GB 0120 MSS.6077-6078 - Bertheim, Alfred (1879-1914)

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GB 0120 MSS.6077-6078

Title

Bertheim, Alfred (1879-1914)

Date(s)

  • 1879-1914 (Creation)

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2 volumes

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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.

Archival history

GB 0120 MSS.6077-6078 1879-1914 Collection (fonds) 2 volumes Bertheim , Alfred , 1879-1914 , chemist

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.

Purchased from V A Heck, Vienna, 1935.

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.

Arranged in two sections: papers and correspondence.

The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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.

Mainly German and English

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).

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

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.

Jan 2009 Chemicals Organic chemicals Organometallic compounds Arsenicals Arsphenamine Scientific personnel Scientists Chemists Pharmacology Chemistry Bertheim , Alfred , 1879-1914 , chemist Personnel People by occupation People

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Purchased from V A Heck, Vienna, 1935.

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Scope and content

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.

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System of arrangement

Arranged in two sections: papers and correspondence.

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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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Mainly German and English

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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).

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Wellcome Library

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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.

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  • English

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