Kenneth B. Raper Papers (PP)


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Collectors: Raper, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Bryan), 1908-
Title: Kenneth B. Raper Papers (PP)
Dates: 1925-1986
Dates: bulk, 1940-1986
Quantity: 53.7 linear feet; 106 boxes
Call Phrase: Raper (PP)

Biography of Kenneth B. Raper

Kenneth Bryan Raper (1908-1987) was a mycologist, microbiologist, and botanist whose contributions to the medical and industrial applications of fungi of the genera Aspergillus and Penicillium stand among the outstanding achievements of 20th century science. Of equal importance is his identification of a cellular slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum in 1935 that led to four decades of research and publication on a group of organisms (Dictyostelids and Acrasids) that have wide applications in microbiology.

Kenneth Raper was born in Welcome, North Carolina 11 July 1908. He gained his A.B. at the University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill 1929), A.M. at George Washington University (1931), and A.M. (1935) and Ph.D. (1936) at Harvard University. Later in his career he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science degree from the University of North Carolina. As a mycologist, he began his professional career in with the USDA Bureau of Chemistry and Soils (1929-36) and Bureau of Plant Industry (1936-40). Here he met Dr. Charles Thom who became his mentor and key collaborator in his work. Thom and Raper co-authored the classic monographs, A Manual of the Aspergilli (1945) and A Manual of the Penicillia (1949).

From 1940 to 1953 Dr. Raper served as microbiologist at the USDA Northern Regional Research Laboratory in Peoria, IL. In 1940, upon a visit from British scientists Raymond Florey and Ronald Heatley seeking to develop methods of large-scale penicillin production for the war effort, Raper and his associates initiated a research program at NRRL of historic importance. Beginning with a Penicillium strain from Alexander Fleming, the NRRL "Penicillin Team" went on to develop increasing yields of penicillin in submerged culture that were of critical therapeutic impact for WWII combat injuries and which launched the "Age of Antibiotics."

After an appointment as visiting professor at the University of Illinois (1946-53) Dr. Raper left the USDA in 1953 to become Professor of Bacteriology and Botany at the University of Wisconsin. He was William Trelease Professor from 1966 to 1979. During this stage of his career he pursued research into the life histories, cytology, and taxonomy of the Dictyosteliaceae which culminated in the publication, The Dictyostelids in 1984. He also published The Genus Aspergillus with Dorothy I. Fennell in 1965.

Dr. Raper served as chairman of the Executive Committee of the International Botanical Congress XI (1969), chairman and delegate to four General Assemblies of the International Union of Biological Sciences, trustee of the American Type Culture Collection (1948-62), and member of an Executive Committee of the National Research Council (1956-61). He was a member of the National Academy of Science (1949), the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1949), and the American Philosophical Society (1958). Among his many honors and distinctions, he received the USDA Distinguished Service Award (1947), the Distinguished Mycologist Award of the Mycological Society of America (1981), and was the first recipient of the Charles Thom Award from the Society of Industrial Microbiology (1967). Dr. Raper died in 1987 at the age of 79.


Scope and Content

The Kenneth B. Raper collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, organizational records, personal papers, and research records that include notebooks, laboratory records, photographs, negatives, lantern slides, Kodachrome slides, movie film, photo-engraving plates, and microscopic specimen material. The collection covers Dr. Raper's career from his graduate work at Harvard University (1935-1936) to employment with the USDA Bureau of Chemistry and Soils and Bureau of Plant Industry (1929-1940), association with the USDA Northern Regional Research Laboratory (1940-1953), and faculty appointments at the University of Illinois (1946-1953) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1953-1979). Correspondence and organizational records of his affiliations with the International Botanical Congress XI (1969), American Type Culture Collection (1948-1962), International Union of Biological Sciences (1958-1967), and other professional scientific organizations are well represented.


Arrangement

The collection is organized into fourteen series:
Series 1: Correspondence, 1928-1986. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 2: Manuscripts & Typescripts, 1941-1986. Arranged alphabetically by author.
Series 3: Translations, 1951-1969. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 4: Affiliations, 1947-1985. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 5: Northern Regional Research Laboratory (NRRL), 1940-1953; 1979-80. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 6: University of Wisconsin, 1953-1986. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 7: Course Curricula, 1953-1977. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 8: Class Notes, 1929-1935. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 9: Lectures & Talks, 1956-1985. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 10: Research Grants, 1955-1979. Arranged by grant number.
Series 11: Research Papers, 1928-1984. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 12: Personal Papers, 1935-1986. Arranged alphabetically.
Series 13: Photographic Material, 1925-1984. Arranged by media, size, then alphabetically by subject.
Series 14: Specimen Material, 1971. Arranged by subject.


Restrictions

Access restrictions

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Copyright

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Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Persons
Bonner, John Tyler.
Clark, William T.
Coghill, Robert D. (Robert De Wolf), 1901-
Fennell, Dorothy I.
Florey, Howard, Baron Florey, 1898-1968.
Heatley, Norman George, 1911-
Olive, Lindsay S.
Thimann, Kenneth Vivian, 1904-
Thom, Charles, 1872-1956 1890.
Weston, William H., b. 1890.
Subjects
Acrasiales.
Aspergillus -- Cultures and culture media.
Aspergillus -- Photographs.
Botany -- Outlines, syllabi, etc.
Dictyostelium -- Classification.
Dictyostelium -- Photographs.
Dictyostelium discoideum.
International Botanical Congress (11th : 1969 : Seattle, Wash.)
New York Botanical Garden Archives.
Penicillin -- History.
Penicillium -- Photographs.
Penicillium notatum.
Penicillium.
Raper, Kenneth B. (Kenneth Bryan) 1908- -- Archives.
United States. Agricultural Research Service. Eastern Regional Research Laboratory -- History -- Sources.


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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Kenneth B. Raper Papers (PP), Archives, The New York Botanical Garden.

Acquisition Information

The Kenneth Raper collection was transferred from the University of Wisconsin-Madison to the NYBG via letter of transmission 25 May 1990 from Judy Peterson, Administrator, Department of Bacteriology.

Processing Information

Originally processed by David Rose, Archives Assistant, March 2000 with grant funding from The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 23141-98) and the Harriet Ford Dickenson Foundation. Converted to EAD in November 2006 by Kathleene Konkle under a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH-PA 50678-04).


Container List

 

Series 1. Correspondence.

Scope and Content:

The correspondence consists of 5 boxes of files titled by individual, organization, or subject, covering Dr. Raper's career from graduate studies at Harvard University to his associations with the USDA and University of Wisconsin. The correspondence pertains to microbiological and mycological research, culture exchanges, professional and academic affiliations, advisement of students, publication, and business consulting. Notable correspondents include John T. Bonner, James C. Cavender, William T. Clark, Robert D. Coghill, Dorothy I. Fennell, Norman Heatley, Lindsay S. Olive, John R. Raper (his brother), and William H. Weston. There are subject files on The Dictyostelids, Harvard University, International Botanical Congresses, and revisions of A Manual of the Aspergilli and A Manual of the Penicillia. Correspondence relevant to specific affiliations and appointments may be found in Series 4: Affiliations; Series 5: NRRL; Series 6: University of Washington; Series 10: Research Grants; and Series 11: Research Papers.

