MSS 2/0146-01: Louis Pasteur Memorabilia, 1883 - 1923

File — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 2/0146-01

Scope and Contents

This small collection was assembled and preserved by Robert Abbe to document the life and work of Louis Pasteur (1822-1893). The contents of the collection are: an autograph letter to Monsieur Emile Roux, Pasteur's associate, 1883;postcards, a photograph of Pasteur's tomb, and pictorial material, circa 1923 and undated; and an invitation and program, newsclipping, and commemorative postage stamps and tags from Pasteur Day, held in Paris on 22 May 1923.

Dates

Creation: 1883 - 1923

Full Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Small collections

Custodial History

Charles Perry Fisher of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia received the Abbe Collection of Louis Pasteur Memorabilia from Robert Abbe of Bar Harbor,Maine, on 28 July 1923. Although Abbe intended that William W. Keen formally present the collection to the College for inclusion with other Pasteur material in the Abbe Cabinet"at a meeting during the winter", this was never done. The collection was isolated during a survey of the Historical Collections and processed and catalogued in 1990.