Papers of Brian Hilton Flowers, [1940]-1998, comprising biographical papers, including papers relating to his various appointments, honours and awards, 1958-1990; five notebooks relating to his undergraduate studies at Cambridge from the early 1940s; papers relating to science education and research; wider political interests such as the Suez Crisis of 1956, the entry of Britain into the Common Market in 1971; resignation from the Social Democratic Party, 1989; photographs of Flowers and colleagues; press cuttings illustrating his public profile, 1969-1981;
papers relating to Flower's career at the University of Manchester, 1960-1967, the Science Research Council, Chancellor of the University, 1994-1997; notably correspondence and papers relating to University Grants Committee visits, the Physics Department Steering Committee, establishment of the Honours School of Liberal Studies in Science, office of Chancellor of the University of Manchester; research material comprising a notebook on pulse chambers, [1945-1950], copy of Flowers's DSc submission,1953; papers relating to speeches, lectures and broadcasts, comprising invitations, copies of public speeches, lectures, 1946-1995, including speeches and lectures given as Rector of Imperial College, London, 1973-1985; contributions to House of Lords debates, 1979-; lecture courses given at the University of Birmingham, 1950-1952; the University of Manchester, 1958-1967; broadcast material for BBC radio, 1957-1983;
papers concerning publications, comprising correspondence and drafts, [1945-1985], relating to his books Properties of Matter and An introduction to numerical methods in C++, two unpublished books 'The Structure of Light Nuclei' and 'Group Theory and Nuclear Structure', 1950s; editorial papers, 1970s; publication offprints, [1945]-1990s;
papers relating to societies and organisations, 1957-1998, notably papers relating to the Committee of Enquiry into the Organisation of the Academic Year, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Catching Up with European Higher Education Fund, the Hungarian Accreditation Committee; the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1958-1977; material relating to his chairmanship of the Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils, the National Physical Laboratory's Steering Committee, the House of Lords Select Committee for Science and Technology and the Nuffield Foundation; correspondence and papers relating to Pugwash Conferences, 1962-1967, Imperial College, University of London; correspondence covering a wide range of professional issues and more personal matters relating to colleagues, friends and family; day files, 1990-1997; correspondence with Jeremy William Bray MP, 1966; Lord Rothschild, 1970s-1980s.
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