Box Title
1 -A-
1 Abbott Laboratories
1 Alexopoulos, Constantine J.
1 American Type Culture Collection
1 American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
1 AIBS Conference, 1958
1 American Men and Women of Science, 13 edition
1 Austwick, Peter K. C. re: The Genus Aspergillus
1 -B-
1 Balamuth, William (re: Copromyxa)
1 Barksdale, Alma
1 Becker, Joyce Eleanor
1 Beech-Nut Foods Corporation v. General Foods Corporation
1 Bhargava, K. S.
1 Biosciences Information Services
1 Blanton, Richard L.
1 Bold, Harold C.
1 Bonner, John Tyler (2 files)
1 Bonner, John T. re: Boon
1 Book reviews and publications
1 Borelli, Dante
1 Botanical Society of America merit awards
1 Broderick, Lynn Sechrist
1 Brothers, Marietta
1 Brummel, Sharon (Golden Guernsey Dairy)
1 -C-
1 Castener, David (slime molds)
1 Cavender, James C.
1 Cavender, James C. re: culture collections
1 Re: Cavender, James C.
1 Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures
1 Chang, Ming Tu
1 Chapel Hill, 1974
1 Charles Thom Award
1 Christensen, Martha
1 CIBA
1 Ciegler, Alex
1 Clark, William T. (American Type Culture Collection)
1 Coghill, Robert D.
1 Cohn, Naomi Kenda
1 Commonwealth Mycological Institute (Elphick, John J. et al)
1 Conant, Norman F.
1 Conferences
1 Conferences, "Genetics of Streptomyces" 1959, NY Academy of Sciences
1 Cooke, William Bridge
1 Cormier, Joan
1 Cotter, David A.
2 Couch, John N.
2 Couch, John N. Festschrift
2 Crabtree, Koby T.
2 Culture collection, US Army HQ Quartermaster Research and Development Command
2 Culture collection publicity
2 Culture collections (Hougas, Robert W., Pound, G. S.)
2 Cultures of new species and publications
2 Cultures to China
2 -D-
2 Dictyosteliaceae
2 The Dictyostelids, early correspondence
2 The Dictyostelids, funding
2 The Dictyostelids, later correspondence
2 The Dictyostelids, reviews and book summary
2 The Dictyostelids, requests for permission for figures
2 Dictyostelium meeting, 1976, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY
2 Re: Duchesne, Ernest - Commemorative Stamp
2 Dykstra, Michael J.
2 -E-
2 Emerson, Ralph
2 Emmons, Chester W.
2 Erdos, Gregory
2 -F-
2 Fennell, Dorothy I., 1953-1961 (2 files)
2 Fennell, Dorothy I., 1961-1976 (2 files)
2 Fennell, Dorothy I. re: The Genus Aspergillus
2 Filho, Alcides Martinelli
2 Foster, E. M. (Ocean Spray Fruit Juice)
2 Francis, David W.
2 Freeman, Bessie Jane
2 Fukio, Yoshio
2 -G-
2 Garber, Ed D.
2 Genetics of Industrial Microorganisms, 1978, 3d International Symposium
2 The Genus Aspergillus - Raper and Fennell
2 George, Robert P.
2 Gerisch, Gunther
2 Gibbons, N. E.
2 Gordon Research Conferences
2 Gould, Charles J.
2 Gregg, James
2 Re: Guttlina rosea
3 -H-
3 Hagiwara, Hiromitsu
3 Harrington, Brian J.
3 Harvard University - Administration, 1933-1936
3 Harvard University - Weston, William Henry (Dept of Botany), 1934-1936
3 Harvard University Research
3 Haskins, Edward F.
3 Heatley, Norman G. (re: Howard W. Florey and penicillin history)
3 Hesseltine, Clifford W.
3 Higgers, George
3 Hirschy, Robert A.
3 Hohl, Hans Rudolph (2 files)
3 Hollaender, Alexander
3 Hsia, Wen-Cheng
3 Hulse (Terpstra), Judith M.
3 -I-
3 Ichida, Allen A.
3 Institute for Fermentation (Osaka)
3 Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
3 International Botanical Congress IX, 1959, Montreal
3 International Botanical Congress X, 1964, Edinburgh
3 International Botanical Congress XII, 1974, Moscow
3 International Botanical Congress XIII, 1981, Sydney, Australia
3 International Paper Company
3 Irving, George W.
3 -J-
3 Job offers and replies
3 Joos, Martin
3 -K-
3 Kahn, Arnold J.
3 Karling, John S.
3 Karn, Lillian A.
3 Kendrick, W. Bryce
3 Kessler, Dietrich
3 Kikkoman Foods Inc.
3 Konijn, Theodorus M.
3 Kuehn, Harold H.
3 Kulik, Martin M.
3 Kurzynski, Terrence A.
3 Kwon, Kyung Joo
3 -L-
3 Leonard, Thomas J.
3 Lerner Marine Laboratory
3 Lewis, Barbara
3 Lim, Tong-Kwee
3 Lloyd, Robert M.
3 Lockwood, Louis B.
3 Loomis, William F.
3 Lubrecht, Harry
3 -M- (2 files)
3 Re: A Manual of the Aspergilli - Thom and Raper
3 Mapes, Royal H. re: Cavender grant application
3 Martin, George W.
4 -Mc-
4 Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research
4 Mycological Society of America
4 Mycological Society of America Guidebook
4 -N-
4 Nagao Institute (Kominami)
4 National Science Foundation Summer Institute, 1959
4 Nei, Tokio
4 Newell, Peter C.
4 Nicot, J.
4 Norberg, Ann Marie
4 Norcliff Thayer Inc. (Propst, Cecil W.)
4 Noren, Borje Axel
4 NYBG award, 1961
4 -O-
4 O'Day, Danton H.
4 Olive, Lindsay S.
4 Olive, Lindsay S. and associates
4 Orpurt, Philip A.
4 Osaka University (Terui, Gyozo)
4 -P-
4 Paddock, Richard et al re: Acrasieae
4 Papendorf, Max Cilliers
4 Re: "The Penicillin Saga Remembered"
4 Pescatore, Ronald Frank
4 Phi Beta Kappa, 1974-75 (K. B. Raper, president)
4 Phi Beta Kappa - Madison
4 Prest, Dorothy B.
4 Protozoa amoeba
4 Publication of articles in Mycologia, 1954-1956
4 Publishers
4 Qadeer, M. A.
4 -R-
4 Rahn, Ann (nee Ann Cosper Worley)
4 Rai, J. N.
4 Raper, John R.
4 Raper family
4 Requests for cultures
4 Requests for permission to use photos
4 Revision of A Manual of the Aspergilli
4 Revision of A Manual of the Penicillia - Raper and Thom (2 files)
4 Robbins, William J.
4 Robinson, Anthony
4 Rogerson, Clark T.
4 Roberts, Rowena
4 Ross, Ian K.
4 Rudolph, Emanuel D.
5 -S- (2 files)
5 Samson, Robert A.
5 Savolainen, Jouko Eino T.
5 Schaap, Pauline
5 Shaffer, Brian M.
5 Shaw, June
5 Shoopman, Johanna Lee
5 Sikorowski, Peter P.
5 Simonart, Paul
5 Skoog, Folke
5 Smith, Alexander H.
5 Smith, Mildred Mary
5 Stafleu, Franz Antonie
5 Standard Brands, Inc.
5 Stodola, Frank H.
5 Stoianovitch, Carmen
5 Sussman, Alfred S.
5 Sussman, Maurice
5 Sussman, Maurice, re: National Science Foundation Application, 1959
5 Sussman, Maurice, re: submittal to Science, 1956
5 Sutherland, John B.
5 -T-
5 Television program on penicillin: NOVA and BBC
5 Thom, Charles
5 Thomas, Constance
5 Toama, Mohamed A.
5 Traub, Franz
5 Trilling, David M.
5 Tufte, Marilyn re: University of Wisconsin Biology Club
5 -U-
5 Unidentified
5 University of Illinois faculty appointment, 1947-1952
5 University of Minnesota, 1978
5 University of Tokyo
5 -V-
5 Vezina, Claude E.
5 Vishniac, Roman, re: photos of Disctyostelium
5 Vogen, Linda
5 -W-
5 Waddell, David R.
5 Wallace, Michael
5 Warcup, J. H.
5 Watson, Stanley Willard
5 Weber, Allen Thomas
5 Weber, Neal A.
5 Weinkauff, Ann
5 Wescott, Barbara A.
5 Wessells, Norman K.
5 Weston, William H.
5 Re: William H. Weston Honorary Dinner, 1956
5 Westphal, Margaret
5 Whittingham, William F.
5 Williams, Keith
5 Wolf, Frederick T.
5 World Book Encyclopedia re: "Antibiotics" article
5 Worley, Ian A.
5 -Y-
5 Yuill, Edward
5 -Z-

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Series 2. Manuscripts & Typescripts.

Scope and Content:

There are two boxes of manuscripts and typescripts of articles published by Dr. Raper and other scientists in fields of research relating to the Aspergilli, Penicillia, and Dictyosteliaceae. Several of these were composed in association with his colleagues and students. Notable authors here are John T. Bonner, Dorothy I. Fennell, Lindsay S. Olive, and Charles Thom. In some cases correspondence and annotated reprints accompany manuscript material. Files are identified by author, title, and date (if known). A few files contain typescripts of MA or PhD theses. Photographs used for text figures in published articles may be found in Series 13: Photographic Material. File names in Series 13 bear the same titles as the corresponding manuscript files of Series 2 wherever possible.

One sequence (Box #8) consists of manuscripts and typescripts of Dr. Raper's landmark study of the Dictyosteliaceae published in 1984. Files are arranged in the sequence of chapters appearing in the published text. In Part II "Systematics," files are arranged alphabetically by family and genus name, again as appearing in the text. See Series 13: Photographic Material for photos (mounted and unmounted) for text figures. The mounted photographs (Box #27) form a complete series of text figures.

