Series 1: Personal, 1956-2019
This series includes Govindjee's curriculum vitas, as well as his academic records, awards, and materials related to doctoral coursework at the University of Illinois, including his thesis: "Effect of Combining Two Wavelengths of Light on the Photosynthesis of Algae". Also included are several biographical accounts, an interview by Joy Block, and a retirement scrapbook. This series is arranged chronologically, with the CVs listed first.
Series 2: Rajni Govindjee, 1953-1969
This series contains Rajni Govindjee’s correspondence, academic records, research data, and lecture notes. Rajni Govindjee’s lab books are of particular interest and contain research data and notes from her collaborations with Robert Emerson and Eugene Rabinowitch. This series is arranged alphabetically.
Series 3: Correspondence, 1950-2008
This series comprises personal and professional correspondence. This series is divided into four subseries based on Govindjee’s original arrangement. The first subseries contains correspondence related to Robert Emerson, Eugene Rabinowitch, and Govindjee’s research laboratory at the University of Illinois in the 1950s and 1960s. Thus, this subseries includes correspondence by Emerson and Rabinowitch as well as Govindjee. The second subseries comprises Govindjee’s personal and professional correspondence with friends, graduate students, associates, collaborators, academic organizations, and publishers in the 1960s and early 1970s. Subseries three includes Govindjee’s correspondence with graduate students, and research associates, and collaborators from the late 1960s through the 1970s. The fourth subseries comprises Govindjee’s general correspondence. This series is arranged alphabetically.
Series 4: Research Notebooks and Data, 1937-2007
This series comprises research data, analytics, notes, and lab books relating to Govindjee’s study of photosynthesis. This series is divided into three subseries. The first contains research data and analytics from Govindjee’s laboratory experiments, the earliest of which he conducted with Robert Emerson, Eugene Rabinowitch, and Rajni Govindjee. Thus, some folders may contain Emerson’s, Rabinowitch’s, or Rajni Govindjee’s research data and notes. Items in this subseries are listed in chronological order by year and alphabetically therein. The second subseries includes Govindjee’s research notebooks, conference and meeting notebooks, and lab books, arranged chronologically. The third subseries comprises graduate students’ and research associates’ lab books, chronologically arranged.
Series 5: Subject Files, 1948-2016
This series includes publication drafts, figures and tables, notes, outlines, overheads, posters, reference books and pamphlets for lab work, and research files. Some research data is included in these folders. This series also contains materials relating to Govindjee’s overseas research trips and sabbaticals, visiting scholar lectures, collaborations with other scholars, teaching photosynthesis over the internet, and academic appointments. This series also contains copies of signatures from Adolf von Harnack's guest book—including signatures of Nobel laureates and Adolf Hitler. This series begins with sabbatical folders and annual reports binders put together by Govindjee. Those are listed first and arranged chronologically. The series also includes a card index of laboratory equipment and material suppliers: this is listed after the annual report binders. The rest of the series is arranged alphabetically.
Series 6: Grants, 1963-2012
This series contains grant and fellowship applications, correspondence, and reports relating to Govindjee's research, arranged alphabetically by grant funder and chronologically therein.
Series 7: Conferences and Presentations, 1957-2019
This series includes conference and workshop papers, presentation outlines, notes, and correspondence. The folder on the International Genetics Congress in New Delhi includes a photo of Govindjee with Indira Gandhi. This series is arranged chronologically.
Series 8: International Society of Photosynthesis Research, 1990-2001
This series comprises correspondence, drafts, meeting notes, and agendas relating to the International Society of Photosynthesis Research, of which Govindjee was a member of both the executive committee and the publication committee. This series is arranged chronologically.
Series 9: Teaching Materials, 1958-2007
This series includes Govindjee's syllabi, handouts, lecture notes, lab notes, and assignments, for courses taught at the University of Illinois. The series is arranged by course number and chronologically therein. Folders not associated with a specific course are listed chronologically at the end of the series.
Series 10: Research on the History of Photosynthesis, 1938-2011
This series contains correspondence, drafts, and research files related to the history of photosynthesis research. This series is arranged alphabetically.
Series 11: Publications, 1955-2019
The series contains books, articles, and reviews authored and co-authored by Govindjee and Rajni Govindjee. Govindjee's articles and reviews are listed first, followed by Rajni Govindjee's articles, and finally Govindjee's books. This series is arranged chronologically, based on the publication lists provided on Govindjee's website. These publication lists include links to pdf versions of Govindjee's articles.
Publications 1955 – 1993: https://www.life.illinois.edu/govindjee/pubschron.html
Publications 1994 – 2020s: https://www.life.illinois.edu/govindjee/pubschron.html
Series 12: Slides, Lantern Slides, and Photographs, 1950-2000
This series includes slides, lantern slide, photographs, and negatives of Govindjee's presentations, research (including the Emerson Effect), events, colleagues, family, and friends. This series is arranged by category and alphabetically therein.