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Hartlib Papers
Fonds
Reference code: 61
Scope and Contents
The papers and correspondence of Samuel Hartlib, educationalist, natural philosopher and polymath of the seventeenth century.The archive, which includes copies of his own letters as well as those sent to him by others, represents the greater part of extant Hartlib material. The seventeenth century was a period of rapid scientific and philosophical development, as well as of social, religious and political crisis, and the Hartlib Papers, as well as providing important insights...
Dates:
c1620 - 1662
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Innes Smith Collection
Collection
Reference code: INN1
Scope and Contents
A collection of books on the history of medicine. The books range in date from the early 16th century to the early 20th century, all bearing the somewhat macabre Innes Smith bookplate. There is a strong bias towards medical biography.
For further details of this collection, please see the listing in the External Documents section below.
Dates:
1548 - 1932
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives