Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
DO.MISCELLANEOUS
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
- Title
- Director's Office: Miscellaneous correspondence
- ID
- DO.MISCELLANEOUS
- Date
- 1923-1974
- Extent
- 6.0 linear feet
- Language
- English
Scope and Contents
Director’s Office: Miscellaneous correspondence also includes offprints, photographs, and other materials sometimes accompanying these letters to and from the Director's Office, which are arranged alphabetically by the name of the sender or the person who is the subject of the correspondence. The contents largely represent the tenures of the Directors J. Robert Oppenheimer, Abraham Flexner, Frank Aydelotte, and Carl Kaysen.
While the most critical Institute business isn't featured in this series, and it includes individuals who make unconventional or unsubstantiated claims, it does provide an expansive sense of the Institute's interactions with a wide variety of individuals of all ages and levels of accomplishment, both within the United States and internationally. These interactions suggest how the Institute is perceived in both public and academic realms. Replies from the Institute summarize policies and procedures, some routine, but other not. Items of interest listed in the finding aid call attention to some of the highlights.
Arrangement
Correspondence is grouped by range of dates and arranged chronologically by correspondent's name thereunder. Correspondence dated 1923-1971 appears in the first series, in boxes 1-4. A second series of correspondence, the bulk of which is dated 1967-1973, is in boxes 5 and 6. A last series of letters dated 1973-1974 is in box 6.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center
Historical Studies-Social Science LibraryEinstein Drive
Princeton
NJ, 08540
609-734-8375
archives@ias.edu
Conditions Governing Access
Administrative records of the Institute are closed for 30 years from the date of creation. In addition, letters of recommendation are closed until the death of both the author and the subject of the recommendation. In the instance of this record group, neither of these restrictions is expected to apply.
Custodial History
These records wer transferred from the Director's Office early in the history of the establishment of the Institute Archives. Preliminary processing work by Archives staff included the creation of bibliographic records for the first eight folders in the Horizon database.
Related Materials
Related Archival Materials
Additional materials concerning some of the individuals in Miscellaneous correspondence will be found in the other subgroups of the Director's Office, including Faculty and Members.
Archival material from more recent Director tenures is typically organized by provenance (i.e. Director's Office: Phillip Griffiths). Additional material from the tenure of J. Robert Oppenheimer is especially represented in the Director's Office: General Files subgroup.
Collection Inventory
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A (2 folders) 1942-1965 |
1 | |||
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Alsina, Fidel 1960-1961 |
1 | |||
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Andersch, Richard 1951-1956 |
1 | |||
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Aubuchon, John 1954 and undated |
1 | |||
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B (Ba-Bi) (3 folders) 1945-1971 |
1 | |||
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Gregory Bateson (anthropologist) 1959 |
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Balogh, Elemér 1948-1949 and undated |
1 | |||
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Basore, Carmen 1953-1956 |
1 | |||
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Batenburg, Théo 1953 and undated |
1 | |||
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B (Bl-By) (2 folders) 1936-1970 |
1 | |||
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C (4 folders) 1942-1970 |
1 | |||
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Casley, Leonard G. 1962-1963 |
1 | |||
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Chang, Chieh-Chien 1951-1960 |
1 | |||
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Clapp, Roger E. 1952-1953 |
1 | |||
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Clark, Melville 1948-1949 |
1 | |||
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Crossley, Archibald 1953 |
1 | |||
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Cwilong, Bohdan Medusa 1947-1955 and undated |
1 | |||
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D (4 folders) 1939-1969 |
1 | |||
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Dembo, Tamara 1950 |
1 | |||
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Edwards, Jones B. 1952-1955 |
1 | |||
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Eller, E. R. (regarding G. G. Georgoudakes) 1950-1951 |
1 | |||
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Esparza, Augusto 1961-1966 |
1 | |||
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E 1946-1968 |
1 | |||
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T.S. Eliot (poet) January 28, 1947 |
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F (4 folders) 1923-1966 and undated |
1 | |||
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Richard Falck (botanist and mycologist) 1923-1952 |
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Fischer-Langefeld, Hans undated |
2 | |||
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G (3 folders) 1945-1971 |
2 | |||
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Gerstbeiger, Walter 1952-1954 |
2 | |||
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Goodwin, Frank Logan 1952-1955 |
2 | |||
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Grachis, Dimitri 1962-1971 |
2 | |||
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Groell, Luciano 1955-1956 |
2 | |||
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H (6 folders) 1945-1970 and undated |
2 | |||
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Otto Haas, including letter from Einstein with original signature. 1955 |
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Herrfahrdt, Heinrich 1960-1962 and undated |
2 | |||
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I 1948-1971 |
2 | |||
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J (3 folders) 1948-1969 |
