Finding Aid for the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Papers, 1646-1716
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Finding Aid for the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Papers, 1646-1716
Collection number: 503
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
- Processed by:
- David MacGill, November 1992
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, October 2003
© 2003 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1646-1716
Collection number: 503
Creator:
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716
Extent:
6 oversize boxes
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Dept. of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Abstract: Leibniz (1646-1716) was a philosopher, mathematician, and political advisor. He invented differential and integral calculus.
His major writings include
New physical hypothesis (1671),
Discourse on metaphysics (1686),
On the ultimate origin of things (1697), and
On nature itself (1698). The collection consists of 35 reels of positive microfilm of more than 100,000 handwritten pages of manuscripts and
letters.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including
copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds
the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold
the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Purchase.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Papers (Collection 503). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
UCLA Catalog Record ID
Biography
Leibniz was born on July 1, 1646 in Leipzig, Germany; he entered Leipzig University and received the degree of doctor of law
in 1666; became a philosopher, mathematician, and political advisor; became known as both a metaphysician and a logician,
and invented differential and integral calculus; his major writings include:
New physical hypothesis (1671),
New method for the greatest and the least (1684),
Discourse on metaphysics (1686),
New system (1695),
On the ultimate origin of things (1697), and
On nature itself (1698); he died on November 14, 1716 in Hanover, Germany.
Scope and Content
Collection consists of 35 reels of positive microfilm of more than 100,000 handwritten pages of manuscripts and letters. The
originals are at the Lower Saxony State Library, Hanover, Germany. The selection was made by Professor Paul Schrecker on the
basis of the three catalogues published by Edward Bodemann. An index, the Concordance of Leibniz microfilms of letters and
manuscripts is in the department to be used in conjunction with the Bodemann index.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm, Freiherr von, 1646-1716--Archives.
Philosophers--Germany--Archival resources.
Mathematicians--Germany--Archival resources.
Microfilms.
Related Material
- Negative microfilm is deposited at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
- Concordance of Leibniz microfilms of letters and manuscripts/ by Collen Grimm Sterling. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania
Library, 1955.
Letters and Manuscripts
Physical Description: [All on positive microfilm]
Box 6
Reel 33: parts 2 (supplement).
Box 6
Reel 34: Supplementary Reel A.
Box 6
Reel 35: Supplementary Reel B.
