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Sources Guides list
Sources Guide: Experimental Science
MATERIAL relating specifically to research (not funding, policy, correspondence about, etc, though this may be included in some collections)
Records of Institutions
Personal Papers
Other Collections
Further information about the materials mentioned below can be found on the Archives and Manuscripts Online Catalogue
In some cases the full detailed catalogues of archive collections are not yet in this online database: hard copy versions are available in the Rare Materials Room of the Library and on request to archs+mss@wellcome.ac.uk
Records of Institutions
BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY (f.1911) SA/BIO
Records include research materials of E F Hartree, 1970s, Frederick Sanger, 1934-81, Dr David Keilin, 1931-63, Dr Joan Keilin, 1941-73, and on research carried out at Whitchurch Hospital, 1915-26
LISTER INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTIVE MEDICINE (incorporated as the British Institute of Preventive Medicine, 1891, known as the Jenner Institute for Preventive Medicine, 1899-1903) SA/LIS
Series of serum and vaccine testing records 1900s-50s
STRANGEWAYS RESEARCH LABORATORY (established as the Cambridge Research Hospital, 1905) SA/SRL
Research notes of TSP Strangeways, 1919-22
WELLCOME ARCHIVES
Includes records of records of Bureau of Scientific Research, 1913-38, WA/BSR, Chemical Research Laboratory, 1899-1946, WA/CRL, the Tropical Research Laboratories, WA/TRL, 1899-1943, and Physiological Research Laboratories, 1903-27, WA/PRL
WELLCOME FOUNDATION WF
Material relating to research activities of pharmaceutical company, also some material on other research institutions founded by Sir Henry Wellcome, 1880s-1990s
Personal Papers
J W B (“Jack”) BOAG PP/JWB
Notebooks relating to radiation research at Radiotherapeutic Research Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, 1948-52, and at Institute of Cancer Research and after retirement, 1970s-80s
Edith BULBRING FRS (1903-1990) PP/BUL
Laboratory notebooks, etc, relating to her work on the physiology and pharmacology of smooth muscle, 1938-82
Dame Harriette CHICK (1875 - 1977) PP/CHI
Various experimental materials relating to nutritional research, 1900s-63
Francis CRICK, Nobel laureate (1916-2004) PP/CRI
Laboratory notebooks and research materials relating both to Crick’s work leading to the discovery of DNA, and later work on the neurobiology of consciousness, 1938-98
Sir Henry Hallett DALE OM, GBE, FRS, FRCP (1897-1968) PP/HHD
Notebooks of various experiments at the National Institute of Medical Research, Hampstead, 1913-6
NB: the bulk of Dale's papers is held by the Royal Society
Professor Ivan de Burgh DALY FRS (1983-1974) physiologist PP/DBD
Scientific notebooks and other working papers, 1919-1966
Charles Enrique DENT (1911-1976), specialist in metabolic disorders PP/CED
Experimental notes and other material from his research into disorders of amino-acid metabolism, metabolic bone diseases and other conditions, including his development of paper chromatography and chemical tests, 1945-76
Dame Honor Bridget FELL, FRS (1900-1986), Director of the Strangeways Research Laboratory, 1919-1970 PP/HBF
Notebooks of her research, 1920s-60s, including her collaborative 'Vitamin A' work with Mellanby (q.v.)
Professor Percy Cyril Claude GARNHAM, CMG, FRS, MD (1901-1995), protozoologist PP/PCG
Research notebooks and other material on his work on malarial parasites, 1920s-60s
Sir Alexander HADDOW, FRS, experimental pathologist (1907-1976) PP/HAD
Notebooks and other material relating to his research on carcinogenesis, 1930s-60s
Norman George HEATLEY, OBE (1911-2004) PP/NHE
Materials from his career in biochemical research from 1930s-70s, including in the team responsible for the development of penicillin, 1939-44
Sir Ernest KENNAWAY, FRCP, FRS, experimental pathologist (1881-1958) PP/ELK
Research notebooks, largely on carcinogenesis, 1940s-50s
[Robert] Gwyn MACFARLANE (1907-1987), haematologist PP/RGM
Experimental notes, reports and correspondence concerning his research on blood coagulation and associated subjects, 1934-c.1970
Henry MCILWAINE (1912–1992): material relating to his early research in bacteriology, 1930s–40s, and his later work on the biochemistry of the nervous system. 1950s–70s PP/MCI
Sir Peter MEDAWAR, OM, CH, CBE, FRS (1915-1987), immunologist PP/PBM
Series of laboratory notebooks, 1943-74, and other material on his scientific research at National Institute for Medical Research, and Clinical Research Centre, 1940s-80s