Box Title
6 Ainsworth et al eds "Class Acrasiomycetes" in The Fungi 1973 Volume IV B
6 Alexopoulos and Raper "A myxomycete with a singular myxamboebal encycstment stage" 1973
6 Anderson, Fennell, Raper "D. diminutivum, a new cellular slime mold" 1969
6 Bennett, Joan "A genetic study of Aspergillus Heterothallicus" 1967
6 Blaskovics, Cormier, and Raper "Encystment stages of Dictyostelium" 1957
6 Bonner, John Tyler. "Development in the cellular slime molds…" 1959
6 Bonner, John Tyler. "Evidence for the sorting out of cells in the development of the cellular slime molds" 1958
6 Bonner, John Tyler. "Form in Dictyostelium" 1941 Honors Thesis, Harvard University
6 Bonner, John Tyler. "A theory of the control of differentiation in the cellular slime molds" 1956
6 Bonner and Adams "Cells mixtures of different species and strains of cellular slime molds"
6 Bonner, Chiquoine and Kolderie "A histochemical study of differentiation in the cellular slime molds" 1955
6 Bonner and Shaw "Humidity and the onset of final spore differentiation in cellular slime molds" 1956
6 Brian, P. W. "The economic value of fungi"
6 Cavender and Raper. "The Acrasieae in nature I, II, & III" 1965
6 Cavender and Raper. "Dictyostelium rosarium: new cellular slime mold w/ beaded sorocarps" 1968
6 Cavender and Raper. "The occurrence and distribution of Acrasieae in forests of subtropical and tropical America" 1968
6 Cavender, Raper, and Norberg. "Dictyostelium aureo-stipes and D. tenue: new species of Dictyosteliaceae" 1979
6 Cavender, Worley, and Raper "The yellow pigmented Dictyostelia" 1981
6 Chang and Raper. "Mating types and macrocyst formation in D. rosarium" 1981
6 Ciegler and Raper. "Use of heterokaryons in commercial fermentations" 1954
6 Cormier, Joan. "The study of macrocysts in Dictyostelium" 1955 Masters thesis
6 Cormier, Whittingham, and Raper. "The Dictyostelium mucoroides complex"
6 Cotter and Raper. "Analysis of heat shock induced germinaton in D. discoideum" 1967
6 Cotter and Raper. "Factors affecting the rate of heat induced spore germination in D. discoideum" 1968
6 Cotter and Raper. "Properties of germinating spores of D. discoideum" 1968
6 Cotter and Raper. "Spore germination in Dictyostelium discoideum" 1966
6 Cotter and Raper. "Spore germination in D. discoideum" 1970
6 Cotter and Raper. "Spore germination in strains of D. discoideum" 1968
6 Dean, Robertson, Roberts, and Raper. "Nidulan' and 'Ustin': two chlorine-containing metabolic products of Aspergillus nidulans" 1953
6 Erdos and Raper. "Ultrastructural aspects of two species of Guttulinopsis" 1978
6 Erdos, Nickerson, & Raper. "Fine structure of macrocyst germination in Dictyostelium mucoroides" 1973
6 Erdos, Nickerson, & Raper. "Fine structure of macrocysts in P. violaceum" 1972
6 Erdos, Raper, & Vogen. "Mating types and macrocyst formation in D. discoideum" 1973
6 Erdos, Raper, & Vogen. "Sexuality in the cellular slime mold Dictyostelium giganteum" 1975
6 Farley, Thomas M. "The chemistry of mold products" 1965 PhD thesis
6 Fennell and Raper. "The crampon-based Dictyostelia" 1967
6 Fennell and Raper. "New species and varieties of Aspergillus" 1954
6 Fennell and Warcup. "The ascocarps of Aspergillus alliaceus"
6 Filosa, M. F. "Heterocysts in cellular slime molds" 1958 Ph D thesis
6 George, Albrecht, Sachs, MacKenzie, and Raper. "Rapid freeze drying of D. discoideum for scanning electron microscopy" 1970
6 George, Hohl, and Raper. "Ultrastructural development of stalk-producing cells of D. discoideum" 1972
6 Harrington and Raper. "Short interphase periods and fast aggregation rates in cellular slime molds"
6 Harrington and Raper. "The use of a fluorescent brightener to demonstrate cellulose in the cellular slime molds" 1968
6 Hirschberg, Erich. "Some contributions of microbiology to cancer research"
6 Hohl, Marianne. "The growth of K2" 1962
6 Hohl and Raper. "Control of sorocarp size in the cellular slime mold D. discoideum" 1964
6 Hohl and Raper. "The nutrition of cellular slime molds, I & II" 1963
6 Hohl and Raper. "The nutrition of cellular slime molds, III" 1963
6 Hohl and Raper. "Sorocarp formation by D. discoideum in crowded populations" 1963
6 Hostak, Marietta B. and Raper. "The induction of cell aggregation in Acytostelium by alkaloids" 1960
6 Kahn, Arnold J. "The influence of light on cell aggregation in P. pallidum"
6 Konijn, Theodore M. "Chemotaxis in the cellular slime molds" 1966
6 Konijn, Theodore M. "Chemotaxis and aggregation in the slime molds"
6 Konijn and Raper. "Cell aggregation in Dictyostelium discoideum" 1961
6 Konijn and Raper. "The influence of light on the size of cell aggregation in the Dictyosteliaceae" 1966
6 Konijn and Raper. "The influence of light on the time of cell aggregation in the Dictyosteliaceae" 1965
6 Kwon, Fennell, and Raper. "A heterothallic species of Aspergillus" 1964 (AIBS)
6 Kwon and Raper. "Heterokaryon formation and genetic analyses of color mutants in Aspergillus heterothallicus" 1967
6 Kwon and Raper. "Sexuality and cultural characteristics of Aspergillus heterothallicus" 1967
6 Leonard, Thomas J. "Schizophyllum commune: the first example of a fungal tumor"
6 Mazur, Peter. "Studies of the effects of low temperatures and dehydration on the viability of fungous spores" 1953 PhD. thesis, Harvard
6 McComis, William T. "Penicillin" 1976
7 Nickerson and Raper. "Macrocysts in the life cycle of the Dictyosteliaceae I" 1973
7 Nickerson and Raper. "Macrocysts in the life cycle of the Dictyosteliaceae II" 1973
7 Norberg, Ann. "D. mucoroides complex: speciation in slime molds" 1969 (student paper)
7 Norberg and Raper. "Speciation in the D. mucoroides complex" 1972
7 Noren and Raper. "The antibiotic activity of myxobacteria in relation to the bacteriolytic capacity" 1962
7 Olive, Lindsay, book review of The Mycetozoans 1975
7 Pontecorvo, G. "Genetical analyss of cell organisation" 1951
7 Quinlan, Mildred S. and Raper. "Development of the myxobacteria" 1958
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Acetyostelium leptosomum, new genus and species of the Acrasieae" 1955 (AIBS)
7 Raper, Kenneth. "The Acrasieae - primitive models of cellular interaction" 1962 (Cell Bio. Soc.)
7 Raper, Kenneth. AIBS papers, 1972, Minneapolis
7 Raper, Kenneth. AIBS papers, 1956, Storrs, CT
7 Raper, Kenneth. book reviews, 1952 - 1972
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Cellular organization and differentiation in simple slime molds" 1952
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Charles Thom 1872-1956" 24 Sept 1963 National Academy of Sciences paper
7 Raper, Kenneth. Charles Thom chronology
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Cultural bases for nomenclature in the Dictyosteliaceae" 1939 3d International Congress of Microbiology, NY
7 Raper, Kenneth. "A Decade of Antibiotics" 1952 (Mycology Society of Am. President's address)
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Dictyostelium discoideum: a new species of slime mold from decaying forest leaves" 1935
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Dictyostelium polycephalum n. sp." 1956
7 Raper, Kenneth. "The environment and morphogenesis in cellular slime molds" 1963
7 Raper, Kenneth. "General methods for preserving cultures"1962 Conference on Culture Collections
7 Raper, Kenneth. "The golden anniversary of the Centraal Bureau voor Schimmelcultures, 1907-1957" 1957
7 Raper, Kenneth. "The influence of the bacterial associate and medium upon the growth and development of Dictyostelium discoideum" PhD. thesis
7 Raper, Kenneth. "John Robert Raper, Oct 3, 1911 - May 21, 1974"
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Levels of cellular interaction in amoeboid populations" 1960
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Levels of cellular interaction in amoeboid populations" 1966 Am Phil. Soc.
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Microbes - man's mighty midgets" 1957
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Nomenclature in Aspergillus and Penicillium" 1956
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Patterns of aggregation and differentiation in the Acrasieae" 1963 MSA lecture
7 Raper, Kenneth. "The penicillin saga remembered" 1978
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Phylogeny of the slime molds and the Acrasiomycetes" IMC I lecture
7 Raper, Kenneth. "Problems in development and growth - microbiological aspects" 1953
7 Raper, Kenneth. "The Progress of antibiotics" 1952 (Scientific American)
7 Raper, Kenneth. "The yellow pigmented Dictyostelia" 1981 revised copy
7 Raper, Bushnell, and Sequeira. "Paul James Allen, 1914-1976" 1977
7 Raper and Erdos, G. W. "The macrocysts of the Dictyosteliaceae" 1973
7 Raper and Fennell. "Strain intermixture in Aspergillus fonsecaeus"
7 Raper, Fennell, and Tresner. "The ascosporic stage of Aspergillus citrosporus…" 1952
7 Raper and Smith, Mildred. "Acytostelium leptosomum: a unique cellular slime mold" 1957
7 Raper and Thom. "Interspecific mixtures in the Dictyosteliaceae" 1941
7 Raper and Worley. "Guttulinopsis and other simple slime molds" 1976
7 Raper, Worley, and Kessler. "Observations on Guttulinopsis vulgaris and G. nivea"
7 Raper, Worley, and Kurzynski. "Copromyxella: a new genus of Acrasidae" 1978
7 Schwemmin, Donald. "Light controlled reproductive differentiation in Aspergillus ornatus" 1960 PhD. thesis, University of Michigan
7 Shaffer, B. M. "The cells founding aggregation centres in the slime mold P. violaceum"
7 Shaffer, B. M. "Species differences in the aggregation of the Acrasieae"
7 Stodola, Frank H. "The Isolation, characterization, and chemical properties of the gibberellins" 1956
7 Stodola, Frank H. "Penicillin - from discovery to use" 1967
7 Thom and Raper. "Ascospore patterns in Aspergillus" 1938, MSA meeting
7 Thom and Raper. "Aspergillus or what?" 21 June 1946 Science
7 Toama and Raper. "The microcysts of the cellular slime mold P. pallidum I & II" 1967
7 Trilling, David M. "Morphogenesis of the crampon base of a Dictyostelium sp…"
7 Vezina and Raper. "Presumptive heterokaryons in Aspergillus fonsecaeus" 1957
7 Waddell and Duffy. "Cannibalism in the predatory slime mold D. caveatum" 1985
7 Wallace and Raper. "Genetic exchanges in the macrocysts of D. discoideum" 1979 Watson, S. W. and Raper "Labyrinthula minuta, n. sp." 1957
7 Weber and Raper. "Induction of fruiting in two aggregateless mutants of D. discoideum" 1971
7 Whittingham, William F. "Variation and mutation" 1955
7 Whittingham and Raper. "Environmental factors influencing the growth and fructification of D. polycephalum" 1957
7 Whittingham and Raper. "Inhibition of normal pigment synthesis in spores of D. purpureum" 1956
7 Whittingham and Raper. "The non-viability of stalk cells in D. purpureum"
7 Wilson, Charles M. "Sexuality in the Acrasiales" 1952
7 Worley, Ann C. "Fonticula alba, a new cellular slime mold" 1978
7 Worley and Raper. "Growth and development of Fonticula alba…" 1978
7 Worley and Raper. "Observations on Guttulinopsis vulgaris and G. nivea sp. nov." 1978
7 Worley, Raper, Hohl. "Fonticula alba: a new cellular slime mold (Acrasiomycetes)" 1979
8 Notes on Brefeld
8 Figures and tables - history
8 Preface
8 Chapter 1: Historical
8 Chapter 2: Occurrence and Isolation
8 Chapter 3: Ecology
8 Chapter 4: Cultivation
8 Chapter 5: Culture Maintenance
8 Chapter 6: Vegetative Stage
8 Chapter 7: Cell Aggregation
8 Chapter 8: Fructification
8 Chapter 9: Macrocysts
8 Acrasiomycete (Dictyostelidae) Systematics
8 Chapter 10: Acrasiomycetes
8 Chapter 11: Dictyostelidae
8 Chapter 12: Dictyosteliaceae: Dictyostelium
8 D. mucoroides complex
8 D. mucoroides
8 D. mucoroides var. stoloniferum
8 D. giganteum
8 D. septentrionalis
8 D. irregularis
8 D. sphaerocephalum
8 D. minutum
8 D. intermedium
8 D. dimagraformum
8 D. discoideum
8 D. discoideum var. aureum
8 D. aureum var. aureum
8 D. aureum var. luteolum
8 D. brunneum
8 D. purpureum
8 D. roseum
8 D. deminutivum
8 D. multi-stipes
8 D. microsporum
8 D. caveatum
8 D. fasciculatum
8 D. tenue
8 D. delicatum
8 D. bifurcatum
8 D. monochasioides
8 D. polycarpum
8 D. polycephalum
8 D. aureo-stipes
8 D. aureo-stipes var. Helvetium
8 D. coeruleo-stipes
8 D. laterosorum
8 D. rhizopodium
8 D. lavendulum
8 D. vinaceo-fuscum
8 D. mexicanum
8 D. rosarium
8 D. lacteum
8 D. lacteum var. papilloideum
8 Chapter 13: Dictyosteliaceae: Polysphondylium
8 Polysphondylium violaceum
8 P. pallidum
8 P. tenuissimum
8 P. filamentosum
8 P. candidum
8 P. pseudo-candidum, Chapter 14: Acytosteliaceae: Acytostelium
8 Acytostelium leptosomum
8 A. subglobosum
8 A. irregularosporum
8 A. ellipticum
8 Chapter 15: Coenonia - Epilogue
8 Bibliography
8 Index
8 Reviews and Notices

