Links on this page lead mainly to relevant college/departmental websites or archive catalogue records on Janus (the University of Cambridge's archives catalogue). NB: this list is by no means exhaustive as an indication of Cambridge HPS-related holdings, and should be used simply as a starting point for further investigation. For information on * items please contact the Manuscripts Department, University Library.
Anthropology
- Grahame Clark, 1907–1995 (Prehistory) Arch & Anth
- Wynfrid Duckworth, 1870–1956 Arch & Anth
- Sir James Frazer, 1854–1941 Arch & Anth
- James Hornell, 1865–1949 Arch & Anth
- Charles McBurney, 1914–1979 (Prehistory) Arch & Anth
- Augustus Pitt-Rivers, 1827–1900 (Archaeology) Arch & Anth
- Phrenology collection Whipple Library
- William Rivers, 1864–1922 Arch & Anth
Astronomy
- John Couch Adams, 1819–1892 St John's books / archives, University Library, Institute of Astronomy
- George Airy, 1801–1892 University Library
- Astronomical Images (project: "Diagrams, Figures, and the Transformation of Astronomy, 1450-1650). Cambridge University Digital Library
- Hermann Bondi, 1919–2005 Churchill
- John Flamsteed, 1646–1719 University Library
- Edmond Halley, 1656–1742 University Library
- John Herschel, 1792–1871 St John's
- Fred Hoyle, 1915–2001 St John's
- Institute of Astronomy
- Edward Hubert Linfoot, 1905–1982 Trinity, University Library
- Nevil Maskelyne, 1732–1811 St John's, University Library
- Robert Perison, 1821–1891 St John's
- Royal Greenwich Observatory University Library, Institute of Astronomy
- Martin Ryle, 1918–1984 Churchill
Chemistry
- *Francis William Aston, 1877–1945 University Library
- Kenneth Bailey, 1909–1963 University Library
- Archives of the Department of Biochemistry University Library
- Biochemistry, Colman Library
- Archives of the Department of Chemical Engineering University Library
- Archives of the Department of Chemistry University Library
- Albert Charles Chibnall, 1894–1988 University Library
- Malcolm Dixon, 1899–1985 University Library
- Charles Frederick Goodeve , 1904–1980 Churchill
- Harold Hartley, 1878–1972 Churchill
- Robert Hill, 1899–1991 University Library
- Frederick Gowland Hopkins, 1861–1947 University Library
- David Keilin,1887–1963 University Library
- Frederick George Mann, 1897–1982 Trinity
- Thaddeus Robert Rudolph Mann, 1908–1993 University Library
- Peter Dennis Mitchell, 1920–1992 University Library
- Dorothy Needham, 1896–1987 Girton
- Joseph Needham,1900–1995 Needham Research Institute, University Library
- Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, 1887–1978 University Library
- Ernst, Lord Rutherford, 1871–1937 University Library
- Richard Laurence Millington Synge, 1914–1994 Trinity
- Frank George Young, 1908–1988 University Library
Earth Sciences
- Stuart Olof Agrell, 1913-1996, Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences
- M. Black, Earth Sciences
- Edward Crisp Bullard, 1907–1980, Earth Sciences, Churchill
- Oliver Meredith Boone Bulman, 1902–1974 Earth Sciences
- Edward Daniel Clarke, 1769–1822 Jesus
- Earth Sciences Library
- Osmond Fisher, 1817–1914 Earth Sciences
- Archives of the Department of Geology and the Woodwardian and Sedgwick Museums University Library
- Alfred Harker, 1859–1939 Earth Sciences
- Thomas McKenny Hughes, 1832–1917 Earth Sciences
- Norman Francis Hughes, 1918– Earth Sciences
- Harold Jeffreys, 1891–1989 St John's, Earth Sciences
- William Archibald Macfadyen, 1893–1985 Earth Sciences
- Archives of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology University Library
