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Robley Cook Williams papers, circa 1932-1990.
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Robley Cook Williams papers, circa 1932-1990Creator/Contributor:
Williams, Robley Cook, 1908-, creatorAbstract:
Personal and professional correspondence arranged alphabetically (circa 1932-1985); professional files; files from WIlliam's
career at the University of Michigan; files from William's career at UC Berkeley; and some personalia. The UC Berkeley files
document William's work in the Virus Lab and the Department of Molecular Biology as well as his service on various campus
committees during the Free Speech Movement of the 1960s.
Study Committee on Campus Political Activities public hearing, October 13, 1964. Three 7 inch reel-to-reel tapes.
Date:
1932 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caWilliams, Robley Cook -- 1908- -- Archives
University of California, Berkeley. -- Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology.
University of California, Berkeley -- Faculty -- Political activity
Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.)
College teachers -- Political activity -- California -- Berkeley
Biophysics -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Molecular biology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
Electron microscopy
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COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDINGS RESTRICTED: Use copies available on compact disc and sound cassette.
Audio recordings (Phonotape 2920 B) also available on compact disc (BANC CD 496) and sound cassette (Phonotape 3674 C:1-3).
Robley Cook Williams papers, BANC MSS 73/7 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Robley Cook Williams (1908-1995) was a biophysicist, virologist, and one of the world's leading electron microscopists. He
left the University of Michigan in 1950 and came to the University of California, Berkeley, where he was a professor in the
Department of Virology and established himself as a leading advocate for the creation of biophysics as a distinct discipline
in research universities. He served as Associate Director of the Virus Laboratory from 1864 to 1869 and first chair of UC
Berkeley's Department of Molecular Biology. He was also the first President of the Biophysics Society between 1957 and 1959
and President of the Electron Microscopy Society of America in 1951. During the protest movements of the 1960s, WIlliams served
on the UC Berkeley Academic Council, the Committee on Campus Political Activity, and the emergency executive committee of
the Berkeley division of the Academic Senate.
In English.
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Faculty papers.Physical Description:
5 cartons, 1 box (6.65 linear feet)
Language:
English
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CaliforniaCopyright Note:
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDINGS RESTRICTED: Use copies available on compact disc and sound cassette.