Wilfrid Bennett Lewis: Undergraduate Lecture Notebooks
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of the twenty-three notebooks Lewis left in the care of his brother Mr J A Lewis when he emigrated to Canada in 1946. The notebooks contain chiefly lecture notes and practical work for Lewis's undergraduate degree courses at Cambridge 1927-30. Notebook 1 contains physics notes which predate his university career and notebook 22 contains postgraduate work. Lectures by G F C Searle are identified in notebooks 11 and 12.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1931 (Circa)
Creator
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).
Extent
23 volume(s) (23 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
An online catalogue, created by NCUACS, is available on the National Archives website at http://tinyurl.com/wilfridlewis
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was received in March 1988 via Mr R T Lewis, University of Bath, nephew of W B Lewis.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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