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Shifting Focus: Early Work on Bacterial Transformation, 1928-1940: Documents

[Oswald T. Avery]. 1937.
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Metadata Record Dawson, Martin H. "The Interconvertibility of 'R' and 'S' Forms of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 47, 4 (1 April 1928): 577-591. Article. 15 Images. pdf (1,319,056 Bytes) ocr (33,935 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 21, 1928. Excerpt. Official Report. 27 Images. 21 April 1928. pdf (2,477,297 Bytes) ocr (46,521 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 20, 1929. Excerpt. Official Report. 31 Images. 20 April 1929. pdf (2,876,879 Bytes) ocr (62,015 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., and Oswald T. Avery. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: I. The Synthesis of p-Aminophenol beta-Glucoside, p-Aminophenol beta-Galactoside, and Their Coupling with Serum Globulin." Journal of Experimental Medicine 50, 4 (October 1929): 521-531. Article. 11 Images. pdf (854,853 Bytes) ocr (24,501 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Walther F. Goebel. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: II. Immunological Specificity of Synthetic Sugar-Protein Antigens." Journal of Experimental Medicine 50, 4 (October 1929): 533-550. Article. 18 Images. pdf (1,383,311 Bytes) ocr (38,415 Bytes)
Metadata Record Tillett, William S., Oswald T. Avery, and Walther F. Goebel. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: III. Active and Passive Anaphylaxis with Synthetic Sugar-Proteins." Journal of Experimental Medicine 50, 5 (November 1929): 551-567. Article. 17 Images. pdf (1,210,823 Bytes) ocr (31,748 Bytes)
Metadata Record Griffith, Fred. "Serological Races of Pneumococci" [v..II]. Chapter 3 in A System of Bacteriology in Relation to Medicine. Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1929. Pp. 209, 213. Excerpt. Monograph. 2 Images. pdf (239,212 Bytes) ocr (6,723 Bytes)
Metadata Record Dawson, Martin H. "The Transformation of Pneumococcal Types: I. The Conversion of R Forms of Pneumococcus into S Forms of the Homologous Type [and] II. The Interconvertibility of Type-Specific S Pneumococci." Journal of Experimental Medicine 51, 1 (1 January 1930): 99-147. Article. 49 Images. pdf (3,930,495 Bytes) ocr (105,147 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 19, 1930. Excerpt. Official Report. 33 Images. 19 April 1930. pdf (2,895,574 Bytes) ocr (61,943 Bytes)
Metadata Record Dawson, Martin H., and Richard H. P. Sia. "The Transformation of Pneumococcal Types In Vitro." Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine 27, (1930): 989-990. Article. 3 Images. pdf (193,258 Bytes) ocr (4,526 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 25, 1931. Excerpt. Official Report. 49 Images. 25 April 1931. pdf (4,373,298 Bytes) ocr (77,649 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., and Oswald T. Avery. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: IV. The Synthesis of the p-Aminobenzyl Ether of the Soluble Specific Substance of Type III Pneumococcus and Its Coupling with Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 54, 3 (August 1931): 431-436. Article. 6 Images. pdf (511,064 Bytes) ocr (14,313 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., and Walther F. Goebel. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: V. The Immunological Specificity of an Antigen Prepared by Combining the Capsular Polysaccharide of Type III Pneumococcus with Foreign Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 54, 3 (August 1931): 437-447. Article. 11 Images. pdf (849,136 Bytes) ocr (23,137 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 30, 1931. Excerpt. Official Report. 10 Images. 30 October 1931. pdf (934,287 Bytes) ocr (18,322 Bytes)
Metadata Record Stephenson, Marjory. Letter from Marjory Stephenson to Walter Fletcher. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 8 November 1931. pdf (135,046 Bytes) ocr (3,208 Bytes)
