The About Watson subseries contains a large amount of newspaper and magazine clippings related to Dr. Watson. The earliest date to the 1940s and were collected from local Chicago newspapers. The clippings document his entire scientific career,…
The Intact Magazines subseries consists of unclipped publications containing articles written by or about James D. Watson. It also contains articles about Watson
The Other Clippings subseries is a small collection of clippings unrelated to Watson. It mostly consists of scientific articles collected in the 1970s and 1980s. Topics include biotechnology, cancer, evolution, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Of…
The Courses subseries consists of course materials, such as lecture notes (many handwritten by Watson), exams, grades, syllabi, reference lists, and problem sets. Dr. Watson taught several courses while at Harvard, including Biochemistry, Biology,…
The Correspondence subseries consists of letters sent and received while employed as a professor at Harvard University. This includes both departmental (Biology Department and the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology), and administrative…
The Committee Files subseries contains materials related to committees Watson served on while at Harvard University, including the Committee on Higher Degrees in Biochemistry, the Committee on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and the Biochemistry…
The Lab Applicants subseries is composed of letters addressed to Watson by students seeking research positions in his laboratory. The files include numerous curricula vitae, as well as a smaller number of reprints.
The Miscellaneous subseries consist of various files collected by Watson while teaching at Harvard. These are primarily administrative files, such as expenditures, payroll information, academic schedules, Harvard publications and clippings. Of note…