This collection consists of an assortment of archival material related to Louis Pasteur. It includes photographs and graphic representations of Pasteur along with correspondence and notes written by Pasteur. The material was collected and exhibited by the Fisher Scientific Company before being donated to the Science History Institute in 2000. A portion of the collection has been digitized and is available online.
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites
Box 1, Folder 1-4- After 1849 – before 1895
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 field of…
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Louis Pasteur lecture notes on crystal structure, tartaric acid, and arsenites (1 of 4)
Box 1, Folder 1- After 1849 – before 1895
First 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 (2 of 4)
Box 1, Folder 2- After 1849 – before 1895
Second 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 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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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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Letter from Louis Pasteur to an unidentified colleague, 1866
Box 1, Folder 23- 1866-Sep-05
In this letter Louis Pasteur indicates his displeasure with the winemakers of France for opposing pasteurization. He goes on to praise the California winemakers for embracing the process fully. In the letter, Pasteur…
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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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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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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,…
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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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M. [Monsieur] Louis Pasteur in his Laboratory
Box 2, Folder Folder 19 A & B- 1885 (Date of painting)
Reproduction portrait print of French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) depicting Pasteur in his laboratory at the rue d'Ulm, surrounded by his experimental apparatus and innovative laboratory glassware developed for…
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Man being vaccinated
Box 4- Circa 1885
Interior photograph depicts a man standing next to a laboratory table with a man standing behind the subject holding what appears to be a needle or a medical device. Another man stands behind the subject holding up his…
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The Pasteur Boom—High Times for Hydrophobists
- 1885-Dec-23
Featured on the back cover of Puck magazine, this cartoon entitled "The Pasteur Boom—High Times for Hydrophobists" mocks those who traveled to France to receive Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) new vaccine for the rabies…
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List of doctors from around the world on matters pertaining to vaccination
Box 1, Folder 24- 1886
- Subject Vaccination
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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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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
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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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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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 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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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 Louis Pasteur
Box 1, Folder 16- Circa 1894
- Engraver Champollion, Eugène-André Champollion
- Publisher Musée du Louvre
- Subject Microbiologists, Chemists, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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How Antitoxines are Developed
Box 2, Folder 19 A & B- 1895-Jan-05
Page from the Harper's Weekly journal is entitled "How Antitoxines are Developed" and features content and photographic reproductions related to using antitoxins as a treatment for the diphtheria virus. Top photograph…
