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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from . Date of source: August 2002 Finding aid written in English 2005Converted to EAD 2002 Guide to the Dan U. Gerstel Papers, 1868 - 1997 MC 358 North Carolina State University Libraries' Special Collections Research Center Michael Watts and Jason Smith 2004 November Michael Watts Descriptive Summary North Carolina State University. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. Gerstel, Dan U. Dan U. Gerstel Papers, 1868 - 1997 MC 358 8 4 The Dan U. Gerstel Papers contain numerous scientific publications on a variety of topics related to the study of genetics, cytology, plant pathology, and crop science, collected by Dan U. Gerstel during his career as a member of the faculty of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of North Carolina State University and in the genetics department of the Weizmann Institute of Science (Mekhon Vaitsman le-mada) in Rehovot, Israel. The material is international in scope and covers a period of six decades. In addition to scientific publications, the collection contains personal and professional correspondence, a diary, genealogical research materials, newspaper clippings, and articles related to stamp collecting. Cytogeneticist Dan U. Gerstel, Ph.D., served as a professor of crop science at North Carolina State University, 1950 - 1980. He specialized in the study of tobacco and cotton. on-site For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Special Collections Research Center Reference Staff. Information for Users Restrictions to Access

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 Biographical Note

Cytogeneticist Dan U. Gerstel, Ph.D., served as a professor of crop science at North Carolina State University, 1950 - 1980. He specialized in the study of tobacco and cotton.

Son of Else and Dr. Alfred Gerstel, Dan Gerstel was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1915. His father served as the President of the Prussian Supreme Court, where he was known for his contributions to labor law. Gerstel's mother was among the first women in Germany to study for a doctorate. When Hitler came to power, Gerstel fled to Palestine where he worked on a kibbutz.

It was in Palestine that Gerstel met his wife, Eva. Dan Gerstel performed all the duties required of kibbutz residents and developed an interest in agriculture. In 1938 his bent for agriculture led him to study genetics at the University of California, Berkley, where he earned a Ph.D. In 1950 Gerstel joined the faculty of the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Engineering (later North Carolina State University). Over the course of his career he published nearly a hundred papers and received numerous acknowledgements for his teaching and research including the William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professorship in Agronomy and Genetics.

Gerstel witnessed and participated in the evolution of the State of Israel as he returned numerous times to the Middle East, and worked in the genetics department of the Weizmann Institute of Science (Mekhon Vaitsman le-mada) in Rehovot, Israel. Dan and Eva Gerstel had two children, David and Naomi. Dan U. Gerstel died on June 8, 2003, at the age of 88.

Scope and Content Note

This collection contains numerous scientific publications collected by Dan U. Gerstel during his career as a member of the faculty of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences of North Carolina State University and in the genetics department of the Weizmann Institute of Science (Mekhon Vaitsman le-mada) in Rehovot, Israel. The publications are on a variety of topics related to the study of genetics, cytology, plant pathology, and crop science. The material is international in scope and covers a period of six decades. In addition to scientific publications, the collection contains personal and professional correspondence, a diary, genealogical research materials, newspaper clippings, and articles related to stamp collecting.

Organization of the Collection

This collection is organized into two series, Publications and Scientific Papers, and Correspondence and Ephemera.

Online Catalog Headings Gerstel, Dan U. Mekhon Vaitsman le-mada North Carolina State University. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences--Faculty--History. Crop science--Research--North Carolina--History. Cytology--Research--North Carolina--History. Plant diseases--Research--North Carolina--History. Plant genetics--Research--North Carolina--History. Detailed Description of the Collection MC 358 Series 01 Publications and Scientific Papers 7 archival boxes, 3.5 linear feet

This series consists of research publications, scientific papers, and journal articles collected by Dan U. Gerstel over a period of six decades, 1930 - 1997. The material is arranged in chronological order. These papers provide a general historical overview of the evolution of genetic study, cytology, plant pathology, and crop science in the twentieth century, as well as information detailing research specific to tobacco, cotton, and corn. The series also contains a set of publications by North Carolina State University geneticist and O. Max Gardner Award winner Stanley George Stephens.

