Supplementary catalogue of the papers and correspondence of JOHN FRANK ADAMS FRS...

SECTION A BIOGRAPHICAL A.20

SECTION B RESEARCH B.174 - B.394

SECTION C LECTURES C.709 - C.742

SECTION D PUBLICATIONS D.16 - D.108

SECTION E CORRESPONDENCE E.300 - E.319

Material supplementary to the 1991 catalogue has been found for all sections.

Section A, Biographical, consists of one new item; an intellectual 'family tree' compiled by Adams tracing pupils of J H C Whitehead.

Section B, Research, provides significant further documentation of Adams's research. It is presented in an alphabetical sequence arranged by subject title.

Section C, Lectures, comprises two subsections presenting further teaching material for courses at Cambridge and notes from conferences and seminars attended by Adams.

Section D, Publications, presents much new material relating to Adams's publications over the period 1971-89. Of particular note is the extensive documentation of two important joint papers 'The Segal conjecture for elementary abelian p-groups', with J H Gunwardena and H Miller, Topology 24 (1985) and 'A generalisation of the Segal conjecture', with J-P Haeberly, S Jackowski and J P May, Topology 27 (1988).

Section E, Correspondence, is a slight addition to the extensive correspondence in the catalogue compiled in 1991.

Compiled by Timothy E. Powell and Peter Harper

The work of the National Cataloguing Unit for the Archives of Contemporary Scientists, and the production of this catalogue, are made possible by the support of the following societies and organisations:

The Biochemical Society

The British Library

The Geological Society

The Institute of Physics

The Royal Society

The Royal Society of Chemistry

The Society of Chemical Industry

The Wellcome Trust

NOT ALL THE MATERIAL IN THE COLLECTION IS YET AVAILABLE FOR CONSULTATION. ENQUIRIES SHOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE FIRST INSTANCE TO

THE LIBRARIAN

TRINITY COLLEGE

CAMBRIDGE

The supplementary material presented here and the original collection of papers (NCUACS 26/2/91) were made available for cataloguing and deposit by the family of Professor Adams.