- Lewis Fry Richardson, 1881–1953 University Library
- Peter Markham Scott, 1909–1989 University Library
- Adam Sedgwick, 1785–1873 University Library, Earth Sciences
- *Francis John Welch Whipple, 1876–1943 University Library
Economics
- John Harold Clapham, 1873–1946 King's
- Richard Ferdinand Kahn, 1905–1989 King's
- Nicholas Kaldor, 1908–1986 King's
- John Maynard Keynes, 1883–1946 King's
- Hugh Owen Meredith, 1878–1964 King's
- Arthur Cecil Pigou, 1877–1959 King's
- Joan Violet Robinson, 1903–1983 King's
- Sir John Richard Nicholas Stone, 1913–1991 King's
Life Sciences
- Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1889–1977 (Neurophysiology) Trinity
- Michael Ashburner, 1942– (Biology) Churchill
- Charles Cardale Babington, 1808–1895 (Botany) University Library
- Francis Maitland Balfour, 1851–1882 (Animal Morphology) Zoology
- Archives of the Faculty of Biology 'B' University Library
- Archives of the Botanic Garden University Library
- Botanic Gardens, Cambridge
- Botany Club Plant Sciences
- Cambridge Ecology Club Plant Sciences
- Cambridge Mycology and Plant Pathology Club Plant Sciences
- Cambridge University Natural History Society – Botany Section Plant Sciences
- Charles Darwin, 1809–1882 (Life sciences) University Library Manuscripts, University Library Rare Books, Christ's, Darwin Correspondence Project
- Francis Darwin, 1848–1925 (Botany) Books signed by him or contain his book plate are held by Plant Sciences Library
- Frederick Frost Blackman, 1866–1947 (Plant physiology) Plant Sciences Library
- Michael Foster, 1836–1907 (Physiology) Whipple Library
- Genetics Library
- Harry Godwin, 1901–1985 (Botany, ecology) Earth Sciences
- James Gray, 1891–1975 (Zoology) University Library
- John Stevens Henslow, 1796–1861 (Botany) Christ's, University Library
- A.V. Hill, 1886–1977 (Physiology) Churchill
- Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1817–1911 (Botany) Scott Polar Research Institute
- Richard Keynes, 1919–2010 (Physiology, editor of the works of Darwin) Churchill
- Marshall Ward Society Plant Sciences
- Cesar Milstein, 1927–2002 (Moleclar biology) Churchill
- Archives of the Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology University Library
- Peter Alexander George Monro, 1919–2005 (Anatomy) St John's
- Alfred Newton, 1829–1907 (Zoology and Comparative Anatomy) Zoology, papers held by the University Library
- Archives of the Nuffield Unit Tropical Animal Ecology University Library
- Carl Pantin, 1899–1967 (Zoology) Trinity
- Max Ferdinand Perutz, 1914–2002 (Molecular biology) Churchill
- Archives of the Department of Physiology University Library
- Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Library
- Plant Sciences Library
- Reginald Punnett, 1875–1967 (Genetics) Genetics Library
- Gabriele Rabel, 1880–1963 (Physics, biology) Churchill
- John E. Raven, 1914–80 (Botany) King's
- Records of the Ray Club University Library
- Francis John Worsley Roughton, 1899–1972 (Physiology) University Library
- George Salt, 1903–2003 (Animal ecology) King's
- Ethel Sargant, 1863–1918 (Botany) Plant Sciences Library, Girton
- Lewis Erle Shore, 1863–1944 (Physiology, nerology) St John's
- George Alexander Steven, 1900–1958 (Marine biology) Churchill
- Sir Arthur George Tansley, 1871–1955 (Ecology) Plant Sciences Library, University Library
- Dawson Turner, 1775–1858 Trinity
- Wane Collection (Ornithology) University Library
- Alexander Stuart Watt, 1892–1985 (Ecology) Plant Sciences, University Library
- Torkel Weis-Fogh, 1922–1975 (Zoology) University Library
