Georg Von Békésy papers, 1928-1972 (bulk 1955-1970).
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Mixed materialsLanguage: English, German Description: 51,300 items; 119 containers; 47.6 linear feetSubject(s): Summary: Chiefly writings and research papers, reports, notes, and other materials, along with correspondence, speeches, lectures, subject files, biographical material, financial records, printed matter, and other papers pertaining primarily to von Békésy's research and writing in the area of speech and hearing and in sensory sciences in general. Subjects include his 1961 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, work at the University of Hawaii, interest in archaeology and art collecting, and travels.
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Chiefly writings and research papers, reports, notes, and other materials, along with correspondence, speeches, lectures, subject files, biographical material, financial records, printed matter, and other papers pertaining primarily to von Békésy's research and writing in the area of speech and hearing and in sensory sciences in general. Subjects include his 1961 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine, work at the University of Hawaii, interest in archaeology and art collecting, and travels.
Motion pictures and audio recordings transferred to Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division.
Some photographs and slides transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Physicist, physiologist, and educator.
Collection material in English and German.
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