WHSO-Project
World History of Science Online: Databases of Bibliographical and Archival Sources
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WHSO-Project World History of Science Online: Databases of Bibliographical and Archival Sources
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Links to existing online resources by DHS members
CZECH REPUBLIC
Description:
The site includes valuable
details of the Academy's archive collections and there is also a gallery of
photographs. Text is available in Czech and English. DENMARK
Description:
This site includes a survey of the Institute’s archival collections http://www.math.ku.dk/arkivet/colllist.htm.
The survey provides links to inventories for most of the collections, including
the archives of Harald Bohr and the Danish Mathematical Society. Text is in
Danish and English, although most of the inventories are in Danish only.
FRANCE
Description:
This site provides general information about the Service des Archives as well as
lists of the collections it holds, arranged by category. A number of catalogues
of the collections have been mounted online.
Text in French.
Description:
The site provides general details about the Archives de L' Institut du
radium and the historic photograph collection managed by the Association Curie
et Joliot-Curie. GERMANY
Description:
This site provides information about an editing project involving the
correspondence of Arnold Sommerfeld, one of the pioneers of atomic physics.
About 600 letters from his scientific correspondence will be published in two
volumes. The website also allows online access to a database of Sommerfeld’s
correspondence which can be searched in various ways, including by date,
personal name and subject. Text on the site is in German.
Description:
The site presents an overview of the Museum's archival collections,
indicating the types of material held, new acquisitions and projects. There is
also a select list of the papers of famous scientists, engineers and inventors.
Text on the site is in German and English.
Description:
This site provides general details about the Max Planck Society Historical
Archives. The material held by the Archives include papers of numerous Nobel
Prize laureates active in the Kaiser Wilhelm/Max Planck Society. Text on the
site is in German and English ITALY
Description:
The Archives of the Dipartimento di Astronomia relate to the scientific and
administrative life of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Bologna. There is a guide
to the Archives, largely in Italian, and an on-line search facility. The rest of
the site is available in English as well as Italian. SWITZERLAND
Description:
This site provides an overview of the History of Science Collections at the ETH
Library, briefly highlighting some of the most significant collections and the
types of material held. There is also a list of deposited collections. Text is
in German and English. UNITED KINGDOMNational
Bodies
Description:
The HMC site provides information about the indexes to the National Register of
Archives < http://www.hmc.gov.uk/nra/nra2.htm>. These can be searched freely on the website and are a useful
starting place for a search for surviving papers.
Description:
NAHC’s aims include listing records relating to the History of Computing in
Britain, promoting their preservation and the establishment of an oral history
archive. The site includes descriptive lists for the Archive's collections.
Description:
The NCUACS locates, catalogues and finds permanent places of deposit for the
manuscript papers of distinguished contemporary British scientists and
engineers. The site includes a guide to collections catalogued and summary lists
of collections completed by the unit, arranged alphabetically, chronologically,
by discipline and by repository. The site also presents NCUACS's recent Progress
Reports.
Description:
The archives of the UK national science academy are a major history of science
resource. There is a searchable
archive catalogue (incorporating the Sackler Archive Resource) available online.
The archive catalogue holds the election certificate collection and other
listed papers dating back to the foundation of the Society in 1660. Other
materials catalogued include portraits, busts and some photographs. The Sackler
Archive Resource comprises biographical records of Fellows from 1660.
Description:
An online catalogue of Western manuscripts and modern papers provides
access to the rich collection of
papers of historical figures and the records
of organizations involved in medical science and healthcare. Universities
Description:
The Brunel Collection
<http://www.bris.ac.uk/is/services/specialcollections/brunel.html> is of
particular interest to the history of engineering. Lists of archival holdings in the University Library relating
to Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Isambard Brunel and Henry
Marc Brunel are available on this site.
Description:
This site provides details of its named manuscript collections http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/MSS/Named.html.
These include the papers of Charles Darwin, Regius Professor of Physics
J.S. Mitchell and the biochemist and historian of science Joseph Needham, and
the archives of the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Cambridge Scientific
Instrument Company.
Description:
The Classified Guide to holdings http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/archives/collections/classified/home.shtml
on the Churchill Archives Centre's site includes general details of a
significant number of collections concerned with Science and Technology.
Description:
This site presents information about the Library's Manuscript Collections, which
are strong in the fields of Science http://datalib.ed.ac.uk/projects/scimss/webguide/science.html
and Medicine http://datalib.ed.ac.uk/projects/scimss/webguide/medicine.html.
The collections include medieval manuscripts relating to the History of Medicine
and the papers of physical scientists, astronomers, chemists, mathematicians and
Professors of Medicine from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries.
Description:
The Greater Glasgow NHS Board Archive http://www.archives.gla.ac.uk/gghb/
is of particular interest to the history of medicine. The site provides details
of its holdings, which consist largely of the archives of hospitals in the
Glasgow area and in Paisley as well as personal papers. The archives document
developments in medicine, psychiatric care and nursing.
Description:
The Guide to the Archive and Modern Manuscript Collections
http://rabbit.trin.cam.ac.uk/~jon/Msscolls//ModList.html
on this site includes general descriptions of Trinity College's collections.
Named collections of particular scientific interest include those of Lord
Adrian, Sir Isaac Newton, Sir G.P. Thompson, Sir J.J. Thompson and William
Whewell.
Description:
This site includes pages dedicated to H.B.D. Kettlewell http://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/library/archives/Kettlewell/
the renowned lepidopterist and geneticist. The information includes a box
list of Kettlewell's archives which provides valuable details about the content
of the papers. Research
institutions
Description:
The Armagh Observatory site includes a brief historical introduction and a list
of the Observatory's archives, 1790-1916, arranged by subject. These are of
considerable importance to the history of Irish astronomy.
Description:
The JIC is an independent centre for research and training in microbial and
plant science. The history of JIC
is well-documented and its archives are an important resource for scholars in
the history of genetics. A list of
collections housed in the archive is available online http://www.jic.bbsrc.ac.uk/corporate/Library/cat_archives.html. National networking and multi-institutional collaboration
Description:
A2A which is hosted by the National Archives (formerly Public Record Office) is
the English strand of the UK national archives network. It allows researchers to
search or browse full text catalogues from archive repositories in England.
As of September 2003 the A2A database contained over 5 million catalogue
entries and from over 300 repositories. In
the first phase of A2A development a Web of Science Archives consortium led by
the Royal Society and including Geological Society of London, Imperial College
London, Natural History Museum, the Institutions of Civil and Mechanical
Engineers, the Royal Institution and the NCUACS delivered over 27,000 catalogue
pages (a quarter of a million catalogue entries) to A2A, ensuring the good
representation of science and technology archives to this resource.
Description:
The Archives Hub provides a single point of access to descriptions, primarily at
collection-level, of archives held in UK universities and colleges.
As a large proportion of Britain’s science and technology archives,
particularly those of individuals, are held by university archives, the Hub is a
crucial information resource
Description:
AIM25 is a major project to provide electronic access to collection level
descriptions of the archives of over fifty higher education institutions and
learned societies within the greater London area.
Although it does not have a particular focus on archives for the history
of science, technology and medicine, because it includes Imperial College London
and a number of leading scientific institutions and medical colleges, it is an
extremely significant research resource for this area.
Description: NAHSTE (Navigational Aids for the History of Science, Technology and the Environment) provides access to a variety of outstanding collections of archives and manuscripts held by the three partner Higher Education Institutions, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Heriot-Watt Universities, and makes them fully accessible on the World Wide Web BIBLIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES
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