Cambridge Philosophical Society archive

The Whipple Library has recently become the temporary home of the

archive of the Cambridge Philosophical Society until the Society is able

to return to permanent premises following the current building works on

the New Museums Site.

The Society was founded in 1819, and has functioned as an important

forum for scientific debate and as an influential publisher over the

intervening two centuries (the history of the first 150 years was

written up by A. Rupert Hall in 1969). Its archive bears witness to much

of that activity, and more, and will be an important resource as the

Society prepares to celebrate its 200th anniversary in 2019. A full

catalogue and description is available to consult via the University's

archive portal Janus:

http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0279

The archive is available for consultation while it's at the Whipple by

those with a bona fide interest. Please contact us via the Library email

address (hpslib@hermes.cam.ac.uk) in the first instance if you would

like to make an appointment to view material from the collection. It is

a fascinating resource, and we hope that HPSers will take advantage of

the opportunity to use it while it's here.

Best wishes,

Anna

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Anna Jones

Whipple Librarian

Department of History and Philosophy of Science

University of Cambridge

Free School Lane

Cambridge CB2 3RH

Tel. 01223 334547