Research Catalog

Title

Jewel Plummer Cobb papers, 1950-2000 (bulk 1960-1990)

Author

Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-

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Details

Description

18.2 lin. ft.

Summary

• The Jewel Plummer Cobb Papers document Cobb's career as a cancer researcher, professor at several colleges and a college administrator. The collection consists of biographical material including news articles, in addition to correspondence with friends and colleagues and with organizations for which she was a board member. Her scientific career is represented by her Ph.D. dissertation entitled "Mechanics of Pigment Formation" (1950), notes and progress reports on her cancer research, lecture notes, course outlines, and copies of her scientific publications.
• Cobb's administrative career at Douglass College details her accomplishments and the dedication of a math and science building named in her honor. Papers relating to Cobb's career as president of California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) consist of congratulatory letters upon her appointment as president, printed matter and correspondence pertaining to her investiture, news clippings, and press releases about her involvement in numerous and diverse academic activities. Of particular interest are the University's evaluations of Cobb consisting of letters and forms. Other aspects of her position at CSUF are revealed in her appointment calendars (1982-1989), notebooks, her professional review file, and annual progress reports.

Donor/Sponsor

Schomburg NEH Automated Access to Special Collections Project.

Subjects

• Biologists > United States
• Sarah Lawrence College
• African American women college teachers
• Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-
• Cancer > Study and teaching > United States
• Women deans (Education)
• Cancer > Research
• Cancer > Genetic aspects
• Connecticut College
• African American women scientists
• African American scientists
• California State University, Fullerton
• African Americans > Education (Higher)
• Douglass College
• Scrapbooks
• Cell physiology
• Women in medicine
• Speeches
• African American college administrators
• Melanoma
• Women in science > United States
• Women college presidents
• Women's colleges > United States
• Cancer cells
• African American scholars
• National Science Foundation (U.S.) > Committee on Minorities and Women in Science
• Women medical scientists
• Women biologists
• Universities and colleges > United States > Administration
• African American women
• African American college presidents
• African Americans in medicine

Genre/Form

• Scrapbooks.
• Speeches.

Note

• Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.

Source (note)

• Cobb, Jewel Plummer
• Jewel Plummer Cobb

Biography (note)

• Jewel Plummer Cobb was a professor of biology and zoology, and was president of California State University at Fullerton from 1981-1990. She earned a Ph.D. in cellular biology in 1950, and has held professorships at New York University, Sarah Lawrence College, Connecticut College in New London, Douglass College-Rutgers University, and California State University, Los Angeles.

Processing Action (note)

• Accessioned
• Cataloged
• Accessioning updated
• Cataloging updated

Call Number

Sc MG 298

OCLC

NYPW088000011-A

Author

Cobb, Jewel Plummer, 1924-

Title

Jewel Plummer Cobb papers, 1950-2000 (bulk 1960-1990)

Biography

Jewel Plummer Cobb was a professor of biology and zoology, and was president of California State University at Fullerton from 1981-1990. She earned a Ph.D. in cellular biology in 1950, and has held professorships at New York University, Sarah Lawrence College, Connecticut College in New London, Douglass College-Rutgers University, and California State University, Los Angeles.

Dr. Cobb is known for her work in cell physiology, her promotion of the advancement of women in scientific fields, and her activities on behalf of minorities in the science professions. She has published articles on cancer research, the advancement of women in scientific fields as well as the advancement of minorities. Cobb has been the recipient of many awards including the 1999 Achievement in Excellence Award from the Center for Excellence for her contributions to science and education. She has also been a board member of many organizations including the National Science Board, Talladega College, and the National Committee on Women in Science and engineering of the National Academy of Sciences.

Processing Action

Accessioned 19910219

Cataloged 19910220

Accessioning updated 20040614

Cataloging updated 20040628

Accessioned 19930512

Cataloged 19930512

Accessioning updated 20040614

Cataloging updated 20040614

Accessioned 1996

Accessioning updated 20040614

Cataloged 20040628

Accessioned 20040614

Cataloged 20041117

Source

SCM 91-4

SCM 93-1

SCM 95-59

SCM 98-32

3.1\a Cobb, Jewel Plummer Gift 19910220

4.1\a Cobb, Jewel Plummer Gift 199305

5.1\a Jewel Plummer Cobb Gift

6.1\a Jewel Plummer Cobb Gift

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Research Call Number

Sc MG 298