Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
- Abstract:
- This collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, printed material, research notes and drawings, and photographs related to French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).
- Extent:
- 270 items in 5 boxes
- Language:
- French.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, printed material, research notes and drawings, and photographs related to French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).
The collection consists of the following:
Box 1: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts and printed material, 1823-1873.
Box 2: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and printed material, 1874-1886.
Box 3: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and printed material, 1887-Undated; 1970-2006. This box also includes the Alain Brieux Catalogue, lists of items purchased and Burndy Library exhibition material.
Box 4: Enamel portrait and volumes, 1871-[before 1896]. The volumes include Pasteur’s working notebooks and his address book.
Box 5: Empty vin rouge bottle. This item is fragile and requires curatorial approval for paging.
- Biographical / historical:
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Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), French chemist and microbiologist. Pasteur worked with fermentation, contributed to the development of the first vaccines for diseases such as rabies and anthrax, and debunked the myth of spontaneous generation; the process known as pasteurization is named after him. Pasteur died, after a series of strokes, on September 28, 1895.
- Acquisition information:
- Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
- Processing information:
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1. The collection was originally MS Collection 12 (1-4); it was decided to rename it the Louis Pasteur Collection and to rearrange the material chronologically. The Burndy Library also acquired an empty wine bottle: “Louis Pasteur / Vin Rouge” (provenance unknown); it was decided to add this bottle to the Louis Pasteur Collection.
2. The collection contains modern transcriptions, descriptions, sale catalogue information; these are noted on the folders and in the Container List but are not included in the final count of cataloged items.
- Arrangement:
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Chronological
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Beer
Anthrax
Chicken cholera
Fermentation
Germ theory of disease
Crystallization
Immunization
Microbiology
Pasteurization
Rabbits – Australia – History
Rabbits – Control – Australia
Rabies
Spontaneous generation
Vaccines
Vaccination
Wine and wine making – France
Business letters – France – 19th century
Drawings – France – 19th century
Letters (correspondence) – France – 19th century
Manuscripts – France – 19th century
Notebooks – France – 19th century
Photographs – France – 19th century
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191