Special Collections: Science, Technology and Medicine

Printed materials:

• Prospectuses (including some summer schools) of the University of Exeter and its predecessor institutions (1899-2002)
• University/CAL - University Calendars including statutes and regulations (1949-2003)
• Calendar for Exeter Technical and University Extension College including Reports on the School of Science and Art for 1892/1893 and a syllabus of the course of instruction ( 1893/1894)
• Exeter University/REG - Exeter University Registers of those to whom degrees, diplomas, certificates and testamurs were awarded by the University (1893-1972)
• Exeter University/ANN - Annual Reports, including reports on departments, staff and students (1870s onwards)
• Exeter University/LIS - University List, including lists of students (1955-1987)

Files relating to:

• Exeter Technical and University Extension College (1894-1899)
• Department files for Botany, Chemistry, Physics (1930s-1940s)
• Washington Singer (1940s-1970s)
• Hatherly Laboratories (1961-1972)
• Heads of Science Departments Committee (1960-1976)
• Science Buildings (1956-1968)
• Maths and Geology (1959-1968)
• Joint Advisory Committee for Health Studies (1963-1984)
• Applied Sciences (1970-1987)
• Faculty of Science (1952-1990)
• Biometrics and Community Medicine (1968-1982)
• Physics (1977-1979)
• Postgraduate Medical School (1980-1985)
• Earth Sciences (1987)

Additional University-related archive collections

EUL MS 39 - Hubert Britton papers relating to chemistry (1930s-1950s). Britton was Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Washington Singer Laboratories, University of Exeter,

EUL MS 189 - Copy plans of Basil Spence for the chemistry and physics buildings, University of Exeter (1958)

EUL MS 251 - Offprints of chemistry articles by Prof H Norman Rydon (1933-1970). From 1957 Rydon held the post of Professor of Chemistry at Exeter University until his retirement in 1977.

EUL UA/P/1b/7a-f - University photographs: Streatham campus: academic buildings A-F, including the Chemistry Building (1960s)

EUL UA/P/1b/7g-l - University photographs: Streatham campus: academic buildings G-L, including the Hatherley Laboratories (1970s-1980s) and Kaye Laboratories

EUL UA/P/1b/7m-r - University photographs: Streatham campus: academic buildings M-R, including the Physics Building (1960s-1980s)

EUL UA/P/1b/7s-z - University photographs: Streatham campus: academic buildings S-Z, including the Washington Singer Laboratories (1930s-1980s)

EUL UA/P/2b - University photographs: people: UCSWE officials and college groups, including a photograph of F H Newman, first professor of Physics from 1923 and director of the Washington Singer Laboratories from their opening in 1931, he became Acting-Principal of the University College of the South West of England 1951-1952, the year of his death. The Newman Building is named after him.

EUL UA/P/3e - University photographs: events: royal visits, including photographs of R H The Duke of Edinburgh inaugurates the Harrison (Engineering) Building, 21 Mar 1969

EUL UA/P/3g - University photographs: events: teaching, studying and research in subjects including: Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering and Physics

EUL UA/P/4b - Unknown or unidentified photographs, including a contact sheet of photographs of Science and Engineering students (Sept 1998)

EUL UA/P/5 - Photograph album devoted to the World Health Organization seminar held in the Department of General Practice, Postgraduate Medical School, 18-22 Jul 1983

EUL UA/P/5/1 - Photograph collection of Grace Sharmon, student of UCSWE, including the Chemistry laboratory (c 1925-1928)