LADENBURG, RUDOLF.* b. 1882, Kiel, Germany; d. 1952, Princeton, N.J., U.S.A.
1900-01, U. Heidelberg, then U. Breslau.
1901-02, Milit. Serv.
1902-06, U. Munich: 1906, Dr. phil. with W. C. Roentgen.
1906-07, U. Cambridge.
1907-24, U. Breslau: 1907-21, Priv.-Doz.; 1921-24, a. o. Prof.
1924-31, U. Berlin, a. o. Prof. 1931-50, Princeton U., Research Prof.
 
Letters to
BOHR: 7 May 20, 18 Jun 20, 27 Aug 20, 25 Jun 21, 24 Sep 21, 12 Nov 22, (BSC 4,3).
GOUDSMIT: 10 Dec 30 (64,6).
KRAMERS: 26 Jun 20, 28 Dec 23, 28 Feb 24, 2 Apr 24, 31 May 24, 8 Jun 24, 21 Sep 24, 15 Dec [24], 13 Jan 25, 15 May 25, (8,9).
LANDÉ: 9 May 20, 20 May 20, (4,18).
Letters from
See: BOHR, KRAMERS.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 3 Apr 23, 14 Jun 23, 15 May 30, 5 Jun 30, 7 Jan 32, 2 letters 1945-49. See: Bohr.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Kayser, 13 Oct 10; to Scheel, 2 Aug 14; to Wiedemann, 1915. (Darmstaedter Coll., Flc 1910).
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 2 items 1925-26.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Letter to Einstein, 1 May 26.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 5 Jun 28.

 

LANCZOS, CORNELIUS. b. 1893, Szekesfehervar, Hungary.
1916-20, Techn. Hochsch. Budapest.
1921, Szeged U., Dr. phil.
1921-24, U. Frieburg/Breisgau.
1924-31, U. Frankfurt-am-Main, Priv.-Doz.
1931-46, Purdue U., Prof.
Letters to
LANDÉ,: 12 Mar 26 (4,18).
SOMMERFELD: 15 Mar 30, enclosing draft intended for Naturwiss., (32,1).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, c. 55 items, 1919-55.

 

LANDAU, LEV. b. 1908, Baku, Azerbaidzhan, Russia.
1922-24, U. Baku.
1924-27, U. Leningrad.
1927-32, Phys. and Techn. Inst., Leningrad. Except 1929-31, U. Copenhagen, Eidgn. Techn. Hochsch. Zurich, various universities in Germany, U. Leiden, and U. Cambridge.
1932-37, U. Kharkov, Dir. Phys. and Techn. Inst.
1937 to date, Inst. of Phys. Problems of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Unpublished materials held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 23 Aug 30, 9 Sep 30, 25 Nov 31, 20 Dec 33, 13 letters 1936-62. See: Bohr.
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. See: Pauli.

 

LANDÉ, ALFRED.* b. 1888, Elberfeld, Ruhr, Germany.
1908-10, U. Marburg, then U. Munich.
1910-12, U. Göttingen.
1912-14, U. Munich: 1914, Dr. phil. with A. Sommerfeld.
1913-14, U. Göttingen, Asst. to D. Hilbert. 1914-18, Milit. Serv.
1918-19, Odenwald Schule, Frankfurt-am-Main, Teacher.
1919-22, U. Frankfurt-am-Main, Priv.-Doz. 1922-31, U. Tübingen, a. o. Prof.
1931-to date, Ohio State U., Prof.
Interviews
Five sessions, 44 pp. transcript. (See Appx. 1.)
Letters to
BOHR: 31 May 19, 9 Aug 19, 25 Jul 20, 5 Aug 20, 28 Aug 20, [14] Sep 20, 26 Oct 20, 4 Feb 21, [13] Feb 21, 16 Feb 21, 21 Feb 21, 17 Mar 21, 29 Jun 21, 12 May 22, 8 Dec 22, 2 letters [undated], (BSC 4, 3).
EHRENFEST: 10 Nov 24 (60,3).
GOUDSMIT: 23 Nov 23 (60,1); 22 Mar 24, 15 Apr 24, (60,2) ; 2 Nov 24 (60,3) ; 13 Jan 25, 5 Feb 25, 10 Feb 25, 26 Mar 25, 16 May 25, (60,4); 20 Jul 26, 27 Jul 26, (60,8), 22 Dec 26 (60,9) 7 Mar 27 (61,2) 7 May 27, 27 May 27, (61,3) 4 Mar 30 (64,3) 14 Feb 32 (65,6).
SOMMERFELD 8 May 20 (4,13) ; 17 Mar 21 (32,1).
Letters from
See: BACK, BOHR, BORN, H. C. BURGER, J. M. BURGERS, EHRENFEST, EINSTEIN, EPSTEIN, EWALD, FAJANS, FOKKER, A. FOWLER, FRANCK, FUES, GERLACH, GORDON, GOUDSMIT, GROTRIAN, HEISENBERG, HEITLER, HENNING, G. HEITZ, JOOS, KAUFMANN, KEMBLE, KONEN, KRAMERS, KRONIG, LADENBURG, LANCZOS, LANGMUIR, LONDON, MADELUNG, MEISSNER, MIE, NAGAOKA, ORNSTEIN, PASCHEN, PAULI, PLANCK, P. PRINGSHEIM, REICHE, RUARK, RUNGE, SCHERRER, SCHRÖDINGER, SOMMERFELD, STERN, STONER, TAKAMINE, THIRRING, VAN VLECK, WENTZEL, ZEEMAN.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. See: Pauli.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 3 items 1935-36.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Autobiographical memoir. Manuscript material.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. 15 letters to London, 1936-50. See: London.

