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Guide to the George Wells Beadle Papers 1908-1981

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Descriptive Summary

Title:

Beadle, George Wells. Papers

Dates:

1908-1981

Size:

18.5 linear feet (33 boxes)

Repository:

Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract:

George Wells Beadle, professor, university administrator. The George Wells Beadle papers include speeches, correspondence, subject files, inauguration papers, invitations, press releases, newspaper clippings, offprints, calendars, honorary degrees and certificates, photographs, albums, medals and plaques.

Information on Use

Access

The collection is open for research.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Beadle, George Wells. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library

Biographical Note

George Wells Beadle, professor, university administrator.

Scope Note

The George Wells Beadle papers include speeches, correspondence, subject files, inauguration papers, invitations, press releases, newspaper clippings, offprints, calendars, honorary degrees and certificates, photographs, albums, medals and plaques.

Series I: SPEECHES, 1961-1976

Series II: INAUGURATION PAPER

Series III: SUBJECT FILES, 1961-1968

Series IV: MISCELLANEOUS

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Subject Headings

INVENTORY

Series I: Speeches, 1961-1976

The speeches in this collection date from February 10, 1961, shortly after George Beadle's election to the Chancellorship on January 5th of that year, to November 8th, 1976, just before Edward H. Levi was inaugurated as the new President November 14th. In October of 1961 the title of the head of the University was changed from Chancellor to President. The collection thus covers George Beadle's entire formal leadership career at the University.

The speeches pertain both to Mr. Beadle's presidency - to the functioning of the University and its educational aims and processes - and to his work in biology, focussing on genetics and heredity.

The addresses are listed chronologically, with the title (if there was a formal title), and the audience. The list was prepared by Mr. Beadle's secretaries initially, and only checked and updated by the Special Collections staff.

The actual forms of the speeches vary; in some cases only notes have been preserved, although most speeches are represented by typed, final copies. Occasionally some correspondence is present concerning the meetings for which the speeches were presented.

The collection is open for scholarly research, not subject to the 25 year restrictions of the "Regulations Governing Access to Records of the Central Administration in the University Archives" because Mr. Beadle's speeches were public at the time of their delivery.

Box 1   Folder 1

List of Mr. Beadle's speeches, kept by his secretary

Box 1   Folder 2

  • Remarks, University of Chicago Alumni of Greater Los Angeles Reception, February 10, 1961
  • MIT Centennial Celebration, "The Use of Genetic Specifications," April 6-9, 1961
Box 1   Folder 3

  • Presentation of Atoms for Peace Awards to Sir John Cockcroft, MIT, April 6, 1961
  • Civic Dinner, May 3, 1961
Box 1   Folder 4

The Inaugural Address, May 4, 1961

Box 1   Folder 5

  • The Inauguration Luncheon, May 4, 1961
  • Convocation Address, "The Open Mind," June 9 & 10, 1961
  • All-Alumni Luncheon, June 10, 1961
Box 1   Folder 6

  • 24th Annual Reading Conference, June 27, 1961
  • Acceptance of Chronic Disease Hospital (not delivered), July 12, 1961
  • Economic Club of Chicago, "The Genetics of Population and Growth," September 21, 1961
Box 1   Folder 7

  • Executives Club, September 29, 1961
  • New York Alumni, October 25, 1961
  • Washington, D. C. Alumni, October 27, 1961
  • Dedication of the New Orangeburg, N. Y. Plant of Schwartz Bio-Research, Inc., "Some Comments on Science, Industry, and the Academic Life," October 28, 1961
Box 1   Folder 8

  • Acceptance of Norwegian Scroll (Norwegian Professorship), October 29, 1961
  • University of Chicago Service League, November 20, 1961
  • Modern Language Association, December 28, 1961
Box 1   Folder 9

Trustees' Dinner Speech, "Thoughts of a New President," January 10, 1962

Box 1   Folder 10

  • TV Program No. 451, "Science in Action" (Station KRON TV Channel 4 - San Francisco), "The Miracle of Genetics," January 29, 1962
  • E. B. Films, Inc. (Film shot in Conference Room), March 1962
Box 1   Folder 11

Chicago Commonwealth Club, "Academics in the Cause of Man," March 1, 1962

Box 1   Folder 12

First Jayne Memorial Lecture, "From Mendel to Watson and Crick," March 7, 1962

Box 1   Folder 13

  • Chicago Sunday Evening Club, "Living Philosophies," March 18, 1962
  • Charter Day Address, UCLA, "Academics in the Cause of Man," March 27, 1962
  • IBM Meeting, "The Teachers and The Taught," April 23, 1962
Box 1   Folder 14

