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Louis Pasteur's personal calling card
Box 1, Folder 24- Circa 1887
Louis Pasteur's personal calling card with a handwritten note on card.
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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Double flask for demonstrating anaerobic fermentation
Box 1- 1939 – 1967 (Date span attributed to photograph)
Photograph of a double flask used by French biologist, microbiologist, and chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) to demonstrate anaerobic fermentation, as displayed at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Per notations…
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Mounted French postage and semipostal stamps depicting Louis Pasteur
Box 1, Folder 19- 1922 – 1936
Nine small postage stamps in various denominations issued in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Louis Pasteur in 1922. The large semipostal stamp was issued in 1936 and includes a surtax for the…
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Letter from Donald B. Johnstone to Chester G. Fisher
Box 1, Folder 18- 1955-Jan-19
Letter from Donald B. Johnstone (1919-2018) to Chester G. Fisher (1881-1965) regarding enclosed stamps commemorating Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Donald B. Johnstone was the Associate Professor of Microbiology at the…
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Letter from Louis Pasteur to Dr. Becar, 1884, and letter from Pasteur to an unidentified director, 1882
Box 1, Folder 13- 1882-Sep-02
- 1884-Jun-07
In the first letter Louis Pasteur turns down Dr. Becar's offer to allow Pasteur to perform experiments on him rather then on animals. In the second letter Pasteur endeavors to find work for a young assistant named…
- Author Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
- Subject Microbiologists, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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Receipt from the Pasteur Institute to the community of Éply, France
Box 1, Folder 6- 1887-Jun-20
The community of Éply in France raised 20 francs "to found an establishment for the treatment of hydrophobia." In this context, hydrophobia is an irrational fear of water brought on as a symptom of rabies. Receipt…
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Letter from Louis Pasteur to Monsieur le Consul
Box 1, Folder 14- 1888-Apr-08
Letter from Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) to Monsieur le Consul regarding the Baroness of Wendelstadt's subscription to the Pasteur Institute in the amount of one hundred francs.
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Letter from Louis Pasteur to the Rector of the Academy of Besançon, with the Rector's reply, 1886
Box 1, Folder 7- 1886-May-20 – 1886-May-24
Louis Pasteur requests that the petition for academic palms made by the Mayor of Arbois on behalf of Chapeau and Rouget be supported. The Rector's reply is written at the bottom of the page stating he is happy to comply.
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Louis Pasteur's personal calling card with handwritten invitation to M. Chabermortier to the opening of the Pasteur Institute
Box 1, Folder 5- Circa 1887
Signed, L. Pasteur.
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Letter from Louis Pasteur to an unidentified colleague, 1891
Box 1, Folder 12- 1891-Nov-04
In this letter Louis Pasteur addresses a "very eminent colleague," and thanks him for an advance copy of a new work on social economy.
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University of Edinbugh Class Certificate of Merit to W. Watson Cheyne, signed by Joseph Lister
Box 1, Folder 8- 1873
Certifies W. Watson Cheyne as a Member of the Class of "Clinical Surgery," 1872-1873 and obtained "a First Class Certificate, a Medal and the First Prize." Signed by Professor Joseph Lister.
Sir William Watson Cheyne,…
- Creator Of Work University of Edinburgh
- Subject Lister, Joseph, Baron, 1827-1912, Surgery, University of Edinburgh, Cheyne, William Watson, Sir, 1852-1932
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (4 of 4)
Box 1, Folder 4- After 1849 – before 1895
Fourth page of handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the…
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (3 of 4)
Box 1, Folder 3- After 1849 – before 1895
Third page of handwritten lecture notes with diagrams prepared by Louis Pasteur for a lecture to the National Academy of Medicine on the subject of crystal structures, tartaric acid, and arsenites. This work led to the…
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Louis Pasteur and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot
Box 1, Folder 15- 1886 (Date of painting)
Portrait print of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and his granddaughter Camille Vallery-Radot (1880-1927). This print is based on a painting that was commissioned by Jacob…
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Portrait of Elie Metchnikoff
Box 1, Folder 22- Circa 1910 (Date of original print)
Portrait of Russian zoologist Elie Metchnikoff (1845-1916) who discovered phagocytes, which are essential in fighting infections and for building immunity. In 1908, he was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology…
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Portrait of Albert Calmette
Box 1, Folder 22- Circa 1923 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photograph of French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist Albert Calmette (1863-1933) who was an associate of the French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). As an officer of…
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Portrait of Jules Raulin
Box 1, Folder 21- Circa 1870 (Date of original print)
Portrait of French chemist and biologist Jules Raulin (1836-1896). Raulin founded the French chemistry school École supérieure de chimie industrielle de Lyon, currently known as École supérieure de chimie, physique,…
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Portrait of Robert Bunsen
Box 1, Folder 11- 1892 (Date of original lithograph)
Portrait print of German chemist Robert Bunsen (1811-1899). Along with physicist Gustav Kirchhoff (1824-1877), Bunsen discovered caesium and rubidium. Bunson studied the emission spectra of heated elements and developed…
- Artist Marx, Job.
- Subject Bunsen, R. (Robert), 1811-1899, Portraits, Scientists, Chemists
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Portrait of Monsieur (Emile) Roux
Box 1, Folder 21- Circa 1900 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photograph of French immunologist, bacteriologist and physician Monsieur (Emile) Roux (1853-1933), also known as Pierre Paul Émile Roux. Roux served as Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) assistant from 1878 until…
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Portrait of Joseph Lister
Box 1, Folder 9- Circa 1855 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photogravure of English surgeon and Baron Joseph Lister (1827-1912) based on a circa 1855 daguerreotype photograph when Lister was around age 28. Influenced by Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) discoveries in…
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Portrait of Émile Duclaux
Box 1, Folder 21- Circa 1900 (Date of original photograph)
Portrait photograph of French microbiologist and chemist Émile Duclaux (1840-1904). Duclaux began assisting Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) in 1862. He became the second director of the Pasteur Institute after Pasteur's…
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Portrait of Jules François Joubert
Box 1, Folder 22- Circa 1877 (Date of original photograph)
Printed portrait of French scientist and professor Jules Francois Joubert (1834-1910), who assisted French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Joubert collaborated with Pasteur in 1877,…
