Processed by: Caroline Harvey, Student Worker, and Laurel Rozema,
Archivist,
Special Collections
Repository
Special Collections, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, Va.
Collection Number
Ms2018-032
Title
Doris Zallen Papers, 1952-2016
Physical Characteristics
10 Cubic Feet;
13 boxes
Creator
Zallen, Doris T.
Language
English
Abstract
The collection contains meeting notes from the Recombinant DNA
Advisory Committee, Doris Zallen's professional papers, book reviews, and background on
Zallen's published papers from 1960 to 2016. Doris Zallen attended Brooklyn College and
Harvard University before becaming a professor of Science and Technolgy Studies and
Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Science at Virginia Tech. This
collection follows Zallen's acadamic work from the undergraduate to graduate level,
post-doctoral appointments, and her genetic research and teaching. Included in this
collection is Zallens research on the Liverpool School which providedresearches the medical
advance of the prevention of Rh disease.
Permission to publish material from the Doris Zallen Papers must be obtained from Special
Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Doris Zallen Papers, Ms2018-032, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Doris Zallen Papers were donated to Special Collections in July 2018. Additions were
donated in March 2019 and December 2019.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Doris Zallen Papers was completed in
October 2018. Additional processing, arrangement, and description of an addition was
completed in May 2019 and January 2020.
Doris Zallen received her bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College and completed her
graduate and doctoral work at Harvard Univeristy. Zallen focused her research on the social,
ethical, and policy issues of genetic technologies. She came to Virginia Tech in 1983 and
retired as professor of Science and Technology Studies and Humanities in 2015. Zallen
published three books and created the Choices and Challenges Forum series at Virginia Tech.
In 1991 Zallen interviewed David Weatherall who sparked Zallen's research on the prevention
of Rh disease and the role the Liverpool School played in that medical advance.
The Doris Zallen Papers, Ms2018-032, contain content from Doris Zallen's professional work
with genetic research, discussions, and testing from 1960 to 2016.
The records are divided into six series including: I. Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee
Service, 1990-1999; II. Professional Papers, 1960-2016; III. Book Reviews, 1962-2010; IV.
Background information on Published Papers, 1980-2008; V. Ethics and Advisory Board, 1979;
and VI. Liverpool School, 1952-2012.
In the first series, Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee Service, 1990-1999, each folder
relates to the Recombinant Advisory Committee. They include meeting notes, correspondence
within the organization, and notes from conferences.
The second series, Professional Papers, 1960-2016, outlines Doris Zallen's academia
starting with her education at Brooklyn College, Harvard University, and the University of
Rochester. This series includes manuscripts from her teaching and research careers at
Nazareth College of Rochester and Virginia Tech. Zallen's professional papers include
research, summaries of sabbaticals and other leaves, consulting, teaching awards, and
student and faculty correspondence.
Series III, Book Reviews, 1962-2010, includes book reviews from other scholars about
Zallen's research: "Science and Morality", "Does it Run In the Family?," and "To Test or Not
to Test?" This series also includes a poster from a discusion led by Zallen about genetic
testing and images from "Does it Run In the Family?"
The fourth series, Background information on Published Papers, 1980-2008, contains
published and unpublished articles by Doris Zallen and other scholars about genes from 1980
to 2008.
The fifth series, Ethics and Advisory Board, 1979, consists of the report, conclusions, and
appendix from the Human in Vitro Fertilization and Embryo Transfer study.
The last series, Liverpool School, 1952-2012, consists of background information,
publications, interviews, and pictures from Zallen's research of the prevention of Rh
disease.
Cyril A. Clarke, Autobiographical and Biographical Materials, 1995-2010
box-folder 9 folder: 4
Cyril A. Clarke, Interview and List of Co-investigators, 1992-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 1
Turning Point, 1952-1956
box-folder 11 folder: 2
Clarke/Sheppard Butterfly Research, 1982-2003
box-folder 11 folder: 3
Rh Disease of Newborn, 1954-2011
box-folder 11 folder: 4
Nuffield Grant, 1963-1971
box-folder 11 folder: 5
Railway Bank Colony, 1988-1993
box-folder 11 folder: 6
Railway Bank Colony - Lawrence Cook, 1959-2003
box-folder 11 folder: 7
Genetics in Medicine, 1970-1979
box-folder 11 folder: 8
Philip Sheppard Papers, 1953-2011
box 13
Philip Sheppard Tape, 1968
Scope and Contents
Philip Sheppard gives a brief account of the prevention of Rh haemolytic disease. It
was provided to DTZ by Daphne Christie on 22 July 2004 as part of the Wellcome Witness
Seminar materials.
box-folder 11 folder: 9
Féo Clarke Materials, 1978-1985
box-folder 11 folder: 10
Clarke Family Correspondence, 2010-2012
box-folder 11 folder: 11
Clarke-Zallen Correspondence, 1991-1994
box-folder 11 folder: 12
Photographs, 1960-1991
Interview transcripts, correspondence, and research
box-folder 11 folder: 13
Ronald Finn, 1962-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 14
Richard McConnell, 1960-2004
box-folder 11 folder: 15
David Price Evans Interview, 1957-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 16
David Weatherall Interview, 1991-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 17
John Woodrow Interview, 1962-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 18
Rodney Harris Interview, 1998
box-folder 11 folder: 19
Peter Harper Interview, 1985-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 20
Marcus Pembrey Interview, 1997-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 21
Victor McKusick Interview, 1996-2001
box-folder 11 folder: 22
Sally Thompson and Angela Urion Interview, 2010-2012
box-folder 11 folder: 23
Other Interviews, 1998-2001
Scope and Contents
These interviews are dditional contacts made at the suggestion of David Price Evans
and Cyril Clarke. Only DTZ interview notes are available. The interivews that David
Price recommended were Cohen, Connor, Cooper, and Rodeck; the interviews that Cyril
Clark recommended was Towers.
box-folder 11 folder: 24
D.A. Ritchie Interview, 1998
box-folder 11 folder: 25
A. D. Bradshaw Interview, 1972-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 26
Geoffrey Harrison Interview, 1998
box-folder 11 folder: 27
David Hopkinson Interview, 1964-1998
box-folder 11 folder: 28
Ursula Mittwoch Interview, 1994-2002
box-folder 11 folder: 29
Lawrence Cook Interview, 2010
box-folder 12 folder: 1
Arthur Cain Interview, 1993
box-folder 12 folder: 2
Lawrence Cook Correspondence, 1988-1995
box-folder 12 folder: 3
David West Interview, 2010
box-folder 12 folder: 4
Bruce Grant Interview, 1992-2010
Interview tapes
box 13
Ronald Finn Interview Tape, 1998-04-23
box 13
Richard McConnell Interview Tape, 1998-05-06
box 13
David Price Evans Tape, 1998-04-22
box 13
David Weatherall Interview Tape, 1998-04-17
box 13
Peter Harper Interview Tape, 1998-05-28
box 13
Marcus Pembrey Interview Tape, 1998-04-16
box 13
Victor McKusick Interview Tape
box 13
D. A. Ritchie, 1998-05-07
box 13
A. D. Bradshaw Interview Tape, 1998-05-07
box 13
David Hopkinson Interview Tape, 1998-04-24
box 13
Cyril Clarke Interview Tape, 1991-05-21
box 13
Cyril Clarke and Lady Clarke Interview Tape, 1992-02-08
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