  • AAUP Annual Meeting, "Federal Dollars, Academic Salaries, and Related Phenomena," April 27, 1962
  • Welcome to the United Nations Representatives, May 16, 1962
  • Members of the Order of the "C", June 7, 1972
  • Convocation Address, June 8 & 9, 1962
  • Illinois Manufacturers Association, June 8, 1962
Box 1   Folder 15

  • University High School Convocation Address, "Why Are You, You?," June 15, 1962
  • American Hospital Association, "The University's Role in Education for the Health Professions," June 19, 1962
  • New York Alumni, September 20, 1962
  • Welcome to Newcomers, September 30, 1962
Box 1   Folder 16

Remarks to Representatives of Government, to Industry, and to Academic Institutions (Mayor's Committee for Economic and Cultural Development), October 11, 1962

Box 1   Folder 17

  • Julius Rosenwald Centennial Observance, October 15, 1962
  • Dedication of Bauer and Black Polyken Research Centre in Barrington, Illinois (Kendall County), "Health and Disease - Industry, Academics, and the Government," October 25, 1962
Box 1   Folder 18

ASA University Conference on the Science and Technology of Space Exploration, "Response from the University Viewpoint," November 1, 1962

Box 2   Folder 1

Omaha Chamber of Commerce Luncheon (notes), November 9, 1962

  • University Senate, Mandel Hall, "State of the University," November 6, 1962
Box 2   Folder 2

Illinois Conference on Higher Education, Allerton Park, "Keynote Address," November 15, 1962

Box 2   Folder 3

  • Industrial Sponsors Autumn Conference, "Research Administrators in a University," November 12, 1962
  • Central Association of Science and Mathematics Teachers, Inc. (St. Louis), "Molecules and Men," November 23, 1962
  • Dedication of Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Memorial Laboratories for Mental Health, November 29, 1962
Box 2   Folder 4

  • 20th Anniversary of Atomic Age, Luncheon, December 1, 1962
  • Regional Conference of School Administrators on New Science Curricula, "The New Understanding of Science," December 2, 1962
Box 2   Folder 5

1962 Jayne Memorial Lectures, Lecture I "Mendel to Watson and Crick," March 7; Lecture II "In Molecular Terms," March 14

Box 2   Folder 6

  • Jayne Memorial Lectures, Lecture III "Evolution and Nature of Man," March 21
  • A collection of the 3 Jayne lecture texts, published by the American Philosophical Society in 1963 under the title of "Genetics & Modern Biology"
Box 2   Folder 7

  • Trustees' Dinner Speech, "Thoughts of An Old President," January 9, 1963
  • The Third Annual Dewey F. Fagerburg Lecture, "The New Biology and the Nature of Man," January 25, 1963
  • Robie House, Opening Ceremony for Fund-Raising Drive, February 4, 1963
Box 2   Folder 8

  • 59th Annual Meeting, Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, February 6, 1963
  • Conference on Institutional Cooperation or the Public Service (Dinner), February 7, 1963
  • The Great Challenge, Series for 1963, CBS TV Network, George Wells Beadle Member of Symposium, "Science in the American Democracy," February 10, 1963
  • Illinois Institute of Technology Chapter of Sigma Xi, "The Rosetta Stone of Life," February 15, 1963
Box 2   Folder 9

  • University of Chicago Biology 112 Lecture Notes, "Genetic Information," March 7, 1963
  • Argonne Program, McCormick Place, March 14, 1963
  • Luncheon, Hosted by Secretary Rusk State Department, "Some Recent Advances in Biology," March 25, 1963
  • House Subcommittee on Appropriations, "Reimbursement of Costs of Government Sponsored Research," March 27, 1963
Box 2   Folder 10

  • College of Wooster Luncheon, "What the Molecules Say," April 21, 1963
  • Corporate Support Fund Dinner Remarks, April 22, 1963
  • Sigma Xi Lecture, Upjohn, Kalamazoo, "The Oldest Living Language," April 24, 1963
  • Alumni Foundation Dinner, April 30, 1963
  • First Annual Presentation of Service Awards Honoring Staff of University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics and Clinical Departments, "Importance," May 8, 1963
  • Orthogenic School Ground Breaking, Luncheon Remarks, May 8, 1963
Box 2   Folder 11

