Sears, Lotti M. (1916-1995), Papers, 1936-1991 (C4021)
2.5 linear feet
INTRODUCTION
The papers contain correspondence, papers, photos, research, and miscellaneous material of a University of Missouri geneticist involved with cytogenetics, a branch of genetics which is concerned with the study of chromosomes and cell division.
DONOR INFORMATION
The Lotti Sears Papers were donated to the University of Missouri on May 19, 1994 (Accession No. 5427) by Lotti M. S. Sears.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Dr. Lotti Maria Steinitz Sears was born on May 2, 1916, in Berlin, Germany to Kate and Ernst Steinitz. She left Germany in 1933 to study horticulture at a vocational college in England before joining her parents and sister in the United States in 1936. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1938. In 1942, she received a PhD in Genetics from the University of California at Berkeley. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1943. After doing postdoctoral work at CalTech, the University of Southern California, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Steinitz accepted a position at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and was subsequently appointed to the Genetics Faculty at the University of Missouri.
Dr. Steinitz made noteworthy contributions with two plant species during her tenure at the University of Missouri, working on the development of a series of telocentric wheat lines and also on the production of trisomics in Arabidopsis.
Steinitz married Dr. Ernest R. Sears on June 16, 1950. The couple had two daughters, Kathleen Sears Lindblad, and Barbara Beate Sears, and one son, John Jacob Sears.
Lotti and Ernest Sears traveled extensively throughout the world. They spent six months in both Israel and Australia, where they conducted research with former post doctoral students. Dr. Lotti Sears died on January 28, 1995.
SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE
The Lotti Sears Papers include personal and professional correspondence, lecture and research notes, reports, project proposals, grant applications, photographs, school diplomas, and miscellaneous material. The papers are arranged into four series:
FOLDER LIST
The Correspondence series, arranged in alphabetical order by subject, consists of both personal and professional correspondence. The personal correspondence includes letters to Sears from friends and relatives discussing recent trips taken, family updates, and plans to visit. The professional correspondence includes letters Sears wrote and received from various colleagues, letters of recommendation, letters to various institutions for possible employment, as well as grant and research proposals. Some photographs of people and cytogenetic processes are included throughout the correspondence.
| f. 1 | Ashley |
| f. 2 | Avivi, L. |
| f. 3 | Babcock, E.B. |
| f. 4 | Beadle, G.W. |
| f. 5 | B |
| f. 6 | Chang |
| f. 7-8 | Chen, Suzanne Lee |
| f. 9 | C |
| f. 10 | Duncan, Robert E. |
| f. 11 | D |
| f. 12 | Erickson, Ralph O. |
| f. 13 | E |
| f. 14 | Faberge, A.C. |
| f. 15 | Foglia, Frank |
| f. 16 | F |
| f. 17 | Geitler, L. |
| f. 18 | Gersh, I. |
| f. 19 | Gerstel, Daniel |
| f. 20 | Grell, Rhoda F. |
| f. 21-22 | G |
| f. 23 | Heiden, Igna Beth |
| f. 24 | Hermsen |
| f. 25 | Hollaender |
| f. 26 | Horowitz, Norman |
| f. 27 | Hyde, Beal |
| f. 28-29 | H |
| f. 30 | I |
| f. 31 | J |
| f. 32 | Kamra |
| f. 33 | Kastan |
| f. 34 | Kaufmann |
| f. 35 | Kempka, Klepper |
| f. 36 | Kimball, Kimber |
| f. 37 | Kimber |
| f. 38 | Kodani, Masuo |
| f. 39 | Kolonista, Ida Gordon |
| f. 40 | LaCour, L.F. |
| f. 41 | Langridge, J. |
| f. 42 | Laudgribe-Wolff |
| f. 43 | Lederberg |
| f. 44 | Lenz, Mogli; Lerner |
| f. 45 | Lesley, Lilieufeld |
| f. 46 | Li, H.W. |
| f. 47 | Lindegren, Carl |
| f. 48 | Loewenberg, J.R. |
| f. 49 | Loo |
| f. 50 | L |
| f. 51 | Maan |
| f. 52 | Mack, Warren B. |
| f. 53 | Marsupials |
| f. 54 | Maxwell, Doty |
| f. 55 | McClintock, Barbara |
| f. 56 | McIntosh, McQuade |
| f. 57 | Mello-Sampayo |
| f. 58 | Michaels, Ruth |
| f. 59 | Miller |
| f. 60 | Mingo |
| f. 61 | Morris |
| f. 62 | Muller |
| f. 63 | Myers, C.E. |
| f. 64-66 | M |
| f. 67 | National Institute of Health (NIH)Grants |
| f. 68 | National Research Council |
| f. 69-76 | National Science Foundation (NSF) |
| f. 77 | Neumeyer, Victoria |
| f. 78 | Newcomer, Earl H. |
| f. 79 | Nicholson, M.N. |
| f. 80 | Nielsen, Etlar |
| f. 81 | N |
| f. 82 | Oak Ridge Labs |
| f. 83 | Oehlkers |
| f. 84 | Okomoto |
| f. 85 | Owczarzak, Alfred |
| f. 86 | Paddock, Elton |
| f. 87 | Patau, Klaus |
| f. 88 | P |
| f. 89 | Radcliffe College |
| f. 90 | Rao, Shama |
| f. 91 | Reading University |
| f. 92 | Robbelen |
| f. 93 | R |
| f. 94 | Schrader |
| f. 95 | Singh, R.B. |
| f. 96 | Singleton, J.R. |
| f. 97 | Singleton, W.R. |
| f. 98 | Siu, Ralph |
| f. 99 | Snyder, Bayne |
| f. 100 | Sonneborn, T.M. |
| f. 101 | Sontag |
| f. 102 | Sparrow |
| f. 103 | Stanford University |
| f. 104 | Stebbins, G. Ledyard, Jr. |
| f. 105 | Steinitz, Stephan and Hilde |
| f. 106 | Stern |
| f. 107 | Stubbs |
| f. 108 | Swaminathan |
| f. 109-110 | S |
| f. 111 | Tatum |
| f. 112-113 | University of Missouri |
| f. 114 | Van Melle, L.A. |
| f. 115 | Viegas, Wanda |
| f. 116 | Walker, Leonard |
| f. 117 | Wang |
| f. 118 | Went |
| f. 119 | Wojach, Gustave |
| f. 120 | Wrench, J. |
The Research Material series, arranged in alphabetical order by subject, includes lectures and lecture notes, class papers, and reports. Also included are reports which describe the various procedures and results of experiments, and research grant application material. The bulk of the research was done with agricultural plants.
