Introduction
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Administrative and financial papers,
1978-99
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Correspondence, 1975-99
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Miscellaneous papers,
1978-96
| Abstract: Papers of the E.A. Milne Society, 1975-99. |
The E.A. Milne Society was founded by Milne's granddaughter, Miranda Weston-Smith, in January 1977 to commemorate the work of Professor Edward Arthur Milne (1896-1950) mathematician and natural philosopher - see Dictionary of National Biography. Miranda Weston-Smith acted as secretary and treasurer to the Society while Sir Hermann Bondi and others served as the committee and the Warden of Wadham as patron of the Society. The Society established an annual Milne lecture given at the Mathematical Institute, Oxford, under the patronage of Wadham College and the Mathematical Institute, and with the sponsorship of IBM (UK). The inaugural Milne lecture was delivered by Sir Fred Hoyle in January 1978. Most of the lectures were published after delivery in the Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society. The Society continued until 1996, the centenary year of Milne's birth, when the twentieth and final lecture was delivered by Sir Roger Penrose. All twenty lectures were published,with some alterations and addenda, as The Universe Unfolding (Oxford, 1998), edited by Sir Hermann Bondi and Miranda Weston-Smith.
Administrative and financial papers, correspondence, and publicity material for the lectures.
Oxford, Bodleian Library [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. b. 2070, fols. 1-2].
The correspondence and papers of E.A. Milne are also in the Bodleian, see MSS. Eng. misc. b. 423-9, c. 870-2, d. 1277
| Papers, 1978-99 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 6861 Extent: 131 leaves Scope and Content:
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Mainly correspondence of the secretary and treasurer of the society, Miranda Weston-Smith. Access is restricted to all correspondence files until 2029 except with written permission from Miranda Weston-Smith. Arranged alphabetically.
| Adam - Kirshner Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3410 = Res. d. 433 Extent: 253 leaves Scope and Content: Includes correspondence with
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| Longair - Wolfendale Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3411 = Res. d. 434 Extent: 242 leaves Scope and Content: Includes correspondence with
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| Correspondence with lecturers relating to the
publication of the Milne lectures, 1993-8 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. d. 3412 = Res. d. 435 Extent: 173 leaves Scope and Content: Arranged alphabetically |
| Publicity posters for the lectures,
1978-96 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. b. 2108 Extent: 20 leaves |
| Invitations and tickets for the lectures,
1978-96 Shelfmark: MS. Eng. e. 3352 Extent: 47 leaves |
| Tape-recording of the inaugural lecture delivered by
Sir Fred Hoyle Shelfmark: MSS. Eng. e. 3353-4 Extent: 2 reel-to-reel tapes Note: A shortened version of this lecture is available at the National Sound Archive, 96 Euston Road, London, NW1 2DB (reference: P1368W). |