The collection consists of the twenty-three notebooks Lewis left in the care of his brother Mr J A Lewis when he emigrated to Canada in 1946. The notebooks contain chiefly lecture notes and practical work for Lewis's undergraduate degree courses at Cambridge 1927-30. Notebook 1 contains physics notes which predate his university career and notebook 22 contains postgraduate work. Lectures by G F C Searle are identified in notebooks 11 and 12.
Wilfrid Bennett Lewis: Undergraduate Lecture Notebooks
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.8727
- Dates of Creation
- 1926-1931 (Circa)
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 23 volume(s) 23 volumes
Scope and Content
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
The collection was received in March 1988 via Mr R T Lewis, University of Bath, nephew of W B Lewis.
Other Finding Aids
An online catalogue, created by NCUACS, is available on the National Archives website at http://tinyurl.com/wilfridlewis
A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.