Emil L. Smith, Los Angeles, California : an interview by Robert Miller

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Title Emil L. Smith, Los Angeles, California : an interview by Robert Miller
Alternative Title No.369, Emil L. Smith
Creator Smith, Emil L., 1911-2009
Contributor Cooley, Everett L.; University of Utah. American West Center; Miller, Robert L.
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1988-02-29; 1991-05-23
Collection Number and Name ACCN 0814 Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project
Finding Aid https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv48007
Access Rights I acknowledge and agree that all information I obtain as a result of accessing any oral history provided by the University of Utah's Marriott Library shall be used only for historical or scholarly or academic research purposes, and not for commercial purposes. I understand that any other use of the materials is not authorized by the University of Utah and may exceed the scope of permission granted to the University of Utah by the interviewer or interviewee. I may request permission for other uses, in writing to Special Collections at the Marriott Library, which the University of Utah may choose grant, in its sole discretion. I agree to defend, indemnify and hold the University of Utah and its Marriott Library harmless for and against any actions or claims that relate to my improper use of materials provided by the University of Utah.
Date Digital 2014-10-27
Spatial Coverage Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5780993/ ; Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/5368361/
Subject Smith, Emil L., 1911-2009--Interviews; Biochemists--United States; University of Utah. School of Medicine
Description Transcript (258 pages) of interview by Robert Miller with Emil L. Smith on February 29, 1988-May 23, 1991. This interview is no. 369 in the Everett L. Cooley Oral History Project, and tape nos. U-1324 through U-1328, U-1351 and U-1352
Abstract In a series of six interviews conducted in Los Angeles, California, Smith (b. 1911), Professor Emeritus of Biological Chemistry at UCLA (1962-1976) and former faculty member at the University of Utah (1946-1962), describes growing up in New York, his education and early work at Cambridge and Yale, his research over the years centered around enzymological protein structure, his election to the National Academy of Science and the textbook he coauthored, . Of particular interest are his descriptions of the early days of the 4-year medical school at the U of U and faculty members, Maxwell Wintrobe, Leo Samuels, Louis Goodman and Henry Eyring. Interviewer: Robert Miller
Type Text; Sound
Genre oral histories (literary works)
Format application/pdf
Language eng
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Scanning Technician Matt Wilkinson
ARK ark:/87278/s6v7162f
Topic Biochemists; University of Utah. School of Medicine
Setname uum_elc
ID 828138
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6v7162f
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