SAHA, MEGH. b. 1893, Searatali, Dacca, India; d.1956, New Delhi, India.
1909-11, Dacca Coll.
1911-19, Presidency Coll. Calcutta: 1915, M. Sc.; 1916-19, Lect., except 1915-16, Private tutoring, Calcutta.
1919-21, U. Calcutta Premchand Roychand Scholarship, U. London and U. Berlin.
1921-23, Presidency Coll., Calcutta, Prof.
1923-38, U. Allahabad, Prof.
1938-53, Presidency Coll., Calcutta, Prof.
Misc.: 1936, Carnegie Trust Fel., Germany, England, and the United States.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: : 18 Aug 26 (60,8).
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 13 Nov 26, 5 letters 1936-46. See: Bohr.

 

SAUNDERS, F. A. b. 1875, London, Ontario, Canada.
1895, U. Toronto, B.A.
1898-99, Johns Hopkins U., Fel.: 1899, Ph.D.
1899-1901, Haverford Coll., Instr.
1901-13, U. Syracuse: 1901-02, Instr.; 1902-05, Assoc. Prof.; 1905-13, Prof.
1913-14, U. Cambridge, then U. Tübingen. 1914-19, Vassar Coll., Prof.
1919-41, Harvard U.: 1919-23, Assoc. Prof.; 1923-41, Prof.
Letters to
KEMBLE: 26 Mar [36] (54,8).
Letters from
See: KEMBLE.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 3 Jan 25.

 

SCHAEFER, CLEMENS.* b. 1878, Remscheid, Rheinland, Germany.
1897-98, U. Bonn.
1898-1900, U. Berlin.
1900, U. Bonn, Dr. phil. with E. Warburg. 1900-03, Techn. Hochsch, Berlin, Asst. to H. Rubens.
1903-20, U. Breslau: 1903-10, Priv.-Doz.; 1910-17, a. o. Prof.; 1917-20, o. Prof.
1920-26, U. Marburg, o. Prof.
1926-45, U. Breslau, o. Prof. and Dir. Phys. Inst.
Misc.: 1923, U. Dresden, visiting lecturer.
1924, U. Freiburg/Breisgau, visiting lecturer.
Letters to
BOHR: 19 Dec 22 (BSC 7,1).
GERLACH: 29 May 21, 6 Jul 21, (19,8).
Letters from
See: BOHR.

 

SCHEEL, KARL. b. 1866, Rostock, Germany; d. 1936, Berlin, Germany.
1885-90, U. Rostock and U. Berlin: 1890, U. Berlin, Dr. phil. with J. Pernet.
1890-91, Techn. Asst., Imperial Commission on Standards.
1891-1931, Phys.-Techn. Reichsanstalt: 1904-31, Prof.
Letters to
BOHR: 25 Jul 20, 3 Oct 20, 12 Oct 20, 23 Oct 20, 20 Nov 20, 15 May 21, 17 Jun 21, 20 Nov 21, 4 Dec 21, 25 Dec 21, 31 Dec 22, (BSC 7,1).
GERLACH: 17 Mar 22 (19,8).
KRAMERS: 6 Jul 24, 6 Jan 25, (8,10).
SOMMERFELD: 25 Feb 28 (33,7).
Letters from
See: BOHR, KRAMERS.
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 31 Jan 23, 24 Feb 24, 18 Feb 25, 14 May 25, 5 Jun 25, Nov 28. See: Bohr, Heisenberg.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. 3 letters to L. Darmstaedter, 1910-19; 2 to Julius Hanauer, 192027; 4 to Hans Schulz, 1925; to the Verein deutscher Ingenieure, 1894; 4 to E. Wiedemann, 190817. (Darmsta6dter Coll., Fla* 1892). See: Barkla, Einstein, Eucken, Haas, Konen, Kossel, Kurlbaum, Ladenburg, von Laue, Planck, Rubens, Stark, Warburg.
BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Groth, 1907. (Grothiana X).
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 23 Nov 26.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letters to London, 9 Jan 30, 11 May 30.

 

SCHERRER, PAUL.* b. 1890, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
1908-12, Eidgn. Techn. Hochsch. Zurich.
1912-16: Spring 1912, U. Konigsberg; 1912-16, U. Göttingen: 1916, Dr. phil.
1918-20, U. Göttingen, Priv.-Doz.
1920-60, Eidgn. Techn. Hochsch. Zurich, Prof.:
1927-60, Dir., Phys. Inst.
Letters to
GERLACH: 22 Oct 21 (19,8).
KRAMERS: 24 Jul 43 (13,3).
LANDÉ: 4 Apr 19 (4,20).
Manuscripts
See: HILBERT.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 21 Oct 41. See: Bohr.
BIBLIOTHEIC DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. Letter to Plancherel, 1933.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, I item 1926.

 

SCHOTTKY, WAILTER. b. 1886, Zurich, Switzerland.
1904-10, U. Berlin.
1912, U. Berlin, Dr. phil. with M. Planck.
c. 1916-c. 19, Scientific Manager, Central Lab., Siemens and Halske Co., Berlin-Charlottenburg.
1920-23, U. Würzburg, Priv.-Doz.
1923-27, U. Rostock: 1923-26, a. o. Prof.; 1926-27, o. Prof.
1927-43, Physicist, Siemens and Halske Co., Berlin-Charlottenburg.
Letters to
GERLACH: 9 Nov 23 (19,8).
SOMMERFELD: 11 May 28 (34,1).
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 4 items 1914-26.

 

