Manuscripts

Louis Pasteur Collection

Description

The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks, printed material, research notes and drawings, and photographs related to French chemist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895).

The collection consists of the following:

Box 1: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts and printed material, 1823-1873.

Box 2: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and printed material, 1874-1886.

Box 3: Pasteur correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and printed material, 1887-Undated; 1970-2006. This box also includes the Alain Brieux Catalogue, lists of items purchased and Burndy Library exhibition material.

Box 4: Enamel portrait and volumes, 1871-[before 1896]. The volumes include Pasteur's working notebooks and his address book.

Box 5: Empty vin rouge bottle. This item is fragile and requires curatorial approval for paging.

Type

Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)

Date

1823-2006

Call number

mssPasteurcollection

Creator

Pasteur, Louis (1822-1895)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family, November 2006.

Associated people

Chamberland, Ch., (1851-)

Chantemesse, André, (1851-1919.)

Duruy, Victor, (1811-1894.)

Pasteur, Marie Laurent, (1826-1910.)

Priestley, Eliza Chambers, (1853-1933.)

Roux, (1856-1883.)

Thuillier, Louis,

Associated organization

Burndy Library,

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[Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895]. "p. 32": [autograph note]
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(1 p.). Removed from: Etudes sur le vin , 1866 (Pasteur Library 32). Subject: Wine.
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Envelope: Louis Pasteur: photo on enamel, in leather case with Pasteur's initials
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(1 piece). Alain Brieux Apr. 4, 1984.
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Moreau, -----. Letter to Louis Pasteur, 1822-1895
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(1 p.). Note: a telegram with annotations by Pasteur. Pasteur Library, Series II, 10. Also enclosed: typewritten and photocopied description and transcription (2 p.); Burndy Library paper folder. Subject: Rabies.
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[Stoffel, -----]. Letter to [Louis Pasteur, 1833-1895]
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(3 p.). Note: letter copied out by Pasteur, with his autograph notes (in pencil). Pasteur Library, Series IV, 33. Also enclosed: typewritten description and transcription (2 p.); Burndy Library paper folder.
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[Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895]
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(1 p.). Pasteur Library, Series III, 106. Also enclosed: Burndy Library paper folder. Subject: Vinegar.
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[Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895]. Letter to Ministre de l'Instruction Publique
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(4 p.). Note: letter in the hand of Marie Pasteur, 1826-1910, with corrections by Pasteur. Pasteur Library, Series IV, 5. Also enclosed: typewritten description and transcription (1 p.); Burndy Library paper folder.
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