The Stephen Hawking Archive
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Supporting The Stephen Hawking Archive means becoming part of an extraordinary scientific legacy. Cambridge University Library is honoured to be the home of Professor Hawking's archive, which takes its place among a pantheon of scientific archives, including those of Charles Darwin and Sir Isaac Newton.
Among the thousands of pages of archive material at the University Library are essays, lecture notes, manuscripts, and proofs for scientific papers and research along with assistants’ notes, letters from famous figures, and film and TV scripts. Your donation will support a comprehensive programme of cataloguing, conservation, digitisation, exhibition, and digital archiving and preservation.
It was Professor Hawking’s wish that “anyone, anywhere in the world should have free, unhindered access to not just my research, but to the research of every great and enquiring mind across the spectrum of human understanding”. At the heart of the Library’s vision for The Stephen Hawking Archive is a desire to ensure where possible it is made accessible freely and openly to the widest possible public audiences for research, teaching and learning, along with a public programme of exhibitions and events to engage and inspire all.
Next steps
If you’d like to support the cataloguing, digitisation, exhibition and conservation of the Hawking Archive you can donate online, or to discuss your philanthropic needs, please contact:
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Alternatively, you may prefer to contribute as a Patron of Cambridge University Library. Patrons contribute between £1000 and £25,000 annually, and donations will directly support The Stephen Hawking Archive. If you’d like more information on the Patrons or what your donation could fund, please contact Heather Booton at hlb55@cam.ac.uk
