Carl Woese Papers (Born Digital Records and Digital Surrogates) | University of Illinois Archives

Electronic records from the Carl Woese Papers (1960, 1988-2012), include digital surrogates and born-digital drafts of manuscripts, correspondence, biographical sketches, laboratory notes and notebooks, and genomic research data concerning Carl R. Woese's career as Professor of Microbiology, his research on evolution, microbiology, genetic code, and ribosomal RNA sequencing, winning the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences in 2003, and the legacy of Archaea. Also includes digital surrogates of Professor Woese's laboratory notebook from General Electric (1960), as well as digital video recordings of interviews with Woese about his work on the subjects of evolution, molecular biology, genetics, his time as faculty at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, his relationships with other microbiologists and geneticists, and his personal history.

Administrative access to preservation, nearline, and access files are available to archives staff at: https://medusa.library.illinois.edu/collections/950

Online material contains 620.1 megabytes of files. Files have undergone minimal processing and may require the use of specialized software for display and access. A sample of file formats include: DOC, TXT, PDF, WEBARCHIVE, EMLX, DAT, and LOG.

Complementary materials include an additional 10.9 gigabytes of files. Files are currently closed pending final processing. They may require the use of specialized software for display and access.

Electronic video materials have a size of 346 GB. Format consists of MPEG files.

Copyright of these records is generally not held by the University of Illinois. Any copies provided are for personal research use, and the permission of the copyright holder may need to be secured before redistribution or publication.

Includes some webpages and research articles, which have been made available online through an open access or a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.