Space Month, May 8, 1963

Box 3   Folder 1

  • Inaugural Dinner for W. Allen Wallis, University of Rochester, May 16, 1963
  • Notes for Rochester, NY, Alumni Meeting, May 17, 1963
  • National Association of Physical Plant Administrators of Universities and Colleges, "Welcome," May 20, 1963
  • Mellon Institute, "The Evolution of Molecular Communication and the Nature of Man," May 23, 1963
Box 3   Folder 2

National Foundation Meeting, "Dividends of Free Inquiry in Scientific Research," May 29, 1963

Box 3   Folder 3

  • Convocation Address, "On the Importance of Diversity," June 7 & 8, 1963
  • University of Miami Commencement, "So Much To Do, So Little Time," June 11, 1963
Box 3   Folder 4

  • Corporate Support Luncheon Remarks, June 14, 1963
  • National Science Teachers Association, "Symposium on Scientific Literacy," July 18, 1963
  • Welcome to Freshman and Graduate Students, September 1963
Box 3   Folder 5

State-Federal Conference on Mental Retardation, September 20, 1963

Box 3   Folder 6

  • Nuclear Applications Conference, September 26, 1963
  • Appearance at New Dormitory (Gag Dinner), September 29, 1963
  • American Council on Education Annual Meeting, October 3, 1963
  • Convocation Address, Brandeis, October 6, 1963
  • SSA Ground Breaking, Dinner, October 17, 1963
  • Alumni Luncheon, New York, October 23, 1963
Box 3   Folder 7

State of the University Address, November 5, 1963

Box 3   Folder 8

  • Citizen's Board, November 13, 1963
  • Telephone Lecture (notes), "Molecular Basis of Heredity," November 26, 1963
  • Argonne Dedication of ZGS, December 4, 1963
  • Statement on NASA Electronics Research Center, December 16, 1963
  • Speech Honoring Rabbi Simon Rodfei Zedek Congregation, 1963
Box 3   Folder 9

Trustees' Dinner for the Faculties, January 8, 1964

  • Hyde Park Business & Professional Association, January 28, 1964
Box 3   Folder 10

California Institute of Technology, Dedication of Beckman Auditorium, February 25, 1964

Box 3   Folder 11

  • Pre-Med Club (notes for talk), April 7, 1964
  • Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation Gift, April 8, 1964
  • AAUP Notes for Informal Talk, April 8, 1964
  • Nutrition Foundation Luncheon, "Dogs, Flies, Bread Mold and Nutrition," April 23, 1964
  • WVCB Broadcast (remarks taped), May 1, 1964
Box 4   Folder 1

R. W. Harrison Memorial Service, Northwestern University, "The First Amendment: Its Academic Significance," May 21, 1964

Box 4   Folder 2

Kansas State University Commencement Address, "Nature and Man's Mind," May 31, 1964

Box 4   Folder 3

Convocation Address, "What's in the Mind," June 12 & 13, 1964

Box 4   Folder 4

  • NEC Industry Advisory Committee (Breakfast talk), 1964
  • College & University Personnel Association, "Introduction of Muriel," August 2, 1964
Box 4   Folder 5

  • Fifth National Cancer Conference, September 19, 1964
  • Brown University Symposium, "Future Directions of the University," September 28, 1964
  • Newcomers' Meeting, October 11, 1964
  • Vassar College, Alan Simpson Inauguration, October 16, 1964
Box 4   Folder 6

  • University of Chicago Corporate Committee Dinner, October 20, 1964
  • 13th Annual Conference of School Administrators, "Genetic and Educational Aspects of Cultural Change," October 22, 1964
Box 4   Folder 7

American Physical Society, "Costly and Specialized Research Facilities: How to Use them," October 23, 1964

Box 4   Folder 8

1964 National Youth Conference on the Atom, "Recent Developments in Genetics, November 5, 1964 to November 7, 1964

Box 4   Folder 9

State of the University Address, November 10, 1964

Box 4   Folder 10

  • Biomedical Career Conference Notes, The University of Chicago, November 14, 1964
  • Southeastern Michigan Junior Science and Humanities Symposium, November 20 & 21, 1964
Box 4   Folder 11

  • Trustees' Dinner for the Faculties, January 14, 1965
  • American Marketing Association "Man of the Year" Awards Dinner, January 15, 1965
  • Meadville Theological School, January 19, 1965
  • The College, The University of Chicago, "One Gene - One Enzyme," February 2, 1965
Box 4   Folder 12

Johns Hopkins Convocation Address, "Man and His Inheritance: Biological and Cultural," February 22, 1965

Box 4   Folder 13

  • Chicago Medical Society Talk Notes, March 3, 1965
  • University of Illinois Medical School, Gehrmann Lectures, March 31, 1965
  • Albert L. Hopkins Lecture Hall Dedication, University of Chicago Law School, April 19, 1965
Box 4   Folder 14

