Guide to the L. Pearce Williams Papers,
1887-1970, [1963-1967 (bulk)]

Collection Number: 14-17-795

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Date completed:

March 2012

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Date modified:

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

L. Pearce Williams papers, 1887-1970, 1963-1967 (bulk)

Collection Number:

(Leslie Pearce), Williams 1927-

Forms of Material:

Correspondence, publications, research material

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

Correspondence with colleagues, students, publishers, libraries, and individuals and papers concerning his research and teaching

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

History of science professor, Cornell University.

Cornell Class of 1949, Ph.D. 1952.

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Correspondence with colleagues, students, publishers, libraries, and individuals concerning the research for his book MICHAEL FARADAY (1965) and its publication, his own and colleagues' writings on other subjects in the history of science, lectures given for various groups and institutions, teaching positions and graduate work in the history of science, and professional meetings (1958-66); manuscripts and typescripts of FARADAY and Williams' THE ORIGINS OF FIELD THEORY (1966) and drafts and copies of articles and lectures (1951- ); and other material pertaining to his work as a Cornell professor.

Also photocopies of journal articles, made in the course of research for a planned book on science in the 19th century (which was never written). Also, offprints of German journal articles, dating mainly from 1900-1929, on quantum theory, relativity theory, and cathode rays, with a few articles on biochemistry, a few on the history and philosophy of science, and two microscope catalogs. Authors represented include Philipp Lenard, Lise Meitner, Wilhelm Wien, Ernst Haeckel, Albert Kölliker, Erwin Schrödinger, and Emil Fischer. Microfilm of manuscript material from research libraries concerns Michael Faraday and John Dalton.

Also videocassette: "Notorious Note-Taking Lecture," August 29, 1990.

Additional research and teaching notes include material for Williams's book The History of Science in Western Civilization (1977).

Williams, L. Pearce 1927-

Dalton, John, 1766-1844.

Faraday, Michael, 1791-1867.

Fischer, Emil, 1852-1919.

Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919.

Kölliker, Albert, 1817-1905.

Lenard, Philipp, 1862-1947.

Meitner, Lise, 1878-1968.

Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961.

Wien, W. (Wilhelm), 1864-1928.

Williams, L. Pearce (Leslie Pearce), 1927-

Williams, L. Pearce (Leslie Pearce), 1927-

Cornell University -- Faculty.

Cornell University -- Graduate students.

College teachers.

Historians of science.

Science -- History.

Physics -- History -- 20th century.

Form and Genre Terms:

Manuscripts for publication.

INFORMATION FOR USERS

Access Restrictions:

Some correspondence is restricted to permission of the History Department.

Restrictions on Use:

Materials from other research libraries may not be reproduced or quoted without permission from those libraries.

L. Pearce Williams papers, #14-17-795. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

Date	Description	Container
	Paper guide is availible	Box 1-67
	Research notes from French libraries; Maxwell papers on microfilm	Box 68
	Correspondence (including re: Lavoisier Collection), writings, lecture notes	Box 69
	Draft of book on western civilization; lecture notes for history of science courses	Box 70-71
	Research microfilms	Box 72
August 29, 1990	L. Pearce Williams: Notorious Note Taking Lecture, at Cornell University.		VHS V-810