Guide to the Harold J. Morowitz papers, 1944-2010

Harold J. Morowitz C0049


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Descriptive Summary

Repository George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives.
Creator Harold J. Morowitz
Title Harold J. Morowitz papers
Date 1944-2010
Physical Characteristics 5 linear feet (15 boxes)
Abstract The collection includes a draft copy of Energy Flow in Biological Systems, including chapter and appendix notes, calculations for mathematical operations, and correspondence between the author and his editor; a draft copy of Beginnings of Cellular Life, including the index and notes; a draft copy of The Facts of Life with the author's copy and the original artwork for the illustrations; and working papers, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to his academic career including original poetry written by Morowitz.
Collection number C0049
Language English

Biographical Information

Harold J. Morowitz is a biophysicist and Robinson Professor in Biology and Natural Philosophy at George Mason University. Born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., on December 4, 1927, Morowitz earned his Ph.D. at Yale University in 1951. From 1951-1953 he was a physicist at the National Bureau of Standards. Morowitz was on the staff of the National Heart Institute from 1953-1955 before joining the faculty of Yale University in 1955. At Yale, Morowitz was associate professor of biophysics (1960-1968), professor of molecular biophysics and biochemistry (1968-1988), and master of Pierson College (1981-1986). He joined the faculty of George Mason University in 1988 as a Robinson Professor. Since 1993, Morowitz has directed the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study. Dr. Morowitz has authored and coauthored several books: Life and the Physical Sciences (with Waterman), 1964; Theoretical and Mathematical Biology, 1965; Energy Flow in Biology, 1968; Entropy for Biologists (with Lucille Morowitz), 1970; Life on the Planet Earth,1974; Ego Niches,1977; Foundations of Bioenergetics, 1978; The Wine of Life, 1979; Mayonnaise and the Origins of Life, 1985; Cosmic Joy and Local Pain, 1987; The Thermodynamics of Pizza, 1991; Beginnings of Cellular Life (with James Trefil), 1992; The Facts of Life, 1992; and Entropy and the Magic Flute, 1993.

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Scope and Content

The collection includes a draft copy of Energy Flow in Biological Systems, including chapter and appendix notes, calculations for mathematical operations, and correspondence between the author and his editor; a draft copy of Beginnings of Cellular Life, including the index and notes; a draft copy of The Facts of Life with the "author's copy" and the original artwork for the illustrations; and working papers, correspondence, and other documents pertaining to his academic career including original poetry written by Morowitz.

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Arrangement

This collection is arragned alphabetically by subject.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

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Related Material

Special Collections and Archives also holds the Carol D. Litchfield Microbiology collection and the Clarence E. Larson Science and Technology Oral History collection.

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Index Terms

Persons:

Morowitz, Harold J.

Corporate Names:

George Mason University--Faculty.

Subjects:

Biochemistry.
Biophysics.
College teachers--Virginia--Fairfax.
Molecular biology.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Harold J. Morowitz papers, Collection #C0049, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University.

Acquisition Information

Collection donated by Harold Morowitz in 1997-1998. Additional donation by Harold Morowitz in 2011.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty.

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Contents List

Harold J. Morowitz papers
Box Folder
1 1 Photos
2 Petition to Adlai Stevenson from Yale scientists and related correspondence, 1956-57.
3 Some calculations
4 Chapters V and VI
5 Chapter III
6 Calculations- Chapter IV
7 Draft: Energy Flow in Biological Systems
8 A Thermodynamic Characterization of Self Reproduction (article)
9 Lipids
10 Appendix II
Box Folder
2 1 Dr. Morowitz- Notes- Correspondence
2 Dr. Morowitz- Notes
3-4 Chapters III and IV
5-6 Notes for Chapters IV and V
Box Folder
3 1 Draft- Beginnings of Cellular Life: Metabolism Recapitulates Biogenesis
2 Drafts (Index etc.)- Beginnings of Cellular Life
3 Index for page proof of proof
4 Draft: The Facts of Life
5 The Facts of Life: Author's Copy
Box Folder
4 1 Photosynthesis
2 Salt melting
3 Prince William Institute
4 NCRR
5 Publication
6-7 Frogs
Box Folder
5 1 Peace Agency
2 Morowitz to Paine 6-4-69
3 Quastler, Henry
4 A Theoretical Biology Committee
4 B Theoretical Biology Colloquium- Traverse City, MI, 1968
5 Biology Training for Apollo Astronauts
6 Medvedev
7 Bronowski
8 A Germ of Truth- Manuscript
9 Logue, Frank
10 Naugle, John- NASA
11 Watson- Sinshiemer
12 Kendrew, John
13 Gell Mann, Murray
14 Sagan, Carl
15 Palade, George
16 Thomas, Lewis
17 Mitchell, Peter
18 Nobel Prize
19 Lipmann, Fritz
20 Woese, C. R.
21 Grasso, Ella
22 Re, G. B.- Vatican
23 Altman, Sidney
24 Snyder, Gary
Box Folder
6 1 Invitation- Prime Minister India to Professor H. J. Morowitz(Morowitz) 12-15-81
2 Poem- "Mr. Swinburned Discovers TV," by Peg Bracken
3 Le Ronde- Poems by Harold J. Morowitz
4 Correspondence (poetry)- Harold J. Morowitz and Michael McClure
5 Murray Gell- Man Birthday
6 Correspondence- Sagan, Carl to Morowitz, Harold J. regarding Venus and Mars
7-9 News clippings- Arkansas Creation Trial
10 Civil Liberties- ACLU, Louisiana
11-12 ACLU
13 Gary Snyder
14 The Ecology of Ego Niches- Manuscript
15 Post card- Beat Poets
16 Arrow, Kenneth J.
Box Folder
7 1 Planetary Biology Subcommittee (NASA)
2 Entry Talk- Poem: Biosphere II 9-26-93
3 Michael McClure- "Minnie Mouse and the Tap Dancing Buddha"
4 Broadside- "Gloaming" by Michael McClure
5-6 Complexity- Editorial Board
7 Complexity, v.3, No.1, September/October 1997
8 National Advisory Research Resources Council
9 Buckley, William F., Jr. 2-4-82
10 A-B Encyclopedia of Scientific Concepts
11-12 Committee on Science and Human Values
13 Creation-Science Research Center
14-15 Facts of Life
Box Folder
8 1-3 Hospital Practice Mail
4 Draft- The Kindly Dr. Guillotin
5 Biomatrix
6 Diffusion During Solvent Transport by Poiseuille Flow
7 Nutrient Transit Time Diversity: A Novel Measure of Ecological Organization and Stability
8 Competitive Exclusion: Application of a Biological Principle to Societies in Conflict
9 Some Theoretical Consideration on the Use of Indicator Time- Concentration Curves in Hemodynamic Studies
10 Gerald Edelman
11 Godel Numbers
12 Lord Snow
13 Journal of Irreproducible Results
14 Some Notes on the Problem of Uncertainty in Biological Measurements
15 Taming Combinatorial Explosion
16 Hospital Practice
17 The Mind The Brain and Complex Adaptive Systems
18 Publications
19 The Origin of Intermediary Metabolism
20 Self Replicating Machines
Box Folder
9 1-35 Emergences: Twenty-Eight Steps from Matter to Spirit by Harold J. Morowitz- Chapters 1 through 35
36 Biomatrix
37 Another Talk- Anti-Chaos, Teleology, and Teilhard
Box Folder
10 1 New Program at NSF
2 [Research and Correspondence for Emergence]
3 Emergences- Edited Papers
4 Emergences- Preface
5 Emergences- Contents
6-21 Emergences- Chapters 1 through 16
Box Folder
11 1-20 Emergences- Chapters 17 through 36
21-22 Mycoplasma
Box Folder
12 1 Franklin Harold [Mitchell Bio]
2 Paul Boyer [Mitchell Bio]
3 Lars Ernster [Mitchell Bio]
4 [Williams]
5 [Biochemistry]
6 [E. C. Slater]
7 Kent Gabrial
8 Protons- Onsager
9 [Research Proposal]
10 [Publication List of Jennifer Moyle]
11 [Protons, Electrons, and Energy]
12 Sabbatical 80- Miscellaneous
13 [Oxidative Phosphoylations- Notes]
14 [Letter on Entropy Book]
15 [Correspondence: The Kindly Dr. Guillotin]
16 Hawaii Education [Unpublished Intro. to Merck's Medicine Manual, Popular Edition]
17 [Miscellaneous]
Box Folder
13 1-2 [Deposition of Harold J. Morowitz]
3 [Patent on Making Negative Ions]
4 [The Fifth Keilin Memorial Lecture]
5 [Bioenergetics]
6 Wikstrom
7 Van Dam
8 [Notes and Calculations]
9 [My Laboratory]
10 [Charts on a Experiment From Feb 2-8, 1961]
11 [Labor Party]
12 [Essay on Ivan Puluj]
13 [Physics 32b Class Notes, Relativity Dynamics]
14 [Physics 100 Notes]
15 Alamethicin Paper
16 [Miscellaneous Mitchell Biography]
17 [Mitchell Biography Information]
Box Folder
14 1 [Correspondence Between Mitchell and Williams]
2 Givens [Notes for Autobiography]
3 [Autobiography]
4-5 Protons [Mitchell's Bio]
Accession 2012.102, 1944-2010
Box
15 Accession 2012.102, 1944-2010
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