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Finding Aid to the Marian E. Koshland Papers, 1950-1995
BANC MSS 99/326
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Collection Title: Marian E. Koshland papers
Date (inclusive): 1950-1995
Collection Number: BANC MSS 99/326
Creator:
Koshland, Marian Elliot
Extent:
2 cartons
Linear feet: 2.5
Repository: The Bancroft Library.
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
Phone: (510) 642-6481
Fax: (510) 642-7589
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
URL: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/
Abstract: The papers of Marian E. Koshland document Koshland's professional life. Papers contain correspondence and edits to published
journal papers and some research, research methods and notes from lectures.
Languages Represented: Collection materials are in English
Physical Location: Many of the Bancroft Library collections are stored offsite and advance notice may be required for use. For current information
on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Access Information
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Marian E. Koshland Papers, BANC MSS 99/326, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog
Koshland, Marian Elliott--Archives
University of California, Berkeley--Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology
Immunologists--California--Berkeley
Immunology--Research--California--Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley--Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology--Faculty
University of California, Berkeley--Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology--Students
Faculty papers
Manuscripts (for publication)
The Marian E. Koshland papers were given to The Bancroft Library by Daniel Koshland Jr. on July 7, 1998.
Processed by Jae Mauthe in 2012.
Biography/Organization History
Marian E. Koshland (1921-1997) graduated from Vassar in 1942, going on to earn her doctorate in immunology from University
of Chicago in 1949. In 1945 Koshland worked as a researcher on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In 1949 Koshland
moved to Boston for a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Bacteriology at Harvard Medical School. In 1951 Koshland
worked as a bacteriologist at Brookhaven National Labrotory before moving to Berkeley in 1965. Koshland was a researcher and
lecturer at University of California, Berkeley until 1970 when she joined the UC Berkeley faculty. She was the president of
the American Association of Immunologists (1982-1983 ) and served as the chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
from 1982 to 1989. She was head of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology Graduate Affairs Division at UC Berkeley at
the time of her death in 1997.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Marian E. Koshland document Koshland's professional life. Papers contain correspondence and edits to published
journal papers and some research, research methods and notes from lectures.