Maxwell, James Clerk, 1831 - 1879 (physicist)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Cavendish Laboratory archives, 1876 - 1999
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CAV
Scope and Contents
The records relate chiefly to the erection and administration of the laboratory buildings and their contents. Indeed, the earliest records are vouchers for equipment purchased by James Clerk Maxwell, first Professor, in 1876-9. There are also smaller quantities of records relating to laboratory clubs, 1902-72, the celebration of the Clerk Maxwell centenary, 1931, research programmes, 1960-92, including the Cambridge Energy Research Group, and applications to work and study at the laboratory,...
Dates:
1876 - 1999
Conditions Governing Access:
The archives are unrestricted, except for 80 years closure period imposed on personal files, catalogued as CAV 10, 14-15 under data protection legislation.
File
Votes for Professor of Physical Science, 1871
File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/O.XIV 39
Scope and Contents
James Clerk Maxwell was elected unopposed.
Dates:
1871
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Vouchers, 1876 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CAV 1
Scope and Contents
Relate to equipment purchased by James Clerk Maxwell in Cambridge, London and Germany for the new Cavendish Laboratory.
Dates:
1876 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The archives are unrestricted, except for 80 years closure period imposed on personal files, catalogued as CAV 10, 14-15 under data protection legislation.