The Papers and Pamphlets of W.B. Ferguson

Made:: 1899-1936

maker:: Bates Ferguson, William

This collection contains material relating to the personal life and career of W.B. (William Bates) Ferguson, photographic pioneer and scientist. The collection includes correspondence and notes on the Ferguson density meter, Ferguson's slide rules for calculating times of development for photographic negatives; correspondence, notes and minutes of meetings of the British National Committee for standardisation of Photographic Sensitometry; reports and communications of the British Photographic Research Association; correspondence and articles relating to the Hurter and Driffield memorial volume and their work on photographic sensitometry.

Details

Extent:: Three archive boxes

Identifier:: FER

Access:: Access is given in accordance with the NMeM access policy. Material from this collection is available to researchers through the museum’s Insight facility.

System of Arrangement:: A system of arrangement was established by the Science Museum upon accession into their library. This system of arrangement has been preserved by the cataloguing archivist at the National Media Museum. The collection breaks down into the following series': 1: W.B. Ferguson's Personal Correspondence and Family Papers 2: Ferguson's Work on Photography 3: Ferguson's Connection With The British Sensitometry Standardisation Committee 1925-1937 4: Ferguson's Connection With The British Photographic Research Association. 5: Hurter and Driffield Material 6: Miscellaneous Offprints Concerned With Various Aspects of Photography

copyright:: Copies may be supplied of items in the collection, provided that the copying process used does not damage the item or is not detrimental to its preservation. Copies will be supplied in accordance with the NMeM’s terms and conditions for the supply and reproduction of copies, and the provisions of any relevant copyright legislation.