 

LANGEVIN, PAUL.* b. 1872, Paris, France; d. 1946, Paris, France.
1888-91, École de Phys. et de Chim., Paris. 1891-93, Tutoring, Paris.
1893-94, Milit. Serv.
1894-97, École Norm. Supér., Paris.
1897-98, U. Cambridge, Res. Fel. with J. J. Thomson.
1898-1902, U. Paris: 1900-02, Préparateur; 1902, Dr. ès. sci.
1902-40, Collège de France: 1902-03, Prof. Remplaçant; 1903-09, Prof. Suppléant; 1909-40, Prof.
1905-40, École de Phys. et de Chim., Paris: 1905-26, Prof.; 1926-40, Dir.
Misc.: 1924-25, U. Hamburg, Guest Lect.
Interviews
One session with Langevin's son, Jean Langevin, 15 pp. transcript.
One session with René Lucas, Prof. at the Sorbonne, 13 pp. transcript.
One session with Jean Ullmo of the École Polytechnique, 15 pp. transcript.
Manuscripts
Lecture course, "Thermodynamique," 124 pp., École de Physique et de Chimie, Paris , 1916-17 (68,2).
Lecture course, "Le magnetisme et les quanta," 248 pp., Collège de France, Paris, 1925-26 (67)
Lecture course, "La lumière et les quanta," treating equilibrium between matter and radiation, Compton effect and Bose-Einstein statistics, 181 pp., Collège de France, Paris, [undated] (68,1).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 28 Jul 04, 26 Sep 05, 20 Jun 19, 23 Jul 32.
ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. Letter, 1915.
RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR DE GESCHIEDENIS DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, Leiden, The Netherlands. Letter to Einstein, 1926; to Kamerlingh-Onnes, 1922.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with O. Veblen, 1941-42.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 6 Jul 32.

 

LANGMUIR, IRVING. b. 1881, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.A.; d. 1957, Falmouth, Mass., U.S.A.
1898-1903, Columbia School of Mines.
1903-06, U. Göttingen: 1905, Dr. phil. with W. Nernst.
1906-09, Stevens Inst. Techn., Instr.
1909-50, General Electric Co., Schenectady, New York, Res. Lab.: 1909-32, Asst. Dir.; 1932-50, Assoc. Dir.
Misc.: 1937, U. Pennsylvania, Lect.
Letters to
BOHR: 2 Dec 13, 25 Oct 20, 3 Nov 21, 17 Nov 21, (BSC 4,3).
LANDÉ: 5 Dec 20, 8 Apr 21, (4,18).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 18 Mar 19, 1923, 10 Dec 27, 1937. See: Rutherford.
ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. 1 letter, 1918.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Collected papers.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Letters to Gordon Fulcher, 14 Dec 22, 21 Jun 23.

 

LAPORTE, OTTO.* b. 1902, Mainz, Germany.
1920-21, U. Frankfurt-am-Main.
1921-24, U. Munich: 1924, Dr. phil. with A. Sommerfeld.
1924-26, U. S. Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C., Intl. Educ. Board Fe].
1926-45, U. Michigan: 1926-27, Instr.; 1927-35, Asst. Prof.; 1935-45, Assoc. Prof.
Misc..: 1928, Lect.: U. Kyoto and U. Tokyo.
1933, U. Tokyo, Lect.
 
Interviews
Two sessions, 58 pp. transcript. (See Appx. 1.)
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: [18 Aug 31] (65,4).
SOMMERFELD: 28 Nov 48 (32,1).

 

LARMOR, JOSEPH. b. 1857, Magheragall, Co. Antrim, Ireland; d. 1942, Holywood, near Belfast, Ireland.
c. 1875-1880, Queen's Coll., Belfast and U. Cambridge: 1880, U. Cambridge, M.A. and Fel.
1880-85, Queen's Coll., Prof.
1885-1932, U. Cambridge: 1885-1903, Lect.; 1903-32, Prof.
Letters to
BOHR: 28 Jan 09 (BSC 4,4).
SOMMERFELD: 17 Jun 00 (32,1).
Manuscripts
Lecture course, "Mathematical Physics (Preliminary)," notes taken by Thomas, Cambridge, Michaelmas term 1923-24 (5,7a).
Lecture course, "Electrodynamic and Optical Theory," Cambridge, Lent term 1923-24 (5,7b).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 3 May 03 to 1 Jan 14.
THE LIBRARY, ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, Cambridge, England. See: jeans.

 

LAUE, MAX VON * b. 1879, Pfaffendorf, near Coblenz, Germany; d. 1960, Berlin, Germany.
1898-1902, U. Strassburg, U. Göttingen, U. Munich.
1902-03, U. Berlin: 1903, Dr. phil. with M. Planck.
1903-05, U. Göttingen.
1905-09, U. Berlin, Asst. to Planck: 1906-09, Priv.-Doz.
1909-12, U. Munich, Priv.-Doz.
1912-14, U. Zurich, a. o. Prof.
1914-19, U. Frankfurt-am-Main, o. Prof.
1919-43, U. Berlin, o. Prof. and Vice-Direct., Inst. für Theor. Phys.
Letters to
BOHR: 28 Oct 18, 20 Nov 18, 13 May 22, (BSC 4,4).
KRAMERS: 6 May 25 (8,8); 2 letters 1947 (12,16).
SCHRÖDINGER: 12 Oct 26, 12 Oct 27, (41,9); Nov 33 (43,4) ; 6 letters 1950-55 (37,8).
SOMMERFELD: 16 Oct 07, 6 letters 1936-48, (32,2).
Letters from
See: SOMMERFELD.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 23 letters to Bohr, 1940-52. See: Bohr.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin, Germany [DDR]. 2 letters to Harnack, 1923-26. (Nachlass Harnack).
SÄCHSISCHE LANDESBIBLIOTHEK, Dresden, Germany [DDR]. 3 letters, 1958-59, from the Nachlass of and perhaps addressed to Oberkirchenrat D. Neuberg.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Darmstaedter, 1926; to Gehrcke, 23 Apr 09; to Iklé, 1908; 2 to Lorenz, 1917 plus copies of 2 letters to [???]; to Scheel, 13 Feb 17; to Westphal, 1912; "Wissenschaftlicher Ausspruch," 1918; to [???], 1926. (Darmstaedter Coll. Fle* 1905). See: Grotrian, Kamerlingh-Onnes, Lorentz.
BAYERISCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Munich, Germany [BRD]. 3 letters to Groth, 1912-18.
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. See: Einstein, Lorentz, Mie, Planck, Zeeman.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. 10 letters to Alvar Gullstrand, 1923-26.
BIBLIOTHEK DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. 2 letters to Weyl, 1940-43.
BURNDY LIBRARY, Norwalk, Conn. Manuscript in Weiner Collection.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. 12 letters to London, 1931-37. See: London.

 

LEEUWEN, HENDREKA J. VAN. b. 1887, The Hague, Netherlands.
1915-20, U. Leiden: 1915-17, Asst.; 1919, Dr. wis.-en natuurkunde. with H. A. Lorentz.
1917-22, Secondary school teacher.
1920- post 1931, Techn. Hogesch. Delft, Asst., then Lector.
Letters to
RUBINOWICZ: 26 Jun 17 (17,B).
Manuscripts
Lecture, "Vraagstuken uit de electronentheorie van het magnetisme," notes taken by Darwin, Leiden, 1919 (5,8).

 

LENARD, PHILIPP.* b. 1862, Pressburg, Hungary; d. 1947, Messelhausen, Nordbaden, Germany.
1880-86, U. Budapest, U. Vienna, U. Berlin, U. Heidelberg.
1886-91, U. Heidelberg: 1886, Dr. phil.; 1887-91, Asst. to G. Quincke.
1891-94, U. Bonn: 1891-93, Asst. to H. Hertz; 1893-94, Priv.-Doz.
1894-95, U. Breslau, a. o. Prof.
1895-96, U. Aachen, Priv.-Doz.
1896-98, U. Heidelberg, o. Prof.
1898-1907, U. Kiel, Prof. and Dir., Phys. Inst.
1907-47. U. Heidelberg: 1907-31, Prof. and Dir., Phys. Inst.; 1909-31, Dir., Phys. Radiological Inst.; 1931-47, Prof. Emer.
Letters to
GERLACH: 21 Jun 24 (19,5).
SOMMERFELD: 4 Sep 13, 25 Sep 13, (32,2).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin, Germany [DDR]. Letter to Prof. Berend, 1898; to Darmstaedter, 1899; 26 to Elster and Geitel, 1889-1915; to Kayser, 30 Oct 94, 25 Jul 98; to J. Kohler. Vorlesungsankündigung, Bonn, 14 Apr 94. (Darmstaedter Coll., Fle 1890).
UNIVERSITÄTSBIBLIOTHEK, Heidelberg, Germany [BRD]. 2 letters to K. H. F. Rosenbusch, 1904. (Heid. Hs. 3400).
BADISCHES GENERAL-LANDESARCHIV, Karlsruhe, Germany [BRD]. Personal records.
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany (BRD]. Letter to W. Feddersen, [undated]; 2 to H. Hertz, 1893; to Nernst, 2 Jul 23.
STADTARCHIV LANDESHAUPTSTADT, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Chronikeintrige: 1936, 1937, 1942. 5 Zeitungsausschnitte, 1936-37. See: Wien.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. Letter to "Geheimrath," 1896. (Waller Coll.).
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 2 items [1906]-09.

 

LENZ, WILHELM. b. 1888, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; d. 1957, Hamburg, Germany.
1906-08, U. Göttingen.
1908-20, U. Munich: 1911, Dr. phil. with A. Sommerfeld; 1911-20, Asst.; 1914-20, Priv.-Doz.
1920-21, U. Rostock, a. o. Prof. 1921-56, U. Hamburg, o. Prof. and Dir., Inst. Theor. Phys.
Letters to
BOHR: 7 Jul 22 (BSC 4,4
JORDAN: 18 Nov 29 (18,5).
SOMMERFELD: 29 Apr 32, 5 May 32, (32,2).
Letters from
See: KRAMERS.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2 letters to Bohr, 1948.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. 2 Vorlesungsanzeigen. (Darmstaedter Coll., 3i 1910).
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 3 items 1917-26.

 

LEWIS, C. N. b. 1875, Weymouth, near Boston, Mass., U.S.A.; d. 1946, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.A.
1890-93, U. Nebraska.
1893-1900, Harvard U.: 1899, Ph.D.; 1899-1900, Instr., except 1896-97, Phillips Acad., Teacher.
1900-1901, U. Leipzig with Ostwald and U. Göttingen with W. Nernst.
1901-04, Harvard U., Instr.
1904-05, Superintendent, Weights and Measures, Philippine Islands.
1905-12, Mass. Inst. Techn.: 1905-07, Lab. Asst.; 1907-08, Asst. Prof.; 1908-11, Assoc. Prof.; 1911-12, Prof.
1912-45, U. California, Berkeley, Prof.
Misc.: 1934, Cornell U., Lect.
Letter to
BOHR: 8 Feb 16, 11 Feb 16, 30 Jun 16, 18 Sep 16, (BSC 4,4).
SOMMERFELD: 12 Dec 10 (32,3).
Letter from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letter to Bohr, 30 Jan 23. See: Bohr.
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letter to Rutherford, 12 Jul 33.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 2 items 1926.

 

LINDEMANN, F. A. b. 1886, Baden-Baden, Germany; d. 1957, Oxford, England.
1904-08, Techn. Hochsch. Darmstadt.
1908-10, U. Berlin: 1910, Dr. phil. with W. Nernst.
1913, Summer, U. Chicago, Lect.
1915-19, Milit. Serv., British Army.
1919-52, Oxford U., Prof. of Exp. Phil., Dir. Clarendon Lab.
Letters to
SOMMERFELD: 8 Jul 05, 16 Jul 05, 6 Aug 05, 18 Dec 11, (32,3).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. 1 letter, 1919.
NUFFIELD COLLEGE LIBRARY, Oxford, England. Large collection of Lindemann's papers which appears, however, to contain little relevant material ante-dating 1930.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 13 Nov 34. See: London.

 

LINDSAY, R. B. b. 1900, New Bedford, Mass., U.S.A.
1918-20, Brown U.
1920-22, Mass. Inst. Techn., Instr.; 1924, Ph.D. with H B. Phillip.
1922-23, U. Copenhagen, American-Scandinavian Fel.
1923-30, Yale U.: 1923-27, Instr.; 1927-30, Asst. Prof.
1930 to date, Brown U.: 1930-36, Assoc. Prof.;
1936 to date, Prof.
Letters to
BOHR: 28 Dec 22 (BSC 4,4).
KEMBLE: 26 Oct 33, 21 Nov 33, 29 Nov 33, 6 Dec 33, 6 letters 1936, (54,2).
KRAMERS: 29 Aug 23 (8,8); 3 letters 1947-49 (12,16).
Letters from
See: HARTREE, KEMBLE.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 8 letters to Bohr, 1937-57. See: Bohr.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Autobiographical memoir. Tape-recorded interview.

 

LONDON, FRITZ.* b. 1900, Breslau, Germany; d. 1954, Durham, N.C., U.S.A.
c. 1917-21, U. Munich: 1921, Dr. phil. with P. E. Becher.
1921-27, U. Göttingen, U. Frankfurt-am-Main, U. Bonn.
1927-28, U. Zurich, Rockefeller Found. Fel. with E. Schrödinger.
1928-33, U. Berlin, Priv.-Doz.
1931-32, Phys.-Techn. Inst., Leningrad, Vis. Prof., then U. Rome, Rockefeller Found. Fel. with E. Fermi.
1933-36, Imperial Chem. Industries, Oxford, Research Worker.
1936-39, Collège de France, Maitre de recherches, then Dir. de recherches.
Misc.: 1938, Duke U., N.C., Visiting Prof.
Letters to
KEMBLE: 16 Nov 29, 2 Mar 30, (51,9).
LANDÉ: 20 Nov 24, 2 Nov 26, 11 Nov 26, 21 Jan 27, 26 Jan 27, 11 Feb 27, 4 Mar 27, 28 May 27, 4 Nov 27, 7 Nov 27, 29 Nov 27, (4,9).
SCHRÖDINGER: 19 Aug 26, 1 Dec 26, [spring 27], 13 Sep 27, 15 Sep 27, 14 Apr 28, 30 Jun 28, (41,9).
SOMMERFELD: 21 Sep 27 (32,3).
Letters from
See: KEMBLE, SCHRÖDINGER.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DUKE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, Durham, N.C. Drafts of letters: 1 to Bauer; 1 to Becker; 4 to Berliner; 1 to Bethe; 7 to Born; 1 to Brillouin; 4 to Casimir; 2 to Cockcroft; 1 to Darwin; 2 to Debye; 1 to Dieke; 2 to Ewald; 1 to Fajans; 1 to Fermi; 1 to Fokker; 1 to R. H. Fowler; 1 to Fues; 5 to Gorter; 1 to Goudsmit; 4 to Hartree; 7 to Heitler; 1 to F. Joliot; 5 to Keesom; 1 to Kemble; 5 to Landé; 5 to von Laue; 3 to Mayer; 1 to McLennan; 7 to Mott; 1 to Mulliken; 1 to Oldenberg; 4 to Schrbdinger; 1 to Sommerfeld; 1 to Stark; 1 to Stern; 1 to Uhlenbeck; 1 to Van Vleck; 2 to Weisskopf; 2 to Wigner.
See: Bauer, Becker, Berliner, Bethe, Bloch, Born, Brillouin, Casimir, Cockcroft, Darwin, Debye, Dieke, Ehrenfest, Elsasser, Ewald, Fajans, Fermi, R. H. Fowler, Franck, Frenkel, Fues, Gorter, Haas, Hartree, Heitler, de Hevesy, H6nl, Houston, Hund, Joffe, F. Joliot, joos, Jordan, Keesom, Kemble, Konen, Kramers, Ladenburg, Landé Langevin, von Laue, Lindemann, Mayer, McLennan, Meissner, Mott, Mulliken, Niessen, Nishina, Nordheim, Oldenberg, Pauli, Peierls, Rosenfeld, Ruark, Scheel, Schrödinger, Sommerfeld, Uhlenbeck, Urey, Van Vleck, Weiss, Weisskopf, Weyl, Wigner.
This collection also includes correspondence with many other physicists as well as manuscripts, lecture notes, and other similar papers.

 

LOOMIS, F. W. b. 1889, Parkersburg, W.Va., U.S.A.; d. 1959, Norwalk, Conn., U.S.A.
1906-17, Harvard U.: 1913-15, Instr.; 1917, Ph.D. with H. N. Davis.
1917, 1919-20, Westinghouse Lamp Co., Res. Physicist.
1920-28, New York U.: 1920-22, Asst. Prof.;
1922-28, Assoc. Prof.
1928-29, Fel., U. Göttingen and U. Zurich.
1929-57, U. Illinois, Prof.
Letters to
BIRGE: 24 Nov 26 (50).
GOUDSMIT: 12 May 31 (65,3).
KEMBLE: 16 Sep 25, 24 Oct [25], 15 Dec 25, [26 Jan 26], 3 Feb 26, 14 Feb 26, 9 Mar 26, 28 Apr 26, [29 Apr 26], 31 Oct 27, 27 Jan 28, 5 Mar 28, 27 Mar [30], (51,10); 30 Mar 32 (53,9) ; 31 Oct 35, 3 letters 1936-37, (54,2).
Letters from
See: GOUDSMIT, KEMBLE.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa. Lecture notes in possession of L. W. Phillips.

 

