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Title: Louis Pasteur Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1823-2006
Bulk dates: 1823-1895
Collection Number: mssPasteurcollection
Creator:
Pasteur, Louis,
1822-1895
Extent:
270 items in 5 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Rare Books Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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).
Language: French.
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.
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.
[Identification of item]. Louis Pasteur Collection, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.
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.
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.
Related materials in the Huntington Library
Along with the manuscript material, the Burndy Library purchased 22 bound volumes
from Brieux; many of these volumes were part of Pasteur’s own library. For more
information about these 31 titles in the 22 bound volumes please do a Title search
under “Louis Pasteur Collection” in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Chronological
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.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Chamberland, Ch., 1851-
Chantemesse, André, 1851-1919
Dumas, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste),
1777-1861
Duruy, Victor, 1811-1894
Meister, Joseph, 1876-1940
Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
Pasteur, Marie, 1826-1910
Priestley, Eliza Chambers
Roux, Monsieur (Émile), 1853-1933
Thuillier, Louis, 1856-1883
Académie des
sciences (France)
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