2 | |||
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K (5 folders) 1944-1970 |
2 | |||
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L (6 folders) 1939-1971 and undated |
2 | |||
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Richard Lozier materials include a signed note from Helen Dukas regarding pipes that were sent to Einstein. 1948 |
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R. Duncan Luce (mathematician and social scientist; School of Social Science Member 1969-1972) 1950 |
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Ledley, Robert S. 1954-1960 |
3 | |||
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Losher, Sam undated |
3 | |||
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Mc 1948-1969 |
3 | |||
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John Thomas McKay materials include returned envelope of IAS information sent in reply to inquiry with copy of 1951 edition of the IAS Introductory Information booklet. 1951-1952 |
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Hiram J. McLendon (philosopher) application and correspondence. 1956-1957 |
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James Alan McLennan (physicist) 1957-1960 |
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M (4 folders) 1929-1970 |
3 | |||
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Jakob Mandelker (physicist) including photograph. 1948 |
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Kenneth O. May (mathematician) 1961 |
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Eugenio E. Mendoza correspondence with Bengt Strömgren marked "hold for physics file." 1958 |
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Julius Sumner Miller (physicist and television personality), including mention of brief visit to Institute and walking with Einstein and Gödel. 1947-1950 |
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Hironari Miyazawa (physicist; former IAS Member) 1955 |
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William H. Moldoff (lawyer) personal and informal correspondence with J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1965 |
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Eugene F. Molnar (Presbyterian reverend), including copies of 1944 (or 1945) correspondence between Einstein and Molnar. 1960 |
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George Daniel Mostow (mathematician; multiple IAS memberships) 1969 |
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Marshall, Thomas 1949-1963 |
3 | |||
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Mignard, George 1962 |
3 | |||
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Miscellaneous (unsigned letters) 1968-1969 |
3 | |||
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N (2 folders) 1947-1964 |
3 | |||
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Howard Nemerov (poet) 1955 |
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Akiki Kanyarusoki Nyabongo (Ugandan prince) 1951 |
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O 1950-1971 |
3 | |||
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Gil Orlovitz (author in multiple genres) 1959 |
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P (4 folders) 1931-1971 |
3 | |||
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Huan-Wu Peng (physicist) 1949 |
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Betty Pennock (Quaker), including recollection of meeting Einstein along with pamphlet "Speak Truth to Power: A Quaker Search for an Alternative to Violence." 1956-1957 |
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Asher Peres (physicist) 1960 |
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Petermann (possibly: André) including letter of recommendation by Christian Møller (physicist). 1956 |
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Robert Plutchik (professor of psychology) 1958 |
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Nicholas Polunin (botanist and environmentalist) 1955 |
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Louis A. Post (hydrographer) including offprint ("The Role of the Gulf Stream in the Prediction of Iceberg Distribution in the North Atlantic"). Reply from J. Robert Oppenheimer with reference to Institute's previous support of work along these lines. Mention of Jules Charney's "application of numerical methods to the solution of complex hydrodynamics problems." 1956 |
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Maurice T. Price (sociologist specializing in the Asia) 1931-1945 |
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Fernando Puma (artist) 1949-1950 |
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Polacco, Guiseppe 1953 |
3 | |||
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Q 1951-1965 |
3 | |||
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Walter Quirt (artist) 1955 |
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R (5 folders) 1946-1970 |
3 | |||
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Eugene Raudsepp (author on the topic of creativity) 1956 |
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Amalkumar Raychaudhuri (physicist) 1963 |
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Herbert Read (art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopher) with reference to Francis Fergusson (SHS memberships) and J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1951 |
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William L. Reese (philosopher) featuring reply from J. Robert Oppenheimer describing the Institute's treatment and focus in the humanities. 1959 |
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Leopold Reidemeister (art historian) including very warm and informal correspondence between J. Robert Oppenheimer and Mrs. James (Patty) Conant. 1964-1965 |
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Dominique C. Rivier with informal and personal note from V. F. Weisskopf to J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1949-1950 |
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Walter Rostow (economist and political theorist) including mentions of possible Faculty appointment and informal correspondence about Rostow between George Kennan and James E. Cross. 1950 and 1965 |
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Reichenbach, Hans 1952-1953 and undated |