  • Speech, Wahoo, Nebraska, August 26, 1965
  • Frank S. Whiting Award Luncheon, September 17, 1965
  • Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, 50th Anniversary, "Genetics and Modern Medicine," October 8, 1965
Box 4   Folder 15

Columbia University, Opening Lecture on "The Relationship between the Biological and Physical Sciences," notes, October 11, 1965

Box 5   Folder 1

  • Campaign Remarks to Trustees, October 20, 1965
  • State of the University Address, November 9, 1965
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International Symposium in the Life Sciences and Dedication of new building for the Center for Life Sciences, December 2 & 3, 1965
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science at the University of California, Berkeley (abstract), "Genetics and Cultural Change," December 28, 1965
Box 5   Folder 2

  • Trustees' Dinner for the Faculties, January 12, 1966
  • Alumni Cabinet and Alumni Fund Board, March 1, 1966
Box 5   Folder 3

Convocation Address, June 10 & 11, 1966

Box 5   Folder 4

  • Dedication of Wyler Children's Hospital, August 28, 1966
  • Welcome to Undergraduates and Graduate Students, Fall 1966
Box 5   Folder 5

Campaign Regional Leadership Meeting and Luncheon, September 15, 1966

  • Laird Bell Quadrangle Dedication, October 12, 1966
Box 5   Folder 6

University's Campaign Leadership Conference, October 14, 1966

Box 5   Folder 7

  • Conference on "The Arts and the Public" (welcoming), October 16, 1966
  • Dedication of Philip Pekow Hall, October 20, 1966
Box 5   Folder 8

State of the University Address, November 1, 1966

Box 5   Folder 9

Address to the Students, November 18, 1966

Box 5   Folder 10-11

Society of Mayflower Descendants (State of Illinois), November 18, 1966

Box 6   Folder 1

Nobel Prize Dinner, Citizens Board, December 1, 1966

Box 6   Folder 2

  • Wabash College Inauguration, December 3, 1966
  • Chicago Regional Campaign Leadership Meeting, December 13, 1966
Box 6   Folder 3

  • Trustees' Dinner for the Faculties, January 1, 1967
  • Inborn Errors of Metabolism (Liberal Arts), February 10, 1967
  • Joseph Priestly Celebration, Dickinson College, "Genetics and Cultural Evolution," March
Box 6   Folder 4

Pre-Convocation Luncheon Address, March 17, 1967

Box 6   Folder 5

Notre Dame University, "Genes, Mind and Man," March 20, 1967

Box 6   Folder 6

  • 75th Anniversary Convocation, May 5, 1967
  • Alumni Luncheon, June 10, 1967
  • Announcement of Edward Levi as President-Designate of the University, September 14, 1967
Box 6   Folder 7
  • Campaign Leadership Dinner, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 26, 1967
  • Welcome to Undergraduates and Graduate Students, Fall 1967
Box 6   Folder 8

  • Visits to Pittsburgh Companies (Westinghouse, Koppers, Pittsburgh Plate Glass, etc.), October 4 & 5, 1967
  • Welcome to Newcomers, October 8, 1967
  • Groundbreaking, Regenstein Library, October 23, 1967
  • Campaign Leadership Luncheon, Dallas, Texas, October 26, 1967
Box 6   Folder 9

The State of the University, November 7, 1967

Box 7   Folder 1

The State of the University, November 7, 1967

Box 7   Folder 2

  • Cincinnati Alumni Meetings, November 15, 1967
  • Indianapolis Alumni Meeting, November 16, 1967
Box 7   Folder 3

Stanford University Herrin Biology Center Dedication, November 30, 1967

Box 7   Folder 4

  • 25th Anniversary of First Nuclear Chain Reaction, December 1 & 2, 1967
  • Campaign Leadership Luncheon, Minneapolis-St. Paul, December 6, 1967
Box 7   Folder 5

Trustees' Dinner for the Faculties, January 10, 1968

Box 7   Folder 6

  • Mothers' Aid Executive Committee Meeting, Lying-in Hospital, January 17, 1968
  • Biochem 302, "Inborn Errors of Metabolism," January 17, 1968
  • Thomas Alva Edison Foundation St. Paul, Minnesota, "The Macalester Conference," "The Significance of Biology in the Affairs of Man," January 20, 1968
Box 7   Folder 7

