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Wolfgang K. Joklik Papers, 1945-2013

This collection contains the collected materials which document the professional career of Wolfgang K. Joklik, Chair of the Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (1968-1993) and co-founder of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center (1972). Materials include reprints; manuscript materials and publication correspondence; proceedings and correspondence relating to professional organizations of which Joklik was a member; programs and correspondence concerning professional talks, meetings, workshops, and symposia; employee files and recommendations; Duke University news publications; and subject files concerning the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. Major subjects include the National Academy of Science (NAS), the American Society of Virology, the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Cancer Special Program Advisory Committee, the American Society for Microbiology, and both the McGinnis Memorial and Joklik Lecture Series. Materials date from 1945 to 2013.
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Accession A2011.041, 1966-2011

Major subjects in this accession include the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center, the American Society of Virology, Duke University news publications, the National Academy of Science, and the Institute of Medicine. Materials relating to the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center consist of correspondence, grant applications and funding, Board of Overseers agendas and correspondence, reports, and subject files relating to its creation and operations. Papers concerning the American Society of Virology include correspondence, membership lists, member nominations, society bylaws, and annual meeting programs and published presentation abstracts. This accession also contains collected Duke University news publications, such as annual reports, newsletters, departmental publications, and alumni magazines. Proceedings and nominations related to the Academy of Science and Institute of Medicine, as well as communications with the editorial board for the "Proceedings of the National Academy of Science" are also included. Contents date from 1966 to 2011.

    Wolfgang K. Joklik Oral History Interview, 2007-2007

    Wolfgang Karl Joklik was the Chair of the Duke Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology and co-founder of the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center. This collection contains 1 oral history interview conducted on May 16, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry. In this interview, Joklik discusses his education in Australia and England, his career at Duke in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology as well as efforts to increase the employment of women in the department, his research in molecular virology, and the creation of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Duke. He also discusses the lives and careers of several of his colleagues at Duke, including pediatrics and microbiology specialist Catherine Wilfert and virology researchers Joe and Dorothy Beard.
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    Interview, May 15, 2007

    This oral history interview was conducted with Dr. Wolfgang Joklik on May 16, 2007 by Jessica Roseberry.
    Duration: 01:16:22
    Joklik discusses his education in Australia and England, his career at Duke in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology as well as efforts to increase the employment of women in the department, his research in molecular virology, and the creation of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Duke. He also discusses the lives and careers of several of his colleagues at Duke, including pediatrics and microbiology specialist Catherine Wilfert and virology researchers Joe and Dorothy Beard.