Arrangement

Indexing Terms

Series 1. Annual Reports.

Scope and Content:

Contains the reports of individuals working under Anchel within the lab, Anchel's reports and reports of the lab as a whole. The folders contain complete runs and give good summaries of the work conducted in the Research Lab each year. Sometimes reprints were attached to the annual reports indicating a last-minute addition to the publication list for that year. This series also includes annual report summaries.

Series 2. Biographical/Personal.

Scope and Content:

This series is primarily a brief list of career highlights followed by bibliographies of her works. There is no information about her personal life in this series or anywhere else in the collection.

Series 3. Correspondence.

Scope and Content:

Along with Series 5, is the largest series of the collection. The bulk of the correspondence concerns research questions about fungi, particularly Clitocybe. Also included here is correspondence showing Anchel's interest and dedication to the cause of animal rights. Throughout the series can be found letters urging for the more humane treatment of animals, especially dogs, used in scientific experiments. Anchel worked to support the passage of S285, the repeal of the Metcalf-Hatch Act. (Correspondence "A" and "I" have letters of note, but this is not exclusive of other folders.) Other correspondence includes E. J. Crane and her abstracting work for Chemical Abstracts.

Series 4. Grants.

Scope and Content:

This sereis contains applications, progress reports, budgets, and some correspondence pertaining to grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. The information is comprehensive for the years this series covers. Series 1, Annual Reports, also contains information from grant research, as a description of current research was usually a major component of the annual report. The Miscellaneous folder includes a list of grant folders removed from collection: 1973, 1974 and grant #1-2-4633. They may have been removed to the Grants Files, housed as a separate collection.

Series 5. Laboratory Notebooks.

Scope and Content:

This series is the largest series in the collection, containing 3.5 linear feet of mostly bound research notes. These notes include charts and many graphs attached to pages with aging tape, making the notebooks difficult to use without special care. The notebooks in this collection are written in Anchel's handwriting or contain only a few pages of colleagues' notes. Her contributions may also be found in other notebooks from the lab. These other laboratory notebooks can be found in this series, both in other collections and shelved at the beginning of Record Group 5.

Series 6. Publications.

Scope and Content:

Included are mostly reprints of articles by Anchel and other researchers. Anchel's manuscript, "Beyond Veterinary Care" can also be found here.