Identity area
Reference code
PPC/BAR
Unique identifier
Title
Date(s)
- -2000 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 metres
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
(1915-2000) Electro-chemist. Admitted Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, 1933. BA, 1936; MA, 1945; PhD, 1948. Barker worked on the development of electronic detection systems, working during the war on the radar programme at Swanage and at the Telecommunications Research establishment at Great Malvern; and afterwards at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment at Harwell.
(For further biographical information see Barker's obituary in The Times)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Accepted by the College as one of the beneficiaries of the estate of Dr Barker, from Pryce Collard Chamberlain solicitors, 2001. Additional accession received, April 2002.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The papers consist of published material and offprints; reports of the Atomic Research group at Harwell; files of research notes, papers and correspondence; laboratory notes, photographs and recordings; and slides and glass negatives.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Restricted - unlisted material.
Conditions governing reproduction
Rights transferred to the College by executors of the estate, 2002.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
List of published materials in the archive prepared by Carola lo Nero, 2001.