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Letter from Rosalind Franklin to Mary L. Petermann, February 18, 1958

  • 1958-Feb-18

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Letter from Mary L. Petermann to Rosalind Franklin (1920-1958). Franklin mentions sending a short paper, which is no longer with the letter.

Mary L. Petermann (1908-1975) was an American biochemist who was the first to o isolate and describe ribosomes, originally called 'Petermann's Particles.' She was the first woman to be a full professor at Cornell University’s Graduate School of Medical Sciences. In 1963, she was awarded the Alfred P. Sloan Award for Cancer Research.

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  • Series V: Rosalind E. Franklin papers, 1934-1959
  • Sub-series 2: Correspondence, 1951-1958
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  • Box 7, Folder 32

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Franklin, Rosalind. “Letter from Rosalind Franklin to Mary L. Petermann, February 18, 1958,” February 18, 1958. History of Molecular Biology Collection, Box 7, Folder 32. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/8k19hm8.

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