  • Dinner for William Benton, February 1, 1968
  • American Association for Neurological Surgeons (substituting for Mayor Daley), April 9, 1968
  • Pre-Convocation Luncheon Address, March 15, 1968
Box 7   Folder 8

  • Kansas City Alumni, May 3, 1968
  • Poultry Breeders Association, Kansas City, May 4, 1968
Box 7   Folder 9

  • Visit of King of Norway, May 7, 1968
  • Mothers' Aid Dinner, May 18, 1968
  • Medical Alumni Fund Dinner, May 23, 1968
  • Meeting with Alumni and Prospective Donors in San Francisco, June 1968
  • Pre-Convocation Luncheon, June 7, 1968
  • Cobb Hall Dedication, June 7, 1968
Box 7   Folder 10

Convocation Address, June 7 & 8, 1968

Box 8   Folder 1

  • Dinner Honoring Shah of Iran, June 14, 1968
  • Dedication of Pahlavi Building, June 15, 1968
  • Notes for Talk to House of Delegates, American Medical Association, June 16, 1968
  • Oak Park Alumni, June 19, 1968
  • Mr. and Mrs. Beadle's Meeting with Students and Teachers in NSF Program, June 25, 1968
  • Brain Research Foundation, June 27, 1968
Box 8   Folder 2

Wisconsin State University, July 17, 1968

Box 8   Folder 3

  • 12th International Congress of Genetics, Tokyo, Japan, August 1968
  • Notes on Greeting Students, Fall 1968
Box 8   Folder 4

Institute of Medicine, Jesse Horton Koessler Memorial Lecture, "The Double Helix in Health and Disease," October 15, 1968

Box 8   Folder 5

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, "Medicine in a Changing World," October 20, 1968

Box 8   Folder 6

Kent State University, Dedication of Cunningham Hall, November 2, 1968

Box 8   Folder 7

Members of the Senate, "The State of the University," November 5, 1968

Box 8   Folder 8

Southern Illinois University, November 8 & 9, 1968

Box 8   Folder 9

Miscellaneous papers and reprints

Box 8   Folder 10

University of Nebraska, School of Medicine, "The Role of Research," April 18, 1969

Box 8   Folder 11

American College of Physicians, Chicago, "The Impact of Biology on the Health of Man," April 23, 1969

Box 8   Folder 12

Institute for Biomedical Research, "Heredity and Environment in Cultural Changes," May 7, 1969

Box 8   Folder 13

Institute for Biomedical Research, "Biology, Culture and Education," May 31, 1969

Box 8   Folder 14

Nobel Conference, June 30, 1969

Box 8   Folder 15

Commencement, Menlo School and College, "Diversity Among Men," 1970

Box 8   Folder 16

AMA-ERF, Institute of Biomedical Research and the University of Chicago, "Medical Responsibilities of an Urban University," n.d.

Box 8   Folder 17

Butler University, "Past, Present, and Future," n.d.

Box 8   Folder 18

Institute for Biomedical Research, AMA-ERF, "Genetics Today," n.d.

Box 8   Folder 19

  • "Genetics and the Quality of Life" (AMA), n.d.
  • 2 speeches with no title, date, or occasion noted, both given by George Wells Beadle
  • Notes from a speech, "Adventures with Plants," George Wells Beadle, at Pomona, March 14, 1976

Series II: Inauguration Paper

Box 9   Folder 1

Manual and mailing directions

Box 9   Folder 2-3

Lists

Box 9   Folder 4

Statistics

Box 9   Folder 5

Letters of Acceptance

Box 9   Folder 6

Trustee Committee

Box 9   Folder 7

Faculty Committee

Box 9   Folder 8

Press Releases

Box 9   Folder 9

Inaugural Banquet, May 3, 1961, McCormick Place

Box 9   Folder 10

Convocation and Inauguration, May 4, 1961, Rockefeller Memorial Chapel (includes copy of his speech)

Box 9   Folder 11

Inaugural Luncheon, May 4, 1961, Hutchinson Commons

Box 9   Folder 12

Beadle's supper party, May 4, 1961

Box 10

Complete set of printed material, invitations, etc., for the inauguration

Box 10

Letters of congratulations (formal)

Box 11

Certificates

Box 11

Letters of congratulations (formal)

Box 12   Folder 1

Inauguration of Chancellor/financial statements

Box 12   Folder 2

Inauguration of Chancellor

Box 12   Folder 3

George Wells Beadle, Outside comments on Inaugural speech, May 4, 1961

Box 12   Folder 4

George Wells Beadle, Press releases (complete set)

Series III: Subject Files, 1961-1968

Box 13   Folder 1

Alaska, trip to, summer 1967

Box 13   Folder 2

American Association for the Advancement of Science, annual meeting, Berkeley, California, Mr. Beadle's speech, December 27, 1965

Box 13   Folder 3

American Cancer Society, Inc.