LORENTZ, H. A..* b. 1853, Arnhem, Netherlands; d. 1928, Leiden, Netherlands.
1870-72, U. Leiden.
1872-78, Secondary school teacher, Arnhem.
1875, U. Leiden, Dr. phil.
1878-1923, U. Leiden: 1878-1912, Prof.; 1912-23, Special Prof.
1912-23, Teyler's Found., Haarlem, Curator.
Misc.: 1906, Columbia U., Lect.
1909, U. Göttingen, Lect.
1912, Collège de France, Lect.
1921, 1922, 1924, 1926, Calif. Inst. Techn.,
Lect.
1923, U. Cambridge, Lect.
Letters to
BOHR: 9 Apr 19, 8 Jun 20, 28 Dec 20, 6 Jan 21, 20 May 21, 17 Jul 21, 10 Dec 22, (BSC 4,4).
KRAMERS: 9 Oct 27 (10,7).
SCHRÖDINGER: 21 Jan 27, 19 Jun 27, 8 Jul 27, (41,9).
SOMMERFELD: 12 Sep 99, 4 Nov 99, 11 Mar 01, 2 Jul 01, 24 Mar 02, 2 letters 24 Jan 03, 24 Feb 03, 28 Jun 03, (32,4).
Letters from
See: BOHR, SCHRÖDINGER, SOMMERFFLD.
Manuscripts
Lecture course, "Variatieprincipes," notes taken by Kramers, 23 sheets, autumn 1915 (25, 4).
Lecture course, "H-Theorem," including quantum theory and the hydrogen molecule, notes taken by Kramers, 20 sheets, Jan-Feb 16 (25,4).
Lecture course, "Gravitatietheorie van Einstein," notes taken by Kramers, 9 sheets, spring 1916 (25,4).
Manuscript, "Ableitung der Impuls-Energie Gleichungen," 4 pp., 1927 (41,9).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 12 May 23, 16 Jul 23, 16 Feb 24, 7 Jun 26. See: Bohr.
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 24 Nov 08 to 1 Feb 21.
ROYAL SOCIETY LIBRARY, London, England. 7 letters, 1905-20.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Darmstaedter, 1910; to Engelmann, 1897; letters to Kayser, 29 Apr 08, 19 Sep 08, 31 Jul 13; letter to Koenigsberger, 1907; to von Laue, 15 Oct 25;-to Wiedemann, 1912. 1 letter, 2 Jun 06. (Darmstaedter Coll., Fle 1883).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Graetz, 1901; to von Lane, 4 Dec 13; to Voigt, 7 Mar 83, 7 Mar 88, 29 Mar 96, 19 Jul 97, 1 Dec 97, 23 Jan 98, 15 Sep 98, 10 Mar 99, 30 Mar 99, 17 May 99, 18 Jun 99, 20 Jul 99, 11 Nov 99, 26 Dec 00, 7 Oct 01, 2 Nov 01, 31 Dec 01, 12 Sep 02, 17 Jan 03, 18 Dec 04, 4 Aug 05, 8 Jan 06, 9 May 07, 15 Jun 07, 25 Nov 07, 1 Mar 08, 13 Jul 08, 30 Jul 08, 12 Mar 09, 1 May 09, 10 Apr 10, 6 Oct 10, 1 Nov 10, 5 Feb 11, 3 May 12, 22 Nov 12, 2 Mai 13, 11 Jun 13 1 15 Sep 13, 14 Oct 13, 1 Feb 14, 27 Sep 14, 11 Mar 15 , 27 Sep 17, 17 Sep 18, 23 Sep 19, 14 May [ ?] ; to Wien, 1 Jul 98, 17 Jul 98, 2 Jul 00, 22 Oct 00, 31 Jan 01, 25 Nov 02, 8 Apr 04, 16 Jun 04, 8 Jul 04, 2 Nov 04, 13 Feb 05, 4 Jan 06, 23 Oct 06, 22 Sep 07, 17 Dec 07, 6 Jun 08, 12 Apr 09, 10 May 10, 29 Jul 11, 30 Nov 11, 28 Sep 13, 20 Jan 14, 22 Mar 15, 3 May 15.
ALGEMEEN RIJKSARCHIEF, The Hague, The Netherlands. Papers left by Lorentz covering the period 1888-1928, containing letters from Broglie, Ehrenfest, Einstein, Haas, KamerlinghOnnes, Keesom, Kramers, Michelson, Millikan, Ornstein, Rutherford, Zeeman. A brief inventory has been published in Inventarissen van rijks- en andere archieven 2 (The Hague, 1930).
BIBLIOTHEEK DER RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT, Leiden, The Netherlands. 24 letters by Lorentz, 1876-1927.
RIJKSMUSEUM VOOR DE GESCHIEDENIS DER NATUURWETENSCHAPPEN, Leiden, The Netherlands. Extensive correspondence with Ehrenfest, for the most part personal, 1915-28. Includes remarks by Lorentz on Dirac's "Physical interpretation of quantum dynamics." See: Einstein.
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. Letter to Pauli, 5 Sep 27.
BURNDY LIBRARY, Norwalk, Conn. Manuscript in Weiner Collection.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 30 items 1909-19.

 

LUMMER, OTTO. b. 1860, Gera Reuss, Germany; d. 1925, Breslau, Germany.
1884-87, U. Berlin, Asst.: 1884, Dr. phil.
1889-1902, Phys.-Techn. Reichsanstalt: 1889-94, Member; 1894-1902, Prof.
1902-05, U. Berlin, Priv.-Doz.
1905-25, U. Breslau, o. Prof. and Dir., Phys. Inst.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DEUTSCHE STAATSIBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Gehrcke, 14 Nov 09; to Kayser, 23 Oct 04. Letter to Donath, 1916; to Harrwitz, 1901; to Iklé, 1912; to K6nigsberger, 1902; to Neuhauss, 1902; 2 to Schultz, 1923. (Darmstaedter Coll., F2c* 1890).
DEUTSCHE-MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to L. Graetz, 1906; to O. von Miller, 1903.
UNIVERSITETSBIBLIOTEKET, Uppsala, Sweden. Letter to Gullstrand, 1923.

 

LYMAN, THEODORE. b. 1874, Boston, Mass., U.S.A.; d. 1954, Brookline, Mass., U.S.A.
1893-1901, Harvard U.: 1897-98, 1899-1901, Asst.; 1900, Ph.D. with W. C. Sabine.
1901-02, U. Cambridge with J. J. Thomson, then U. Göttingen.
1902-54, Harvard U.: 1902-07, Instr.; 1907-17, Asst. Prof.; 1917-26, Prof.; 1926-54, Prof. Emer. 1910-47, Dir., Jefferson Phys. Lab.
Letters to
BOHR: 25 Oct 22 (BSC 4,4).]
RUTHERFORD: 24 Jan 27 (51,10).
Letters from
See: BOHR, KEMBLE.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 16 Mar 23, 27 Apr 23, 14 May 23. See: Bohr.
DEUTSCHE STAATSIBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. 7 letters to Kayser, 5 Mar 09 to 19 May 14. (Darmstaedter Coll., Flc 1910).
HARVARD UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Cambridge, Mass. Folder of information.

 

MACK, J. E. b. 1903, Laporte, Ind., U.S.A.
1924-28, U. Michigan: 1924, B.A.; 1924-25, Asst.; 1925-28, Instr.; 1928, Ph.D.
1925-26, U.S. Bureau of Standards: 1925, Apprentice; 1926, junior Scientist.
1928-30, Nat. Res. Fel.
1930-42, U. Wisconsin, Asst. Prof.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: 22 Jan 30 (64,1); 5 Feb 30 (64,2); 20 Jan 31 (65,1); 21 Sep 32 (65,8).
Letters from
See: GOUDSMIT.

 

MADELUNG, ERWIN. b. 1881, Bonn, Germany.
1901-03, U. Kiel, U. Zurich, then U. Strassburg.
1903-05, U. Göttingen: 1905, Dr. phil.
1912-19, U. Göttingen, Priv.-Doz.
1919-20, U. Kiel, o. Prof.
1920-21, U. Münster, o. Prof.
1921-50, U. Frankfurt-ain-Main, o. Prof.
Letters to
GERLACH: 6 Mar 21, 17 Jun 22, (19,6)
LANDÉ,: 11 Nov 19, 24 Apr 20, 1 May 20, 29 May 20, 8 Jun 20, 20 Jun 20, 6 Feb 25, 25 Apr 25, (4,10).
SCHRÖDINGER: 9 Oct 26 (41,10).

 

MANNEBACK, CHARLES. b. 1894, Brussels, Belgium.
1911-14, 1919-20, U. Louvain.
1920-22, Mass. Inst. Techn.: 1922, D. SC. with V. Bush.
1922 to date, U. Louvain: 1922-24, Chargé de Cours; 1924 to date, Prof.
Misc.: 1925, U. Zurich.
1931-32, U. Copenhagen.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: 16 Dec 31 (65,5); 5 Jan 32 (65,6).
SCHRÖDINGER: 8 Sep 26 (41,10); Nov 33 (43,4).
Letters from
See: SCHRÖDlNGFR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 17 Mar 31, 6 Jun 31, 28 Jul 31, 20 Feb 32, 7 Mar 32, 14 Mar 32, 27 Mar 32, 18 Apr 32, 22 Apr 32, 15 Aug 32, 28 Feb [46]. See: Bohr.

 

MARSDEN, ERNEST. b. 1889, Rishton, Lancashire, England.
1910-11, U. London.
1911-14, U. Manchester, Fel. and Lect.; D. Sc.
1914-22, Victoria U. College, Wellington, New Zealand, Prof.
1922-26, Asst. Dir. of Education, New Zealand. 1926-46, Secretary, Dept. of Scientific and Industrial Research, Wellington.
Letters to
BOHR: 12 Jun 13 (BSC 5,1).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 10 letters to Bohr, 1946-62. See: Bohr.
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 7 Dec 14 to 30 Jun 30.

 

MAYER, MARIA GOEPPERT.* b. 1906, Kattowitz, Germany.
1925, U. Cambridge.
c. 1926-30, U. Göttingen: 1930, Dr. phil. with M. Born.
1930-39, Johns Hopkins U.: 1930-32, Asst.; 193236, Associate; 1936-39, Res. Assoc.
Interviews
One session, 9 pp. transcript.
Manuscripts
See: BORN.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. 5 letters to London, 1949-52. See: London.

 

McLAREN, S. B. b. 1876, Yedo, Japan; d. 1916, Abbeville, France.
c. 1894-1903, U. Melbourne and U. Cambridge: 1900, U. Cambridge, M.A.; 1901-03, U. Cambridge, Isaac Newton Student.
1903-06, U. Bristol.
1906-13, U. Birmingham, Asst. Lect.
1913-14, U. London, Prof.
1914-16, Milit. Serv.
Letters to
BOHR: 15 Feb 13, 19 Jul 13, (BSC 5,11).
Letters from
See: BOHR.

 

McLENNAN, J. C. b. 1867, Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada; d. 1935, traveling in France.
1888-96, U. Toronto: 1892-96, Demonstrator.
1898-99, U. Cambridge, with J. J. Thomson.
1899-1935, U. Toronto: 1899-1902, Demonstrator; 1900, Ph.D.; 1902-07, Assoc. Prof.; 1904-32, Dir., Phys. Lab.; 1907-32, Prof.; 1932-35, Prof. Emer.
Letters to
BOHR: [Sep 20], 30 Nov 20, 18 Oct 22, 28 Nov 22, (BSC 5,1).
GOUDSMIT: 7 Nov 29, 13 Nov 29, 9 Dec 29, (63,7).
Letters from
See: BOHR, GOUDSMIT.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 10 Jan 23, 1 Mar 23, 18 Apr 23, 28 Apr 23, 12 May 23, 23 Jun 23, 27 Jun 23, 17 Jul 23, 27 Jul 23, 6 Aug 23, 5 Oct 23, 6 Oct 23, 19 Mar 24, 20 Mar 24. See: Bohr.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C Letter to London, 27 Aug 35. See: London.

 

MEGGERS, W. F. b. 1888, Clintonville, Wis., U.S.A.
1907-11, Ripon Coll.: 1910-11, Lab. Asst.
1911-12, U. Wisconsin, Lab. Asst.
1912-14, Carnegie Inst. Techn., Instr.
1914-58, U.S Bureau of Standards: 1914-16, Lab. Asst.; 1916-19, Asst. Physicist; 1919-20, Physicist; 1920-58, Chief, Spectroscopy Section. 1917, Johns Hopkins U., Ph.D. with J. S. Ames.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: 18 Aug 27 (61,6).
SHENSTONE: 9 Aug 28 (59,3).
SOMMERFELD: 4 letters 1936-41 (32,6).
Letters from
See: BOHR, GOUDSMIT, SOMMERFELD.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 28 Aug 25, 10 Nov 25, 7 May 28. See. Bohr, Hevesy.
Other information
Professor Meggers himself possesses a substantial collection of correspondence, reprints, photographs, etc. .

 

MEISSNER, WALTHER.* b. 1882, Berlin, Germany.
1901-04, Techn. Hochsch. Berlin.
1904-08, U. Berlin: 1907, Dr. phil. with M. Planck.
1908-34, Phys.-Techn. Reichsanstalt, Berlin: 1908-27, Asst.; 1927-34, Oberregierungsrat.
1934-52, Techn. Hochsch. Munich, o. Prof.
Interviews
One session, 11 pp. transcript.
Unpublished materials held elsewhere
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 7 items 1925-28.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letters to London, 3 May 35, 9 Apr 51.

