The core collections and rare books libraries are held at the 档案 Centre in London with the majority of material held off-site in a special temperature and humidity controlled repository.
We are not static and continuously acquire material to supplement our collections. 然而, each new collection is considered on a case by case basis and must fall within our collecting policy. To find out more please contact us and take a look at our depositor agreement form for our terms and conditions.
We offer a simple enquiry service and aim to respond to enquiries within five working days. If you are unable to find what you are looking for by searching this website or our online catalogue please contact us. For more advanced searches we ask that you make an appointment to view the material if applicable.
请参阅我们的 访问我们的 page to make an appointment and using the archives to prepare for your visit.
集合的概述
新萄新京十大正规网站档案
These are the official records and working papers concerning the activities of the 新萄新京十大正规网站 since its foundation as the 社会 of Telegraph Engineers in 1871. 我们保存了新萄新京十大正规网站 150年的历史记录, including material from the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), 电子与无线电工程师学会, Institution of Incorporated Engineers (IIE) and also the Institution of Manufacturing Engineers (IMfgE) who were formerly the Institution of Production Engineers (IProdE). 新萄新京十大正规网站档案由新萄新京十大正规网站本身的档案组成, 从1871年开始, and collections on the history of technology that have been deposited with us.
请参阅我们的 新萄新京十大正规网站的历史 page for more information about the history of the 新萄新京十大正规网站 and the other Institutions.
特收稿件
We have acquired the papers and manuscripts of many distinguished people concerned with science and technology. These include the papers of Sir Francis Ronalds, and Oliver Heaviside, plus many others. Other manuscripts and documents relate to the development of the telegraph (particularly the Atlantic submarine cable) and the development of electrical equipment in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Perhaps one of the most important collections held is the Faraday Collection. These manuscripts were presented to the 新萄新京十大正规网站 in 1915 by David James Blaikley on the condition that they were preserved and made available to researchers. 收藏品包括笔记本, correspondence and manuscripts covering his travels in Europe with Sir Humphry Davy, his chemical notes and some 600 letters from many famous names in science and current affairs.
The National Archive for Electrical Science and Technology (NAEST)
这个集合包括公司记录, constituting a considerable business archive in engineering policy and innovation. The records cover the early nineteenth century to the present day and range from company records, 社团记录, 工程师和科学家的工作论文, 计划, 图纸, 摄影和贸易文献. Three major collections are the archives of the Women’s Engineering 社会, the Electrical Association for Women and the personal papers of Dame Caroline Haslett.
我们的藏品的描述可通过搜索 新萄新京十大正规网站档案在线目录.
珍本藏书
We are fortunate to have acquired two fine rare books collections. 弗朗西斯·罗纳德爵士的图书馆, which comprises about 2000 volumes and 4000 pamphlets on electricity and magnetism, was bequeathed to his brother-in-law but in accordance with Ronalds’ wish that the library should remain together, 它在1876年被转移到新萄新京十大正规网站. 它包括他在国外旅行时收集的许多书.
西尔瓦努斯·菲利普斯·汤普森的900本珍本图书馆, 3700 scientific and technical books and 8000 pamphlets was purchased in 1917 by the 新萄新京十大正规网站 with a grant from the Council and subscriptions from members and his old students at Finsbury Technical College. The library includes rare books from the fifteenth to the seventeenth centuries and thirteen manuscripts including Peter Peregrinus’ Epistola De Magnete and Chaucer’s Astrolabe, 可追溯到1391年.
The two collections together form one of the finest small collections of books and manuscripts relating to magnetism and the development of electrical science and technology.
女工程师杂志
The Woman Engineer is the journal of the Women's Engineering 社会. 该杂志自1919年以来每季度出版一次 完整的一套可以在新萄新京十大正规网站档案馆访问. The journal is an important tool for research as it contains a wealth of information regarding not only women in engineering but also a wide variety of information for social history, 第一次世界大战以来英国的性别研究和创新.
We are currently working with London’s Screen 档案 (LSA) to host our digitised film collection. This is an exciting opportunity to work with LSA - a unique network of over 70 organisations to preserve and share our history on film. The network is managed by Film London and encompasses organisations that hold heritage film collections across London.
As we work with them more moving image will be added to the catalogue for you to view.