Box 13   Folder 4

American Genetic Association

Box 13   Folder 5

American Institute of Biological Sciences, 1961-1968

Box 13   Folder 6

American Institute of Biological Sciences, Quarterly Review of Biology

Box 14   Folder 1

Ashburn, Karl E., 1961-1966

Box 14   Folder 2

Associated Clubs of Woodlawn, 1964-1965

Box 14   Folder 3

Associated Rocky Mountain Universities, Inc., 1961-1965

Box 14   Folder 4

Association for the Advancement of Biomedical Education, 1961-1964

Box 14   Folder 5

Association of Midwestern College Biology Teachers, 1961

Box 14   Folder 6

Association of Suburban Conferences

Box 14   Folder 7

Augustana College

Box 14   Folder 8

Bartz, Robert

Box 14   Folder 9

Bell & Howell Canon Camera

Box 14   Folder 10

Brown University, graduate convocation, George Wells Beadle speaker, June 5, 1961

Box 14   Folder 11

Brown University, 200th anniversary, academic convocation and symposium, George Wells Beadle honorary degree, September 28 & 29, 1964

Box 14   Folder 12

California Committee for the Improvement of Teacher Education

Box 14   Folder 13

CBS, The Great Challenge program, February 10, 1963

Box 14   Folder 14

Childer, James Saxon

Box 14   Folder 15

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory of Quantitative Biology

Box 14   Folder 16

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory of Quantitative Biology, Delbrück Festschrift, September 1966

Box 14   Folder 17

Columbia University material, 1962-1966

Box 14   Folder 18

Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences

Box 15   Folder 1

Dickinson College, Priestly Award, George Wells Beadle recipient, lecture March 16, 1967

Box 15   Folder 2

Economic Club of Chicago, 1955-1965

Box 15   Folder 3

Ephrussi, Boris

Box 15   Folder 4

Executives' Club of Chicago, 1963-1966

Box 15   Folder 5

Fillmore Science Club, Fillmore Union High School (California)

Box 15   Folder 6

Freeman, William H., Freeman Foundation

Box 15   Folder 7

Furrow magazine (published by John Deere)

Box 15   Folder 8

Gell-Mann, Murray

Box 15   Folder 9

Genetical Society, 1961-1968

Box 15   Folder 10

Genetics, Incorporated, 1960-1967

Box 15   Folder 11

Genetics Society of America, Inc., 1961-1968

Box 15   Folder 12

Genetics Society of America, Inc., Mendel centennial, Fort Collins, Colorado, September 7-11, 1965

Box 16   Folder 1

Genetics Society of America, Inc., Thomas Hunt Morgan Centennial Symposium, University of Kentucky, September 17-20, 1966

Box 16   Folder 2

George Washington Memorial Foundation; re: proposed University of the United States, 1967

Box 16   Folder 3

Gustavus Adolphus College, 1963-1968

Box 16   Folder 4

High school representatives of school papers, interview with George Wells Beadle, January 19, 1963

Box 16   Folder 5

Illinois, University of, Gehrmann Lecture for 1965

Box 16   Folder 6

Illinois, University of, presentation of honorary degree to George Wells Beadle, June 15, 1963

Box 16   Folder 7

Jefferson, Thomas, Research Center, 1965-1968

Box 16   Folder 8

Junior Achievement of Chicago, 1968

Box 16   Folder 9

Kansas State University, John Frazier, 1964-1968

Box 16   Folder 10

Kennedy, John F., College, Wahoo, Nebraska

Box 16   Folder 11

Leadership Council (established to implement "Summit Agreement" on housing in August 1966)

Box 16   Folder 12

Lindegren, Carl; Lindegren, Gertrude

Box 16   Folder 13

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, International Symposium in the Life Sciences, address by George Wells Beadle, December 3, 1965

Box 16   Folder 14

Medical College of Virginia, Stoneburner Lectures

Box 16   Folder 15

Mendel, Gregor J., centennial programs

Box 16   Folder 16

Mendelism, 1965

Box 17   Folder 1

National Committee on Tithing in Investment, 1964-1965

Box 17   Folder 2

National Science Museum, Cleveland, Ohio

Box 17   Folder 3

National Science Teachers Association, 1962-1968

Box 17   Folder 4

Newsletters, November 1962-

Box 17   Folder 5

Outside comment on announced retirement in 1968

Box 17   Folder 6

Piedmont University Center of North Carolina

Box 17   Folder 7

Planned Parenthood; world population, 1962-1967

Box 17   Folder 8

Prairie Grouse Committee (sponsored by Illinois Chapter of the Nature Conservancy), 1966

Box 17   Folder 9

Rockhurst College (Kansas City, Missouri)

Box 17   Folder 10

Ross, James G.

