Copy of James Dewey ("Jim") Watson's 'Honest Jim', an early typescript draft manuscript of what later became known as the The Double Helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA(1968)

Date:
Mar 1967
Reference:
UGC 198/7/5/1/1
Part of:
Papers of Guido Pellegrino Arrigo Pontecorvo, geneticist, Professor of Genetics, University of Glasgow, Scotland
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Copy of James Dewey ("Jim") Watson's 'Honest Jim', an early typescript draft manuscript of what later became known as the <i>The Double Helix: a personal account of the discovery of the structure of DNA</i>(1968). In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider

The original material is held at <a href="http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/archives/" rel="nofollow">Glasgow University Archive Services.</a> This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Description

The manuscript is titled 'Honest Jim' by James Dewey ("Jim") Watson and signed "To Ponte from Jim, March 29 1967". This is an annotated photocopy of the manuscript not the original typescript. The annotations are likely to be Watson's rather than Pontecorvo's (it doesn't look like his handwriting). There is a handwritten note written by Pontecorvo, dated 28 June 1995, which has been stuck to the inside cover of the manuscript, which reads "This is the early draft of "The Double Helix" which Jim gave me by hand for comments. It is a valuable historical document. Keep it carefully".

Publication/Creation

Mar 1967

Physical description

1 draft manuscript (152 pages)

Terms of use

Open and available at Glasgow University Archives Service.

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Location of original

The original material is held at Glasgow University Archive Services. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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