Guide to the Carol D. Litchfield microbiology collection C0047 Carol D. Litchfield microbiology collection

Guide to the Carol D. Litchfield microbiology collection C0047

Carol D. Litchfield microbiology collection


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Carol D. Litchfield

Repository
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Identification
C0047
Title
Carol D. Litchfield microbiology collection 1924 - 1997
Quantity
11 Linear Feet, 11 boxes
Creator
Litchfield, Carol D.
Location
R 21, C 3, S 5 - C 4, S 5
Language
English .
Abstract
The Carol D. Litchfield microbiology collection contains published reports and government studies as well as a few personal documents and papers encompassing topics such as microbiology of organisms and water quality.

Administrative Information

Use Restrictions

The copyright and related rights status of this collection have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Carol D. Litchfield Microbiology collection, Collection #C0047, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The collection was first donated by Carol D. Litchfield in 1995 followed by more donations until 2020.

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Jennifer Munson in February 2009. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in March 2023.

This collection has additional unprocessed accessions 2015.048, 2018.042, 2019.056, 2020.045 and therefore this finding aid may not be fully up to date. Please contact SCRC for more information.


Biographical Information

Microbiologist and biochemist Carol D. Litchfield was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1936. She received a Masters of Science in Microbiology from the University of Cincinnati in 1960 and went on to pursue a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Texas A and M University. Following a post-doctoral appointment at the University of North Wales, Dr. Litchfield joined the faculty at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey. After ten years at Rutgers, she worked as Head of Environmental Toxicology at Haskell Laboratory, a DuPont laboratory, then as Senior Scientist for its bioremediation subsidiary. Dr. Litchfield then founded her own consulting company and worked for Chester Environmental prior to joining George Mason University in 1993. Dr. Litchfield taught at George Mason University as Associate Professor Emeritus with a focus in microbial ecology and diversity. Dr. Litchifield passed away in 2012.

Scope and Content

The Carol D. Litchfield microbiology collection contains journal publications, government studies, microfiche, and research data, both published and personal. This collection features many different areas of microbiology, ranging from research methods and analysis to water quality data influencing policy making. Some highlights in this collection contain the New York Bight Project, which deals with water quality, sludge, and sewage dumping in the New York Bight, the waters between New York and New Jersey. Also within this collection are government manuals, findings, and reports on microbiology, as well as some personal field work, research, and papers by Dr. Litchfield. A few pieces of the collection are in French, German, and Japanese. The majority of this collection dates from the mid-1970s to the end of the 1980s, and the majority of the material contains information on the New York Bight project and other water quality studies and reports.

Arrangement

Arrangement by topic and geographical location.

Related Material

The Special Collections Research Center also holds other collections for research in related scientific fields in the Clarence E. Larson Science and Technology Oral History collection , Harold J. Morowitz papers, and the James S. Trefil papers.

Subjects and Indexing Terms


Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Container List

Carol D. Litchfield Microbiology collection
1924-1997
Scope and Contents note

This collection contains over 300 documents of reports, papers, and manuals in microbiology, oceanography, and limnology.

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