Box 18   Folder 1

Science Clubs of Cary-Grove Community High School and Crystal Lake Community High School (Illinois), 1961-1966

Box 18   Folder 2

Scientific Advisory Board of N. W. Ayer & Son, Inc., 1961-

Box 18   Folder 3

Singleton, W. Ralph; Singleton, Katya, 1961-1965

Box 18   Folder 4

Society of Mayflower Descendents in the State of Illinois, 1966

Box 18   Folder 5

Southwest Center for Advanced Studies

Box 18   Folder 6

Stanford University, dedication, William F. Herrin Hall and Laboratories, George Wells Beadle speaker, November 30, 1967

Box 18   Folder 7

Test-Ban Treaty, 1963

Box 18   Folder 8

United Educators, Inc.

Box 18   Folder 9

U. S. Air Force, Operation alias "Cool School," 1963-1967

Box 18   Folder 10

U. S. Committee to Advise Congress on Certain National Problems Involving Scientific Research (named October 1964)

Box 19   Folder 1

U. S. National Institutes of Health, National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council, 1965-1968

Box 19   Folder 2

U. S. Science-Engineering Committee, 1964-1965

Box 19   Folder 3

Wabash College, George Wells Beadle honorary degree, December 3, 1966

Box 19   Folder 4

Wisconsin, University of

Series IV: Miscellaneous

Box 20   Folder 1

  • Correspondence, A-E
  • Book of poems entitled "50 poems" by Cornel Adam, 1965
Box 20   Folder 2

Correspondence, F-R

Box 20   Folder 3

Correspondence, L

Box 20   Folder 4

Correspondence, S-Z

Box 20   Folder 5

Material from "Symposium on Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Variational Techniques and Stability," May 17-19, 1965, University of Chicago. Sponsored jointly by the Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, and the General Motors Research Lab

Box 21   Folder 1

Correspondence on rejected invitations, A-Z

Box 21   Folder 2

Invitations accepted, campus

Box 21   Folder 3

Invitations accepted, off campus

Box 21   Folder 4

Invitations rejected, campus

Box 21   Folder 5

Invitations regretted, off campus

Box 21   Folder 6

Invitations regretted, campus

Box 21   Folder 7

George Wells Beadle, letters of congratulations on election to Chancellorship received, 1961

Box 21   Folder 8

Material regarding "On Early Learning"; enclosures on Montessori; newspaper article

Box 22   Folder 1

George Wells Beadle, requests for autographs received

Box 22   Folder 2

George Wells Beadle, personal letters, A-Z

Box 22   Folder 3

George Wells Beadle, publication correspondence

Box 23   Folder 1

George Wells Beadle, "Regrets A-K, 1961-1968"

Box 23   Folder 2

George Wells Beadle, "Regrets L-Z, 1961-1968"

Box 24   Folder 1

Speaking engagement at Hyde Park Business and Professional Association, January 28, 1964, notes, background material, and copy of speech including much miscellaneous data on University of Chicago and Hyde Park

Box 24   Folder 2

George and Muriel Beadle, publication materials, newspaper clippings, correspondence, mailing lists

Box 24   Folder 3

"Civic Dinner to Honor Mr. and Mrs. George Wells Beadle, July 9, 1968, Pick-Congress Hotel," letters of thank, clippings, invitations, seating plan, program/menu, news release and partial guest list

Box 24A   Folder 1-5

"Civic Dinner to Honor Mr. and Mrs. George Wells Beadle, July 9, 1968, Pick-Congress Hotel," invitations, correspondence, press releases, seating plan, guest lists

Box 24A   Folder 6

"Civic Dinner to Honor Mr. and Mrs. George Wells Beadle, July 9, 1968, Pick-Congress Hotel," text of speech by Robert E. Brooker

  • "Civic Dinner to Honor Mr. and Mrs. George Wells Beadle, July 9, 1968, Pick-Congress Hotel," text of speech by Mary Ward
  • "Civic Dinner to Honor Mr. and Mrs. George Wells Beadle, July 9, 1968, Pick-Congress Hotel," text of remarks by Muriel Beadle
  • "Civic Dinner to Honor Mr. and Mrs. George Wells Beadle, July 9, 1968, Pick-Congress Hotel," text of remarks by George W. Beadle
Box 25   Folder 1-2