11 Cytological Demonstration, 1930 12 Cytological Theory of Inheritance in Oenothera, 1931 13 Chromotic Crossing Over to the Upper Limit of Recombination Percentages, 1933 14 Die Herkunft der Chromocentren, 1932 15 Deficiency of Chromosome Nine of Zea Mays, 1933 16 Origin of Behavior of Chiasmata, 1933 17 Cytologische Untersuchungren, 1933 18 Recent Advances in Cytology, 1933 19 The Relation of Particular Chromosomal Element in the Development of the Nuceoli in Zea Mays, 1934 110 Relation Between Satellite Size and Nucleolus Size, 1938 111 The Effect of Polyploidy and Apomoxis on the Evolution of Species of Crepis, 1939 112 Apomoxis in the Angiosperms, 1941 113 Spontaneous Alterations in Chromosome Site and Form in Zea Mays, 1979 114 Chromosome Elimination in Inter-Specific Hybrids, 1942 115 Distribution of Structural Hybrids in Paeonia Californica, 1979 116 Systematics, Cytogenetics, and Evolution in Crepis1942 117 The Journey Not the Goal, 1944 118 Luther Burbank's Plant Contributions, 1945 119 The Production of Chromosome Structural Changes, 1946 120 The P-Locus Effect in Oenothera (Journal of Genetics), 1947 121 The P-Locus Effect in Oenothera (D.G. Catcheside), 1947 122 A Duplication and a Deficiency in Oenethera, 1947 123 Mytotic Nondisjunction, 1947 124 The Origin of the Cultivated Tomato, 1948 125 Cytogenetics of Speciation in Gossypium, 1948 21 The Origin and Behavior of Mutable Loci in Maize, 1950 22 Meiosis in Maize, 1950 23 Self Incompatibility in Crepis Foetida, 1950 24 Gene Induced Mutation, 1950 25 A New Type of Self Sterility in Plants, 1950 26 The Potato, 1951 27 Chromosome Organization and Genetic Expression, 1951 28 The Evolution of Gossypium and the Differentiation of the Cultivated Cotton, 1951 29 Genetic Segregation in Apomictic Strains of the Guayule Rubber Plant, 1951 210 Race Crossing in Paradise, 1953 211 Affinity in Maize, 1953 212 Model Estimates, 1953 213 Evidence for Sister Strand Crossing, 1953 214 The Genetics of Brevistylis in Oenethera, 1954 215 Chromosomes, Mutations, and Cytoplasm in Maize, 1954 216 B - Chromosomes, 1954 217 Cytological and Genetical Identification, 1954 218 Two or Three Bristles, 1954 219 Mitosis, 1954 220 Argentina - Homeland of Our Beans, 1954 221 Crossing Over in Drosophila, 1955 222 The Relationship of Chiasmata and Crossing Over in Lilium Formosanum, 1955 223 Ernest Brown Babcock, 1955 224 Das Verhalten der Chromosomen, 1955 225 The Effects of Polyploidy of Sex Expression in Spinach, 1955 226 Genetics of the Monoecius Character in Spinach, 1955 227 Chiasmata in a Pericentric Inversion in Zea Mays, 1955 228 Japanese Morning Glory, 1956 229 Artificial Polyploidy as a Tool in Plant Breeding, 1956 230 Genetic Determination, 1956 231 Spontaneous Meiotic Chromosome Breakage, 1956 232 Expression of Sex in Flowering Plants, 1957 233 The Sex Chromosomes in Humulus, 1957 234 Theoretical Genetics, 1957 235 Cytoplasm in Sexual Reproduction, 1958 236 The Regulation of Recombination in Plants, 1958 237 A New Category of Chromosomes, 1958 238 Comparative Studies of Chromosome Pairing, 1958 239 German Genetics Pamphlet, 1958 240 Ernest Brown Babcock, 1958 241 The Duplication of Chromosomes, 1958 242 A Discussion on the Cytoplasm in Variation and Development, 1958 243 Reconstructing the Ancestor of Corn, 1958 244 Sitzungberichte, 1958 245 Complementation Between Alleles in Heterocaryons, 1958 246 Crossing Over in Heterochromatin, 1958 247 Cine-Micrographic Analysis of C- Mitosis, 1958 248 Cine-Micrographic Studies, 1958 249 The Concept of Natural Selection, 1959 250 Variation and Hereditary Transmission, 1959 251 Variation Under Domestication, 1958 252 Chromosome Elimination in a