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Series 3. Translations.

Scope and Content:

There are 23 files of translations of articles on the Dictyosteliaceae published in German and French scientific journals. The translations were done by Dr. Raper or by students under his direction. The material consists of manuscripts, typescripts, annotated reprints and photocopies. The translations are of classic articles in the history of cellular slime mold studies, e.g. Oscar Brefeld and Ph. van Tieghem, and of modern investigators, e.g. Gunther Gerisch.

Box Title
8 Arnaud, G. "Les Heimerliacees, subdivision des Acrasiales?" 1949
8 Arndt, Arthur. "Rhizopodenstudien III" 1934, annotated
8 Brefeld, Oscar. "Dictyostelium mucoroides" 1869
8 Brefeld, Oscar. "Investigation on the entire field of mycology" 1884
8 Coemans, Eugene. "Recherches sur le polymorphism … chez les Mucorinees" 1863
8 Dangeard, P. A. "Contribution to the Knowledge of the Acrasiaea" 1897
8 Depraitere and Darmon "Growth of D. discoideum on different species of bacteria" 1978
8 Film narratives on Dictyostelium
8 Gerisch, Gunther. "Cell functions . . . D. discoideum" 1961
8 Heunert, H. H. "Methods of preparing living bacteria for cinemicrography" 1961
8 Jahn, E. "Beitrage zur botanischen protistologie" 1961
8 Marchal, E. "Champignons coprophiles de Belgique" 1885
8 Michalska, Irene and F-X Skupienski. "Recherches ecologiques sur les Acrasiees" 1938
8 Molisch, Hans. "Botanische beobachtungen in Japan" 1926
8 Papers on Labyrinthula
8 Pfutzner-Ekert, Rosemarie. "Investigations … physiology of D. mucoroides" 1950
8 Pinoy, Ernest
8 Potts, George. "Zur physiologie des D. mucoroides" 1902
8 Socias, A. "Un hongo (eumycota) se transforma en bacteria (schizomyceta) 1949
8 Skupienski, Francis-Xavier
8 Urschel, Harold C. "Observations & experimentations on Chrondromyces crocatus 1951
8 Van Tiegham, M. Ph.
8 Translations, various

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Series 4. Affiliations.

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These records pertain to affiliations with professional scientific organizations such as the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the Botanical Society of America, the International Mycological Congress I (1971) & II (1977), and the National Academy of Sciences. The content includes correspondence, minutes, reports, election balloting, programs, and membership lists. Dr. Raper was associated with the American Type Culture collection as (1) a representative of the USDA Northern Regional Research Laboratory (NRRL) as a member of the National Research Council's ATCC Committee (1948-1954) and (2) as chairman of the Executive Committee of the ATCC Board of Trustees itself (1954-1962). There are 15 files of correspondence, minutes, and reports pertaining to Dr. Raper's association with the International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS).

