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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of the Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics programme. Not all items have been digitised. This catalogue only includes items that have been digitised. Items not digitised can be viewed in the reading room at King's College London, Archives and Special Collections. Please contact <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/collections/archivespec/contact.aspx" rel="nofollow">King's College London, Archives and Special Collections </a> for a fuller catalogue.

King's College London Department of Biophysics

20,100 (approx) items Acetate/glass slides

KCL Department of Biophysics: glass and acetate slides ('quarter plates', 'whole plates' and 'half plates') relating to the work of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Biophysics Research Unit (KCL Department of Biophysics from 1964)

Glass and acetate 3 1/4"x 4 1/4" (8.5 x 11cm) slides ('quarter plates') of images relating to the research conducted in the Medical Research Council (MRC) Biophysics Research Unit, King's College London (from 1964, the Department of Biophysics). Images include: x-ray diffraction photographs of DNA; graphs and other interpretations of the data obtained from the diffraction photographs, including Fourier transforms, Bessel wave functions, and diagrams and space-filled models of the structure of DNA; x-ray cameras and other cameras, reflecting microscopes and electron microscopes, and other equipment used in the course of DNA research; images relating to the work of the Muscle Group, under (Emmeline) Jean Hanson, researching the structural basis of muscular contraction; illustrations prepared for scientific journal articles and lectures by Unit staff.
Slides are individually numbered in a chronological sequence. Original numbers have been maintained which has resulted in some gaps in the sequence and some non-standard numbering.
See KDBP/2/1-5 for indexes to the slides.

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of the Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics programme. Not all items have been digitised. This catalogue only includes items that have been digitised. Items not digitised can be viewed in the reading room at King's College London, Archives and Special Collections. Please contact <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/collections/archivespec/contact.aspx" rel="nofollow">King's College London, Archives and Special Collections </a> for a fuller catalogue.

18,300 (approx) items Acetate/glass slides

KCL Department of Biophysics: quarter plate series: slides of images relating to research conducted in the Biophysics Unit and subsequently Department of Biophysics

Brief list

KDBP/1/1-6 Slides produced by the Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics, 1949-1984

KDBP/2/1-7 Indexes to the slides produced by the Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics, 1949-1984

KDBP/3 KCL Photographic prints relating to research conducted in the Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics, and to the staff and premises of the department, 1949-1992

 DBP/3/1/1-10 Photographic prints relating to research on the structure of DNA, 1952-1969

 KDBP/3/2/1-24 Photographs relating to research conducted within the Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics, 1959-1984

 KDBP/3/3 Photographs relating to the staff and premises of the Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics, 1950-1992 

KDBP/4/1-71 Journal articles written or co-written by staff of the Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics, 1945-1976

KDBP/5/1-2 Other papers relating to the history of the Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics, 1963-1964

See also the papers of Maurice Wilkins (K/PP178) for his administrative papers as Director of the Department, 1970-1980

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of the Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics programme. Not all items have been digitised. A total of 4013 images were selected from the KCL Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics collection, relating to the research of Maurice Wilkins or research based on DNA/RNA. This catalogue only includes items that have been digitised. Items not digitised can be viewed in the reading room at King's College London, Archives and Special Collections. Please contact <a href="http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/collections/archivespec/contact.aspx" rel="nofollow">King's College London, Archives and Special Collections </a> for a fuller catalogue.

Produced by the MRC Biophysics Research Unit/Department of Biophysics, King's College London.

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