Trisomic of Spinacia Olaracea, 1959 253 Darwins Views on Variation, 1959 31 Richard Benedict Goldschmidt, 1960 32 Chromosome Reproduction Problem of Coding and Transmitting the Genetic Heritage, 1960 33 The Quarterly Review of Biology, 1960 34 The Diploidisation of Polyploid Wheat, 1960 35 Duration of the Nuclear Cycle in Tradescantia Paludosa, 1960 36 Studies in the Origin of Cultivated Barley, 1960 37 Chromosome Reproduction and the Problem of Coding and Transmitting the Genetic Heritage, 1960 38 The Cytology and Genetic Consequences of Inversions, 1960 39 German Botanical Pamphlet, 1960 310 Meiotic and Mitotic Prophase Irradiation, 1960 311 Karyo Races in Spinacia Oleracea, 1961 312 Genotypic Control of Chromosome Form and Behavior, 1961 313 Radiation Analysis, 1961 314 Some Parallels Between Gene Control Systems in Maize and in Bacteria, 1961 315 Activation in Riesenchromosomen, 1961 316 Mitosis in Endosperm, 1962 317 Multiple Differentiation of Plasmons, 1962 318 Publication of Professor Dr. Alfred Ernst, 1962 319 Cytogenetic Analysis of Sex Determination in Spinacia Oleracea, 1962 320 Study of an X Autosome Translocation, 1962 321 Sex Chromosome Translocations, 1962 322 Studies on Meiosis in Luzula Purpea, 1962 323 The Mechanism of Sex Determination - Rumex Hastatulus, 1963 324 Mitosis and Mitotic Factors, 1963 325 Mammalian X - Chromosome Action, 1963 326 Cytogenetics of B-Chromosomes, 1963 327 Heterochromatic Chromosomes, 1964 328 El Origien de la Papa, 1964 329 The Use of Induced Mutation Plant Breeding, 1964 330 Searle's X-Autosome, 1964 331 Genetic Repression in Multicellular Organisms, 1964 332 Genetics of Chloroplasts, 1964 333 Haploidy as a New Approach to the Cytogenetics and Breeding of Solanum Tubersum, 1964 334 Curriculum Vitae- Dr. Naomi Feinbrun, 1964 335 Evolutionary Pathways of Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Solanum, 1964 336 Domestication of Corn, 1964 337 The Biological Species Concept and its Evolutionary Structure, 1964 338 Chromosome Puffs, 1964 339 The History and Origins of Maize, 1965 340 The Control of Gene Activation in Maize, 1965 341 Spontaneous Chromosome Breakage, 1965 342 Experimental Cell Research 39, 1965 343 Chromosoma, 1965 344 Genetics-Crossing Over, 1965 345 Relationships Between Mitotic Rhythm, Nucleic Acid, and Morphogenesis in Higher Plants, 1965 346 Chorthippus Parallelus, 1965 347 Wild Potatoes in Africa, 1965 41 Heterochromotin, 1966 42 Heterochromotin (Brown, S.W.), 1966 43 Use of Telosomes in Mapping Three Chromosomes in Cotton, 1966 44 Cytological Expressions, 1966 45 Location DNS-Replication in Riesenchromosomes, 1966 46 Sex Chromosomes in Spinach, 1966 47 Fine Structure in Synapsed Chromosomes, 1966 48 Somatic Association, 1966 49 Duration of the Mitotic Cycle, 1966 410 The Effects of Chromosomes 5B, 5D, and 5A, 1966 411 Heterochromotin, 1966 412 Time of Chiasma Formation, 1966 413 The Past as Prelude, 1966 414 Chromosomal Evolution in the Genus Peromyscus, 1966 415 Chromosomal Variations, 1967 416 Das Plasma als Trager Genetischer Information, 1967 417 Biological Points of View on Some Humanistic Problems, 1967 418 Suppression of Homologous Pairings, 1967 419 The Nucleolus, Virus Infection, and Trisomy in Man, 1967 420 Nucleolar Structure and Function, 1967 421 Sex Differentiation in Mammals, 1967 422 Position Effect Variegation, 1968 423 The Concept of Evolution, 1968 424 Genetica Aplicada, 1968 425 Genetic Systems, 1968 426 Effects of Radiation on Meotic Systems, 1968 427 Das Plasma, 1968 428 Genetic Control of Multiple Molecular Forms, 1968 429 Somatic Associations, 1968 430 Paramutation: Directed Genetic Change, 1968 431 Evolution of Sex Determining