Dr. Raper was Chairman of the Executive Committee for International Botanical Congress XI (1969) held at the University of Washington in Seattle. There are 3 boxes containing correspondence, circular bulletins, committee histories, minutes, financial records, reports, grants, and memorabilia. The records relate to solicitation of sponsors, financial planning, advertising, publicity, social events, medals, stamps, and publications, as well as the overall organization and hosting of the event. Photography of IBC social events is located in Series 13: Photographic Material.

Box Title
9 American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Midwest Section
9 American Philosophical Society
9 American Philosophical Society, R. H. Burris Nomination, 1977
9 American Society for Cell Biology
9 American Society for Microbiology, Honorary Membership
9 Botanical Society of America, Committees, 1966-1967
9 Botanical Society of America, Microbiological Section
9 Cellular Slime Mold Conference, 1985 Amsterdam
9 European Molecular Biology Organization, Cellular Slime Mold Conf., 1977, Sardinia
9 International Biological Program, 1963
9 International Biological Program, Ad Hoc Committee, 1963-1964
9 International Mycological Congress I, 1971, University of Exeter, England
9 International Mycological Congress I, 1971, "The Acrasiales - An Introduction"
9 International Mycological Congress I, 1971, Culture Collection Symposium
9 International Mycological Congress I, 1971, Slime Mold Symposium
9 International Mycological Congress II, 1977, Athens, Georgia
9 Mycological Society of America, 1950
9 National Academy of Sciences
9 National Academy of Sciences, Botany Section, 1977-1982
9 National Academy of Sciences, Class II Meetings, 1965-1966
9 National Academy of Sciences, Class Elections, 1966-1968 (2 files)
9 National Academy of Sciences, John T. Bonner Nomination
9 National Academy of Sciences, Eldon H. Newcomb Nomination
9 National Academy of Sciences, Linsay S. Olive Nomination
9 National Academy of Sciences, Membership Committee, 1970-1981
9 National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings, 1960-1986
9 National Academy of Sciences, Review Panel
9 National Academy of Sciences, Wisconsin Meetings, 1964
9 National Science Foundation Post-doctoral Committee, 1961-1963
9 National Research Council, Conference of Mitogenesis and Morphogenesis, 1953
9 National Research Council, Division of Medical Sciences, Committee on Growth
9 Society for General Microbiology
9 Society of Industrial Microbiology
9 Society for the Study of Development and Growth
9 Tissue Culture Association, members list
10 American Type Culture Collection

Constitution
Correspondence and Meeting Minutes, 1948-1962 (11 files)

11 International Botanical Congress XI

All-congress dinner
All-congress events - plenary sessions
American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS)
American Journal of Botany, IBC XI Issue
American Phytopathology Society criticism
Baker, Herbert G.
Botanical Societies, requests for financial support
Botanical Society of America, transfer of funds to Circular I (AIBS)
Circular II
Circular, George W. Fischer, Executive Director, IBC XI
Citizen's Committee, 1969
Close of congress; statement of accounts
Committee histories
Committee meeting minutes at Congress
Congress history, proceedings
Congress medals
Congress publications
Correspondence, miscellaneous
Correspondence, post-March, 1970
Cowan, Richard S., list of invitees to President Charles E. Odegaard's Reception
Daily bulletins

11 International Botanical Congress XI

Dimond, Albert E. - Finances, 1969
Employment of Mrs. George Fischer
Erskine, William C., Assistant Treasurer
Ewan's (Joseph) History of Botany
Excursions Committee
Executive Committee resolutions
Executive Director appointment
Executive and National Committee meetings, 1967, Texas A & M
Executive and National Committee meetings, 1968, Ohio State University
Executive and National Committee minutes, 1966-1967
Executive and National Committee minutes, 1968, Ohio State University
Executive and National Committees (Cowan, Richard S.)
Exhibits, AIBS/University of Washington
Federal agencies, financial support and action
Finances
Finance Committee, 1964
Finance Committee, 1966
Finance Committee, 1968 (Dimond)
Financial Statements, examination of, 1966-1970
First-day covers (postage stamps)
Fischer, George W.
Foundations, requests for support
Historical notebook for University of Washington Archive
Honorary vice-presidents, nominations
Honorary vice-presidents, responses
Hotel correspondence, 1969
IBC Program, genesis and early correspondence, Chicago meeting minutes, 1966
Incorporation papers
International organizations in botany
International Relations Committee (Stebbins, Ledyard)
Letters of appreciation
Meeting notices and minutes
Newsletter
National Committee, early correspondence
National Committee meeting, 1968, Washington, DC
National Committee resolution on surplus funds
National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant requests
National Science Foundation (NSF)
NSF Finances, 1968
NSF grant
Odegaard, Charles E., president, University of Washington, 1966
Old Dominion Foundation
Pharmaceutical companies
Photographs of National Committee [see Series X: Photographs, below]
Plenary sessions; social events
Postage Stamp Commission (Stern, William L.)
Post-congress correspondence
Pre-congress correspondence
Preliminary meetings, 1964-1965
Press coverage of IBC XI
Proceedings
Proceedings, Seattle meeting
Program Committee, 1968 (Lang, Anton) Program Committee meeting, 1969
Program Committee meetings - Texas (1967) and Seattle (1966)
Publications Committee (Bold, Harold C.)
Raper, John S.
Resolutions and other committees (Stafleu, Frans A.)

11 International Botanical Congress XI

Roberts Northwest Tours (Bethel, James S., and Huntley)
Rockefeller Foundation
Rollins, Reed C. "Historical Background of IBC XI"
Seattle visit, 26-29 June 1968
Social events, proceedings
Srb, Adrian M.
Stafleu, Frans A.
Starr, Richard C.
Steering and Executive Committee meeting minutes
Symbol and letterhead
Symposium sponsorship
Texas A & M All-congress meeting, 1967
Thimann, Kenneth V.
Translation services, etc.
Treasurers (A. E. Dimond and James S. Bethel)
University of Washington campus map
University of Washington, AIBS Seattle office
Walker, Richard B.

11 International Union of Biological Sciences (IUBS)

IUBS, 1959-1964 (4 files)
Constitutions
General Assembly XIII, 1958, London
General Assembly XIV, 1961, Amsterdam
General Assembly XV, 1964, Prague (2 files)
General Assembly XVI, 1967, Montreaux
London Report, 1958
Meeting, 14 January 1963
Meeting, 29 June 1964
U.S. National Committee, 1965
U.S. National Committee Meeting Minutes, 1963-1965


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Series 5. Northern Regional Research Laboratory (NRRL).

Scope and Content:

The series contains 25 files of documents, correspondence, and research notes relating to Dr. Raper's work as a microbiologist with the Fermentation Division of the USDA Northern Regional Research Laboratory in Peoria, Illinois. Most material relates to NRRL penicillin research during and after World War II, including data on culture NRRL 824 (the Fleming strain) and culture NRRL 1951, of critical importance to large-scale penicillin production.

Correspondence files are arranged chronologically, except for those with Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey, Ronald Heatley, and Charles Hesseltine. Four files, "Penicillin Chronology," relate to the history and commemoration of the NRRL role in the war effort at the time of the transfer (and public announcement) of unpublished NRRL files to the U.S. National Archives in 1980. The 4 files of the present collection contain correspondence, notes, pamphlets, and clippings. Photographs relating to NRRL staff, facilities, and history are located in Series 13: Photographic Material.

Box Title
12 Aspergillus and fabric deterioration
12 Chemical bibliography and punch cards
12 Culture Collections
12 Fermentation Division accomplishments, 1940-48
12 Fermentation Division work plans, 1947 (K. B. Raper as Acting Head)
12 Fleming, Florey, and Heatley
12 General Correspondence, 1940-1953 (6 files)
12 Hesseltine, Clifford W.
12 Humicola isolates
12 Lab plans: benches, filters, et al
12 Microbiological degradation of cotton fabrics
12 Mycotoxin research
12 Notes on "Fleming Strain" NRRL 824
12 Penicillin chronology, correspondence and notes
12 Penicillin chronology, news clippings (2 files)
12 Penicillin chronology, USDA Research News
12 Personnel
12 Plant pathology notes
12 Tropical fungus culture collection

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Series 6. University of Wisconsin.

