Laboratories
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Archives of the Department of Chemistry, 1886 - 2017
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CHEM
Scope and Contents
The archives relate chiefly to the building, equipping and use of the new laboratories on Lensfield Road after World War Two and to Chemistry teaching from the 1960s onwards. For the former, there survive extensive series of building plans, equipment manuals, correspondence concerning supplies and photographs. For the latter, there are course outlines, problems and solutions and demonstrators' notebooks. Among the project files of Dr Chris Haley, departmental archivist/historian,...
Dates:
1886 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access:
Certain personal records are closed to scholars for 80 years from the date of creation under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in individual catalogue entries. Digital records are in the process of being ingested into the University Library's preservation repository. There is currently no access to this material.
Fonds
Papers of Frederick Gowland Hopkins
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7620
Scope and Contents
Approximately one third of the bulk of papers comprise working papers and notebooks. About another quarter comprises correspondence, certificates and ephemera relating to honours awarded by various bodies or relating to Frederick Gowland Hopkins' association with learned societies. The remaining material is a combination of papers and photographs generated by Frederick Gowland Hopkins' family (much of it predating his birth); together with correspondence and papers he generated in a personal...
Dates:
1800-2009 (early 19th century-2009, but predominantly 1910-40)
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
Personal papers of Sir Lionel Whitby, Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge University (1945-56) and Master of Downing College, 1916 - 1964
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHI
Scope and Contents
Includes original articles, diaries, photographs and other papers, plus copies of originals held by the family of Sir Lionel Whitby. Also includes other items such as his undergraduate gown, medals and awards, copies of published books and secondary material donated by his family.
Dates:
1916 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Generally open.
Fonds
The Papers of Rosalind Franklin
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FRKN
Scope and Contents
A lot of the material within the collection relates to Rosalind Franklin's work on the structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Consisting of working papers, notebooks, reports and correspondence, this material is of considerable historical interest to those studying the discovery of the structure of DNA. There is also an extensive collection of papers relating to Franklin's work on the Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV), which took place at Birkbeck College in London. There are few papers...
Dates:
1927 - 2017
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Rosalind Franklin's personal correspondence (reference: FRKN 9) is closed until 2034.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Aaron Klug
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KLUG
Scope and Contents
Papers comprising of correspondence to individuals and organisations; research projects; speeches; the Royal Society; drafts and finished manuscripts; businesses engagements; speeches; photographs; slides; awards and artefacts.
Dates:
1948 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre