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Finding Aid for the William J. Dreyer Papers 1955-2006
10247-MS  
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Series 1. Companies and consulting ca 1970-2000

Physical Description: 9 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Files are roughly sorted and many are undated.

Arrangement

Files arranged in alphabetical order by company, with exception of subseries 2.
 

Subseries 1. Companies ca. 1970-2000

Physical Description: 7 boxes

Arrangement

Alphabetical order by company.

Scope and Content Note

Files are roughly sorted and many are undated.
Box 1

Companies A-Ca ca. 1970-2000

Box 2

Companies Ca-D ca. 1970-2000

Box 3

Companies E-G ca. 1970-2000

Box 4

Companies H-Hy ca. 1970-2000

Box 5

Companies Hy-I ca. 1970-2000

Box 6

Companies I-N ca. 1970-2000

Box 7

Companies O-Z ca. 1970-2000

 

Subseries 2. Research data, Cary Instruments 1970-1972

Physical Description: 2 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Contains unfoldered data notebooks and some files, along with data on multiple rolls of graph paper.
Box 8

Data notebooks, Cary Instruments 1970-1972

Box 9

Data sheets, Cary Instruments ca. 1970

Physical Description: Rolls.
 

Series 2. Patents ca. 1970-2006

Physical Description: 10 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Files contain correspondence with patent lawyers and other patent specialists; general patent correspondence, including some of Janet Roman Dreyer; and patent documents of various types.

Arrangement

Varies according to subseries.
 

Subseries 1. Patent correspondence and documents ca. 1970-2000

Physical Description: 2 boxes

Arrangement

Alphabetical order by name.

Scope and Content Note

Predominantly correspondence with lawyers and patent experts.
Box 10

Patent correspondence and documents, A- H ca. 1970-2000

Box 11

Patents correspondence and documents, I-Z ca. 1970-2000

 

Subseries 2. Roland Hawes's files 1970s

Physical Description: 1 box

Arrangement

Labeled folders.

Scope and Content Note

Set of files apparently turned over to William Dreyer by Roland Hawes. Other material concerning Roland Hawes throughout collection.
Box 12

Roland Hawes's files 1970s

 

Subseries 3. Patent documents 1972-1990s

Physical Description: 4 boxes

Arrangement

Chronological order.

Scope and Content Note

First two boxes in chronological order, 1971-1990s. Second two boxes specifically concern "Red Bombs," fluorescent beads invented by William Dreyer for immunological reagent studies, 1972 through 1980s.
Box 13

Patent documents 1972-1976

Box 14

Patent documents 1976-1990s

Box 15

Red Bombs 1970s

Box 16

Red Bombs 1980s

 

Subseries 4. Patent correspondence 1970s-2006

Physical Description: 3 boxes

Arrangement

Chronological.

Scope and Content Note

Overlaps with other patent correspondence; contains some correspondence of Janet Roman Dreyer between 2001 and 2006.
Box 17

Patent correspondence 1970s-1998

Box 18

Patent correspondence 1999-2000

Box 19

Patent correspondence 2001-2006

Note

Includes correspondence of Janet Roman Dreyer
 

Series 3. Professional activities miscellany 1968-2003

Physical Description: 4 boxes

Scope and Content Note

First two boxes contain grant applications to both federal agencies and private foundations, beginning 1974. There is a small general correspondence section in rough chronological order (one file closed for privacy reasons). The remaining files relate to work done at Caltech and with JPL and include files on the Caltech Biology Division; the joint project on the clinical mass spectrometer for JPL; a few student-related files; incomplete files on teaching (especially developmental biology); manuscripts (especially the "Area Code" manuscript); miscellaneous notes; a few files on meetings and conferences.

Arrangement

Files by subject.
Box 20

Grants 1974-1979

Box 21

Grants 1976-1990s

Box 22

General correspondence; Caltech and JPL 1968-2003

Note

The box contains a closed file.
Box 23

Teaching lectures, meetings, manuscripts notes ca. 1970-2003

 

Series 4. Biographical

Physical Description: One-half box

Scope and Content Note

Includes CVs and biographies, publications and patents lists, articles about WIlliam J. Dreyer, other personal material.

Arrangement

Files by subject.
Box 24

Biographical ca. 1970-2003

 

Series 5. Reprints 1955-2000

Physical Description: 5 boxes

Scope and Content Note

Articles authored by William J. Dreyer and by Dreyer with co-authors. A few miscellaneous reprints authored by others.

Arrangement

Original folders and labeling preserved. Multiples discarded.
Box 25

Reprints 1955-1961

Box 26

Reprints 1962-1966

Box 27

Reprints 1967-1973

Box 28

Reprints 1974-1983

Box 29

Reprints 1984-2000

 

Series 6. Films and slides 1973-1976

Physical Description: 1 storage box

Scope and Content Note

3 reels of 7-inch and 24 reels of 3.5-inch film; small set of slides. Subject unknown.

Arrangement

Unsorted. Mostly boxed.
Box 30

Films and slides 1973-1976