Metadata Record Fletcher, Walter. Letter from Walter Fletcher to Marjory Stephenson. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 9 November 1931. pdf (84,302 Bytes) ocr (2,156 Bytes)
Metadata Record Alloway, J. Lionel. "The Transformation In Vitro of R Pneumococci into S Forms of Different Specific Types by the Use of Filtered Pneumococcus Extracts." Journal of Experimental Medicine 55, 1 (1 January 1932): 91-99. Article. 9 Images. pdf (711,828 Bytes) ocr (19,058 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 16, 1932. Excerpt. Official Report. 23 Images. 16 April 1932. pdf (2,122,829 Bytes) ocr (41,522 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., Frank H. Babers, and Oswald T. Avery. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: VI. The Synthesis of p-Aminophenol alpha-Glucoside and Its Coupling with Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 55, 5 (May 1932): 761-767. Article. 7 Images. pdf (530,375 Bytes) ocr (14,290 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T., Walther F. Goebel, and Frank H. Babers. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: VII. Immunological Specificity of Antigens Prepared by Combining alpha- and beta-Glucosides of Glucose with Proteins." Journal of Experimental Medicine 55, 5 (May 1932): 769-780. Article. 12 Images. pdf (990,662 Bytes) ocr (26,207 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 28, 1932. Excerpt. Official Report. 16 Images. 28 October 1932. pdf (1,522,288 Bytes) ocr (33,011 Bytes)
Metadata Record Alloway, J. Lionel. "Further Observations on the Use of Pneumococcus Extracts in Effecting Transformation of Type In Vitro." Journal of Experimental Medicine 57, 2 (1 February 1933): 265-278. Article. 14 Images. pdf (1,164,660 Bytes) ocr (31,159 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 22, 1933. Excerpt. Official Report. 34 Images. 22 April 1933. pdf (3,194,020 Bytes) ocr (66,320 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 27, 1933. Excerpt. Official Report. 6 Images. 27 October 1933. pdf (535,407 Bytes) ocr (11,467 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 21, 1934. Excerpt. Official Report. 8 Images. 21 April 1934. pdf (840,707 Bytes) ocr (15,393 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., Frank H. Babers, and Oswald T. Avery. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: VIII. The Influence of the Acetyl Group on the Specificity of Hexoside-Protein Antigens." Journal of Experimental Medicine 60, 1 (July 1934): 85-94. Article. 10 Images. pdf (754,887 Bytes) ocr (20,727 Bytes)
Metadata Record Goebel, Walther F., Oswald T. Avery, and Frank H. Babers. "Chemo-Immunological Studies on Conjugated Carbohydrate-Proteins: IX. The Specificity of Antigens Prepared by Combining the p-Aminophenol Glycosides of Disaccharides with Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 60, 5 (November 1934): 599-616. Article. 18 Images. pdf (1,439,044 Bytes) ocr (38,217 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 20, 1935. Excerpt. Official Report. 21 Images. 20 April 1935. pdf (2,085,952 Bytes) ocr (36,672 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 18, 1936. Excerpt. Official Report. 18 Images. 18 April 1936. pdf (1,597,685 Bytes) ocr (34,774 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 17, 1937. Excerpt. Official Report. 19 Images. 17 April 1937. pdf (1,948,986 Bytes) ocr (38,359 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Institute to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 29, 1937. Excerpt. Official Report. 8 Images. 29 October 1937. pdf (750,017 Bytes) ocr (16,615 Bytes)
Metadata Record Dunlop, S. J. C. "Experiments of the Result of Sterilizing Suspensions of Microbes After Dawson and Sia, in Connection With the Supposed Transformation of Pneumococci of a Certain Type Into Another Type." Acta Leidensia 12-13, ([1937-1938]): 132-140. Article. 9 Images. pdf (577,367 Bytes) ocr (15,267 Bytes)
