Nathan Collection - AIM25

Identity area

Reference code

RSC NATHAN

Title

Nathan Collection

Date(s)

1598-1920 (Creation)

Extent and medium

975 items.

Context area

Name of creator

Nathan , Frederick Lewis , 1861-1933

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.

Repository

Royal Society of Chemistry

Archival history

RSC NATHAN 1598-1920 Collection (fonds) 975 items. Nathan , Frederick Lewis , 1861-1933

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.

Bequeathed to the Chemical Society by Colonel Nathan.

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.

Organised by Accession Number.

Open access by prior arrangement.

Items not to be copied or scanned.

Mainly English and Latin.

Library catalogue.

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. March 2011. Firearms War Guns Dangerous materials Weapons International conflicts Military equipment Equipment

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Bequeathed to the Chemical Society by Colonel Nathan.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

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.

System of arrangement

Organised by Accession Number.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access