Finding Aids to Archival Collections

The Organizations File highlights Blackburn's contributions as a member, adviser, and leader of scientific organizations and medical advisory boards. The majority of the files relate to her activities with the American Society for Cell Biology (she served as president in 1998), her work with a variety of editorial boards for scientific journals, and as a member of the President's Council on Bioethics from 2002 to 2004. Included in this series are files relating to Blackburn's dismissal from the Bioethics Council because of her support of stem cell research which differed from the position of the administration of President George W. Bush. Also reflected in the Organizations File are Blackburn's activities as an adviser to a number of groups and institutions, particularly those engaging in cancer research, and her endeavors as a participant of committees and groups affiliated with the University of California at San Francisco.


File types include correspondence, memoranda, email, minutes of meetings, reports, newsletters, proposals, statements, lists, digital files, printed matter, and other material.