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The Gertrude Elion Papers: Making 20th Century Scientific Research Accessible

Project tags:

archives & special collections

knowledge organization

GSK鈥檚 Heritage Archives maintains the research of Nobel-laurate and biochemist Gertrude Elion. Despite the importance of Elion鈥檚 collection, it was hard for archivists to access due to highly scientific terminology, lack of organization, extent, and deteriorated state. To address this problem, I arranged, labeled, and rehoused the physical collection into archival storage containers and created a finding aid that featured a breakdown of Elion鈥檚 research. To prevent similar occurrences with future scientific acquisitions, I created a processing guide for research collections. Through this work, users can now confidently access Elion鈥檚 and future collections, regardless of their own scientific backgrounds.

Project participants:

Molly Kucmierz

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