 

MEITNER, LISE.* b. 1878, Vienna, Austria.
1906, U. Vienna, Dr. phil. with L. Boltzmann.
1906-07, Teacher, girls' secondary school, Vienna.
1907-15, U. Berlin: 1907-12, Chem. Inst. with O. Hahn; 1912-15, Asst. to M. Planck.
1912-38, Kaiser-Wilhelm Inst. Chem., Berlin Dahlem: 1924-38, Leiter, Abteilung F. Kernphysite.
1922-33, U. Berlin: 1922-26, Priv.-Doz.; 1926-33, a. o. Prof.
1938-47, Nobel Inst. Phys., Stockholm.
Interviews
One session, 21 pp. transcript.
Letters to
BOHR: 14 Nov 22 (BSC 5,2).
GERLACH: 12 Feb 22 (19,6).
SCHRÖDINGER: 3 letters 1952 (37,9).
Letters from
See: PAULI.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. 4 letters to Bohr, 1940-46. See: Bohr.
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. Letters to Rutherford, 15 Dec 26, 17 May 29.
LIBRARY OF THE SWEDISH ACADEMY, Stockholm, Sweden. Letter to Oseen, 22 Oct 41.
PAULI COLLECTION, Zurich, Switzerland. 2 letters to Pauli, 1956-58. See: Pauli.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 1 item 1921.

 

MEYER, EDGAR. b. 1879, Bonn, Germany; d. 1960, Zurich, Switzerland.
1899-1900, U. Munich.
1900-07, U. Berlin: 1902-07, Asst.; 1903, Dr. phil. with E. Warburg.
1907-09, U. Zurich, Asst.: 1908-09, Priv.-Doz.
1909-12, Techn. Hochsch. Aachen, Asst.
1912-16, U. Tübingen, a. o. Prof.
1916-49, U. Zurich, o. Prof. and Dir., Phys. Inst.
Letters to
BOHR: 26 Jan 20, 29 Aug 20, (BSC 5,2).
GERLACH: 16 Mar 22, 27 Apr 22, 12 Oct 22, 8 Nov 22, 30 Aug 29, (19,6).
SCHRÖDINGER: 29 Sep 32 (37,9).
SOMMERFELD: 12 Feb 12, 9 Apr 13, (32,6).
Letters from
See: BOHR, GERLACH.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 2 items 1918.

 

MIE, GUSTAVE. b. 1868, Rostock, Germany; d. 1957, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany.
1886-89, U. Rostock.
1889-92, U. Heidelberg: 1889-92, Asst.; 1891, Dr. rer. nat. with L. Königsberger.
1892-1902, Techn. Hochsch. Karlsruhe: 1892-97, Asst.; 1897-1902, Priv.-Doz.
1902-17, U. Greifswald: 1902-05, a. o. Prof.; 1905-17, o. Prof.
1917-24, U. Halle, o. Prof.
1924-57, U. Freiburg/Breisgau: 1924-36, o. Prof.; 1936-57, Prof. Emer.
Letters to
LANDÉ: 13 Oct 25, 2 Nov 25, 14 Dec 25, (4,18).
SOMMERFELD: 14 Jul 00, 15 Jan 01, 22 Jan 01, 1 Feb 35, (32,7).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 9 Dec 24, 9 Feb 28. See: Bohr.
SÄCHSISCHE LANDESBIBLIOTHEK, Dresden, Germany [DDR]. Letter from the Nachlass of and perhaps addressed to Oberkirchenrat D. Neuberg, 1936.
BADISCHES GENERAL-LANDESARCHIV, Karlsruhe, Germany [BRD]. Personal records.
DEUTSCHE STAATSBIBLIOTHEK, Berlin. Material at present held at the Westdeutschen Bibliothek, Marburg/Lahn, Germany [BRD]. Letter to Darmstaedter, 1910; to Grunmach, 1906; to Meigen, 1925. (Darmstaedter Coll., Fle 1900).
DEUTSCHES MUSEUM, Munich, Germany [BRD]. Letter to von Lane, 8 Jun 12; to Runge, 14 Nov 06.
BIBLIOTHEK DER EIDGENÖSSISCHEN TECHNISCHEN HOCHSCHULE, Zurich, Switzerland. Letters to Weyl, 26 Oct 18, 5 Aug 30.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 8 items 1918-26.

 

MILLIKAN, R. A.* b. 1868, Morrison, Ill., U.S.A. d. 1953, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.
1886-93, Oberlin Coll.: 1888-93, Instr.
1893-95, Columbia U.: 1895, Ph.D. with M. Pupin, except 1894 summer, U. Chicago, with A. A. Michelson.
1895-96, U. Berlin, then U. Göttingen.
1896-1921, U. Chicago: 1896-97, Asst. to Michelson; 1897-99, Assoc.; 1899-1902, Instr.; 1902-07, Asst. Prof.; 1907-10, Assoc. Prof.; 1910-21 Prof.
1921-45, Calif. Inst. Techn.: Dir., Norman Bridge Lab. of Phys.; Chairman, Exec. Council.
Misc.: 1914, Columbia U., Lect.
1917, Lect.: U. California and Amherst Coll.
1922, Belgium, Exchange Prof. 1937, Lect.: Sweden and Denmark.
Letters to
BOHR: 15 Dec 22 (BSC 5,2).
GOUDSMIT: 12 Mar 30 (64,3).
SOMMERFELD: 22 Oct 27, 25 Nov 27, (32,7).
Letters from
See: BOHR, GOUDSMIT, SOMMERFELD.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 23 May 24, 21 Oct 27, 17 Nov 27, 30 Dec 27, 26 Jul 29, 14 Oct 29, 20 Aug 30, 21 Nov 30, 6 Oct 34, 7 letters 1936-47. See: Bohr.
ALGEMEEN RIJKSARCHIEF, The Hague, The Netherlands. Letters to Lorentz. See: Lorentz.
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Pasadena, Calif. An extensive collection of Millikan's papers including a draft version of his autobiography.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, Washington, D.C. Correspondence with Veblen, 1922-26.
EINSTEIN COLLECTION, Princeton, N.J. Correspondence with Einstein, 8 items 1923-33.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS, New York, N.Y. Letters to Gordon Fulcher, 23 Jul 21, 15 Nov 23, 3 Dec 23.