- Richard Gilbert West, 1926– (Botany, geology, palaeontology) Earth Sciences
- Reverend John George Wood, 1827–1889 Whipple Library
- Zoology, Balfour & Newton Libraries
Mathematics
- John Frank Adams, 1930–1989 Trinity
- Miles Bland, 1786–1868 St John's books /archives
- Hermann Bondi, 1919–2005 Churchill
- Harold Davenport, 1907–1969 Trinity
- Arthur Eddington, 1882–1944 Trinity
- Andrew Forsyth, 1858–1942 Trinity
- Godfrey Hardy, 1877–1947 University Library
- Robert Herman, 1861–1927 Trinity
- Bertha Jeffreys, 1903–1999 St John's
- Jesus College Old Library
- William Jones, 1675–1749 University Library
- Philip Jourdain, 1879–1919 Trinity
- Edward Hubert Linfoot, 1905–1982 Trinity, University Library
- John Littlewood, 1885–1977 Trinity
- Archives of the Mathematical Laboratory and its successor, the Computer Laboratory University Library
- Louis Joel Mordell, 1888–1972 St John's
- Eric Neville, 1889–1961 Trinity
- Maxwell Herman Alexander Newman, 1997–1984 St John's
- Stephen Parkinson, 1823–1889 St John's
- George Peacock, 1791–1858 Trinity
- Richard Pendlebury, 1847–1902 St John's
- Queens' College
- Srinivasa Ramanujan, 1887–1920 Trinity
- Charles Lesingham Smith, 1806–1878 Christ's
- Frank Smithies, 1912–2002 St John's
- James Joseph Sylvester, 1814–1897 St John's
- Brook Taylor, 1685–1713 St John's
- Charles Taylor, 1840–1908 St John's
- Isaac Todhunter, 1820–1884 St John's books / archives
- Alan Mathison Turing, 1912–54 King's
- Robert Rumsey Webb, 1850–1936 St John's
- *Francis John Welch Whipple, 1876–1943 University Library
- Francis Puryer White, 1893–1969 St John's
- James Wood, 1760–1839 St John's books /archives
Medicine
- Addenbrooke's NHS Trust Archives
- John Addenbrooke, 1680–1719 St Catherine's, Addenbrooke's NHS Trust Archives
- Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1889–1977 Trinity
- Archives of the Department of Anatomy University Library
- Anatomy School (including Suffolk General Hospital Collection) University Library (see classmark CCA-F.46)
- John Collins, c.1567–1634 St John's
- De Laszlo collection on phytotherapy University Library
- Michael Foster, 1836–1907 Whipple Library
- A.V. Hill, 1886–1977 Churchill
- *William John Hughes, Baron Butterfield of Stechford, 1920–2000 University Library
- Hunter collection University Library
- Jesus College Old Library
- Richard Keynes, 1919–2010 Churchill
- Keynes Collection University Library
- William Theodore Menke, 1931– King's
- Joseph Stanley Mitchell, 1909-1987 University Library
- Peter Alexander George Monro, 1919–2005 St John's
- Pathology Collection University Library
- Queens' College Library
- Lewis Erle Shore, 1863–1944 St John's
- St John's College Library
Navigation
- Board of Longitude University Library
- Downing College Library
- Hanson Collection Univeristy Library
Occult
- Charlie Dunbar Broad, 1887–1971 Trinity
- Frank Podmore, 1856–1910 Trinity
- Henry Sidgwick, 1838–1900 Trinity
- Society for Psychical Research University Library
- Janus search
Philosophy
- Richard Bevan Braithwaite, 1900–1990 King's
- Charlie Dunbar Broad, 1887–1971 Trinity
- Gerd Buchdahl, 1914–2001 Whipple Library
- John McTaggart Ellis, 1866–1925 Trinity
- Immanuel Kant, 1724–1804 Whipple Library
- Leigh Collection University Library
- Montaigne Library University Library
- George Edward Moore, 1873–1958 University Library
- G.E.L. Owen, 1922–1982 Classics Faculty
- Frank Plumpton Ramsey, 1903–1930 King's
- Henry Sidgwick, 1838–1900 Trinity
- Venn Collection University Library
- Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889–1951 Trinity
Physics
- *Francis William Aston, 1877–1945 University Library
- Harold Barlow, 1899–1989 Churchill
- Edward George Bowen, 1911–1991 Churchill
- Kenneth George Budden, 1915–2005 Churchill
- William Burcham, 1913– Churchill
- Cavendish Laboratory Archives University Library
- James Chadwick, 1891–1974 Churchill
- Robert Cockburn, 1909–1994 Churchill
- John Cockcroft, 1872–1985 Churchill
- Paul Dirac, 1902–1984 Churchill
- Arthur Eddington, 1882–1944 Trinity
- Otto Robert Frisch, 1904–1979 Trinity
- Geoffrey J. Gollin, 1901–1992 Churchill
- Douglas Rayner Hartree, 1897–1958 Christ's
- William Hawthorne, 1913– Churchill
- *Albert Ernst Kempton, 1911–2000 University Library
- Baron Kelvin of Largs (Sir William Thomson), 1824–1907 University Library
- Joseph Larmor, 1857–1942 St John's
- John David Lawson, 1923–2008 Churchill
- Wilfrid Bennett Lewis, 1908–1987 Univerity Library
- James Clerk Maxwell, 1831–1918 University Library
- Lise Meitner, 1878–1968 Churchill
- William Blair Morton, 1868–1949 St John's
- Nevill Francis Mott, 1905–1996 Univerity Library
- Gabriele Rabel, 1880–1963 Churchill
- John Randall, 1905–1984 Churchill
- Jack Ratcliffe, 1902–1987 Churchill
- Lewis Fry Richardson, 1881–1953 University Library
- Joseph Rotblat, 1908–2005 Churchill
- Ernst, Lord Rutherford, 1871–1937 University Library
- Edward Samuel Shire, 1908–1978 Churchill
- George Gabriel Stokes, 1819–1903 University Library
- Gordon Brims Black McIvor Sutherland, 1907–1980 University Library
- George Paget Thomson, 1892–1975 Churchill, Trinity
- Joseph John Thomson, 1856–1940 University Library, Trinity
- Karl Weissenberg, 1893–1976 Churchill
- C.T.R. Wilson, 1869–1959 Churchill
Psychology
- Frederic Charles Bartlett, 1886–1969 University Library
- Hunter Collection University Library
- Walter John Herbert Sprott, 1897–1971 King's
Science & Natural Philosophy
- John Desmond Bernal, 1901–1971 University Library
- Miscellaneous Papers and Accounts of the Cambridge University Cognitive Science Society University Library
- Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane, 1897–1981 Churchill
- Department of History and Philosophy of Science, Whipple Library
- Robert Hooke, 1635–1703 Trinity
- Joseph Needham, 1900–1995 Needham Research Institute, University Library
- Charles Algernon Parson, 1854–1931 St John's
- Mary Somerville, 1780–1872 Girton
- William Whewell, 1794–1866 Trinity
Science & Society
- Charles Percy Snow, 1905–1980 Christ's
- Gordon Brims Black McIvor Sutherland, 1907–1980 University Library
Scientific Instruments
- Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company Archives University Library
- (Vernon) Ellis Cosslett, 1908–1990 Churchill
- Institute of Astronomy
- Microscopes: 19th century children's books Whipple Library display
- Whipple Collection Whipple Library
Technology
- Austen Albu, 1903–1994 Churchill
- Charles Babbage, 1791–1871 University Library
- Harold Barlow, 1899–1989 Churchill
- Records of the Cambridge University Wireless Society University Library
- Archives of the Department of Engineering University Library
- Archives of the Mathematical Laboratory and its successor, the Computer Laboratory University Library
- *Ulrick Richardson Evans, 1889–1980 University Library
- Geoffrey J. Gollin, 1901–1992 Churchill
- Charles Algernon Parson, 1854–1931 St John's
- William Renwick, 1924–1971 University Library
- Herbert Walker Swift, 1894–1960 St John's
- Geoffrey Ingram Taylor, 1886–1975 Trinity
- *Neil Ernst Wiseman, 1934–1995 University Library