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DR. IRA TERSKOWIT?.
PROEESSOK AND CHAIRMAN
DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY ANP BIOVIYSIS
SCHOXE, OT MIDLINE:
SAN FRANCISCO, GAT IFORNIA 94143-0448
(415) 476.4977 VAX (415) 476-0943
March 10, 1995

Dr. Joshua Lederberg
Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue

New York, NY 10021-6399

FAX 212 327-8651 page one of one page
Dear Dr. Lederberg,

I am involved in having my father's 'principles of Genet~-
jos" film series transferred to tape so that these valuable
films will be preserved and made available to interested
geneticists and historians of science. As you may know,
Bonnie Kaiser saved Hunter College's nearly complete get from
disappearing, and now the Rockefeller Archive Center has
graciously agreed to store them in their special vauits.
Working with Darwin Stapleton, we have been able to obtain the
missing filme from Victor McKusick, s0 now we are ready to
begin the transfers. Our current plan is to do transfers of
five films and make a 5-10 minute sampler from them to send
around to people to raise the requisite $40,000-$50,000 for
the full project.

Before we do these transfers, we need to establish who is
the holder of the copyrights for these films. Darwin suggest-
ed that you might have saved relevant information from when
you participated in this series. If you have anything that
might be useful, &.g., a contract that you signed with my
father, with the Calvin Company (the people who did the film~
ing), or with McGraw-Hill, I would greatly appreciate receiv-
ing @ copies, .

Thanks very much.

Sincerely, ee eee

Dr. Ira Herskowitz
Professor and Chairman,

Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
Head, Division of Genetics