Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937 (Baron Rutherford of Nelson, physicist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1871 - 1937
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
File
Copy of report on Ronald Stansfield's work at the Cavendish Laboratory supervised by Lord Rutherford, 1936-7, and correspondence with and about Rutherford, 1910 - 1972
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 47
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection comprises a wide variety of material from a number of different sources which have been deemed too small to be considered individual collections in their own right and have been grouped together under the heading "miscellaneous". Subjects covered include First and Second World Wars, the Falklands Campaign, and recollections of Sir Winston Churchill.
Dates:
1910 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
Fonds
Correspondence of Ernest Rutherford and others with Adolph Isenthal, concerning radium
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10369
Dates:
1903-1908 (and one dated without year)
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Ernest, Baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871–1937): Correspondence and Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653
Scope and Contents
Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), Baron Rutherford of Nelson, was born in Nelson, New Zealand. In 1895 he came to England to be a research student under J.J. Thomson at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge. His first professorial appointment was at McGill University in Montreal, 1898-1907, where he and Frederick Soddy advanced the transformation theory, the still-accepted interpretation of the phenomenon of radioactivity. While in Canada Rutherford also made contact with two other outstanding...
Dates:
1890-1938
Conditions Governing Access:
The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/.
The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Ernest, Lord Rutherford: Correspondence and Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8249
Scope and Contents
List of subscribers to a presentation made to Rutherford, McGill University, Montreal, 1 May 1907. Letter from Rutherford to 'Mr Becker', 1 Feb. 1909. Letter from the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Leipzig, to Rutherford, 28 May 1912, with a rough translation by Rutherford. Contract between the Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft and Rutherford, 7 Aug. 1912, with a rough translation by Rutherford. Letter from W. Vaughan, Montreal, to Rutherford, 16 Aug. 1912. Statement of accounts due to...
Dates:
1907-1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Ernest, Lord Rutherford of Nelson: Letters to George Briggs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8832
Scope and Contents
13 letters from Rutherford concerning his and Briggs' work in nuclear physics, especially the velocity of a-rays, and containing details about members of staff and the Cavendish Laboratory.
Dates:
1924-1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Ernest Rutherford: Letters to A.B. Wood
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8404
Scope and Contents
Typescript and manuscript letters from Ernest Rutherford to A.B. Wood, with a covering note of 28 March 1984.
Dates:
1913-1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
John Strutt, 3rd Lord Rayleigh: Sound detection papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8243
Scope and Contents
Papers sent to Lord Rayleigh regarding sound detection in water. 1. R.A.S. Paget, Board of Invention and Research, letter to Rayleigh, 6 October 1915, 1 page, enclosing no. 2. 2. Sir Ernest Rutherford, Manchester University, 'Report on methods of collection of sound from water and the determination of the direction of sound', 30 September 1915, 11 pages. 3. R.A.S. Paget, letter to Rayleigh, 25 October 1915, 2 pages, enclosing no. 4. 4. A. Mallock, 'Experiments on the determination of the...
Dates:
1915-1916
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Item
Letter from Barclays Bank, Cambridge, to Lord Rutherford, 24 Dec. 1931
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS.Add.7655/III/b/9
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Letters written after the death of J.C. Maxwell relating to various aspects of Maxwell's life and work
Dates:
24 Dec. 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
RESTRICTED - Use Microfilms CMO5028-CMO5042. List in catalogue
Item
Letter from Ernest Rutherford to John Guthrie Tait, 19 Dec. 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS.Add.7655/III/b/3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Letters written after the death of J.C. Maxwell relating to various aspects of Maxwell's life and work
Dates:
19 Dec. 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
RESTRICTED - Use Microfilms CMO5028-CMO5042. List in catalogue
Item
Letter from Ernest Rutherford to John Guthrie Tait (copy), 12 Dec. 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS.Add.7655/III/b/2
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Letters written after the death of J.C. Maxwell relating to various aspects of Maxwell's life and work
Dates:
12 Dec. 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
RESTRICTED - Use Microfilms CMO5028-CMO5042. List in catalogue
File
Recording of a lecture given by 1st Lord Rutherford at Göttingen [Germany], 1931-12-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRER C.1 a
Scope and Contents
Lecture on particle physics given by Rutherford at the Royal Society of Göttingen on the occasion of the award of an honorary degree. Record 3 of 9 not present.
Dates:
1931-12-04
Conditions Governing Access:
No access version available. Contact Conservation for further information.
File
Rutherford, E.: Correspondence with the Press, 1914 - 1946
File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/2/10706
Scope and Contents
Includes mention of Eve, A.S.
Dates:
1914 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.
File
University Publisher: Correspondence with Rutherford, E., 1937 - 1939
File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/PRESS 3/1/3/4053
Scope and Contents
This correspondence comprises:
- 2 carbon typed letters to Rutherford, E.
- 2 carbon typed letters to Messrs. Francis and Co.
- 2 carbon typed letters to Rutherford, Lady.
Dates:
1937 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Scholarly access to this material may be restricted if it contains information exempted from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000. Please apply in advance to the Cambridge University Press Archivist.
Additional filters:
- ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 9
- University Archives (GBR/0265) 2
- Type
- Archival Object 7
- Collection 6
- Subject
- Physics 2