Mechanisms in Rumex, 1969 432 Fine and Course Controls of Genetic Recombination, 1969 433 The Role of Sexuality in Dosage Compensation in Drosophila, 1969 51 Radiation Analysis, 1970 52 Studies in the Mechanism of Crossing Over, 1970 53 Electron Microscope Visualization of Transcription, 1970 54 Cytochemical and Audiographic Analyses, 1970 55 Intergenic Recombination, 1970 56 Changes of Cytoplasmic Factors During the Evolution of the Cultivated Potato, 1970 57 Cytoplastic Sterilities, 1970 58 Replication in Polytene Chromosomes, 1970 59 Virus Infection Capsicum Annuum L., 1970 510 Repeated Segments of DNA, 1971 511 Heterochromitin, Satellite DNA, and Cell Function, 1971 512 Heterochromitin, Satellite DNA, and Cell Function (Grell, R.F.) 1971 513 Distributive Pairing in Man, 1971 514 Arrangement of Centromeres in Mouse Cells, 1971 515 The Origin of Maize, 1971 516 Directed Genetic Change Model, 1971 517 Directed Genetic Change Model (Cooper, D.W.), 1971 518 The Evolution of Sweet Corn, 1971 519 Repetitive and Non-Repetitive DNA Sequences, 1971 520 Meiotic and Somatic Chromosome Pairing, 1972 521 Cytological Localizations of Ribosomal Cystrons, 1972 522 Male Sterility in Capsicum Annuum L., 1972 523 Inactivation System of the Mammalian X Chromosome, 1973 524 Domestication of Pulses in the Old World, 1973 525 Heterozygous Reciprocal Translocations, 1973 526 Identification of Cytoplasms, 1973 527 Linkage Analysis in Man by Somatic Cell Genetics, 1973 528 Giemsa Banding, 1973 529 Regulation of Gene Function, 1973 530 Distribution of Constitutive Heterochromatin, 1973 531 DNA Replication and Recombination, 1973 532 Unilateral Incompatibility in Plant Species, 1973 533 Meiotic Behavior of Translocation Heterozygotes, 1973 534 The Scientist's Bookshelf, 1974 535 Nuclear DNA, 1974 536 Role of Heterochromatin in the Control of Cell Cycle Duration, 1974 537 Isozymes in Development, 1974 538 Somatic Hybridization of Plants, 1974 539 Somatic Cell Genetics, 1974 61 Longitudinal Differentiation of Chromosomes (1 of 2), 1974 62 Longitudinal Differentiation of Chromosomes, with notes (2 of 2), 1974 63 Haploids From Somatic Cells, 1974 64 Dosage Compensation, 1974 65 Dosage Compensation, 1974 66 The Origins of Polyploidy, 1975 66-A The Evolutionary Emergence of Maize, 1975 67 Chromosome Imprinting, 1975 68 Beginnings of Fruit Growing in the Old World, 1975 69 Why Didn't Gregor Mendel Find Linkage?, 1975 610 On O Winge and a Prayer (1 of 2), 1975 611 On O Winge and a Prayer (2 of 2), 1975 612 The Cultivated Artichoke, 1975 613 Nuclear Organization (2 of 2), 1976 614 The Origin of Cultivated Cereals and Pulses in the Near East, 1976 615 Evolution of the Cultivated Potato, 1976 616 Genetic Resources in Wild Relatives of Crops, 1976 617 Fusion of Human Cells With Carrot Protoplasts, 1976 618 The Chromosome Field, 1976 619 Tobacco Fraction One Protein, 1976 620 Segregation Pattern of a Translocation Quadrivalent, 1976 621 Cytological Characteristics and Nuclear Buoyant Densities of Corn, 1976 622 Aegilops Searsii, 1977 623 Composition of Fraction One Protein, 1977 624 Kombination Somatischer, 1977 625 Hybridization of Maize and Teosinte, 1977 626 The Origin of Corn, 1977 627 Germ Line Recombination, 1977 628 Evolution and Tinkering, 1977 629 Genetic Regulation, 1977 630 Vergleichende Analyse, 1977 631 Inheritance Traits - Maize, 1978 632 Gene Dosage Compensation, 1978 633 Somatic Hybrid Plants, 1978 634 Forty Years of Mutation Research, 1978 635 Genetic Instability in Somatic Hybrids, 1978 636 The Origin of the B Genome of Wheat, 1978 637 Cell Cycle Mutants, 1978 638 Drosophila Melanogaster Oocyte, 1978 639 Chromosome Pairing and Fertility, 1978 640 