Metadata Record Cole, Rufus. Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 30, 1938. Excerpt. Official Report. 22 Images. 30 April 1938. pdf (1,945,985 Bytes) ocr (46,856 Bytes)
Metadata Record Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Institute to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 28, 1938. Excerpt. Official Report. 4 Images. 28 October 1938. pdf (353,261 Bytes) ocr (8,402 Bytes)
Metadata Record Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 8, 1939. Excerpt. Official Report. 24 Images. 8 April 1939. pdf (2,193,664 Bytes) ocr (48,124 Bytes)
Metadata Record Rous, Peyton. "Conversation with Dr. Avery about separation of virus from antibody." Notes. 1 Image. 2 October 1939. pdf (67,999 Bytes) ocr (678 Bytes)
Metadata Record Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Institute to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 27, 1939. Excerpt. Official Report. 10 Images. 27 October 1939. pdf (867,702 Bytes) ocr (20,219 Bytes)
Metadata Record Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 13, 1940. Excerpt. Official Report. 27 Images. 13 April 1940. pdf (2,618,542 Bytes) ocr (60,620 Bytes)
Metadata Record Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Institute to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 25, 1940. Excerpt. Official Report. 5 Images. 25 October 1940. pdf (496,211 Bytes) ocr (10,080 Bytes)
Metadata Record Reed, G. B. "Problems in the Variation of Pathogenic Bacteria." The Genetics of Pathogenic Organisms, edited by Forest Ray Moulton. American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1940. Pp. 28-33. Excerpt. Monograph. 7 Images. pdf (770,540 Bytes) ocr (22,314 Bytes)
Metadata Record Abernethy, Theodore J., and Oswald T. Avery. "The Occurrence during Acute Infections of a Protein Not Normally Present in the Blood: I. Distribution of the Reactive Protein in Patients' Sera and the Effect of Calcium on the Flocculation Reaction with C Polysaccharide of Pneumococcus." Journal of Experimental Medicine 73, 2 (February 1941): 173-182. Article. 10 Images. pdf (983,550 Bytes) ocr (27,823 Bytes)
Metadata Record MacLeod, Colin M., and Oswald T. Avery. "The Occurrence during Acute Infections of a Protein Not Normally Present in the Blood: II. Isolation and Properties of the Reactive Protein." Journal of Experimental Medicine 73, 2 (February 1941): 183-190. Article. 8 Images. pdf (768,331 Bytes) ocr (21,877 Bytes)
Metadata Record MacLeod, Colin M., and Oswald T. Avery. "The Occurrence during Acute Infections of a Protein Not Normally Present in the Blood: III. Immunological Properties of the C-Reactive Protein and Its Differentiation from Normal Blood Proteins." Journal of Experimental Medicine 73, 2 (February 1941): 191-200. Article. 10 Images. pdf (911,926 Bytes) ocr (25,327 Bytes)
Metadata Record Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Hospital to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, April 19, 1941. Excerpt. Official Report. 28 Images. 19 April 1941. pdf (2,910,487 Bytes) ocr (59,259 Bytes)
Metadata Record "Obituary: Frederick Griffith." Lancet, (3 May 1941): 588. Article. Obituary. 1 Image. pdf (104,304 Bytes) ocr (3,836 Bytes)
Metadata Record Excerpt from Report of the Director of the Institute to the Corporation of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, October 31, 1941. Excerpt. Official Report. 8 Images. 31 October 1941. pdf (766,521 Bytes) ocr (16,249 Bytes)
Metadata Record Avery, Oswald T. "The Commonwealth of Science." Speech. 14 Images. December 1941. pdf (918,091 Bytes) ocr (15,889 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lederberg, Joshua. [Notes on the biological interpretation of Fred Griffith's finding]. American Scientist 44, 3 (1956): 268-269. Notes. 1 Image. pdf (62,306 Bytes) ocr (1,200 Bytes)
Metadata Record Coburn, Alvin F. Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 9 November 1965. pdf (154,563 Bytes) transcript of pdf
