José María Otero Navascués historical archive of the 'Miguel A. Catalán' Physics Center (CFMAC) library

摘要

The library of "Miguel A. Catalan” Physics Center (CFMAC) has documents from the archive of José María Otero Navascués. These documents contain scientific papers and personal correspondence of Otero, during the years 1944-1948 when he was responsible for the Section of Optics "Alonso de Santa Cruz” Institute, which later became the Institute of Optics "Daza de Valdés", institution of which Otero was its first Director for 20 years. These documents, kept in the library but without any visibility, have been responsible for taking the decision to create the archive in the CFMAC library and make them known. They are described as well in the the CSIC general catalog of libraries and archives network for their information and dissemination. The documentation includes working drafts, correspondence and photographs of Jose María Otero Navascués. We want to disseminate and increase the visibility of these and other documents produced in the Institute, in order to enrich the knowledge we have of this period of history of Otero and of the Institution.