1953

Box 8, Folder 5

Micro-Biology Syllabus 1955

Box 8, Folder 6

Micro-Biology Syllabus 1956

Box 8, Folder 7

Micro-Biology Syllabus 1957

Box 8, Folder 8

Micro-Biology Syllabus 1958

Box 8, Folder 9

Biochemistry 101-102 1959-1960

Box 8, Folder 10

Biochemistry 101-102 1961

Box 8, Folder 11

Biochemistry 101-102 1962

Box 31, Folder 1

Biochemistry 101-102 (examinations and review questions) 1960-1964

Box 14, Folder 1-4

Biochemistry 101-102 1963-1968

Box 1, Folder 7

Biochemistry 103 1966

Box 1, Folder 8

Biochemistry 103 1968

Box 1, Folder 9

General chemistry workshop 1968

Box 1, Folder 10

Biology 10-113 1968

Series 6 Stanford Administrative and Departmental records 1961-1986

Box 3, Folder 6

Industrial Affiliates Program (Bio Chemistry Dept.) 1980-84

Box 3, Folder 8

Anniversary Scientific Symposia 1980

Box 3, Folder 14

Roof Project: expansion of biochemistry building 1980

Box 25, Folder 6

Executive Committee minutes 1961-62

Box 29, Folder 9

Budget Cuts 1973

Box 1, Folder 1-4

Biochemistry dept. minutes 1966-1970

Box 5

Biochemistry dept. records (faculty minutes) 1971-1983

Box 6, Folder 1-3

Biochemistry dept. records (faculty minutes) 1984-1986

Box 30, Folder 9

Binder re Department Responsibilities 1969-71

Box 30, Folder 10

Executive Committee: minutes, agenda, reports 1969

Box 1, Folder 11

Student unrest 1968-69

Box 1, Folder 12

Student unrest 1969

Box 1, Folder 13-20

Stanford administrative files 1968-71

Series 7 Personal and Miscellaneous Papers 1947-1979

Box 14, Folder 5-11

Newspaper clippings 1967

Box 23, Folder 11

Newspaper clippings, publicity 1979

Box 16, Folder 3

Insurance 1947-52

Box 16, Folder 4

Personal 1947-52

Box 33, Folder 1-7

Miscellaneous papers

Series 8 Audio-Visual Materials 1971 and undated

Box 34-35

Slides: illustrations for lectures

Box 36

36.1 Kornberg, Arthur: Membrane structure 1971 Feb 22

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 36

36.2 Roseman, T.J.: Membrane function in permeation Feb. 23, 1971

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

Box 36

36.3-36.5 Kornberg, Arthur: Cell envelopes Feb. 24-26, 1971

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Kornberg: Cell envelopes,, Feb. 24-26, 1971

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Kornberg: Cell envelopes,, Feb. 24-26, 1971

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Kornberg: Cell envelopes,, Feb. 24-26, 1971

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Physical Description: 3 audiocassette(s)

Box 36

36.6-36.7 Bloch: Steroid structure and synthesis 1971 Mar 2-3

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Physical Description: 2 audiocassette(s)

Box 36

36.8 Kornberg, Arthur: Opening address, Cold Spring Harbor 1978

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Physical Description: 1 audiocassette(s)

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