Sir Edward MELLANBY, KCB,GBE,MD,FRS,FRCP (1884 -1955) and Lady (May) MELLANBY (1882-1978) PP/MEL
Records of their collaborative research, largely on nutrition, 1910s-50s, and Lady Mellanby's work on the physiology of dentition up to the 1970s
Sir William Drummond PATON, CBE, FRCP, FRCS. FFARCS, JP (1917-1993), physiologist and pharmacologist PP/WDP
Laboratory notebooks and other material, 1944-83, some research material relating to his underwater physiological work for the Royal Navy, 1930s-90
Frederick Gordon SPEAR, FFR,DMRE (1895-1980), radiologist, Deputy Director of the Strangeways Research Laboratory PP/FGS
Research notebooks and other materials relating to his radiological research at the Strangeways, c. 1920s-50s
Robert Henry Stewart THOMPSON (1912-1998) PP/RHT
Material relating to biochemical research on chemical weapons and nerve gases and defences against them, and on biochemistry of multiple sclerosis
William Edward VAN HEYNINGEN, MA,ScD (1911-1989) microbiologist PP/VAN
Laboratory notebooks relating to work on bacilli, dysentery and tetanus toxins, 1940s-60s
Ernest Basil VERNEY, FRCP,FRS (1894-1967) pharmacologist PP/EBV
Experimental notebooks, 1920s-40s, and related material, 1920s-60s
Marthe VOGT (1903-2003) PP/MLV
Notebooks, etc, relating to Vogt’s experimental work on pharmacology, neurophysiology and neuropharmacology, especially on neurotransmitters in the brain, 1920s-80s
Robert George Ranyard WEST, MD,MRCO,DPH (1900-1986) PP/RRW
Material on his research into the `anti-lissive' effect of curare, 1930s-80s
Air Marshal Sir Harold WHITTINGHAM (1887-1983) PP/HEW
Whittingham's research on phlebotomus or sandfly fever, for RAF Sandfly Fever Commission, Malta, 1921-3, including notebooks, statistics, charts, casenotes, drawings, photographs and reports
Sir Graham Selby WILSON, FRS (1895-1987) bacteriologist, Director, Public Health Laboratory Service, 1941-1963 PP/GSW
Research notebooks and other material, c. 1919-58, mainly re salmonella and milk hygiene
Other Collections
Charles Ernest (Claud) BERRY (b.1893) GC/4
Notebooks (c.1920s-30s) while Chief Technician, Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research
Professor Leslie COLLIER, FRCP (b.1921) virologist GC/153
Laboratory notebook on development at the Lister Institute of heat-stable smallpox vaccine, 1949
Walter Ernest DIXON (1870-1931) and George Norman MYERS (1898-1981), pharmacologists GC/155
Files relating to research on digitalis, morphine substitutes, coramine, etc, 1920s-30s
John Edward FRENCH, DM,MRCPath (1919-1970) and Arthur Gordon SANDERS, DPhil,MA,MRCS,LRCP (1908-1980) pathologists GC/68
Notes of experiments, May-Jun 1956, on effects of cholesterol feeding
Forrest FULTON (1913-1971), virologist GC/177
Records of research on typhus and marasmus, World War II, material on research while at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1950s-60s
Egon KODICEK, CBE,FRS(1908-1982) biochemist GC/65
Laboratory notebooks and loose notes of research of Kodicek, P Wilson and D K Chaduri, 1950s-60s
Sir Robert McCARRISON (1878-1960) GC/205
Posters illustrating the work of this Indian Medical Service officer on nutrition questions, c. 1900s-30s
Professor Thaddeus Robert Rudolph MANN, CBE,FRS (1908-1993) biochemist GC/64
Sample notebooks of research on mammalian semen carried out at the Molteno Institute, Cambridge, 1938-54
Professor Robert Alexander McCANCE, CBE, FRS,FRCP (1898-1993) and Dr Elsie May WIDDOWSON, CBE,FRS (b.1908) GC/97
Notes and photographs of research, 1929-44, leading to publication, Chemical Composition of Foods, first issued 1940, and on salt deficiency and excretion and absorption of iron, 1930s; also on changes in bodily composition during development, 1940s-70s
ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS MUNIMENT COLLECTION
Some research notes, including Sir David BRUCE on rabies and cholera, 1893 (RAMC 599) and Sir John BOYD mainly on bacteriophage typing, 1939-1964 (RAMC 1816)
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE WTI/RST
Research notebooks of Sir David BRUCE KCB FRS FRCP (1855-1931), from the Army Medical School, 1893, in South Africa, 1894-1901, and in Uganda, 1903
TATE/REICHSTEIN correspondence and related items GC/224
Correspondence, 1952-9 between Prof Tadeus Reichstein, Basel, and Sylvia Simpson (later Tait) and James Tait, Middlesex Hospital Medical School, with associated publications, 1952-96, on research leading to the isolation of electrocortin (aldosterone)
Frederick William TWORT (1887-1950), FRS, bacteriologist GC/176
Laboratory notes, correspondence, etc, 1908-50, including re his work on bacteriophages
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