Herbert Traut collection MSS.2022.56
Peggy Tran-Le
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
8/30/2022
530 Parnassus Ave
Room 524
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
libraryarchives@ucsf.edu
Note
Collection is unprocessed, but open for research.
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Herbert Traut collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2022.56
Physical Description:
.21 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1943-1975
Language of Material:
English
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Herbert Traut Collection, MSS 2020-56. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.
Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with
privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Restrictions are noted at the series level. This collection
will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to restricted files.
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or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collecton was transferred to the archives by UCSF's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in
2020.
Dr. Herbert F. Traut was the chair of UCSF's obstetrics and gynecology department. Dr. Traut helped to develop the Pap smear,
a test widely used to detect cancer of the cervix. The records, related to Dr. Traut, were found and transferred to the archives
by UCSF's department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in 2020.