Temperature Orientation - Barley, 1978 641 B - A Translocations in Maize, 1978 642 Plastids of Higher Plants, 1979 643 Differential DNA Replication in Plants, 1979 644 Botany and Origin of Maize, 1979 645 Why Are Babies Young ?, 1979 71 The Ancestry of Corn, 1980 72 Selfish DNA, 1980 73 How to Produce a Human With Three Chromosomes and 1000 Primary Genes, 1980 74 Genetic Balance to Endosperm, 1981 75 Classification of Genes, 1980 76 Arrangement of Chromosomes in Interphase Nucleus, 1980 77 Heterochromatin, 1980 78 Selfish Genes, the Phenotype Paradigm and Genome Evolution, 1980 79 Evolution of Unilateral Incompatibility in Flowering Plants, 1981 710 Tissue Culture, Genetic Transformation, and Plant Improvement, 1981 711 The Genetic Goal of Speciation, 1981 712 Evolution of Sexual Reproduction, 1981 713 Polyploidy and Diploidy, 1982 714 Zea diploperennis, 1982 715 Zea diploperennis, a Review on its Significance, 1982 716 The Synthetic Theory Strikes Back, 1983 717 The Origin of Maize, 1983 718 Cytogenetics of Oats, 1994 719 Eduardo Catalano, 1997 720 Cotton Genetics (Stephens), 1946 721 Genome Analysis (Stephens), 1949 722 The Genetics of Corky (Stephens), 1950 723 Possible Significance of Duplication in Evolution (Stephens), 1951 724 Evolution of the Gene (Stephens), 1951 725 Natural Crossing in Cotton (Stephens), 1953 726 Interspecific Homologies (Stephens), 1954 727 Linkage in Upland Cotton (Stephens), 1955 728 Factors Affecting Seed Dispersal (Stephens), 1958 729 Recombination Between Supposedly Homologous Chromosomes (Stephens), 1961 730 Species Differentiation in Relation to Crop Improvement (Stephens), 1961 731 Polynesian Cottons (Stephens), 1963 732 Native Hawaiian Cotton (Stephens), 1964 733 The Effects of Domestication on Certain Seed and Fiber Properties (Stephens), 1965 734 The Galapagos (Stephens), 1966 735 The Potentiality for Long Range Oceanic Dispersal of Cotton Seeds (Stephens), 1966 736 Curriculum Vitae (Stephens), 1966 737 The Research Work of S.G. Stephens (Stephens), 1966 738 Dr. Stanley Stephens: Geneticist (Stephens), 1967 739 The Oliver Max Gardner Award (Stephens), 1970 740 Obituary (Stephens), 1970 741 Photogenetic Evidence for the Amphidiploid Origin in New World Cotton (Stephens), undated 742 Agricultural Pamphlet - Hebrew, undated 743 Drosophila Symposium, undated 744 Recombination of Tetraploids, undated 745 Gene Related to Growth Factor Gene, undated 746 Composition of Fraction One Protein, undated 747 Organelle DNA Variation, undated 748 Survey of Effects of Radiation on Chromosomes, undated 749 The Control of Gene Activation in Maize, undated 750 Further Studies of Gene Control in Maize, undated 751 Two Pamphlets in Hebrew - Genetics, undated MC 358 Series 02 Correspondence and Ephemera 1 archival box, 0.5 linear feet

This series contains notes and professional correspondence generated and received by Gerstel during his tenure at North Carolina State University. Additionally, there is a photocopy of a diary, written in German, belonging to Anna Flato, a Gerstel relative, dated 1868 - 1872. The series also includes a copy of a research paper entitled, "Attitudes, Values, and Tasks of Older Women", by Angela Roberta Stocker, newspaper clippings collected by Gerstel, and material related to stamp collecting.

 752 Correspondence, 1949 - 1982 753 Notes, undated 81 Newspaper Clippings, 1954 - 1981 82 Diary of Anna Flato with Cover Letter, 1868 - 1989 83 "Attitudes, Values and Tasks of Seven Older Women", Angela Roberta Stocker, 1991 84 Siegal's Newsletter - Holyland and Judaic Philately (3 issues), 1976 - 1977 85 Postage Stamp Auction Catalogues, 1977 - 1980 86 Postage Stamp Brochures, 1977 - 1980