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Scope and Contents The Rita R. Colwell papers contain materials created and collected by Dr. Rita R. Colwell during her professional career as a microbiologist. The materials include correspondence, notes, manuscripts, publications, research material, speeches, calendars, and awards. The contents relate to Colwell's research topics such as cholera and other infectious diseases, health, climate change, environmental policy, science and technology including sequencing, intelligence efforts, national security and...

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This sub-series includes drafts and final copies, pamphlets, flyers, and documents related to speeches given by Colwell or events she attended during her extensive career. Digital files includes photographs, and videos of a speech on genomics from the Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technology in 2003 and a speech given at the 2007 Inauguration Lecture for Professor Pornchai Matangkasombut, Chair Professorship at Mahidol University in Thailand.

Scope and Contents This series consists of professional activities Colwell was a part of in addition to her other professional work. Types of materials include correspondence, papers, photographs, and notes. Of note are materials related to when Colwell served as an ambassador of the Science Envoy program and from various consultation work. Also included is a signed copy of Colwell's 2020 book, A Lab of One's Own: One Woman's Personal Journey Through Sexism in Science. Digital files include presentations by...