Peter,
I fully support the idea of cataloguing
the Jeffreys archive.
It was not clear to me, however, where the
papers would reside. Would it be Cambridge or
Bath ?
Council may wish to consider the issue of web
access to the material. I checked the NACS
web site and the only information available is
the name, the catalogue size and its whereabouts. It
would be useful if some basic information could
be made available such as a portrait, a short biography
and, a publication list.
Best regards, Tony Watts
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On Tue, 26 Jun
2001,
Maguire,
P.K.H. wrote:
> Dear Colleague,
>
> Sir Harold Jeffreys
> Financial Support for cataloguing of the Jeffreys archive.
>
> The National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists (a
> small unit at the University of Bath), which aims to locate, sort, list and
> index the archives of eminent British scientists and thus make accessible
> for scholarly research the source materials for the history of science, are
> looking for financial support for cataloguing the archives of Sir Harold
> Jeffreys. The Director of NCUACS, Peter Harper, states quite simply his
> belief in "the importance of making accessible the correspondence,
> unpublished drafts, research records, photographs and so on of such a
> fundamental figure in the history of geophysics".
>
> The unit has already catalogued the archives of Sir Edward Bullard and is
> now tackling those of Keith Runcorn. They have approached the Royal
> Astronomical Society for a donation towards the cost of undertaking the
> cataloguing of the Jeffreys archive. As an RAS councillor I am soliciting
> the views of UK geophysicists as to the value of this work and would be more
> than grateful if you were able to contact me by email ([log in to unmask]) before
> Friday 29th June to give me your views. (The next Council meeting is on
> Tuesday 3rd July). The RAS is considering the amount it might donate, and
> the views of practicing geophysicists would be very useful in helping
> Council come to a decision on the matter.
>
> I very much look forward to hearing from you
> Peter Maguire
>
>
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