Guide to the Papers of Sir Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron of Nelson, 1895-1939

Summary

Collection number:

M2400

Creator:

Ernest, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson and Cambridge

Extent:

6 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence, notes, laboratory notebooks, a notebook kept on his Australian tour in 1925, newspaper cuttings and photographs. Subjects include: scientific research in New Zealand; visits to Australia and New Zealand; Rutherford's biography; academic appointments; family news; and research and teaching.

Correspondents include Sir William Bragg, T.H. Laby, P.W. Burbidge, J. Cox, J.A. Erskine, E. Marsden, J.A. Pollock and members of the Rutherford Family in New Zealand.

Biographical / Historical:

Born in New Zealand. Professor of Physics, McGill University, Montreal 1898-1907; Professor and Director of Physical Laboratories, University of Manchester 1907-19; Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics at Cambridge 1919-37. Awarded Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1908 for is work on radioactive elements and the "disintegration of the elements".

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2299025] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Cambridge University Library, Cambridge, England. For more information see Sir Ernest Rutherford at Cambridge University Library (https://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0012%2FMS%20Add.7653).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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