Administrative/Biographical Note
Margaret Adaline Reed Lewis (1881-1970) was an American physiologist, teacher, collaborator,
and research associate. She worked at the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Johns
Hopkins University and the Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. She also taught
at several colleges in New York City. Lewis acquired the Carl Zeiss microscope while
lecturing at Barnard College (1905-10).
Scope & Content
Arrangement
Single item.
Provenance Information
Provenance and Acquisition Information
The microscope was donated in January 2011 by Dr. Leonard Hayflick, University of
California, San Francisco. Dr. Hayflick loaned the microscope to the American Society
for Cell Biology for their 50th anniversary conference in Phildelphia, Pennsylvania.
At the conclusion of the conference, the microscope was transported to UMBC by ASCB
staff.
Processing Note
Descriptive Rules Used
Describing Archives: a Content Standard (DACS)
Archives Processing Manual: Description (2015): The processing manual used in Special Collections for all descriptive platforms, including
PastPerfect.
Access & Use
Finding Aids
Finding Aid: http://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/findingaids/coll087.php
Access Conditions
No restrictions.
Conditions Governing Reproductions and Use
Copyright does not protect "useful articles," as outlined in Factsheet 103, "Useful
Articles," by the U.S. Copyright Office. Any use of this item should display that
the microscope is a gift of Dr. Leonard Hayflick, University of California, San Francisco,
January, 2011.
Subject Headings
Creators
Carl Zeiss (Firm : 1846)
Lewis, Margaret Reed, 1881-1970
Subjects
Lewis, Warren H. (Warren Harmon), 1870-1964
American Society for Cell Biology
Microscopy
