Administrative File, 1971-2015
Conditions Governing Access
The papers of Elizabeth H. Blackburn are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Scope and Content Note
The Administrative File includes an array of files relating to Blackburn's administrative activities while a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and as a professor and department chair at the University of California at San Francisco. The majority of the files pertain to Blackburn's grants needed to fund her research on telomeres, telomerase, and breast cancer. The bulk of the University of California at San Francisco files pertain to the university's cancer center and document the campus move to Mission Bay. Also present are digital files documenting Blackburn's awards, including the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2009, media and oral history interviews, and her endeavors as a professor and department chair.
Material types include correspondence, memoranda, biographical material, calendars and schedules, patents, artwork for articles and presentations, certificates, programs, business cards, photographs, negatives, digital files, clippings, and printed matter.
Dates
- Creation: 1971-2015
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Elizabeth H. Blackburn are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by name of institution, topic, or type of material and therein alphabetically or chronologically. The file structure of the digital content maintained as received.
Container Range
Box: 316-357
Part of the Manuscript Division Repository
Manuscript Reading Room
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