3 | |||
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Restori, Vasco 1951 and 1956 |
3 | |||
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Requests from school children 1954-1963 and undated Scope and Contents noteThe original name of this file was retained, but it should be noted that it isn't comprehensive (e.g., there are requests in this file from teachers) and that requests of this kind are found in other alphabetical files in this series. |
3 | |||
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Richey, W. Clyde 1952-1957 |
3 | |||
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Roberts, Alpheus J. 1952-1955 and undated |
3 | |||
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Sa 1948-1970 |
4 | |||
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Giorgio Salvini (physicist) 1958 |
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Trevor John Saunders (historical; SHS memberships) 1969 |
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Sc 1934-1969 and undated |
4 | |||
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Amram Scheinfeld (journalist, author, professional cartoonist) 1958 |
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Alfons Maria Schneider (archaeologist and Byzantinist) including correspondence by Georg Schreiber and Kurt Weitzman. 1946-1948 |
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Erwin Schrödinger (Nobel-prize winning physicist) 1934-1964 |
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M. Schulzinger (engineer) on the subject of acoustics with internal inquiry to Julian Bigelow. 1955 |
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Se-Sh 1949-1970 and undated |
4 | |||
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Paul Seabury (political scientist and foreign policy consultant) - letter to him from George Kennan 1956 |
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Adolph Selzer (engineer) with copies of letters to him from Einstein. 1953-1957 |
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Bernard Semmel (historian) 1957 |
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Alfred Sendrey (opera conductor, composer and musicologist) 1943-1949 |
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Robert Shafer (linguist) 1956-1957 |
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Pei-Lin Sheng (engineer) including letters to and from Einstein 1952-1954 |
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Harvey K. Shepard (physicist; School of Natural Sciences Member in 1977) 1965 |
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Ori Sherman (artist) 1956 |
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Si-Sn 1948-1964 |
4 | |||
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Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqi (physicist) 1962 |
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Noel B. Slater (chemistry) including correspondence from Harold S. Johnston 1955-1956 |
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Leonids Slaucitajs (geophysics) 1948 |
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H. H. (Hugh Heyne) Smythe (author, sociologist, diplomat) 1963 |
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So-Sr 1948-1970 |
4 | |||
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Robert Sobel (historian) 1955 |
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Stefan de Somogyi-Schill (Director, American Mental Health Foundation) 1948 |
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Leo Srole (sociologist) 1951 |
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St 1947-1971 |
4 | |||
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Keith H. Steinkraus (food scientist) 1957 |
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Norman St. John-Stevas (British politician, author, and barrister) 1958 |
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Brian Stock (historian) 1964 |
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Su-Sz 1949-1969 and undated |
4 | |||
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Der-Ruenn Su (physicist) 1964 |
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Marjorie A. Swanson (biochemist) 1953 |
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Mary Hamilton Swindler (archaeologist and classical art scholar) 1949-1950 |
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Thomas Kaehao Swing (T.K. Seung) (philosopher and literary critic) 1969 |
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Robert H. Szczarba (mathematician; School of Mathematics memberships) 1961 |
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Sen, B.M. (Bhupati Mohan) 1948-1958 |
4 | |||
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Stein, Simon 1948-1950 |
4 | |||
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Stevenson, Ernest 1951 |
4 | |||
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Sweeney, Edward Chalmers 1955-1956 |
4 | |||
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Ta-Te 1948-1970 and undated |
4 | |||
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Eugen Taeubler (historian) 1948 |
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Frank Robert Tangherlini (physicist) 1954 |
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Mortimer Taube (librarian): business card with notations only 1963 |
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Th-Ti 1949-1969 |
4 | |||
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Klaus O. Thielheim (physicist) including letters by Albrecht Unsöld and Erich Rudolf Bagge 1962-1963 |
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To-Tr 1947-1963 and undated |
4 | |||
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G. A. Tokaty (Grigori Aleksandrovich Tokaev) (rocket scientist) 1962 and undated |
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Clifford Ambrose Truesdell III (mathematician, natural philosopher, and historian of science): letter of recommendation by Frederick V. Hunt. 1958 |
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Ts-Tz 1937-1971 |
4 | |||
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Albert W. Tucker (mathematician) 1937-1939 |
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Alexander Tulinsky (also, Tulinskie) (chemistry) 1955-1959 |
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William Ling Tung (historian) 1959 |
