Herbert Traut collection
Content Description
Dr. Herbert F. Traut was the chair of UCSF's obstetrics and gynecology department. Dr. Traut helped to develop the Pap smear, a test widely used to detect cancer of the cervix. The records, related to Dr. Traut, were found and transferred to the archives by UCSF's department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in 2020.
Dates
- Creation: 1943-1975
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Restrictions are noted at the series level. This collection will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to restricted files.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright for some materials has not been assigned to the UCSF Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Extent
.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collecton was transferred to the archives by UCSF's Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in 2020.
- Title
- Herbert Traut collection
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- Peggy Tran-Le
- Date
- 8/30/2022
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UCSF Archives and Special Collections Repository
UCSF Kalmanovitz Library
530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco CA 94143-0840 USA
https://www.library.ucsf.edu/archives/ask-an-archivist/