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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
Turnbull Manuscripts
Fonds
Reference code: 70
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of documents relating to the work of George Henry Turnbull on the educational activities of Samuel Hartlib and his circle.
The papers include transcripts from the Hartlib Papers; transcripts relating to John Dury and John Milton; papers relating to Dury´s educational theory; Henry More´s letters to Hartlib; Comeniana; preparatory publications for the Massachusetts Historical Society, and other miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1922 - 1961
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives