William Grey Walter and the Burden Neurological Institute (360G-Wellcome-208465_Z_17_Z)

This secondment project seeks to improve the organisation, accessibility, and public knowledge of the objects and papers held by the Science Museum relating to the work of William Grey Walter and his colleagues at the Burden Neurological Institute (BNI). Documenting pioneering work that has left a profound mark on clinical research and practice, the BNI collection constitutes one of the richest archival and material resources in Britain for understanding the development of twentieth-century neuroscience. This project aims to raise the profile of this unique resource in three ways. Firstly, the project will digitise and expand the existing catalogues of the BNI collection, empowering researchers to locate and use materials in new and innovative ways. Secondly, the project will provide fully researched biographies of key personnel for the 'creators' records on the Science Museum's Collections online website. These will provide comprehensive yet accessible introductions to the careers and personalities that shaped the BNI's work. Finally, the project will produce an online visual resource open to both researchers and the public. Using the recorded brain waves of the electroencephalograph (EEG) as a model, this resource will help users to visualise how the documents, objects, and personalities of the BNI interacted.