Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Louis Pasteur Collection
- Dates:
- 1823-2006, bulk 1823-1895
- 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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Louis Pasteur Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
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
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2015
- Date Encoded:
- Machine readable finding aid encoded by Dorothy Auyong in October 2015 .
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.
- Terms of access:
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permission rests with the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item]. Louis Pasteur Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191