 

MINKOWSKI, RUDOLPH.* b. 1895, Strassburg, Germany.
1913-14, U. Breslau.
1914-16, Milit. Serv.
1916-18, U. Berlin.
1918-21, U. Breslau: 1921, Dr. phil. with R. Ladenburg.
1921-22, U. Göttingen.
1922-35, U. Hamburg: 1922-c.26, Asst., Phys. Staats-Inst.; 1926-31, Priv.-Doz.; 1931-35, o. Prof.
1935-48, Mount Wilson Observatory, Pasadena, Calif., Member.
Interviews
One session, 19 pp. transcript.
Letters to
BOHR: 19 Jul 22 (BSC 5,2).
SOMMERFELD: 15 Nov 45 (32,7).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Manuscripts
See: BOHR.

 

MØLLER, CHRISTIAN.* b. 1904, Hundslev, Als, Denmark.
1923-34, U. Copenhagen: 1928-33, Asst.; 1933, Dr. phil. with N. Bohr; 1933-34, Lect. Except summer 1926, U. Hamburg and summer 1928, U. Berlin.
1934-35, Rockefeller Found. Fel., U. Rome and U. Cambridge.
1935-40, U. Copenhagen, Lect.
Interviews
One session, 22 pp. transcript.
Letters to
BETHE: 30 Sep 31 (59,4).
DELBRÜCK: 14 Oct 31 (59,4).
HEISENBERG: 4 Dec 31, 15 Dec 31 (59,4).
MOTT: 9 Dec 31, 25 Jan 32, (59,4).
Letters from
See: BETHE, BOHR, DELBRFJCK, HEISENBERG, MOTT.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, 10 Jun 28, 17 Jul 28, 25 Jul 32, 19 Jun 35, 26 Aug 35, 13 letters 1939-57; to Mercier, 1946. See: Bohr, Heisenberg.

 

MOSELEY, H. G. J. b. 1887, Weymouth, England; d. 1915, Gallipoli Campaign, Dardanelles.
1910, U. Oxford, M.A.
1910-13, U. Manchester: 1910-12, Demonstrator; 1910-11, Asst. Lect.; 1911-12, Lect.; 1912-13, Fel.
1913-14, U. Oxford, Clarendon Lab.
1914-15, Milit. Serv.
Letters to
BOHR: 16 Nov [13] (BSC 5,2).
DARWIN: 17 Jan [14], 1 Feb [14], (36,1).
Letters from
See: BOHR.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
RUTHERFORD COLLECTION, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, England. 3 letters to de Hevesy; to Rutherford, 7 Dec [1 ?] to 4 Apr 15. Photographs. Correspondence about printing of photograph for distribution, Jun 25. Rutherford's obituary notice of Moseley. Article by Rutherford, "Moseley's work on X-rays." Notes by Moseley made on board ship.

 

MOTT, N. F.* b. 1905, Leeds, England.
1924-28, U. Cambridge.
1928-29, U. Copenhagen, on U. Cambridge grant.
1929-30, U. Manchester, Lect.
1930-33, U. Cambridge: 1930, M.A.; 1930-33, Lect.
1933-48, U. Bristol, Prof.
Interviews
One session, 16 pp. transcript.
Letters to
KRAMERS: 3 letters 1937-39 (10,7).
MØLLER: 15 Dec [31] (59,4).
SOMMFRFELD: 18 May 36 (32,8).
Letters from
See: MØLLER.
Manuscripts
Memoir, "Notes by Prof. Mott on his Personal Experiences of the Development of Quantum Physics," 3 pp., 18 Mar 62 (66,12).
Unpublished material held elsewhere
BOHR COLLECTION, Copenhagen, Denmark. Letters to Bohr, (Feb 29], 5 Apr 29, 27 Aug 29, 2 letters [Oct 29], 4 Nov 29, 2 letters (1929], 6 Apr 30, 16 Sep 30, 22 Nov 31, 14 Aug 35, 13 letters 1936-58. See: Bohr.
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letters to London, 7 Feb 30, 16 Jul 34, Aug 34, 8 Oct 34, 13 Oct 34, 31 Oct 34, 9 letters 1935-36. See: London.

 

MULLIKEN, R. S.* b. 1896, Newburyport, Mass., U.S.A.
1913-17, Mass. Inst. Techn.
1917-19, U. S. Bureau of Mines: 1917-18, junior Chem. Engin.; 1918-19, Chemist.
1919-23, U. Chicago: 1919-21, Loewenthal Fel.; 1921, Ph.D.; 1921-23, Nat. Res. Fel.
1923-26, Harvard U.: 1923-25, Nat. Res. Fel. 1926-28, New York U., Asst. Prof.
1928-57, U. Chicago: 1928-31, Assoc. Prof.; 1931-57, Prof.
Misc.: 1930, 1931, Guggenheim Found. Fel., study in Europe.
Interviews
Two sessions, 43 pp. transcript.
Letters to
GOUDSMIT: 19 Dec 29 (63,7).
KEMBLE: 21 Jul 26, 29 Jul 26, 23 Aug 26, 27 Aug 26, 18 Oct 26, 15 Feb 27, 14 Mar 27, 9 Mar 27,18 Nov 28, 8 Mar 30, (52,2); 12 Feb 33, 1 Apr 35, 23 Oct 35, (54,4).
KRAMERS: 10 Mar 48 (13,1).
VAN VLECK: 8 Feb 27, 25 Feb 27, 28 Mar 28, 11 Apr 28, 21 May 28, [25] May 28, 20 Jun 28, 30 Jun 28, 8 Oct 28, 10 Jan 29, 25 Feb 29, 16 Aug 29, 6 Jan 31, 28 Feb 32, 28 Mar 32, 25 Mar [35], 1 Jul [35], (49,11).
Letters from
See: KEMBLE, VAN VLECK.
Unpublished material held elsewhere
DUKE UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES, Durham, N.C. Letter to London, 31 Aug 51. See: London.
Other information
Prof. Mulliken possesses a very large collection of old correspondence and other manuscript material which probably will be deposited eventually in the University of Chicago Library.