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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Frederick Brasch pamphlet collection
Identifier/Call Number: M1341
Physical Description:
9.5 Linear Feet
(19 boxes)
Date (inclusive): circa 1700-1969
Date (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.
Language of Material:
Multiple languages
.
Open for research. Note that material must be requested at least 36 hours in advance of intended use.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Frederick E. Brasch, 1967.
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.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Astronomy -- History
Science -- History.
Mathematics -- History