IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP45
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: James Clerk Maxwell Foundation
Date(s): 1992-1996
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): James Clerk Maxwell Foundation
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The James Clerk Maxwell Foundation was launched in 1977 to promote research and education in science and technology. In 1992 the Foundation bought the birthplace of James Clerk Maxwell in Edinburgh, sharing the cost with ICMS (International Centre for Mathematical Sciences), formed by a consortium of Scottish Universities.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Text of address given by Professor Cyril Domb at the unveiling of a plaque to commemorate James Clerk Maxwell at King's College London , 24 Jun 1996; printed leaflet relating to the James Clerk Maxwell Birthplace in Edinburgh, [1992]; photocopy of Examination Papers written by Clerk Maxwell for Smith's Prizes at Cambridge University in Jan 1879, [1992-1996]; photocopies of articles relating to Clerk Maxwell, notably 'The origins of the Clerk (Maxwell) genius' by D O Forfar in the Bulletin of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, 'James Clerk Maxwell: maker of waves', based on a talk given by Forfar at a conference held at the Royal Society of Scotland on Scotland's mathematical heritage, Jul 1995, and 'Ordering the foundations', by David S Ritchie in Natural Science.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 file
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The collection was given to the Principal by the James Clerk Maxwell Foundation when the commemorative plaque to Maxwell was unveiled at King's College London in Jun 1996. The collection was deposited in the College Archives by Julie Thomas, Principal's Office, in Aug 1996.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
King's College London College Archives holds notebooks of Maxwell on mechanics and related papers (Ref: K/PP71), and further entries relating to Maxwell's career in King's College Council Minutes (Ref: KA/C/M), In-Correspondence (Ref: K/IC), photographs (Ref: K/PHOTO), and King's College Maxwell Society papers (Ref: KSM).
Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives: correspondence and papers, 1847-1879 (Ref: Add 7655); correspondence with Peter Guthrie Tait, letters to Lord Kelvin, 1854-1879; Cambridge University, Peterhouse Library: family correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1845-1879; National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts division: paper presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1846; Glasgow University Library, Special Collections Department: letters to Lord Kelvin, 1857-1873; London Metropolitan Archives: correspondence with Cecil James Monro (Ref: Acc 1063/2078-2110); St Andrews University Library: correspondence with James David Forbes, 1855-1877.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2000