Inventory of the University Program in Genetics and Genomics Records, 1963-1993

Abstract

The University Program in Genetics and Genomics was founded in 1967 and serves as a primary training environment for students at Duke University interested in graduate Genetics and Genomics.

This collection includes memoranda, correspondence, publicity material, printed matter and other records.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: University Archives, Duke University
Creator: Duke University. University Program in Genetics and Genomics.
Title: University Program in Genetics and Genomics Records, 1963-1993
Language of Material: English
Extent: 1.0 Linear Feet, 1000 Items
Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

Collection Overview

This collection includes memoranda, correspondence, publicity material, printed matter and other records.

Administrative Information

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Access Restrictions

Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.

Also, all or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in Duke University's Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.

Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the University Archives to use this collection.

For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.

Use Restrictions

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Contents of the Collection

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Container List, 1963-1993

1.0 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

The interplay between Arts and Sciences and the Medical School in relation to the development of Genetics at Duke led to the establishment of the Biological Sciences Council.

Reports, correspondence and memoranda, 1963-1969

Box 1

Memoranda and CVs, 1968-1978

Box 1

Memoranda and other material, 1968-1978

Box 1

Printed Matter, 1979-1982

Box 1

Memoranda and flyers, 1979-1982

Box 1

Printed matter and memoranda, 1982

Box 1

Notices of the DU Program in Genetics, 1983-1985

Box 1

Publicity, memoranda, 1985-1987

Box 2

Printed matter, notices, memoranda, and miscellany, 1987-1993

Box 2

Historical Note

The Duke University Program in Genetics and Genomics serves as the primary training environment for students at Duke University interested in graduate Genetics and Genomics and has existed for the past 25 years as a forum for those interested in genetic and genomic approaches to questions of biological interest. The program was founded in 1967 and acts as an umbrella graduate training program that spans several basic science and clinical departments and bridges the medical center and the college of arts and sciences.