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Tomoji Tanaka 1953 |
4 | |||
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U 1949-1970 |
4 | |||
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Helmut Unkelbach (academic) 1958 |
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Udelman, Jaime 1957 and undated |
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V 1948-1971 and undated |
4 | |||
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Giorgio Velo (physicist) with informal letter from Giampietro Puppi to J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1964 |
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Putcha Venkateswarlu (physicist) 1948-1949 |
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Harry Viteles (bureaucrat) including correspondents Edward M. M. Warburg and Samuel Leidesdorf. 1953 |
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Karl Ludwig von Bertalanffy (biologist): appeals on his behalf. 1955 |
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Vanderjagt, B. G. H. 1953-1954 |
4 | |||
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Verzeano, Marcel 1950-1961 |
4 | |||
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Wa 1950-1971 and undated |
4 | |||
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Ju-kwei Wang (mathematician) 1955 |
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Clark Warburton (economist) 1955 |
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We 1948-1969 |
4 | |||
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Lina (Litinskaya) Weinbaum (translator) 1966-1967 |
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Bernard Dov Weinryb (historian) 1948 |
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Eric Werner (musicologist) 1961 |
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Edward Weyer, Jr. (editor, Natural History, magazine of the American Museum of Natural History) 1954-1955 |
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Wh 1932-1969 and undated |
4 | |||
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Frank Clifford Whitmore (chemist) correspondence with Frank Aydelotte. 1932 |
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L.L. (Lancelot Law) Whyte 1950-1954 |
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James William White (physics) - noted here because of returned envelope containing 1958 copy of Institute's "Some Introductory Information," which appears to be unique in the Archives Center collection. 1958-1959 |
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Wi 1948-1969 |
4 | |||
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Thyllis M. Williams (chemistry) - noted here for letters from IAS administration regarding staff structural reorganization and J. Robert Oppenheimer's personal interest in this highly qualified female candidate for an IAS administrative position. 1950 |
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Ernst Florian Winter (historian and political scientist) 1962 |
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Friedwardt Winterberg (physicist) 1959 |
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Jennings C. (Cropper) Wise (lawyer and military officer) 1954 |
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Alma S. Wittlin (Wittlin-Frischauer) (author) 1963 |
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Wo 1949-1968 |
4 | |||
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Peter A. Wolff (physicist) 1951 |
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Benjamin B. Wolman (psychologist) 1950 |
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Western Washington 1963 |
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Wr-Wy 1948-1970 and undated |
4 | |||
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Leon E. Wright (religious historian) 1951 |
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Dorothy Maud Wrinch (mathematician and biochemical theorist) including correspondence with both John von Neumann and J. Robert Oppenheimer. 1948-1951 |
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Hans E. Wulff (material culture) including letter of recommendation by Franz Mathias Wasner, who was a priest and the director and conductor of the Trapp Family Singers. 1959 |
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Ivan Alexandrovich Wyschnegradsky (composer) including letter of recommendation by Jacques Maritain, which happens to mention Edward T. Cone's opinion of the composer, too. The Institute now has a musical performance series named for Cone. 1950-1953 |
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Waddington, Mrs. Charles F. 1947-1948 and undated |
4 | |||
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Y and Z 1948-1971 |
4 | |||
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Shigeo Yamanouchi (phycologist) 1950 |
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Simon Yudkin (pediatrician) 1959 |
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Irving M. Zeitlin (sociologist) 1963 |
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Robert Zerlin (sculptor, potter) 1960 |
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Frederik "Frits" Zernike (Nobel Prize winning physicist): internal memo authorizing payment of honorarium for May 14 jointy sponsored (with Princeton University) talk in Princeton. N.B., memo spells last name "Zernicke." 1948 |
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Itrat Husain Zuberi (educationist) with letter of recommendation from the American Friends of the Middle East. 1960 |
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Eberhard Zwirner (physician and phoneticist) 1957 and undated |
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Letters of inquiry 1967-1973General noteLetters of inquiry received by the Director's Office, including copies of replies. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name. Primarily dating from the period of Carl Kaysen's directorship but including some correspondence from as early as 1944. |
Box 5-6 |
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Letters of inquiry 1973-1974General noteLetters of inquiry received by the Director's Office, including copies of replies. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name. |
Box 6 |
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