Collection contains the personal papers of distinguished scientists and Nobel Laureates in molecular biology and allied fields. Materials were collected by Jeremy Norman and his colleague Al Seckel from 1999-2002 and acquired by the J. Craig Venter Institute in 2005. This collection includes a comprehensive array of documents and artifacts marking significant milestones in the history of molecular biology from the discovery of DNA’s double helix structure to related discoveries and developments that form the foundation of molecular biology. Included in the collection are archival materials from Sydney Brenner, Francis Crick, James Watson, Max Delbruck, Rosalind Franklin, Aaron Klug, Linus and Peter Pauling, Max Perutz, and Maurice Wilkins, among others. The materials highlight the relationships, dynamics, and roles these individuals played in the discovery of the DNA structure as well as provides historical context for the discovery of the structure of RNA, transfer RNA, messenger RNA, various viruses and biologically important proteins.