Papers of Bernhard Witkop

Collection

Identifier: 92-06

Staff Only

Scope and Content

For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1046518~S6

The core of the collection is correspondence between Witkop and Julian. Collection also includes recollections collected by Witkop that relate to Paul Ehrlich and Heinrich Wieland.

Dates

Creation: 1948-1992
Creation: Majority of material found within 1972-1990

Language of Materials

Text primarily in english with some german.

Biographical sketch

Bernhard Witkop was born in Freiburg, German on May 9, 1917. He received degrees from the University of Munich (1938, 1940) where he later served as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. Coming to America in 1947 he became an instructor and lecturer at Harvard. Becoming a U.S. citizen in 1950, he went to work as a chemist in the Civil Service. From 1957 onward he served as Chief of the Laboratory of Chemistry, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (1 box)

Additional Description

Abstract

This collection largely consists of materials relating to the life of career of Witkop's friend Percy Lavon Julian.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Bernard Witkop. Method of acquisition--gift;; Date of acquisition--1983..

Digitzed Materials

Selected materials from this collection have been digitized and are availble online in our Digital Collections: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/collections/cj82k734s