Brasch (Frederick) pamphlet collection, circa 1700-1969, bulk 1880-1950

Summary

Title:

Frederick Brasch pamphlet collection

Dates:

circa 1700-1969, bulk 1880-1950

Abstract:

Journal articles and other printed material about astronomy, mathematics and the history of science, collected by historian and librarian Frederick Brasch.

Extent:

9.5 Linear Feet (19 boxes)

Language:

Multiple languages .

Background

Scope and content:

Scientific papers and articles concerning astronomy, mathematics, and the history of science collected by Frederick Brasch, who was Chief of the Scientific Collection at the Library of Congress from 1925 to 1943 and later was a bibliographer for the libraries at Stanford (his alma mater) until his death in 1967.

The collection includes offprints, reprints, clipped articles, and articles in whole issues (often Science, Scientific American, Nature, Popular Astronomy and various journals), most dating from the 19th and early 20th century. Other items inserted in booklets or between pages such as notes, correspondence, clippings, and other reprints, have been kept as-is. Most have inscriptions ("with compliments of author," Brasch's name & date, etc.).

The texts are in multiple languages - mostly German, but also French, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Norwegian, Hungarian, and Spanish. The collection's original order was retained despite some alphabetization quirks. Articles about scientists are sometimes filed under author and sometimes subject.

Many papers are about the experiments and writing of historical astronomers such as Newton, Galileo, Copernicus, Kepler, and Brahe, but there is also much on the then-new science of relativity and the atom (Einstein, Planck, Bohr, etc.) Other subjects include observatories, photography, telescopes (including company catalogs) and the disposition of historical libraries (such as those of Jefferson and Franklin).

Whole issues of journals and material removed from cataloged books complete the collection.

Acquisition information:

Gift of Frederick E. Brasch, 1967.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related resources

Related material:

M0275 Frederick E. Brasch papers, 1745-1963

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4083165

M0132 Frederick E. Brasch collection of Sir Isaac Newton manuscripts and related materials on the history of scientific thought, 1684-1949

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082935

MISC 1561 Frederick Brasch letters to his family from Harvard, 1902

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7927792

M0176 Brasch family papers, 1891-1920

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4082791

SCM0386 Frederick E. Brasch correspondence, 1962-1965

https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/8448285

See also https://searchworks.stanford.edu/catalog?q=%22Brasch%2C+Frederick+E.+%28Frederick+Edward%29%2C+1875-1967.%22&search_field=subject_terms. Many books from his collection have been cataloged in the Newton Collection.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Astronomy -- History
Science -- History.
Mathematics -- History

About this collection guide

Date Encoded:

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-27 13:04:25 -0800 .

Restrictions:

Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.

Terms of access:

While Special Collections is the owner of the physical and digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.

Most of these materials are believed to be in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use of public domain materials.

Location of this collection:

Stanford University, Manuscripts Division

Department of Special Collections, Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford, CA 94305-6004, US

Contact:

(650) 725-1022

specialcollections@stanford.edu

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