Comprised of biographical materials, material related to Mitchell's daily work at the Glynn Research Institute, research material (including material from Mitchell's collaborators), publications, lectures and broadcasts, documentation of Mitchell's involvement with various societies and organisations, material related to visits and conferences, and a large selection of Mitchell's correspondence.
Peter Mitchell papers
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Mitchell (Peter)
- Dates of Creation
- 1940-1994
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- c. 2900 item(s) c. 2900 items
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 papers were received in August 1996, from the Glynn Research Institute, Bodmin, Cornwall. In May 1997 Mrs Helen Mitchell made available for cataloguing two extracts of her husband's diary.
Other Finding Aids
This is an abbreviated description of the collection. For full description please see the A2A online catalogue at http://tinyurl.com/d94au74 There is also a hard copy catalogue available in the Manuscripts Reading Room.
A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.