Scope and Content:

There are 25 files relating to administrative and academic responsibilities in the UW Departments of Bacteriology and Botany and with various faculty committees, including the Agricultural College. Notable among these are Dr. Raper's administration of the program in bacteriology, the William Trelease Professorship (awarded to him in 1964), and his nomination for the Nobel Prize. Group photographs of Department of Bacteriology faculty and students are located in Series 13: Photographic Material.

Box Title
13 Academic staff and salaries
13 Agricultural College Committees
13 American Association for the Advancement of Science, Council and Committees
13 Archives: Oral History Project; KBR portrait
13 Bacteriology program and degrees
13 Botany Department
13 Construction
13 Davis Fund (botany)
13 Department of Bacteriology
13 Department of Bacteriology, curricula vitae
13 Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee
13 Faculty Senate
13 Graduate School
13 Inventory of capital items
13 Leonard, Thomas J.
13 Nobel prize nomination (Adler)
13 Open meetings
13 Perlman lectures
13 Qualifying examinations
13 Regulations
13 Retirement, letter of intent, 1976
13 Trelease Professorship, 1964
13 University Press
13 Wisconsin Academy certificate
13 Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF)

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Series 7. Course Curricula.

Scope and Content:

Material in this series relates to bacteriology and botany courses taught by Dr. Raper at the University of Wisconsin (Dept. of Bacteriology), consisting of syllabi, outlines, lab procedures, handouts, annotated reprints, examinations, and student grade notebooks. Several files contain such material from courses taught at the University of Illinois and the University of North Carolina. Three files consist of similar records of courses taught by his colleagues Albert E. Dimond and Lindsay S. Olive.

Box Title
13 Bacteriology / Botany grade notebook, 1958-1977 (2 files)
13 Bacteriology grade notebook, 1953-1957
13 Bacteriology, industrial, "old notes" and annotated reprints
13 Bacteriology 127 (2 files)
13 Bacteriology 127 & 327 (2 files)
13 Bacteriology 134, Book I (2 files)
13 Bacteriology 134, Book II
13 Bacteriology 134, "Classification of the Fungi"
13 Bacteriology 327, supplemental material
13 Bacteriology 334, 1974-1975, Semester I
13 Bacteriology 334, curriculum
13 Bacteriology 334, deterioration caused by microbial agents
13 Bacteriology 334, laboratory, 1976 (2 files)
14 Bacteriology 334, laboratory schedules
14 Bacteriology 334, "old notes"
14 Bacteriology 334, taxonomy of the fungi
14 Bacteriology 605, "Fungal Genetics" (Dimond, Randall L.)
14 Botany 171, University of Illinois, examinations and grades
14 Botany 212, "Ascomycetes" 1974 (Olive, Lindsay)
14 Botany 332, Intro Mycology Lab (Whittingham)
14 Course outlines
14 Graduate students - areas of research
14 Lab personnel - graduate assistants
14 Mycology workshop, National Institutes of Health, 1977
14 Pharmocognosy 770, "Pharmaceutical Microbiology"
14 University of Illinois, Botany 171, examinations and grades
14 University of Illinois graduate students
14 University of North Carolina, summer short course in mycology, 1969

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Series 8. Class Notes.

Scope and Content:

There are 11 files of Dr. Raper's class notes of anatomy, botany, mycology, and physiology courses taken by him at George Washington University, Harvard University, and the USDA. One file of notes pertains to a cryptogamic botany course taught by William H. Weston. Several files contain botanical drawings relating to class notes

Box Title
14 Agaricales, Biology 166 (Linder)
14 Basidiomycetes, Biology 166 (Linder) 1935
14 Biology B Laboratory, 1935
14 Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates, Biology 23, 1935
14 Cryptogamic Botany, Biology 106A (Weston)
14 Dicotyledons (Griggs) 1929-1930
14 Histology (Dawson)
14 Histology Lab, 1935
14 Monocotyledons (Griggs) 1930-1931
14 Physiology Lab, Biology 34
14 Soil Amoebae (USDA) 1932-1935

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Series 9. Lectures & Talks.

Scope and Content:

There are 15 files consisting of notes and outlines of talks given by Dr. Raper as a guest lecturer at colleges, universities, and scientific societies. Five files are notes from annual talks presented to the Dining Club at the University of Wisconsin. One file relates to abstracts and notes on several talks regarding Dictyostelium discoideum.

Box Title
14 Developmental Biology, symposia and workshops, 1956
14 Dictyostelium discoideum, talks, texts, and abstracts
14 Dining Club Talks, 1960-1986 (4 files)
14 "Fleming, Florey, and Early Penicillin" 1985, Dining Club Talk
14 "The Other Cellular Slime Molds" Lecture, UNC and Florida
14 Lecture, Purdue University
14 Lecture, Texas, Ohio State, and Laramie
14 Lectures, University of Texas
14 Lectures at universities and societies
14 "Microorganisms in Industry" 1966, lecture, Wabash College
14 "Molds, Microbes, and Medicines" talks
14 "Sexuality and Parasexuality" 1974, lecture

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Series 10. Research Grants.

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This material relates to grants awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for research on the Dictyosteliaceae. The records consist of grant proposals, extensions, and reports. See Series 4: Affiliations for information on NSF grants relating to International Botanical Congress XI.

Box Title
15 NIH Grant, C-2119, 1955-1963 (9 files)
15 NIH Grant, RO1-AI-04915, 1962-1978 (13 files)
15 NIH Progress Report, AI-04915 and C-2119
15 NSF Project Proposal, G-612, 1954-1957
15 NSF Grant, G-3375, 1957-1961
15 NSF Grant and Extension, G-8624, 1968-1973
15 NSF Grant, G-9072, 1959
15 NSF Grant, G-24953, 1962-1964
15 NSF Proposal, DEB-7301510, 1973
15 NSF Continuation Application, DEB-7301510, 1977-1979

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Series 11. Research Papers.

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The research papers consist of three types of material based on size (and format): 1) research files; 2) index card files; 3) oversize graphs, charts, and diagrams. There are approximately 3 boxes of research files that contain various data on microfungi and cellular slime molds. These consist of genus/species isolations and determinations, experiment records and notebooks, dichotomous keys, notes on photomicrographs, laboratory procedures and media, and related records.

Most material relates to Dr. Raper's research on Dictyosteliaceae at the University of Wisconsin and on Penicillium at NRRL. There are 5 boxes of index cards that consist of indices for The Genus Aspergillus (1965) and The Dictyostelids (1984), as well as author and subject indices. One box contains oversize graphs on antibiotic production and diagrams of D. discoideum. The photographic record of Dr. Raper's research is integral to these records and is contained in Series 13: Photographic Material.

