Adrian M. Srb papers

Collection — Box: 8

Identifier: 21-28-3159

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Professional papers include correspondence with colleagues and students; class and course notes for general genetics and human genetics courses; research materials, including notes and charts relating to Neurospora; files relating to professional organizations, seminars, and conferences; files relating to activities at Cornell, particularly the creation of the Division of Biological Sciences; grant applications; and manuscripts for books.

Dates

[ca.1947-1997]

Creator

Srb, Adrian M. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Adrian Srb earned a bachelor's degree in English literature and a master's degree in agronomy from the University of Nebraska. He then earned a doctorate in biology in 1937 from Stanford University, where he taught until coming to Cornell in 1947 as an associate professor of plant breeding. He wrote numerous articles and papers on the genetics, physiology, and development of fungi, including the bread mold Neurospora and baker's yeast. At Cornell, he taught General Genetics, and authored the textbook General Genetics. He was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1941, and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1968. Born in 1917, Adrian Srb died in 1997.

Extent

7.3 cubic feet. (7.3 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

Abstract

Professional papers of Adrian M. Srb, geneticist and professor of plant breeding at Cornell.

SERIES LIST

<emph render="bold"> <ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s1">Series I. Correspondence</ref> </emph>: Box 1, Box 6
<emph render="bold"> <ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s2">Series II. Course Material</ref> </emph>: Box 2, folders 1-18
<emph render="bold"> <ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s3">Series III. Symposia, Seminars, Committee Material</ref> </emph>: Box 2, folders 19-42; Box 3, folders 1-24
<emph render="bold"> <ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s4">Series IV. Projects and Subject Files</ref> </emph>: Box 3, folders 25-41; Box 4, folders 1-20, Box 7
<emph render="bold"> <ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s5">Series V. Publications</ref> </emph>: Box 4, folders 21-37
<emph render="bold"> <ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s6">Series VI. Grant Material</ref> </emph>: Box 4, folders 38-44
<emph render="bold"> <ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s7">Series VII. Research Material</ref> </emph>: Box 4, folders 45-53 and Box 5
<emph render="bold"> <ref actuate="onrequest" show="replace" target="s8">Series VIII. Recommendations</ref> </emph>: Box 6

Physical Description

Correspondence, minutes, articles, records, lecture notes, exams, manuscripts, research material.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Date completed:: Jan. 2, 2002
EAD encoding:: J.M. Nicholas, July 2003
Date modified:: RMC Staff, October 2011