Muriel Beadle, University business correspondence, 1960-1965

Box 25   Folder 3

Muriel Beadle, University business correspondence, 1965-1970

Box 25   Folder 4

Muriel Beadle, personal correspondence, A-M

Box 25   Folder 5

Muriel Beadle, personal correspondence, N-Z

Box 25   Folder 6

Muriel Beadle, publications and papers

Box 26

Telegrams, March 16, 1966 (Beadle's 5th anniversary as president)

Box 26

Photograph of George and Muriel Beadle, March 1966, for bookjacket of The Language of Life (original in Archival Photofiles)

Box 26

Photograph of George Wells Beadle with hotel clerk, n.d. (original in Archival Photofiles)

Box 26

Fillmore High School Science Club, Fillmore, California, Honorary Membership, letter and certificate, June 20, 1961

Box 26

Eleven calendar books, 1962-1969

Box 27

The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, "D. F. Jones Medal" to George Wells Beadle, September 14, 1972

Box 27

Medal with King Olaf V of Norway on one side, cross on reverse, on red ribbon striped with blue and white

Box 27

Dickinson College Award For Distinguished Contributions through Biology, 1967

Box 27

Honorary doctorate from Syracuse University, 1968

Box 27

Photo album of George Wells Beadle's trip to Dickinson College to accept his award, 1967

Box 27

Plaque, "Distinguished Lecturer," 1981

Box 28   Folder 1

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1908-1946

Box 28   Folder 2

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1954-1956

Box 28   Folder 3

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1957

Box 28   Folder 4

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1958

Box 28   Folder 5

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1959

Box 28   Folder 6

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1960

Box 29   Folder 1

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1961

Box 29   Folder 2

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1962

Box 29   Folder 3

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1963

Box 29   Folder 4

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1964

Box 29   Folder 5

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1965

Box 29   Folder 6

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1966

Box 29   Folder 7

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1967

Box 29   Folder 8

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1968

Box 30   Folder 1

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1969

Box 30   Folder 2

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1970

Box 30   Folder 3

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1972

Box 30   Folder 4

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1973

Box 30   Folder 5

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1974

Box 30   Folder 6

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1975

Box 30   Folder 7

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1976

Box 30   Folder 8

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1977

Box 30   Folder 9

Offprints of articles and reports by or about GWB, 1978

Box 31   Folder 1

Material on George Wells Beadle's retirement from University of Chicago Presidency, 1968

Box 31   Folder 2

Material relating to Shah of Iran visit

Box 31   Folder 3

Photographs of George Wells Beadle and Muriel Beadle, 1966-1968 (originals in Archival Photofiles)

Box 31   Folder 4

George Wells Beadle retirement materials, including lectures, functions, etc.

Box 31   Folder 5

Edward Levi inauguration mementos

Box 31   Folder 6

Hannah Gray inauguration mementos, photos

Box 31   Folder 7

John Wilson inauguration mementos, photos

Box 31   Folder 8

Amateur theatricals at the University of Chicago, notes and clippings

Box 31   Folder 9

Edward Levi as Attorney General, clippings

Box 31   Folder 10

Clippings related to the Beadles' arrival in Chicago

Box 31   Folder 11

George Wells Beadle administration materials, 1962-1965

Box 31   Folder 12

George Wells Beadle biographical information, pre-1961

Box 32   Folder 1

Materials produced by the Beadles concerning Hyde Park and the university of Chicago

Box 32   Folder 2

George Wells Beadle, Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Chicago, 1969

Box 32   Folder 3

George Wells Beadle, miscellaneous notes and correspondence, on college and graduate funding at the University of Chicago; John Wilson's "Temples on the River Nile Project"; University of Chicago Alumni and Faculty working in Washington, D. C. for federal government; South East Chicago Commission, 1961; "Questions" concerning the College at the University of Chicago

Box 32   Folder 4

University of Chicago bulletins related to George Wells Beadle appearances

Box 32   Folder 5

  • Miscellaneous George Wells Beadle speeches, notes, etc.
  • George Wells Beadle, thesis, University of Nebraska, 1927
  • F. D. Keim and George Wells Beadle, "Prairie Hay in Nebraska," 1926
  • Muriel Beadle, "A Nice, Neat Operation"
Box 33   Folder 1

Honorary degrees

Box 33   Folder 2

Honorary degrees

Box 33   Folder 3

Honorary degrees

Box 33   Folder 4

Honorary degrees