Mathematics
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 104 Collections and/or Records:
Fonds
Personal Papers of Lucy Joan Slater, 1990 - 1991
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Slater
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise the typescript of her unpublished autobiography and her curriculum vitae and list of publications.
Dates:
1990 - 1991
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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GBR/0271/GCPP, Personal Papers
Series
Propositions in Fluxions, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.11:181-196
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Propositions in the Method of Fluxions, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.10:165-180
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
Records of the Archimedeans, Cambridge University Mathematical Society, 1947 - 2005
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.XXVII
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.
Dates:
1947 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, 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).
Fonds
Records of the Cambridge Mathematical Club, 1907 - 1949
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.XXVIII
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.
Dates:
1907 - 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, 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).
Fonds
Records of the Del Squared V Club, 1900 - 1970
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.XXIX
Scope and Contents
From the Management Group:
The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.
Dates:
1900 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, 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).
Sub-Fonds
Records of the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, 1952 - 1977
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/MATH 1
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Management Group:
The category - Teaching, learning and research records - comprises records relating to curriculum delivery and examination, further research and the award of degrees; also such adjuncts to study as laboratories, the Botanic Garden and University Library.
Dates:
1952 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, 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).
Fonds — MATH
Records of the Faculty of Mathematics, 1952 - 1977
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/MATH
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Management Group:
The category - Teaching, learning and research records - comprises records relating to curriculum delivery and examination, further research and the award of degrees; also such adjuncts to study as laboratories, the Botanic Garden and University Library.
Dates:
1952 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, 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).
Fonds
Sir George Gabriel Stokes: Miscellaneous Papers
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7656
Scope and Contents
1. Correspondence The letters are divided into two main parts. The largest group of correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically within these sections. The remaining letters are arranged chronologically in the following subject groupings: LB1.1 to LB1.22 Letter book containing letters written to Stokes in 1846. LB2.1 to LB2.34 Letter book containing correspondence between Stokes and George Baden Powell in 1847 and 1848. RS1 to RS2415 Royal Society of...
Dates:
1830-1902 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
RESTRICTED - copy microfilm CM04928-CM05027 to be used
Fonds
Sir Joseph John Thomson: Correspondence and Papers
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7654
Scope and Contents
Part I. Correspondence A-Z Correspondence. PP Other personal papers. Part II. Research, lectures and speeches BD Drafts of books. PD Drafts of published scientific papers and lectures. ED Drafts of contributions to dictionaries and encyclopaedia. UD Drafts of unidentified or unpublished works. SN Notes for speeches. NC Notes and calculations. PH Photographs and diagrams. UL University lecture notes. EX Draft Examination questions. Part III. Thomson's work outside physics Government...
Dates:
1880-1939 (Circa)
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).
Series
Some Propositions in Fluxions, c 1665-c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.5: 49-70
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
c 1665-c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
File
Srinivasa Ramanujan: letters to G.H. Hardy
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7011
Scope and Contents
With a covering letter from Hardy to A.F. Scholfield, Librarian.
Dates:
1913-1940 (The letters are dated 1913-1914, the covering letter is dated 1940.)
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).
Series
Table of Sines to Every Half Degree, c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3959.6: 45-49
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Notes and papers regarding algebra and trigonometry.
Dates:
c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
The First Ten Propositions of the 2nd book of Euclid, Succinctly Enunciated and Demonstrated, c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3959.2: 22
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Notes and papers regarding algebra and trigonometry.
Dates:
c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
The Papers of Jeremy Bray
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRAY
Scope and Contents
The papers of Jeremy Bray consist of a wide range of political, scientific and economic material. There are a large number of political subject files, often resulting from Bray's work in various Parliamentary committees, and these cover areas including: economic policy; scientific and technical policy; the steel industry (particularly relating to the Ravenscraig steelworks in Bray's own Lanarkshire constituency); Scottish affairs in general; education; Hong Kong and China; Africa; mental...
Dates:
1953 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Jeremy Bray
Fonds
The Papers of Professor David Kendall
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNDL
Scope and Contents
This small collection mostly relates to Kendall's research and work on mathematical statistics. There are also some personal research papers about the mountaineer Rev. Charles Hudson.
Dates:
1951 - 1997
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
The Papers of Professor Max Born
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BORN
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence of Professor Max Born, his wife and children, and material concerning their family history. Including photographs and artefacts.
Dates:
1811 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Hermann Bondi
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BOND
Scope and Contents
The papers include: material relating to Bondi's Mastership of Churchill College; personal material; some correspondence on scientific matters; texts and other papers from Bondi's lectures, speeches and seminars; papers relating to Bondi's position as Chief Scientist for the Department of Energy; publications by Bondi and others; research papers on topics including the Thames Barrage/London Flood Barrier, British Rail, and the Severn Barrage; papers relating to Bondi's membership of various...
Dates:
1923 - 2007
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open, with some restrictions, for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Theorem on the Area of a Triangle, c 1700
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3959.3: 23
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Notes and papers regarding algebra and trigonometry.
Dates:
c 1700
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
File
Tract on Fluxions, October 1666
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3958.3: 48-67
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The Portsmouth Collection is the principal collection of Isaac Newton's scientific and mathematical papers, including early drafts of the Principia, and his correspondence with Oldenburg, Halley Flamsteed and many of the other most prominent scientists of his day.
Dates:
October 1666
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Series
Tract on the History of Fluxions, c 1700-c 1749
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.2: 1-24
Scope and Contents
Copy of a tract probably by William Jones.
Dates:
c 1700-c 1749
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
Traitté d'arithmetique, Seventeenth century
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Dd.10.38
Scope and Contents
The first 40 pages are occupied with the statement of the rules of arithmetic; ff. 25-30 contain questions in mathematics, and rules for the extraction of the cube root, and also of the square root by approximation; ff. 31-35 relate to specific gravity. The remainder is blank, except that on the last page is a recipe for a 'Baume pour toute sort de blessures'.
Dates:
Seventeenth century
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).
Series
Transcript of a Tract on Fluxions said to have been written by Newton, November 1666
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3960.1: 1-61
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
Papers on infinite series, curves and fluxions, in the hands of Newton and two others.
Dates:
November 1666
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
Treatise on Algebra and Miscellaneous Unrelated Material, c 1670
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3995
Scope and Contents
In Newton's and one other hand.
Dates:
c 1670
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile nature of the material access to the collection is restricted. It is available to view in the Cambridge University Digital Library at https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/newton/1 with the exception of MS.Add.4007, which is open for consultation by holders of a Reader's Ticket valid for the Manuscripts Reading Room.
Fonds
Treatise on arithmetic, Late sixteenth century
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Ff.05.24
Scope and Contents
A treatise on the higher rules of arithmetic', beginning at the rule of division, and with a long chapter on cossic numbers. There is also a system for calculating on the hands; superscribed 'Invent ao 1588'.
Dates:
Late sixteenth century
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Collection:
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).