| f. 121 | Amniotic Cultures |
| f. 122 | Babcock, E.B. |
| f. 123 | Book Reviews |
| f. 124 | Cancer Reports |
| f. 125 | Centromere Structure and Behavior |
| f. 126 | Chemical Cytology Course |
| f. 127 | Chlorine |
| f. 128 | Class Paper |
| f. 129 | Culture and Lab Equipment |
| f. 130 | EMS |
| f. 131-133 | Grant Applications |
| f. 134-136 | Hemizonia |
| f. 137 | Hermsen |
| f. 138 | Heterochromatin |
| f. 139 | Huskins, C. Leonard |
| f. 140 | Jauhar |
| f. 141-143 | Lecture Notes |
| f. 144 | Oxford Chromosome Conference |
| f. 145 | Pairing of Telos |
| f. 146 | Physiology of Meiosis |
| f. 147 | Plant Cytology Lecture Notes |
| f. 148 | Plant Hormones |
| f. 149 | Program for Ga d 'B Length |
| f. 150 | Project Renewal |
| f. 151 | Reports |
| f. 152 | Research Grant |
| f. 153 | Research Reports |
| f. 154 | Sears, Barbara |
| f. 155 | Somatic Sections |
| f. 156-157 | Telocentrics |
| f. 158 | Telocentric Chromosomes |
| f. 159 | Wheat Chromosomes |
| f. 160 | Wheat |
The Photographs series, arranged in alphabetical order by subject, consists of photographs of family members, friends, professional colleagues, and glass plate negatives with images of genetic processes. A significant number of photographs are those showing examples of cytogenetic processes.
| f. 161 | Antipodals and Triticum Vulgare |
| f. 162 | Cytogenic Glass Plate Negatives |
| f. 163 | Journal Paper Authorization |
| f. 164 | Kihara |
| f. 165 | Mob Hill |
| f. 166 | Sears, Lotti and Colleagues |
| f. 167 | Tradescantia Paludosa |
The Miscellaneous series, arranged in alphabetical order by subject or topic, includes Sears's diplomas from various universities. This material also includes Red Cross cards, blood donor cards, memos and announcements, school commencement programs, cytology humor in the form of poems and songs, as well as both international and domestic professional business cards from fellow researchers and others in the field of cytology. Included are companies such as Leitz Scientific Instrument Division, Seiler Instrument & Manufacturing Company (Microscope Repair Service), Aloe Scientific, Carl Zeiss, Inc., and the Frank E. Fryer Company, Inc. (Optical Instrumentation).
| f. 168 | Announcements and Memos |
| f. 169 | Business Cards |
| f. 170 | Car Owner's Manual/VW Purchase Order (In German) |
| f. 171 | Cytology Songs, Humor, Poetry |
| f. 172 | Diplomas |
| f. 173 | Expense Allowances |
| f. 174 | Genetics Students-Fu, T.K. |
| f. 175 | Hudson Shipping Company |
| f. 176 | Immigration |
| f. 177 | Missouri Botanical Garden |
| f. 178 | Penn State |
| f. 179 | Rationing Stamps |
| f. 180 | Red Cross, Blood Donor Cards |
| f. 181 | Sears, Ernest R.; Evans, Robert Thomas |
| f. 182 | Staff Report |
| f. 183 | University of Missouri, 126th Annual Commencement |
| f. 184 | University of Missouri, Muhrer |
INDEX TERMS
These index terms are the subjects, people, places, etc. under which this collection is listed in all available indexes at the Western Historical Manuscript Collection-Columbia. If you are interested in a specific index term, please contact the reference staff
| Cytology | f. 1-22, 24-35, 37-169, 171-174, 177-178, 181-184 |
| Cytology | f. 7, 24, 32, 41, 51, 56, 72, 78, 93, 115, 136, 146, 151, 159-162, 167 (pictorial image) |
| Genetics--Study and teaching | f. 1-22, 24-35, 37-169, 171-174, 177-178, 181-184 |
| Genetics, Wheat | f. 1-22, 24-35, 37-169, 171-174, 177-178, 181-184 |
| Rationing | f. 179 |
| Reconstruction (1939-1951)--Japan | f. 38 |
| Sears, Ernest R. (1910-1991) | f. 109, 144, 181 |
| Sears, Ernest R. (1910-1991) | f. 22, 23, 29, 37, 52, 55, 61, 66, 96, 149, 164, 174, 181 (pictorial image) |
| Sears, Lotti M.S. (1916-1995) | f. 1-184 |
| Sears, Lotti M.S. (1916-1995) | f. 52, 55, 66, 81, 110, 149, 163, 164, 166 (pictorial image) |
| Wheat--Genetic aspects | f. 1-22, 24-35, 37-169, 171-174, 177-178, 181-184 |
| Women Scientists | f. 1-184 |
| World War, 1939-1945--Underground Movements | f. 114 |
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