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| Packet | Container | Contents |
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| DR | Dark green plastic three-ring binder labeled "1980 photographs" | Photographs from 1980 |
| DS | Red cloth photo album, labeled "1946-50" | Photographs from 1946-1950 |
| DT | Red cloth photo album, spiral-bound, fading written label reads "1946-50" | Photographs from 1946-1950 |
| DU | Red cloth photo album, spiral-bound, faded writing on cover | Photographs from Cold Spring Harbor |
| DV | Red cloth photo album, written label on cover says "1956 CIBA and the Burn" | Photos taken at conferences at CIBA (London) and The Burn (Scotland) |
| DW | Red cloth photo album, written label on cover says "1958" | Photos from 1958 conference at Royaumont |
| DX | Brown cloth photo album, labeled "9/12/68" | Photos of people from laboratories at Stanford, many taken at 716 Alvarado Row |
| DY | (no package) | Esther Miriam Zimmer Bachelor's diploma, Hunter College, 1942 |
| DZ | (no package) | Esther {sic} Marilyn Zimmer Master of Science diploma, Stanford, 1946 |
| EA | (no package) | Esther Miriam Zimmer Lederberg PhD diploma, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1950 |
| EB | Black three-ring binder | Photographs of people playing music, people from the lab at the beach, researchers at 716 Alvarado Row, party for Masatoshi Enamoto, Sandor Salgo, Ellen Alexander family |
| EC | Dark green plastic photo album; tape label says "1969-70" | Photos of Mario Duchesne, party at 716 with colleagues, photos of Jim Crow, Walter Bodmer, Galen Bradley, etc. |
| ED | Maroon plastic photo album; tape labels on spine and front say "1972-73" | Photos of colleagues, including Bruce Stocker; relatives; Walter Bodmer |
| EE | White plastic binder with brown paper insert at front | Loose pages from a binder which had broken previously, containing photos of Stan Cohen's 60th birthday celebration at Silverado |
| EF | Manila envelope | Papers related to Esther's interest in Charles Dickens |
| EG | Brown accordion folder | Family photos; early photos of Esther; Sam Anderson and others at the Stanford "Bio Patio", c. 1945; M. M. Rhoades, Jim Crow, a fragment of Esther's parent's wedding invitation, old photos of Josh |
| EH | Manila envelope | Photo negatives |
| EI | Brown manila accordion folder | Notes and documentation related to Plasmid Database Project, 1989 (includes manual written by Bart Anderson) |
| EJ | Brown manila accordion folder with hand-written notation: "Personal & Important Job" etc. | Names and addresses; notes about how to use the laboratory computer |
| EK | Blue pendaflex folder | Abstract of A. Hollaender, E. M. Zimmer, "The effect of ultraviolet radiation and X-rays on mutation prodution in Penicillum notatum", Genetics vol. 30 p. 8 (Jan. 45), abstract; various PRC publications, 1981, 1986; correspondence with Christine Mortelmans; Barry G. Hall, "Spontaneous Point Mutations That Occur More Often When Advantageous Than When Neutral, Genetics 126:5-16, September 1990; German references to Esther |
| EL | Manila envelope | Program, Stanford University Fifty-Sixth Annual Commencement, Frost Memorial Ampitheater, June 15, 1947, 4:30 pm; pencil check marks next to some of the names of the graduates; "EML" in pen on the cover, in Esther's handwriting |
| EM | Brown accordion folder |
Letters of recommendation for Esther:
Arthur Kornberg (Stanford University, 3/1/71) Alan Campbell (Stanford University, 1/18/71) Edward Tatum (Rockefeller University, 2/25/71) H. G. DuBuy (Physiologist, Industrial Hygeine Research Laboratory, National Institutes of Health Alvin J. Clark (University of California, Berkeley 2/1/71) A. Eisenstark (Kansas State University, 1/26/71) Other letters: Statement of availability by A. E. Brake (Federal Security Agency, U. S. Employment Service, War Manpower Commission, 9/8/44) Donald Kennedy (President of Stanford University) congratulating Esther on the 25th anniversary of her appointment (2/4/85) Letter from Esther on Stanford University Medical School stationery to Mr. and Mrs. Sargeant Shriver (6/17/66) Stanford Medical Center Memo: Esther cited for medical/scientific contributions (4/17/75) |
| EN | Clear plastic envelope | Three copies of Esther's birth certificate in different formats; partial map of Baron Hirsch Cemetary (Staten Island, NY); photostat of letter from congregation Anshe Sereth acknowledging a payment of $100 for a burial plot for Benjamin Zimmer; letter from Richard T. Goldschlager to David Zimmer acknowledging that there are three burial plots in a row, reserved for him (certified) three copies of David Zimmer and Pauline Geller's wedding invitation (June 1, 1920) |
| EO | Clear plastic envelope | David Zimmer's birth certificate and some elementary school report cards (as "David Hausrat") from Sereth |
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