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UCL now has access to British Association for the Advancement of Science (Collections on the History of Science: 1830-1970): BAAS

By Sarah Gilmore, on 24 November 2020

UCL now has access to the Wiley Digital Archive British Association for the Advancement of Science (Collections on the History of Science: 1830-1970): BAAS

The BAAS archive from Wiley Digital Archives contains an aggregation of collections from the BAAS and from archival collections related to the BAAS, contributed by various institutions across the United Kingdom. The collections cover the work of scientists including Charles Wheatstone, Oliver Lodge, Samuel Tolansky and William Ramsay, including reports; fieldnotes, correspondence and diaries; grey literature; photographs, artwork and illustrations; journal manuscripts; photographs; proceedings, lectures, and ephemera.

The collection spans a wide variety of interdisciplinary research areas, and supports educational needs in a broad range of subjects and disciplines including the History of Science, Life Sciences; Physical Sciences; Mathematics; Engineering; Area Studies; Colonial, Post-Colonial & Decolonisation Studies; Development Studies; Environmental Degradation; Historical Sociology; Geology; International Relations; Trade and Commerce, and Law and Policy relating to Science.

The database will be regularly refreshed and updated to reflect new content as it is added on an ongoing basis

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