SCHRÖDINGER, ERWIN.* b. 1887, Vienna, Austria; d. 1961, Vienna, Austria.
1906-19, U. Vienna: 1910, Dr. phil. with E. von Schweidler; 1911-14, Asst. to F. Exner; 1914 and 1918-19, Priv.-Doz.; 1914-18, Milit. Serv.
1920-21, U. Jena, Asst. to M. Wien, then Techn. Hochsch. Stuttgart, a. o. Prof., then U. Breslau, o. Prof.
1921-27, U. Zurich, o. Prof.
1927-33, U. Berlin, o. Prof.
1933-36, U. Oxford, Fel.
1936-38, U. Graz., o. Prof.
1939-56, Inst. Advanced Studies, Dublin, Member.
Misc.: 1927, Calif. Inst. Techn. and other universities in the U.S.A.
1928, Royal Inst. of Great Britain, Lecturer.
Interviews
One session with Frau Annemarie Schrödinger, Erwin Schrödinger's widow, 19 pp. transcript.
Letters to
BOHR: [Jun 21], 28 Jun 21, (BSC 7,1).
BORN: 2 Nov 26, 6 May 27, 8 Jun 27, (41,7).
DARWIN: 4 Oct 27, 22 Oct 27, (36,1).
DENNISON: 18 Jun 26 (59,1).
GOOD, I.J.: 11 May 1960 (66,5).
GORDON: Dec 26 (41,7).
JOOS: 17 Nov 26 (41,8).
JORDAN: 28 Jul 27, 18 Nov 29, (18,7).
KRAMERS: 28 Jun 21 (8,10); 19 Nov 26 (41,8).
LANDÉ: 28 Oct 25, 17 Nov 25, 28 Jan 26, (4,20) ; 28 Jun 53 (37,9).
LONDON: 8 Jun 26, 7 Dec 26, (41,9).
LORENTZ: 23 Jun 27 (41,9).
MANNEBACK: 25 Jan 36 (37,9).
VON NEUMANN: 25 Dec 29 (46,2).
PAULI: 15 Dec 26 (41,10).
PLANCK: 26 Feb 26 (41,10).
RUBINOWICZ: 3. Oct 46 (17,B).
SOMMERFELD: 3 letters 1937-49 (37,12); 11 letters 1938-49 (34,2).
WENTZEL: 11 May 26 (66,5).
WEYL: 28 Jan 43 -(37,14).
WHITTAKER: 29 Mar 44 including 2 pp. statement on determinism and free will, (37,14).
W. WILSON: 16 Apr 52 (66,5).
Letters from
See: BLACKETT, BOHR, BORN, BREIT, BRILLOUIN, L. DE BROGLIE, BUCHWALD, DEBYE, DENNISON, DIRAC, EDDINGTON, EINSTEIN, EWALD, FOKKER, GORDON, GROTRIAN, HEISENBERG, HEITLER, HERZFELD, HUND, HYLLERAAS, JOOS, JORDAN, KELLNER, KLEIN, KRAMERS, KUDAR, VON LAUE, LONDON, LORENTZ, MADELUNG, MANNEBACK, MEITNER, MEYER, VON NEUMANN, PAULI, PAULING, PLANCK, RAUSCH VON TRAUBENBERG, RICHARDSON, SENFTLEBEN, SOMMERFELD, THIRRING, TOLMAN, VAN DER WAERDEN, WALLER, VON WEIZSÄCKER, W. WILSON.
Manuscripts
Notebook from gymnasium, "Griechische Praeparationen," 29 pp., [before 1906] (39,1).
Exposition, "Über die Peanosche Punktmenge P.," removed from notebook entitled "Escherich, Funktionentheorie, 1907/08 Winter Sem. 2. Heft," 20 pp. (39, 1).
Notes, "Vortrag Ramsay, Frühjahr 1908, Über seine neue Theorie der chemischen Verbindung und der Electricität," 15 pp. (39,1).
University notebook, "Przibram, Konstitution der Materie, Winter 1908," I. and II. Hefte, 90 pp. (39,1).
University notebook, "Phys. Seminar, Sommer, 1909," 15 pp. (39,1).
University,notebook, "Philosophie, 1910," 14 pp. (39,1).
Two university notebooks, "Hasenöhrl Seminar 1910/11," 37 pp. (39,1).
Book of physicists' addresses, 34 pp., [c. 1914] (39,2).
Diary and notebook, "Tagebuch 1915," 41 pp. (39,2).
Notebook, "Kausalität," 3 pp., 10 Sep 18 (39,7).
Three notebooks, "Tensoranalytische Mechanik," 118 pp., [c. 1918] (39,3).
Two unfinished manuscript drafts, "Hertz'sche Mechanik und Einstein'sche Gravitationstheorie," 31 pp., [c. 1918] (39,3).
Notebook, "Schwankungs Opaleszenz," 19 pp., [c. 1918], (39,4).
Notes, "Brown'sche Schwankungen des Drehwinkels," 15 pp., [c. 1918] (39,4).
Two notebooks, "Besprechung der letzten Arbeiten Smoluchowskis," 51 pp., [c. 1918] (39,5).
Notes and three notebooks, "Privatum 1919," 103 pp. (39,6).
Notes on Kirchhoff's principle, 20 pp., (c. 1919] (39,6).
Eight notebooks, "Indische Philosophie und Religion," 153 pp., [c. 1904, 1918-19, 19291 (39,7).
Notebook "Über Atomistik, mechanische Naturerklärung, und Phänomenologie," 47 pp., [before 1920] (39,8).
Notebook, "Ad R. Avenarius," 16 pp., [before 1920] (39,8).
Scrapbook of clippings of newspaper articles written by Schrödinger, c. 75 pp., 1923-57 (43,6).
Outline for a book on "Molekularstatistik," 17 pp., [c. 1924] (40,1). "
Research notebook, "Chemische Konstante und Gasentartung, II," 34 pp., [c. 1924] (40,1).
Notes for lectures on quantum statistics , 46 pp., [c. 1924] (40,2).
Unfinished manuscript draft, "On QuantumStatistics," 5 pp., [c. 1924] (40,3).
Notes on various topics in quantum statistics, perhaps lecture notes, 100 pp., [c. 1924] (40,3).
Notes for lectures, "Theorie der Spektren," 94 pp., 1925-26 (40,4).
Rough notes, "H Atom, Eigenschwingungen," 3 pp., [late 1925 or Jan 26] (40,5).
Research notebook, "Eigenwertproblem des Atoms. I," 72 pp., [late 1925 or Jan 26] (40,5).
Research notebook, "Eigenwertproblem des Atoms. II. (Ailgemeine Theorie)," 48 pp., [c. Feb 1926] (40,6).
Research notebook, "Starkeffekt fortgesetzt," 16 pp., [c. Feb 26] (40,6).
Research notebook, ". . . Eigenwertproblem des Atoms. III," 48 pp., [c. Mar 26] (40,7).
Notes and numerical tables, "Berechnung der Hermiteschen Orthogonalfunktionen," 2 pp., (1926] (40,7).
Loose notes on intensities, 9 pp., [1926] (40,7).
Rough notes, tables and diagrams, "Intensitätsberechnung für den Starkeffekt," 111 pp., [1926] (40,8).
Various rough notes on wave mechanics, 15 pp., [c. 1926] (40,9).
Various unidentified notes from folder, "Korrespondenz zur Undulationsmechanik," 5 pp., [c. l926] (41,6.1).
Research notebook, "Dirac," 24 pp., (1926] (41, 1.1).
Research notebook, "Undulatorische Statistik. I.," 26 pp., [1926] (41,1.2) -
Notes, "Zur Transformationstheorie," 21 pp., [1926-281 (46,1).
Research notebook, "Symmetriefragen," 45 pp., 3 May 27 (41,3).
Research notebook, "Undulatorische Statistik. II.," 44 pp., [1927] (41,1.3).
Research notebook on Gordon and Dirac equation, 13 pp., [1927] (41,1.4).
Research notebook, "Intensitäten; Parallele zu Heysenberg [sic] und Lanczos," 37 pp., [1927] (41,2.1).
Research notebook, "Die schwebenden Fragen," 41 pp., [1927] (41,2.2).
Research notebook, "Zu Unscharfe Spektren," 26 pp., [1927] (41,2.3).
Research notebook, "Streckenspektrum, Intensitaten," 15 pp., [1927] (41,2.4).
Research notebook, "Studien über Integralgleichungen und Kerne. Intensitäten im Starkeffekt, starke Felder," 50 pp., [1927] (41.2.5).
Research notebook, "Koppelung," 24 pp., [1927] (41,4.1).
Research notebook, "Koppelung II," 40 pp., [19271 (41,4.2).
Research notebook, "Koppelung mit dem Strahlungsfeld. Die simultanen Gleichungen Darwin's und Pauli's," 29 pp., [1927] (41,4.3).
Notes, rough and disorganized, for Schrödinger's first lectures in Berlin on quantum mechanics, 130 pp., 1927-28 (43,7).
Collection of reviews of Schrödinger's Abhandlungen über Wellenmechanik, 25 pp., 1927-28 (43,5).
Miscellaneous notes from folder, "Sommersemester 1928," 20 pp., (46,1).
Research notebook, "1) Dispersion und Resonanz. 2) Berlin, juni, 1928," 11 pp. (41,4.4).
Research notebook, "Berlin 1928," 43 pp., (41, 4.5).
Research notebook, "Funkenwahrscheinlichkeit," 12 pp., Jun 28 (41,4.6).
Research notebook, "Darstellungen," 9 pp., [19281 (41,5).
Research notebook, "Zur Abel'schen Integralgleichung," 10 pp., [1928] (41,5).
Notebook, "Parameter," 12 pp., [before 1929] (42,1).
Notebook, "Schwankungen," 8 pp., [before 1929] (42,1).
Notes, "Radioaktivität," and "Koppelung durch Randbedingungen." 13 pp., 1929 (42,1).
Notebook, "Warum," 20 pp., [1929] (43,3).
Notes on von Neumann's representation of the probability interpretation, 14 pp., [1929-30] (46,2).
Notes and drafts on various quantum mechanical topics, 21 items, 93 pp., [after 1929] (43,1-2).
Notebook, "Neue Grundauffassung," 66 pp., June 30 (46,4).
Notes, "'Überquantelung," 56 pp., Jul 30 (42,2).
Various notes on Lorentz invariance and the Dirac electron, 28 pp., [c. 1930] (46,3).
Manuscript draft, "Gerade und ungerade Operatoren der relativistischen Quantenmechanik," unpublished, 25 pp., 1930-31 (46,3).
Notes on quantum mechanics, "Seminar 1930/31," including a letter from Fritz Sauter of 25 Nov 30 on Dirac's electron theory, 11 pp., (42, 3).
Notes on various topics from folder, "Paris, Pfingsten 1931. Und vieles andere," 44 pp. (46,5).
Manuscript, "Über die Umkehrung der Naturgesezte," 20 pp., 12 Mar 31 (42,3).
Unpublished draft, "Materiewellen im Schwerefeld," 9 pp., [1931] (42,3).
Manuscript, "Über Hänkelsche Lösungen," 8 pp., [c. 1931] (42,3).
Notes for lectures, "Korpuskularphysik," 11 pp., 1932 (43,8).
Notes and manuscript, "Starkeffekt im verinderlichen Feld," 10 pp., [1932] (42,3).
Folder of papers, "Verstreute Einzelideen; eventuell für Dissertationen," 24 pp., [c. 1933] (42,3).
Manuscript draft of Nobel address and related documents from Stockholm, 30 pp., Dec 33 (44,1).
"Aus einer Vorlesung über Quantentheorie, Sommer Semester 1933, Berlin, von Erwin Schrödinger," 2 pp. (43,8).
Exposition of quantum mechanics and its interpretation for Oxford Seminar, 46 pp., 1933-34 (46, 6).
Notes on various topics, 45 pp., [c. 1934-35] (42,4.1-8).
Notebook, "Elektron im magn. Dipolfeld," 38 pp., 1934-35 (42,5).
Manuscript and correspondence for "¿Son lineales las verdaderas ecuaciones del campo electromagnético?" [Anales de la Sociedad Española de Fisica y Quimica 33 (1935): pp. 511-517], 23 pp., 1935 (42,5).
Notebook, "Gespräche über den Tod," 34 pp., [c. 1935] (43,3).
Notebook on Fermi's theory of beta decay, Eddington's theory of protons and electrons, de Broglie and sound waves, 22 pp., [1936] (42,6).
Notebook, "Grundlagenfragen. Dichtematrix" 76 pp., [c. 1936] (46,7).
Notes, correspondence, and drafts relating to the 1937 Bologna conference, 25 pp. (42,6).
Notes for lectures on quantum statistics, 29 pp., originally from Berlin, 1928-29, reworked for Graz 1937-38 (42,7).
"Lebenslauf" and bibliography, 8 pp., 2 Jul 38 (39,1).
Lecture notes and drafts, "The so-called new Forms of Statistics," 58 pp., 1938 (42,7).
"Gent. Ganz vermischte Notizen," 19 pp., [1938391 (46,8).
Unfinished draft, "Two Remarks on Bose-Einstein Condensation," 9 pp., [1939] (42,8).
Three notebooks on various topics in quantum mechanics and its interpretation, 124 pp., 1939-40 (42,9).
Popular writings: an indictment of our decaying civilization, 14 pp.; article on Austrian science, 4 pp.; review of Eddington's Tarner lectures, 6 pp.; objection to Blackett's popularization minimizing the role of gravitation in the nucleus, 3 pp., late 1930's (44,2).
Covers and first pages of eleven notebooks dealing chiefly with Born's non4inear electron theory, 22 pp., [c. 1939-42] (46,9).
Notes on the freedom of the will, 14 pp., [1940s] (46,8).
Notes on Legendre polynomials marked "Sehr Wichtig," 17 sheets, [1940s] (46,9).
Popular writings on history, time's arrow, nonlinear optics, philology, biology and evolution, 70 pp., early 1940s (44,3).
Notes, "Programmatic," 2 pp., Jul 41 (42,10). Notebook, "Biologica. I," 57 pp., 1942 (42,10). Notebook, "Xmas 1948," containing notes on philosophy, 35 pp. (43,3).
Popular writings: talks to the International Club; writings on university reform; "Do Electrons Think?" 96 pp., late 1940s (44,4).
Notebook, "Anderes, Innsbruck, 1950." Portions headed "Die Natur der Elementarteilchen" and "Zitate aus Boltzmann's Prinzipe der Mechanik," 11 pp. (44,5).
Incomplete typescript draft, "July Colloquium 1952," 35 pp. (44,5)
Selected portions of three ntoebooks bearing on the interpretation of quantum mechanics, 46 pp., 1951-1955 (42,11).
Typescript version of a set of lectures, "Transformation and interpretation in Quantum Mechanics," 88 pp., 1952 (43,9).
Manuscript drafts for three "James Lectures," intended to be given at Harvard, 44 pp., [c. 1954] (44,6).
Lectures and popular articles: Antrittsrede in Vienna, "Die Krise des Atombegriffs;" "Die Atomtheorie," 55 pp., 1956-57 (44,7).
Two notebooks containing manuscript draft of "Was ist wirklich?" 50 pp., 1960 (44,8).
Five manuscript drafts: 1) "Wo halten wir als Art?" 2) Further thoughts on "What is life?" 3) "Why the Truth?" 4) Antinomies of set theory; 5) "What Physical Device Fixes Memory?" 50 pp., [after 1940] (44,10).
Notebook, "Phys. Seminar," 30 pp., [undated] (39,1).
Notebook, "Vorträge über Meteorologie an der Fl. O. Sch. in Wr. Neustadt," 40 pp., [undated] (39,2).
Unidentified notes on electromagnetic waves,. 3 pp., [undated] (40,5).
Introduction to lectures on quantum mechanics at Dublin, 3 pp., [undated] (43,9).
Disposition for a book on elementary quantum mechanics, plus half of a first chapter, "The Original Form of Quantum Theory and its Conceptual Grievances," 22 pp., [undated] (43,9).
Various notes and drafts on philosophy, biology, taxation, interpretation of physics, etc., 9 items, 38 pp., [undated] (44,9).
Various small papers on philosophy and religion, 31 pp., [undated] (44,11).
Memoir, "Schrödinger's 1928 Lectures on Wave Mechanics," by Bun-ichi Tamamushi (06,13).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
ZENTRALBIBLIOTHEK DER PHYSIKALISCHEN INSTITUTE, Universität, Vienna, Austria. See description in Chapter IV, prefatory to microfilms No. 37, 39-44, and 46.
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 24 May 14, 21 Sep 26, 27 Sep 26, 28 Sep 26, 23 Oct 26, 25 Nov 26, 5 May 28, 18 Jan 29, 25 Sep 30, [25 Apr] 31, [1931], 29 Apr 31, 29 Sep 32, 5 letters 1944-52. See: Bohr.
BEDFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY, University of London, London, England. Letters to W. Wilson, 4 Nov 35, 3 letters 1950-52, 1 letter [undated].
DUBLIN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES, Dublin, Ireland. See description in Chapter IV, prefatory to microfilms No. 37, 39-44, and 46.
RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR DE GESCHIEDENIS DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, Leiden. The Netherlands. 9 letters to Ehrenfest with copies of answers, 1920-33.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 15 Feb 37, .1 letter [undated].
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. Letters to Pauli, 12 Jul 20, 13 Feb 21, 7 Nov 21, 8 Nov 22, 15 Dec 26, 4 letters 1940-57. See: Pauli.
BIBLIOTHEK DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. Letters to Weyl, 6 Nov 29, 11 Dec 29, 1 Apr 31, 8 Mar 35, 8 letters 1941-47, 1 letter [undated]. See: Weyl. Lecture, "Atomenergie." Manuscript, 13 pp., Dublin, 10 Jul 54.
BURNDY LIBRARY, Norwalk, Conn. Manuscript in Weiner Collection.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 22 items 1925-39, 32 items 1943-47, c. 32 items 1950-54.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letters to London, 17 Nov 31, 9 Jun 32, 2 letters 1939. See: London.

 

SCHWARZSCHILD, KARL. b. 1873, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; d. 1916, Potsdam, Germany.
1891-93, U. Strassburg.
1893-96, U. Munich: 1896, Dr. phil.
1896-99, Observatory, Vienna, Asst.
1899-1901, U. Munich, Priv.-Doz.
1901-09, U. Göttingen, Dir., Observatory: 190102, a. o. Prof.; 1902-09, o. Prof.
1909-16, Observatory, Potsdam, Dir., Astrophysics.
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Fritz Cohn, 1908; to Darmstaedter, 1910; to Kayser, 17 Jan 11, 15 Apr 13, 8 May 13, 21 May 13, [4 Jul 13], 31 Jul 13; to Leo Königsberger, 1903; to Frau Karl F. W. Peters, 1903; to Schwahn, 1913; 4 to the Gesellschaft Urania, 1890-1913. Report to the Kultusminister von Studt, 1904. (Darmstaedter Collection J* 1900).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany .[BRD]. 5 letters to Runge, 1902-13.

 

SEELIGER, RUDOLF. b. 1886, Munich, Germany.
1906-10, U. Tübingen, U. Heidelberg, U. Munich: 1910, U. Munich, Dr. phil. with A. Sommerfeld.
1911-15, Phys.-Techn. Reichsanstalt, Berlin, Asst.
1915-18, U. Berlin, Priv.-Doz.
1918-39, U. Greifswald: 1918-21, a. o. Prof.; 1921-39, o. Prof.
Letters to
BOHR: 6 Jun 20, 3 Oct 20, 1 letter [undated] (BSC 7,2).
GERLACH: 31 May 23 (19,8).
SOMMERFFLD: 20 Nov 27 (34,3).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 13 Jan 24, 3 letters 1948. See: Bohr.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 13 Feb 38.

 

SENFTLEBEN, HERMANN. b. 1890, Bremen, Germany.
1908-c. 20, U. Breslau: 1915, Dr. phil. with O. Lummer; 1915-c. 20, Asst.
c. 1920-27, U. Marburg: c. 1920-24, Asst.; 1924-27, Priv.-Doz.
1927-35, U. Breslau: 1927-29, Priv.-Doz.; 1929-35, a. o. Prof.
1935-c. 60, U. Miinster, o. Prof. and Dir., Phys. Inst.
Letters to
KRAMERS: 8 Oct 24, 20 Jan 25, (8,10); 2 letters 1944 (14,1).
SCHRÖDINGER: 17 Jul 26, 26 Jul 26, [26 Jul 26], (41,11).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 23 Aug 24, 1 Jan 30, 2 letters 1943. See: Bohr.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 1 item 1925.

 

SHENSTONE, A. G. b. 1893, Toronto, Canada. 1914, Princeton U., B.S.
1919-22, Princeton U., Fel.: 1922, Ph.D., except
1921, U. Cambridge, B.A.
1922-25, U. Toronto, Demonstrator.
1925 to date, Princeton U.: 1925-29, Asst. Prof.;
1929-38, Assoc. Prof.; 1938 to date, Prof.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: 17 Jan 29, 8 Feb 29, (63,1); 1 Jul 30 (64,5) ; 13 Apr 31 (65,2).
Letters from
See: CATALKN, GOUDSMIT, GROTRIAN, HUND, KRONIG, MEGGERS, PASCHEN, PAULI, RUARK, SOMMERFELD, UREY.
Unpublished materials held elsewhere
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Autobiographical metnoir.

 

SIEGBAHN, MANNE.* b. 1886, Orebro, Sweden.
1906-15, U. Lund: 1907-15, Asst. to J. R. Rydberg; 1911, Dr. phil. with Rydberg. Except summers: 1908, U. Göttingen; 1909, U. Munich; 1911, U. Paris and U. Berlin; 1914, U. Paris and U. Heidelberg.
1915-23, U. Lund: 1915-20, Deputy Prof.; 1920-23, Prof.
1923-37, U. Uppsala, Prof.
1937 to date, Nobel Inst. f. Phys. of the Royal Swedish Acad. Sciences, Stockholm, Dir.
Letters to
BOHR: 15 Oct 15, 6 Nov 15, 14 Nov 15, 21 Sep 16, 27 Oct 18, 20 Nov 18, 26 Jun 19, 25 Jul 19, 5 Aug 19, 6 Oct 19, 28 Nov 20, 9 Jun 22, (BSC 7,2).
KRAMERS: 31 Aug 25, 22 Sep 25, (8,10); 11 Feb 46 (14,1).
SOMMERFELD: 25 Mar 17, 17 Oct 19, 15 Nov 19, 27 Apr 21, 10 Mar 21, 20 Nov 25, 21 Sep 35, 14 Sep 40, (34,3).
Letters from
See: BOHR, KRAMERS.
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 3 Jan 23, 13 letters 1936-46. See: Bohr.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letters to Oseen, 10 Feb 15, 19 Feb 15, 30 Feb 17, 2 Apr 18, 10 Sep 18, 18 Sep 18, 17 Mar 20, 8 Jan 21, 4 Nov 21, 5 Mar 22, 4 Jun 30, 4 Nov 30, 10 Feb 31, 17 Sep 35, 2 letters 1936.
UNIVERSITIETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. See: Bohr.
BURNDY LIBRARY, Norwalk, Conn. Manuscript in Weiner Collection.

 

SILBERSTEIN, LUDWIK. b. 1872, Warsaw, Poland; d. 1948, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A.
c. 1890-94, U. Cracow, U. Heidelberg, U. Berlin: 1894, U. Berlin, Dr. phil.
1895-97, U. Lemberg, Poland, Asst.
1899-1904, U. Bologna, Lect.
1904-20, U. Rome, Lect.
1912-20, Adam Hilger, Ltd., London, Research Dept. and U. London, Lect.
1920-29, Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, Math. Physicist: 1929, Retired.
Misc.: U. Cornell, Lect. c. 1922, U. Chicago, Lect. 1932, U. Toronto, Lect.
Letters to
BOHR: 15 Nov 20, 1 Nov 21, (BSC 7,2).
KRAMERS: 7 Oct 46 (14,1).
SOMMERIZELD: 4 Oct 09, 8 Nov 09, 25 and 26 Nov 09, 7 Sep 13, 27 Nov 19, (34,4).
Unpublished -material held elsewhere
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, c. 45 items 1918-46.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. 5 letters to L. A. Jones, 1945; 4 letters to D. L. MacAdam, 1946-47. Folder of correspondence requesting and supplying information about Silberstein, 1963-64. See: Planck.

 

SLATER, J. C.* b. 1900, Oak Park, Ill., U.S.A.
1916-20, U. Rochester.
1920-23, Harvard U.: 1920-22, Asst. to P. W. Bridgman; 1923, Ph.D. with Bridgman.
1923-24, Sheldon Travel. Fel., U. Cambridge, then U. Copenhagen.
1924-30, Harvard U.: 1924-26, Instr., 1926-29, Asst. Prof.; 1929-30, Assoc. Prof.
1930 to date, Mass. Inst. Techn., Prof.
Misc.: 1929, U. Leipzig, Guggenheim Found. Fel.
1937, Inst. Adv. Study, Princeton, Member.
Interviews
Two sessions, 78 pp., transcript.
Letters to
GORTER: 22 Aug 50 (14,2).
KEMBLE: 26 Jun [24], 5 Aug 24, 4 Sep [25], 3 Apr 27, 23 Jul [29], 30 Oct [29], 29 Dec [29], (52,7).
KRAMERS: 8 Dec 23 (8,10); 2 letters 1949-50 (14,2).
VAN VLECK: 27 Jul 24, 8 Dec 24, 27 May 27, 13 Nov 27, 17 Jul 28, 8 Nov 28, 17 Nov [28], 29 Dec [29], (49,14).
Letters from
See: VAN VLECK.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 22 Mar 23, 27 Jul 23, 27 Jul 24, 6 Jan 25, 27 May 26, 16 Nov 34. See: Bohr.
Other information
Prof. Slater possesses a considerable quantity of papers, many dating from the twenties, which have not yet been microfilmed.

 

SMEKAL, ADOLF.* b. 1895, Vienna, Austria; d. 1959, Graz, Austria.
1912-13, Techn. Hochsch. Vienna.
1913-17, U. Graz: 1917, Dr. phil. with M. Radakovic.
1917-19, U. Berlin.
1919-20, Techn. Hochsch. Vienna, Asst.
1920-28, U. Vienna: 1920-27, Asst. and Priv.-Doz; 1927-28, a. o. Prof.
1921-27, Techn. Hochsch. Vienna, Priv.-Doz. 1928-47, U. Halle, o. Prof. and Dir., Inst. Theor. Phys.
Letters to
BOHR: 11 May 18, 14 Mar 21, 22 Oct 21, (BSC 7,2).
GOUDSMIT: 6 Jun 22, 2 Jul 22, (60,1).
KRAMERS: 5 Nov 19, 18 Mar 20, 25 Aug 21, (8,10).
RUBINOWICZ: 22 May 31, 30 Nov 32, (17,B).
SOMMERFELD: 6 Jun 23, 17 Apr 31, (34,4).
Letters from
See: BOHR.

 

SOMMERFELD, ARNOLD.* b. 1868, Königsberg, Germany; d. 1951, Munich, Germany.
1886-91, U. Königsberg: 1891, Dr. phil. with F. Lindemann.
1892, Teacher's Diploma.
1892-93, Milit. Serv.
1893-97, U. Göttingen: 1893-94, Asst., Mineralogical Inst.; 1894-96, Asst. to F. Klein; 1895-97, Priv.-Doz.
1897-1900, Mining Acad., Clausthal, Prof.
1900-06, Techn. Hochsch. Aachen, o. Prof.
1906-51, U. Munich: 1906-38, o. Prof.; 1938-51, Prof. Emer.
Misc.: 1922-23, U. Wisconsin, Visiting Prof.
1928, Calif. Inst. Techn., Visiting Prof.
1931, U. Michigan, Visiting Prof.
Letters to
ABRAHAM: [1929] (30,8).
BACK: Draft of reply to Back's letter of 20 Feb 31 (29,5).
BECKER: Draft of reply to Becker's letter of 4 Jun 32 (29,8).
BERLINER: Drafts of replies to Berliner's letters of 8 Dec 33, 31 Jul 35, (29,8).
BETHE: 1 Nov 46 (29,9).
BOHR: 4 Sep 13, 20 Aug 16, 18 May 18, 5 Feb 19, 16 Sep 19, 26 Oct 19, [Oct 191, 11 Nov 20, 18 Feb 21, 7 Mar 21, 20 Mar 21, 25 Apr 21, 20 Jun 21, 25 Mar 22, 1 Jun 22, (BSC 7,3). [To Harald Bohr 5 Jul 34 and from Harald Bohr 11 Jul 34 (29,10).
BORN: 8 Mar 21 (29,11)
BRILLOUIN: 3 Nov 30, 25 Oct 38, (29,12).
COLBY: Draft of reply to Colby's letter of [c. 1929] (30,2).
A. H. COMPTON: Draft [1927] (32,7).
K. T. COMPTON: 13 May 30 (30,2).
COSTER: Draft of reply to Coster's letter of 23 May 21 (30,3).
EINSTEIN: Draft of reply to Einstein's letter of 14 Dec 46 (30,8).
EucKEN: Draft of reply to Eucken's letter of 17 Apr 43 (30,9).
EWALD: 11 Feb 30 (30,9).
FOKKER: 19 May 41 (30,11).
KAPITZA: 1 Oct 30 (31,11).
VON KÁRMÁN: 21 May 29, 1 letter [undated], (31,11).
KEESOM: Draft of reply to Keesom's letter of 1941 (31,11).
KEMBLE: 28 Jun 27, 13 Dec 29, (52,8).
KRAMERS: 5 Jul 24, 3 Aug 24, 1 Oct 24, (8,11); 2 letters 1937-39 (10,12) ; drafts of replies to Kramers' letters of 6 Sep 24, 28 Nov 30, (31,14).
LANDÉ: 14 Apr 15, 26 May 15, 23 Sep 18, 4 Dec 18, 28 Feb 19, 5 Mar 19, 7 Mar 19, 17 Mar 19, 15 Apr 19, 2 Jul 19, 18 Jul 19, 3 Sep 19, 18 Dec 19, 17 Mar 20, 6 May 20, 12 May 20, 25 Feb 21, 3 Mar 21, 11 Dec 23, 20 Apr 24, (4,13); Dec 48, 1 letter [undated] (66,5). Draft of reply to Landé's letter of 17 Mar 21 (32,1).
VON LAUE: 24 Jun 48 (32,2).
LORENTZ: Draft of reply to Lorentz's letter o 28 Jun 03 (32,4).
MEGGERS: 11 Aug 36 (32,6).
MILLIKAN: 26 Mar 28, 25 Feb 31, (32,7). Draft of reply to Millikan's letter of 22 Oct 27 (32,7).
PASCHEN: Drafts of replies to Paschen's letter of 24 Jul 21, 28 Nov 21, 15 Jun 22, (33,1).
PAULI: 24 Feb 49 (33,2).
RUBINOWICZ: 15 Feb 15, 24 Feb 17, 8 Sep 17 20 Nov 17, 26 Apr 18, 2 Sep 18, 18 Sep 18, 14 j 19, 2 Jul 19, 20 Sep 19, 1 Oct 19, [?] Oct 19, Nov 19, 26 Dec 19, 13 Jul 21, 18 Aug 23, 23 Oct 23 8 Jan 26, 17 Feb 27, 16 Dec 28, 15 Jan 29, 14 F 29, 4 Jul 30, 14 Aug 30, [?] Aug 30, 18 Sep 3 5 Nov 30, 7 Jan 31, 27 Mar 31, 2 May 31, 29 j 32, 28 Oct 32, 12 May 33, 11 Sep 33, 22 Sep 33 21 Dec 33, 22 Dec 34, 15 Dec 35, 2 letters 1936 3 in 1937, 1 in 1938, 2 in 1940, 3 in 1942, 1 i 1943, (17,C).
SCHRÖDlNG]ER: 12 Nov 24 (34,2); 4 Jan 33 (37,12) (43,4) ; Nov 33 (43,4) ; 1 letter 1938 (37,12); 2 letters 1943-46 (34,2) ; 3 letters 1950-51 (37,12).
SHENSTONE: 20 Jul 28 (59,3).
TAKAMINE: Draft of reply to Takamine's letter of 30 Sep 23 (34,6).
VOIGT: 24 Mar 13 (34,8).
WENTZEL: 19 Dec 26, 2 Mar 28, (66,5).
W. WILSON: 14 Jul 20 (66,5); 21 Nov 33 (34,14).
ZEEMAN: Drafts of replies to Zeeman's letters of 29 Nov 16, 23 Feb 28, 21 Dec 29, (34,16).
Letters from
See: ABRAHAM, BACK, BECHERT, BECKER, BERLINER, BETHE, BOHR, BORN, BRAGG, BREIT, BRILLOUIN, BUCHWALD, CATALAN, COLBY, CONDON, COSTER, DEBYE, DUANE, ECKART, EHRENFEST, EINSTEIN, EPSTEIN, EUCKEN, EWALD, FAJANS, FOKKER, FOOTE, R. H. FOWLER, FRANCK, FRENKEL, FUES, GERLACH, GORTER, GÖTZE, GUILLEMIN, HADER, HAGA, HEISENBERG, HERZFELD, HILBERT, HOLTSMARK, HOUSTON, HUND, JEANS, JOFFÉ, JOOS, JORDAN, KAMERLINGH-ONNES, KAUFMANN, KAYSER, KEESOM, KONEN, KOSSEL, KRAMERS, KRATZER, LANCZOS, LANDÉ, LAPORTE, LARMOR, VON LAUB, LENARD, LENZ, LEWIS, LINDEMANN, LONDON, LORENTZ, MEGGERS, MEYER, MIE, MILLIKAN, MINKOWSKI, MOTT, NERNST, NIESSEN, NORDHEIM, ORNSTEIN, PASCHEN, PAULI, PAULING, PLANCK, POHL, POINCARÉ, P. PRINGSHEIM, RAUSCH VON TRAUBENBERG, RAYLEIGH, RUARK, RUBINOWICZ, RUSSELL, SCHEEL, SCHOTTKY, SCHRÖDINGER, SEELIGER, SIEGBAHN, SILBERSTEIN, SMEKAL, STONER, TAKAMINE, VOIGT, VAN DER WAERDEN, WEISSKOPF, VON WEIZSÄCKER, WENTZEL, WEYL, WIEN, WIND, WOOD, ZEEMAN.
Manuscripts
Notes, "Der leitende Gedanke in meiner Arbeit ist der, die Probleme der Wärmeleitung durch Aufstellung einer charakteristischen Funktion zu vereinfachen," 5 sheets, [Königsberg, 1890] (23,2).
Notes on the treatment of heat conduction by Fourier series, evidently for Physikalische Gesellschaft, Königsberg, 32 sheets, [Königsberg, 1890] (23,1).
Notes, partly shorthand, on the physical properties of the aether, 1 sheet, [1892] (29,2).
Bound manuscript, "Mathematische Theorie der Beugung," 95 pp., [Göttingen, 1893] (23,3-4).
Notes on projective geometry in space, 10 sheets, [Göttingen, 1896] (23,5).
Notes on the definition of the curl, 1 sheet, [c. 1899] (29,2).
Notes for lecture course: Part I on "Maxwell'sche Theorie," 72 sheets, 1906-07 (21,1) ; Part II on "Elektronentheorie," including radioactivity and atomic structure, 47 sheets, 1908-09 (21,2).
Notes for lecture course, "Theorie der Strahlung," 60 sheets, 1907 (21,4).
Notes for lecture course, "Ausgewählte Kapitel der Thermodynamik," 74 sheets, 1907-08 (21,5).
Notes for lecture course, "Kinetische Gastheorie," 100 sheets, 1907-08 (21,6-7).
Notes for lecture course, "Thermodynamik," 56 sheets, 1907, 1909-10 (21,3)'
Notes for lecture course, "Wiirmeleitung, Diffusion und Elektrizititsleitung nebst ihren molekularund elektronentheoret. Zusammenhangen," 84 sheets, 1908 (21,8).
Notes for lecture course, "Optik," 78 sheets, 1909 (22,1-3).
Notes for lecture course, "Elektronentheorie," 59 sheets, 1909 (22,4-5).
Notes for lecture course, "Thermodynamik bewegter Systeme," 16 sheets, 1909-10 (22,6).
Notes for lecture course, "Ausgewiihlte Fragen der physikalischen Statistik," 35 sheets, [1913-14] (22,7).
Problems from the Übungen for lecture on mechanics, 1 sheet, 1913-14 (23,9).
Problem sets from the Übungen for lecture on thermodynamics, 7 sheets, 1915-16 (23,9).
Problem, sets from the Übungen for lecture on hydrodynamics, 1 sheet, 1921 (23,9).
Notes for lecture course, "Wärmestrahlung," 15 sheets, 1922 (22,8)
Problem sets from ihe Vbungen for lecture on thermodynamics, 1922-23 [by K. Herzfeld in Sommerfeld's absence], 5 sheets (23,9).
Notes in English for talk to University of California students on the differences between American and German universities, 9 sheets, [1922-23] (23,6).
Typewritten notes in English for talk in America, 2 pp., 15 Feb 1923 (23,6).
Notes, "Amerikanische Eindrücke," 6 pp., [1923] (23,6).
Lectures, "Theoretische Optik, ausgearbeitet von Adolf Muzer und Fritz Wishak," 116 sheets, 1925 (22,10-12).
Problem sets from the Übungen for lecture on optics, 25 sheets, 1925 (23,19).
Lectures, "Thermodynamik und Kinetische Gastheorie, ausgearbeitet von A. Unsöld und M. Neunhöffer," 94 sheets, 1925-26 (22,13-14).
Problem sets from the Übungen for lecture on thermodynamics, 6 sheets, 1925-26 (23.,10).
Notes for an address to be given on the fifth anniversary of R6ntgen's death, 1 sheet, [1928] (23,7).
Problem sets from the Übungen for lecture on thermodynamics, [course taught by H. Ott in Sommerfeld's absence], 7 sheets, 1928-29 (23,10).
Reports on conversations regarding Conseil des Recherches durinz Sommerfeld's trip around the world, 1 p., Munich, 5 Jun 29 (30,2).
Problem sets from the Übungen for lecture on thermodynamics, 7 sheets, 1931-32 (23,11).
Lectures "Thermodynamik und Gastheorie, ausgearbeitet von Josef Sämmer," 126 sheets, 1934-35 (22,15-16).
Problem sets from the Übungen for lecture on thermodynamics, 9 sheets, 1934-35 (23,11).
Notes, "Ergiinzungs-Vorlesurg," [to Randwertaufgaben der Physik], 10 sheets, 1935 (22,17).
Miscellaneous problem sets from the Übungen for lectures, 31 pp., [undated] (23,12-15).
Notes touching on points in thermodynamics, electrodynamics, optics, electro-optics, and classical mechanics, 10 sheets, [undated, perhaps after 1940] (22,9).
Notes headed, "Zwanglose. Ludwig Boltzmann zum 100. Geburtstag," 2 pp., 1944 (23,7).
Autobiographical sketch prepared for the Vienna Academy, 11-pp. [undated, evidently c. 1918 and supplemented c. 1950] (23,8).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 21 Jan 23, 15 Feb 35, 3 letters 1938-48. See: Bohr.
BEDFORD COLLEGE LIBRARY, University of London, London, England. Letters to W. Wilson, 14 Jul 20, 21 Nov 33, 4 letters 1947-50.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin, Germany [DDR]. Letter to Darmstaedter, 1910; to Hagen, 1917; to Königsberger, 1911; 2 to Wiedemann, 1916, 1819 [sic].
SÄCHSISCHE LANDESBIBLIOTHEK, Dresden, Germany [DDR]. 2 letters from the Nachlass of Oberkirchenrat D. Neuberg.
BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEIC, Munich, Germany [BRD). Letter to Rehm, 1931. (Rehmiana IV A).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to O. v. Miller, 22 Jun 03.
STADTARCHIV LANDESHAUPSTADT, Munich, Germany [BRD]. "Chronikeintrige, 1927 his 1951." 15 Zeitungsausschnitte, 1927-48.
UNIVERSITATSBIBLIOTHEK, University of Munich, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Manuscript, "Zur Theorie der Feinstruktur des Wasserstolfs," published in Zs. f. Phys. 118 (1941): p. 295.
RIJKSMUSEEM VOOR DE GESCHIEDENIS DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, Leiden, The Netherlands. Letter to Kaxnerlingh-Onnes, 1917. See: Keesom.
LIBRARY OF THE: SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letters to Oseen, 17 Oct 27, 22 Feb 31.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. Letter to Gullstrand, 1924.
BIBLIOTHFK DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. Letters to Weyl, 7 Jul 18, 7 Nov 19, 11 Dec 19, 6 Jan 20 12 Feb 22, 26 Dec 28, 24 Jun 30.
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. Letter to Pauli, 18 Jun 25, 26 Jul 26, 4 letters 1939-51. See: Pauli.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Corr spondence with Einstein, c. 25 items 1915-46.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C Letters to London, 20 Feb 29, 30 Mar 51. See London.

 

STARK, JOHANNES.* b. 1874, Schickendorf, Bavaria, Germany; d. 1957, Eppenstadt, near Traunstein, Bavaria, Germanv.
1894-1900, U. Munich: 1897, Dr. phil.; 1897-1900 Asst. to von Lommel.
1900-06, U. Göttingen, Priv.-Doz. and Asst.
1906-09, Techn. Hochsch. Hanover, Priv.-Doz.
1909-17, Techn. Hochsch. Aachen, o. Prof.
1917-20, U. Greifswald, o. Prof.
1920-22, U. Wiirzburg, o. Prof.
1922-33, Resigned from academic positions, maintaining his own laboratory near Munich.
1933-39, Phys.-Techn. Reichsanstalt, Berlin-Charlottenburg, Pres.
Letters to
BOHR: 10 Apr 14,22 Nov 19, (BSC 7.,3).
RUBINOWICZ: I Mar 21 (66,5).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 20 Apr 03 to 31 Dec 07, 18 Jan 31, 28 Feb 34, 22 Mar 34. See: Rutherford.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD). Letter to Darmstaedter, 1918; 7 to Elster and Geitel, 1904-13; 18 to Max Iklé, 1906-15; to Kayser, 21 Feb 04, 29 Apr 06, 6 Mar 08; to joh. Königsberger, 1910; 2 to Richard Lorenz, 1917; to Scheel, 21 Oct 16, 16 Dec 16; to Wiedemann, 1913; to [??], 1908. (Darmstaedter Coll., Fle 1902).
BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Munich, Germany [BRD]. 9 letters to Stark, 1897-1915.
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. 5 letters to Runge, 1906.
STADTARCHIV LANDESHAUPTSTADT, Munich, Germany [BRD]. 1 Zeitungsausschnitt, 1931.
RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR DE GESCHIEDENIS DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, Leiden, The Netherlands. 6 letters to Ehrenfest, 1913-14.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 2 Oct 29.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. Letter to M. Iklé, 1905; to [??], 1920. (Waller Coll.).
BURNDY LIBRARY, Norwalk, Conn. Manuscript in Weiner Collection.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 4 items 1907-09.

 

STERN, OTTO.* b. 1888, Sohrau, Upper Silesia, Germany.
1906-12, U. Breslau: 1912, Dr. phil. with O. Sackur; except 1906, U. Freiburg/Breisgau and 1908, U. Munich.
1912, U. Prague with A. Einstein.
1912-14, Eidgn. Techn. Hochsch. Zurich.
1914-21, U. Frankfurt-am-Main, Priv.-Doz. Except 1914-18, Milit. Serv. and 1918, U. Berlin with W. Nernst.
1921-22, U. Rostock, o. Prof.
1922-33, U. Hamburg, o. Prof.
1933-45, Carnegie Inst. Techn., Prof. and Dir., Res. Lab.
Misc.: 1930, U. California, Berkeley, Visiting Lect.
Interviews
Two, unrecorded interviews. 8 pp. notes.
Notes on miscellaneous conversations.
Letters to
GERLACH: 16 Jan 24 (19,8).
LANDÉ.: 1 Mar 19, 24 Jan 23, (4,20).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 5 letters to Bohr, 1946-47. See: Bohr.
BIBLIOTHEK DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. Tape-recording of two interviews in German with Stern, made in 1961 by M. Fierz and R. Jost; c. four hours.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 1 item 1916.

 

STONER, E. C. b. 1899, East Moseley, Surrey, England.
1918-24, U. Cambridge: 1921-24, Research at Cavendish Lab.
1924-28, U. Leeds: 1924-26, Lect.; 1926-28, Reader.
1925, U. Cambridge, Ph.D. with E. Rutherford.
1928-31, U. Cambridge, Res. Fel.
1931-51, U. Leeds: 1931-39, Reader; 1939-51, Prof.
Letters to
LANDÉ: 24 Oct 24 (4,20).
SOMMERFELD: 9 Oct 34, 12 May 38, (34,5).

 

SUGIURA, YOSHKAZU.
1924-31, Inst. Phys. and Chem. Res., Tokyo.
1926-28, U. Copenhagen, except summer 1922, U. Göttingen.
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 1 Jun 27, 11 Aug 27, [1927]. See: Bohr.

 

TAKAMINE, TOSHIO. b. 1885, Tokyo, Japan.
1909-15, U. Tokyo: 1909, Graduated; 1915, D. Sc.
1918, Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, Calif.
1918-51, U. Kyoto, Member, Phys. Chem. Res. Inst.; also Asst. Prof., then Prof.
1920-22, Study in Europe.
1922-24, U. Tokyo, Prof.
1924-25, 1928, 1931, Study in America and Europe.
Letters to
BOHR: 9 Jun 20, 9 Jul 20, 2 Aug 20, 8 Aug 20, 23 Aug 20, 7 Sep 20, 27 Oct 20, 20 Nov 20, 17 Dec 20, 22 Jan 21, 5 Feb 21, 28 Aug 21, 12 Oct 21, 13 Jan 22, 10 May 22, 12 Nov 22, (BSC 8,1).
KRAMERS: 6 Aug 21, 29 Feb 24, (9,10); 25 Jul 37 (10,14).
LANDP,: 24 Oct 21, 27 Oct 21, 3 Apr 25, (4,21).
RUBINOWICZ: 25 Aug 20 (17,C).
SOMMERFELD: 5 Mar 23, 9 Mar 23, 22 Jul 23, 30 Sep 23, (34,6).
Letters from
See: BOHR, FOSTER, SOMMERFELD.
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 1 Jun 24, 24 Oct 24, Feb 28, 19 Mar 28, 20 Jul 31, 24 Aug 31, 5 letters 1936-61. See: Bohr, Werner.

 

THIRRING, HANS.* b. 1888, Vienna, Austria.
1907-11, U. Vienna: 1911, Dr. phil.
1911-58, U. Vienna: 1911-21, Asst.; 1915-21, Priv.Doz.; 1921-58, Dir., Inst. Theor. Phys.; 1921-27, a. o. Prof.; 1927-58, o. Prof.
Iinterviews
One session, 5 pp. transcript.
Letters to
BOHR: 16 Apr 22, 1 Nov 22,12 Nov 22, (BSC 8,1).
KRAMERS: 8 Feb 25 (8,10)
LANDÉ: 9 Jun 20, 18 Apr 2i, 15 May 26, (4,21).
SCHRÖDINGER: 12 Nov 26 (41,11); Nov 33 (43,4) ; 8 letters 1949-54 (37,13).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2 letters to Bohr, 1954. See: Bohr.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letters to Oseen, 7 Apr 22, 18 Apr 22, 15 Sep 35.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Veblen, 1938-39.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 7 items 1919-50.

 

THOMAS, L. H.* b. 1903, London, England.
1921-25, U. Cambridge.
1925-26, U. Copenhagen, Isaac Newton Stud.
1926-29, U. Cambridge, Fel.: 1927-29, 1851 Exhibition Scholar; 1927, Ph.D.; 1928, M.A.
1929-43, Ohio State U.: 1929-30, Asst. Prof.; 1930-36, Assoc. Prof.; 1936-43, Prof.
Interviews
One session, 16 pp. transcript.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: 25 Mar 26 (60,6); 3 May 26, 21 May 26, 29 May 26, (60,7).
Manuscripts
Notes on elementary electromagnetism, [c. 1923] (5,9).
Notes on Heisenberg's paper, "Abinderung der formalen Regeln der Quantentheorie beim Problem der anomalen Zeemaneffekte," Zs. f. Phys. 26 (1924): p. 291, 15 sheets (5,2).
Notes on old quantum theory of bandspectra, 11 sheets, [c. 1925] (5,3).
Notes, "Spinning Electron-Odds and Ends, etc.," 25 sheets, [1925-26] (66,2).
See: EDDINGTON, R. H. FOWLER.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 18 Sep 25, 8 Jul 26, 26 Jul 26, 25 Aug 26, 3 letters 1936-51. See: Bohr.

 

THOMSON, G. P. b. 1892, Cambridge, England.
1910-17, U. Cambridge: 1913-14, Research, Cavendish Lab.; 1914, Fel. and Lect.; 1917, M.A.
1914-18, Milit. Serv.
1918-22, U. Cambridge, Research, Cavendish Lab. 1922-30, U. Aberdeen, Prof.
1930-52, U. London, Prof.
Misc..: 1929, Cornell U., Lect.
 
Interviews
One session, 20 pp. transcript.
Letters to
KRAMERS: 2 letters [1948]-51 (14,4).
 
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 11 May [30], 30 Jun [30], 26 Nov 30, 27 Oct 32, 26 Apr 35, 30 Jun [35], 10 letters 1938-56. See: Bohr.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 2 items, 1954.

 

THOMSON, J. J.* b. 1856, Cheetham, near Manchester, England; d. 1940, Cambridge, England.
1871-76, U. Manchester.
1876-84, U. Cambridge: 1879, M.A.; 1879-81, Res. Fel.; 1881-84, Asst. Lect.
1884-1940, U. Cambridge: 1884-1918, Prof. and Dir., Cavendish Lab.; 1918-49, Master of Trinity College.
Misc.: 1896, Princeton U., Lect.
1903, Yale U., Lect.
1923, Franklin Inst., Philadelphia, Lect.
Letters to
DE HEVESY: 2 Jun 13 (66,5).
Manuscripts
Lecture course, "Electromagnetic Momentum and Thermodynamics of Radiation," notes taken by H. E. Watson, 91 pp., Cavendish Lab., 1910-11 (78,4).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 13 May 30.
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 24 Oct 95 to 9 Nov 22.
CAVENDISH LABORATORY, Cambridge, England. A moderate amount of disarranged correspondence.
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, Edinburgh, Scotland. 2 letters of a Joseph T. to Sir A. Geikie, 1877-78.
LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL, England. Letter to Sir Oliver Lodge (in a collection of the latter's papers), 15 Aug 86.
ROYAL SOCIETY L113RARY, London, England. 130 letters, 1884-1934. 35-40 referee reports, 1880-1908, later reports uncatalogued.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. 4 letters to Elster and Geitel, 1896-1904; letter to Königsberger, 1909. (Darmstaedter Coll., Fle* 1876).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to H. Hertz, 19 Nov 90.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. 2 letters to Duane, 22 Mar 05, 30 Apr 05.

 

TOLMAN, R. C. b. 1881, West Newton, Mass., U.S.A.; d. 1948, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
1899-1910, Mass. Inst. Techn.: 1904-05, Asst.; 1905-07, Fel.; 1907-09, Instr.; 1909-10, Res. Assoc.; 1910, Ph.D. with A. A. Noyes; except 1903-04, Berlin and Krefeld.
1910-11, U. Michigan, Instr.
1911-12, U. Cincinnati, Asst. Prof.
1912-16, U. California, Berkeley, Asst. Prof.
1916-18, U. Illinois, Prof.
1919-22, Fixed Nitrogen Res. Lab., Nitrate Div., Ordnance Dept., U. S. Army: 1919-20, Assoc. Dir.; 1920-22, Dir.
1922-48, Calif. Inst. Techn., Prof.
Letters to
KEMBLE: 29 May 26 (52,8).
PAULING: 4 May 26 (76,2).
SCHRÖDINGER: 22 Jan 38 (37,13).
Letters from
See: KEMBLE.
Manuscripts
See: PAULING.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 4 letters to Bohr, 1937-47. See: Bohr.
ARCHIVES OF CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, Calif. Correspondence; manuscript speeches, lecture notes, and chapter of projected book.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 5 items 1931-41.

 

TOWNSEND, J. S. b. 1868, Galway, Ireland; d. 1957, Oxford, England.
1885-95, U. Dublin: 1890, B.A.; 1890-94, Fel.
1895-1900, U. Cambridge, with J. J. Thomson: 1898-99, Clerk Maxwell Scholar; 1899-1900, Fel. and Asst. Demonstrator.
1900-41, U. Oxford, Prof.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 18981915.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Kayser, 21 Jun 08. (Darmstaedter Coll., Flc 1908).
Other information
It has been established that no substantial collection of Townsend's papers is likely to exist.

 

TRUMPY, BJØRN. b. 1900, Bergen, Norway.
1918-35, Tekn. Högsk. Trondheim, Norway: 1922-31, Asst.; 1927, Dr. techn.; 1933-35, Lect. 1931-33, Norwegian Govt. Grant: U. Göttingen with M. Born and U. Copenhagen with N. Bohr.
1935 to date, U. Bergen, Prof.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 25 Jan 29, 31 Jan 29, 23 Feb 31, 23 Oct 31, 17 Dec 31, 6 May 32, 9 Sep 32, 27 Dec 34, 7 letters 1937-46. See: Bohr.

 

TURNER, L. A. b. 1898, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
1920, Cornell U., B.A.
1922-23, Princeton U., Instr.: 1923, Ph.D.
1924-25, Harvard U., Nat. Res. Fel.
1925-44, Princeton U.: 1925-29, Asst. Prof.; 1929-44, Assoc. Prof.
Misc.: 1929-30, U. Göttingen, Guggenheim Found. Fel.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 7 Jun 24, 3 letters 1938-58. See: Bohr.