Nathan Collection

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: RSC NATHAN
Held at	: Royal Society of Chemistry   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.rsc.org ›
Full title	: Nathan Collection
Date(s)	: 1598-1920
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 975 items.
Name of creator(s)	: Nathan | Frederick Lewis | 1861-1933
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Colonel Frederick Nathan joined the Royal Artillery in 1879 and in 1886 took up an appointment at the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich. Colonel Nathan worked in the explosives industry.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Books, pamphlets and folio-size posters on explosives and firearms dating from 1598 to 1920. Many of the pamphlets in the collection relate to the manufacture and use of gunpowder.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Mainly English and Latin.

System of arrangement:

Organised by Accession Number.

Conditions governing access:

Open access by prior arrangement.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Items not to be copied or scanned.

Finding aids:

Library catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Bequeathed to the Chemical Society by Colonel Nathan.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions:
In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
March 2011.