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Emil L. Smith papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1008

Scope and Contents

The Emil L. Smith papers (1905-1994) contain correspondence, reports, minutes, reprints, collected papers of Konrad Bloch and Franz Knoop, and pamphlets. Cartons 102-105 contain office files, correspondence, journal articles, travel itineraries, and documents pertaining to faculty affairs at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). The material in this addendum covers the time Smith was a professor of Biological Chemistry at UCLA. Box 106 contains collected journal articles and booklets on the Royal Society. There is also information on the Royal Society and the Biochemical Society. Smith was a member of both societies.

Dates

  • 1897-1994

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Note

Dr. Smith was on the faculty of the University of Utah College of Medicine 1946-1963, then to UCLA where he was also on the faculty. He was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the first Utah faculty membrer so elected.

Extent

59 Linear Feet

Abstract

The Emil L. Smith papers (1905-1994) contain copies and reprints of scientific papers in biochemistry by Emil L. Smith and by other contemporary biochemists. Emil L. Smith was a biochemist at the University of Utah College of Medicine and UCLA.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Emil L. Smith in 1988.

Processing Information

Processed by Tony Pori in 1989.

Addendum processed by Luke Kelly in 2000.
Title
Inventory of the Emil L. Smith papers, 1897-1994
Author
Finding aid created by Tony Pori
Date
© 1989 (last modified: 2020)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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