Metadata Record Coburn, Alvin F. Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg. Letter (correspondence). 2 Images. 19 November 1965. pdf (151,809 Bytes) ocr (3,912 Bytes)
Metadata Record Coburn, Alvin F. Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 20 April 1966. pdf (82,210 Bytes) ocr (2,498 Bytes)
Metadata Record Griffith, Fred. "The Significance of Pneumococcal Types." Journal of Hygiene 64, 2 (1966): 129-175. Article. 48 Images. pdf (5,132,306 Bytes) ocr (147,927 Bytes)
Metadata Record Geissler, Erhard. "Vom Transformierenden Prinzip zur 'Hi-Fi-DNS'." Wissenschaft und Fortschritt 12, (1969): 564-568. Article. 5 Images. pdf (1,118,313 Bytes) ocr (25,375 Bytes)
Metadata Record Pollock, Martin R. "The Discovery of DNA: An Ironic Tale of Chance, Prejudice and Insight." Journal of General Microbiology 63, (1970): 1-20. Article. Speech. 20 Images. pdf (2,528,886 Bytes) ocr (75,680 Bytes)
Metadata Record Coburn, Alvin F. Letter from Alvin F. Coburn to Joshua Lederberg. Letter (correspondence). 3 Images. 28 September 1972. pdf (346,632 Bytes) ocr (8,689 Bytes)
Metadata Record Olby, Robert C. Letter from Robert C. Olby to Joshua Lederberg. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 8 November 1972. pdf (64,199 Bytes) ocr (1,498 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lederberg, Joshua. Letter from Joshua Lederberg to Martin R. Pollock. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 20 November 1972. pdf (48,813 Bytes) ocr (1,068 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lederberg, Joshua. "Reply to Gunther Stent on Alleged 'Prematurity' of the Work of Avery, MacLeod and McCarty in 'Prematurity and Uniqueness in Scientific Discovery,' Scientific American, December 1972." Article. Draft. Letter (correspondence). 4 Images. [After December 1972]. pdf (413,200 Bytes) trs (11,694 Bytes)
Metadata Record Pollock, Martin R. Letter from Martin R. Pollock to Joshua Lederberg. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 8 January 1973. pdf (65,886 Bytes) ocr (1,827 Bytes)
Metadata Record White, Benjamin. "Pneumococcal Dissociation and Transformation." Chapter V in The Biology of Pneumococcus: The Bacterial, Biochemical, and Immunological Characters and Activities of Diplococcus Pneumoniae. Harvard University Press, 1979. Pp. 134-178. Excerpt. Monograph. 24 Images. pdf (3,459,848 Bytes) ocr (98,099 Bytes)
Metadata Record Dermott, Walsh. [Excerpt from "Colin Munro MacLeod, January 28, 1909 - February 11, 1972"]. National Academy of Sciences, Biographical Memoirs 54, (1983): 183-192. Article. Biography. Obituary. 12 Images. pdf (870,604 Bytes) ocr (20,455 Bytes)
Metadata Record Kohler, Robert E. [Excerpt from] "Innovation in Normal Science: Bacterial Physiology". Isis 76, (June 1985): 180. Article. Excerpt. 1 Image. pdf (100,733 Bytes) ocr (3,865 Bytes)
Metadata Record Bearn, Gordon C. F. "Avery, MacLeod, and McCarty: Revolutionaries or Puzzle-Solvers?" Essay. 50 Images. December 1985. pdf (3,809,296 Bytes) ocr (86,828 Bytes)
Metadata Record Lederberg, Joshua. [Review of "The Transforming Principle: Discovering That Genes Are Made of DNA" by Maclyn McCarty]. Journal of Genetics 64, 2 & 3 (December 1985): 173-175. Article. Review. 3 Images. pdf (267,245 Bytes) trs (7,961 Bytes)
Metadata Record McCarty, Maclyn. The Transforming Principle: Discovering that Genes Are Made of DNA. W. W. Norton, 1985. Biography. Monograph. 243 Images. pdf (19,801,802 Bytes) ocr (495,327 Bytes)
Metadata Record Brenner, Sydney. Letter from Sydney Brenner to Joshua Lederberg. Letter (correspondence). 1 Image. 5 March 1987. pdf (43,275 Bytes) ocr (807 Bytes)
Metadata Record Olby, Robert C. "Bacterial Transformation." Chapter 11 in The Path to the Double Helix: The Discovery of DNA. Dover Publications, 1994. Pp. 169-179. Excerpt. Monograph. 11 Images. pdf (1,084,102 Bytes) ocr (33,143 Bytes)
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