Box Title
15 Abstracts
15 Acetyostelium
15 Acrasieae relationships
15 Amoebae appearing in cultures after plasmodia have grown
15 Amoeba, notebook
15 Amoeba notes, pre-Harvard
15 Amoeba studies
15 Antibiotics - citrinin, subtilin
15 Arsenic fungi of Gosio
15 Aspergillus glaucus group (includes A. amstelodum; A. chevalieri; large-spored species)
15 Aspergillus glaucus group (includes A. repens and A. rubra)
15 Aspergillus, keys (translations from Japanese articles)
15 Aspergillus nidulans group
15 Aspergillus, notes on new species; notes on groups
15 Aspergillus, photomicrographs by Edward Yuill
15 Aspergillus, rough drawings
16 Charts, "Growth and development of D. discoideum…" 1937 Raper
16 Conference program, "Development & Differentiation in the Cellular Slime Molds" 1977
16 Copromyxa
16 Copromyxa: vegetative amoeba, cysts, spores, fruiting bodies
16 Copromyxa protea -1885; -1892 (Zopf)
16 Copromyxella sp., Tampa #9
16 Corn products
16 Cellular Slime Mold (CSM) Newsletter, 1975-1986 (4 files)
16 Culture Accessions
16 Dartmouth Meeting
16 D. discoideum x bacteria in soil
16 D. discoideum notes
16 D. minutum
16 Dictyostelium notes
16 Doplein's Hehrbuch on amoeba
16 Eagle dung culture
16 "European Isolations" 1957 notebook
16 Experimental cultures, notebook and notes
16 Fumagillin
16 Guttulina protea 1883 (Fayod)
16 Guttuliniaceae, photographic summary
16 Guttuliniopsis vulgaris, H-5 & H-19 (M. Christensen)
16 Identifications of fungi
16 "Isolating Panama Acrasiae" 1958 Dietz Kessler, notebook
16 Keys to thermophilic and cleisthecial-containing fungi
16 Lab procedure, Sterilization of Petri Plates and Pipettes
16 Laboratory tasks - instructions
16 Media - Aspergillus collection
16 Miscellaneous
16 Mycological Society of America foray, 1950
16 Neurospora, NE-115, C. spicata
16 North Carolina mountains
16 Notes on mold activity (4 files)
17 Notes on species and authors (3 files)
17 Panama 1, green and others
17 Panama 13, Guttulinopsis, 1956-1960
17 Panama 13, Guttulinopsis silvatica
17 Panama 15, Dictyo - Shaw
17 Panama 35 (bacteria culture)
17 Panama 35 and UK 13
17 Pathogens, human
17 Penard, Faune Rhizopodique… 1902
17 Pre-Harvard work on D. discoideum
17 Preservation of cultures
17 Publications and reprints
17 Sainclivier, M. "Contribution a l'etude de quelques aspergilles" I, 1-146
17 Sainclivier, M. "Propositions donnees par la faculte" II, 1-50, 1949
17 Sheath of K2
17 Slime mold research, miscellaneous
17 Staining - calcofluor
17 Staining - mold spores
17 Staining - nuclear stains on fungi
17 "Study of macrocysts in Dictyostelium" I 1953, Joan Cormier, notebook
17 "Study of macrocysts in Dictyostelium" II 1955, Joan Cormier, notebook
17 Sussman, May 1958
17 Time-lapse cinephotomicrograph apparatus, operating manual, annotated
17 Time-lapse movies, data
17 Time-lapse photography, notes and data
17 Yeast production
17 Weinkauff blocks
17 Weiss, Paul, bibliography
18 Bibliography, Dictyostelids (index)
18 First author index, A-P
19 First author index, R-Z
19 Subject index, A-P
20 Subject index, P-Z
20 Third copy index
21 Index, Aspergilli mentioned by number in the 1965 revision
22 Index, The Dictyostelids
23 Diagrams - Dictyostelium discoideum, pseudoplasmodium formation and organization
23 Diagrams - Dictyosteliium interspecific mixtures
23 Diagrams - Dictyostelium and Acrasieae
23 Diagrams - D. discoideum and D. mucoroides slug migration (Growth Symposium)
23 Chart - Bacterial Associates
23 Chart - Selected Progeny of NRRL 1951
23 Graph - Chemical Changes: submerged production of penicillin
23 Graph - Streptomycin Domestic Production, 1946-1951
23 Graph - Penicillin Domestic Production, 1943-1951

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Series 12. Personal Papers.

Scope and Content:

Dr. Raper's personal papers consist of personal and family correspondence, employment and retirement records, clippings, obituary notices, certificates, and awards. There are official documents relating to his employment by the USDA and the University of Wisconsin, Charles Thom memorabilia, and typescripts of an autobiographical essay and curriculum vita written near the end of his life.

Box Title
17 AAAS Certificate; clippings on appointments
17 Autobiography, July, 1986
17 Biographical
17 Charles Thom memorabilia
17 Correspondence
17 Clippings
17 Clippings, House & Garden plans
17 Curriculum vita and awards
17 George I. Haight Traveling Fellowship (University of Wisconsin)
17 Honorary Doctor of Science degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1961
17 Life insurance
17 Mycological Society of America Nomination for National Medal of Science
17 Obituary notices
17 Pasteur Fermentation Centennial, 1958
17 Retirement system
17 Royal Order of the Acrasiales
17 Sigma Xi, 1969-1971
17 U.S. Department of Defense security clearance
17 University of Wisconsin
17 War Manpower Commission documents
17 U.S. Civil Service Commission
17 U.S. Civil Service Retirement
17 USDA appointment
17 USDA resignation

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Series 13. Photographic Material.

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Photographs: There are 22 boxes of photographs containing prints arranged by size: 16 x 18 (Box #23); 11 x 14 (Box #24); 8.5 x 11 (Boxes #25-27); 5 x 7 (#28-30); 3 x 5 (#31-44). Most relate to the growth and life cycles of Aspergillus, Penicillium, Dictyosteliaceae and related organisms. This record documents microscopic structures such as spores, macrocysts, amoebae, and sorocarps of cellular slime molds (and similar structures of the microfungi) in various isolations and experiments using optical and electron microscopy. There are photos of fungal cultures in petri dishes, as well as glossy and matte photos of charts, diagrams, graphs, and text. Photos are arranged alphabetically by genus (and/or subject) where applicable.

One sequence of folders contains prints used for figures in published articles by Dr. Raper and his collaborators. There is also a complete series of mounted photos of figures used in The Dictyostelids (see Series 2). The research of the Northern Regional Research Laboratory is documented with photos of building and grounds, fermentation and laboratory equipment, microbiological subjects, and group and individual portraits, including the NRRL "Penicillin Team." Other portraits pertain to events of IBC XI, University of Wisconsin faculty and staff, and Charles Thom and associates.

Negatives: There are 21 boxes of photographic negatives arranged by size: 8.5 x 11 (Box #27); 5 x 7 (Box #54); 3 x 5 (Boxes #45-53; 55). There are 8 boxes of glass negatives (#56-63) and one of Kodachrome slides (#64). In most cases negatives relate to corresponding positive prints. Negatives are arranged alphabetically by genus (and/or subject) following the sequential ordering of photographs in Series 17 wherever possible. There is one sequence of 206 negatives (Box #65) of specimen material. See Series 14.

Other Media: There are 31 boxes of lantern slides, most of which duplicates the photographic record described above. There are 31 spools of 16mm film of the germination and development of cellular slime molds in culture and 2 spools of 35mm film, subjects unidentified. There is one videocassette of filming done in Peoria, Illinois for a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC TV) documentary on penicillin that includes footage of an interview with Dr. Raper. Finally, there are 58 plates (5 boxes) of Aspergillus, Dictyostelium, et al used as figures in published articles.

