Bertheim, Alfred (1879-1914)
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0120 MSS.6077-6078 |
Held at | : Wellcome Library Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://wellcomelibrary.org/ › |
Full title | : Bertheim, Alfred (1879-1914) |
Date(s) | : 1879-1914 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 2 volumes |
Name of creator(s) | : Bertheim | Alfred | 1879-1914 | chemist |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Alfred Bertheim was associated with Paul Ehrlich at the G Speyer-Haus in Frankfurt am Main from 1906 to 1914, in research which culminated in the discovery of salvarsan.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Correspondence and papers of Alfred Bertheim, 1879-1914 including certificates, notes and letters to Bertheim from various correspondents, including Paul Ehrlich and Sahachiro Hata, Japanese bacteriologist, who also worked with Ehrlich. With drafts of out-letters.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Mainly German and English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in two sections: papers and correspondence.
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Finding aids:
Described in: Richard Palmer, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine: Western Manuscripts 5120-6244 (London: The Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, 1999).
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Purchased from V A Heck, Vienna, 1935.
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Rules or conventions:
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions:
Jan 2009
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