Box Title
23 Aspergillus and Penicillium, mounted photos
23 Dictyostelium, mounted photos
23 Cultures
23 NRRL Penicillin Team
24 Cavender, Worley, and Raper; Figs 1-6, 7-12, 13-23
24 Wallace and Raper "Genetic exchanges…D. discoideum"
24 The Dictyostelids, Fig 8-10
24 The Dictyostelids, Fig 13-5, P. tenuissimum
24 Copromyxella sp
24 D. discoideum macrocyst development, re: Erdos, G. 18 August 1980 correspondence
24 D. discoideum stalk formation, original picture assemblies (1 of 2)
24 D. rosarium, 1969 re: Cavender and Raper (2 envelopes)
24 Fonticula sp
24 Guttulinopsis vulgaris; G. nivea, et al
24 G. vulgaris; G. nivea; mounted photos re: Worley, Raper, & Kessler
24 NRRL, group photo
24 National Academy of Sciences
24 Panama-13, Fig 2-5; Storrs CT talk
24 Portrait: Raper, Kenneth Brian re: Univ Wisc Archives, 1 Feb 1967 correspondence
24 Portrait: Charles Thom
24 Test tube culture
24 Penicillium sketch
24 Aspergillus flavipes culture
24 Rocky Mountains, Wyoming - MSA Foray, 1950
24 Portrait (framed), Robert Coghill
25 " Acytostelium leptosomum…" 1957 Raper and Smith
25 "The ascosporic stage of Aspergillus citrosporus…" 1952
25 "Acrasiae in nature" 1965
25 "Class Acrasiomycetes" in The Fungi, Volume IV B, 1973
25 "A decade of antibiotics"
25 "Development of myxobacteria" 1958 Quinlan and Raper
25 "Dictyostelium deminutivum, a new cellular slime mold" 1969
25 "D. polycephalum n. sp…" 1956
25 "Encycstment stages in Dictyostelium" 1957 Blaskovics and Raper
25 "The environment and morphogenesis of cellular slime molds" 1963
25 "Factors affecting growth and differentiation in simple slime molds" 1956
25 "The growth of D. discoideum upon pathogenic bacteria" 1939
25 "Heterokaryon formation…A. heterothallicus" 1967
25 "Heterokaryosis in Aspergillus" 1953
25 "Induction of fruiting…D. discoideum" 1971
25 "Isolation, cultivation, and conservation of simple slime molds" 1951
25 "Labyrinthula minuta n. sp." 1957 Watson and Raper
25 "Levels of cellular interaction in amoeboid populations" 1960
25 "Microbes - man's mighty midgets"
25 "A myxomycete with a singular myxamoebal encycstment stage" 1973
25 "New species of Penicillium" 1948
25 "Non-viability of stalk cells in D. purpureum"
25 "Patterns of aggregation and differentiation in the Acrasieae"
25 "Presumptive heterokaryons in Aspergillus fonsecaeus"
25 "Problems in development and growth - microbiological aspects" 1963 Raper
25 "Production and characterization of ultraviolet induced mutations in A. terreus" 1945
25 "Sexual and cultural characteristics of Aspergillus heterothallicus" 1967
25 "A theory of the control of differentiation in the cellular slime molds" 1956 Bonner
25 "Ultrastructural development in stalk-producing cells of D. discoideum" 1972
25 "The use of fluorescent brightener to demonstrate cellulose…" 1969
25 Ashbya
25 Aspergillus, diagrams and charts
25 Aspergillus figures
25 Aspergillus figures, mounted
25 Aspergillus glaucus group
25 Aspergillus spp
25 Charts and diagrams
25 Color photo of mold cultures
25 Copromyxa
25 Copromyxella
25 Cormier, Joan, 1955
25 Cultures #4566
25 Dictyostelia
25 Dictyostelium discoideum
25 D. discoideum, Harvey lecture, 1957
25 D. discoideum, stalk formation
25 D. discoideum, stalk formation, original picture assemblies (2 of 2)
25 D. mucoroides complex, AIBS conference, 1956, Storrs, CT
25 D. mucoroides, re: Brefeld, Oscar translations
25 Dictyostelium plasmodium figures (re: Chapel Hill, 18 Oct 1938)
26 Re: Dykstra, Michael
26 Figures for A Manual of the Aspergilli
26 Fonticula
26 Fonticula alba, mounted
26 Re: Francis, David W., correspondence, 3 October 1963
26 Guttulinopsis
26 Guttulina rosea
26 Guttulinopsis ultrastructure
26 Illustrations for courses
26 Illustrations for lectures and talks
26 IBC XI, group portraits
26 IBC XI, mayor's reception
26 IBC XI, South African plant exhibit
26 IBC XI, World Food Supply symposium
26 L-1527, slide FM-598
26 Macrocysts - Blaskovics
26 Macrocysts (D. mucoroides) - Weinicauff, A. M., thesis
26 Miscellaneous
26 North Carolina forests
26 NRRL, building and equipment
26 NRRL, human subjects
26 NRRL, microbiological subjects
26 NRRL, mounted photos
26 NRRL, Penicillium chrysogenum, NRRL 1951 et al
26 Panama
26 Panama 15 - Dictyostelium - Shaw
26 Panama 35
26 Physarum polycephalum
26 Portraits
26 Portraits, group
26 Portraits, Raper, Ken
26 Portraits, Thom, Charles
26 Ross, Ian K.
26 Schizophyllum commune (re: Leonard, Thomas J.)
26 Slime mold cartoons
26 University of Wisconsin Dept of Bacteriology group photos
26 Vishniac, Roman - Dictyostelium
26 Figures for The Dictyostelids, mounted photos (5 files)
26 Figures for The Dictyostelids, mounted photos (10 files)
27 The Dictyostelids (7 files)
27 Negatives

AcrasieaeAcytostelium spp.
The DictyostelidsDictyostelium spp. (2 files)
Miscellaneous
Polysphondylium spp. Slides, 1980

28 Aspergilllus
28 NRRL
29 The Dictyostelids
29 Cultures and photomicrographs
30 Portraits
30 Diagrams, charts, text
30 Figures for published articles
31 Acrasis rosea Acytostelium ellipticum - AE-2
31 A. irregularosporum - Hag-28
31 A.leptosomum - FG-12A
31 A.subglobosum - LB-1
31 Copromyxa sp
31 Copromyxa protea
32 Copromyxella
32 C. corralloides
32 C. filamentosa
33 Didymium nigrum - SB-1A
33 Fonticula - K2
34 Fonticula alba
34 Guttulina rosea
34 Guttulinopsis vulgaris
34 Guttulinopsis vulgaris and nivea
34 Guttulinopsis nivea - Pan 35
34 Hartmanella
34 Mycosylva
34 Panama cultures
35 Panama cultures
35 Pocheina
35 Polysphondylium candidum
35 P. filamentosum
35 P. pallidum
35 P. violaceum
36 Protostelium
36 Sappinia
36 Stemonitis
36 Bacteriology 334
36 Figures for published articles
36 NRRL
36 Portraits
36 Miscellaneous
37 Dictyostelium aureum var. aureum
37 D. aureum var. luteolum
37 D. aureum var.
37 luteolum - WS-630
37 D. aureo-stipes
37 D. aureo-stipes var. helvetium
37 D. bifurcatum
37 D. caveatum
37 D. coeruleo-stipes
38 Dictyostelium delicatum
38 D. deminutivum
38 D. dimigraformum
38 D. discoideum
38 D. giganteum
38 D. intermedium
38 D. lacteum
39 Dictyostelium lacteum
39 D. lacteum var. papilloideum
39 D. laterosorum
39 D. lavandulum
39 D. mexicanum
39 D. minutum
40 Dictyostelium mono-chasioides
40 D. mucoroides
40 D. mucoroides var. stoloniferum
40 D. multistipes
40 D. polycarpum
40 D. polycephalum
40 D. purpureum
40 D. rhizopodium
41 Dictyostelium rhizopodium
41 D. rhizopodium - crampon formation
41 D. rosarium
41 D. sphaerocephalum
42 Dictyostelium sphaerocephalum
42 D. tenuis
42 D. vinaceo-fuscum
42 The Dictyostelids
42 Dictyostelium - miscellaneous
43 Figures for theses
43 Numbered sequence
44 Numbered sequence
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45 Aspergillus
46 Aspergillus
46 Acrasis
46 Acytostelium
46 Copromyxa
46 Copromyxella
46 Didymium
47 Fonticula
47 Guttulina
47 Guttulinopsis
47 Harmanella
47 Mycosylva
47 Panama cultures
47 Polysphondylium
48 Sappinia
48 Various
48 Dictyostelium aureum
48 D. aureo-stipes
48 D. cavatum
48 D. coeruleo-stipes
48 D. discoideum
49 D. deminutivum
49 D. giganteum
49 D. lacteum
49 D. lavandulum
49 D. mexicanum
49 D. minutum
49 D. mucoroides
49 D. multistipes
49 D. polycephalum
49 D. purpureum
49 D. rhizopodium
50 Dictyostelium rhizopodium
50 D. rosarium
50 D. sphaerocephalum
50 D. tenuis
50 D. vinaceo-fuscum
50 D. violaceum
50 Miscellaneous
51 The Dictyostelids
51 Numbered sequence
52 Numbered sequence
52 Figures for theses
53 Figures for theses
53 NRRL
53 Personal
54 Various
55 Personal
56 Photographic Material (Glass Negatives)
57 Photographic Material (Glass Negatives)
58 Photographic Material (Glass Negatives)
59 Photographic Material (Glass Negatives)
60 Photographic Material (Glass Negatives)
61 Photographic Material (Glass Negatives)
62 Photographic Material (Glass Negatives)
63 Photographic Material (Glass Negatives)
64 Photographic Material (Kodachrome slides)
65 Photographic Material (Negatives re: Specimen Material)
65 Photographic Material (Negatives re: Specimen Material)
67 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
68 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
69 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
70 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
71 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
72 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
73 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
74 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
75 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
76 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
77 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
78 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
79 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
80 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
81 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
82 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
83 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
84 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
85 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
86 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
87 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
88 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
89 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
90 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
91 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
92 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
93 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
94 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
95 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
96 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
97 Photographic Material (Lantern Slides)
98 Photographic Material (Movie Film)

33 film spools with index

99 Photographic Material (Movie Film)

33 film spools with index

100 Photographic Material (Video Cassette)

Video cassette, BBC TV "Horizon" 20 March 1985 (SONY BR: KCA-60BRK) with note

101 Photographic Material (Photo-engraving Plates)
102 Photographic Material (Photo-engraving Plates)
103 Photographic Material (Photo-engraving Plates)
104 Photographic Material (Photo-engraving Plates)
105 Photographic Material (Photo-engraving Plates)

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Series 14. Specimen Material.

Scope and Content:

This material consists of 18 match-box size boxes (4cm x 6.5cm) containing plastic blocks or 'spurs' in which Dictyostelium spores, macrocysts, and other microscopic structures have been embedded using laboratory methods.

Accompanying this material are (a) a laboratory record of the media and processes used to create the blocks (see Series 11, Box #17), and (b) a series of 206 negatives (see Series 13, Boxes #65 & #66) that is a photographic record of the embedded specimen material.

Box Title
106 Specimen Material

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