Oswald Veblen papers, 1881-1960 (bulk 1920-1960).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 13,600 items; 43 containers plus 1 oversize; 17 linear feetSubject(s): - Alexander, James W., 1888-1971 -- Correspondence
- Birkhoff, George David, 1884-1944 -- Correspondence
- Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962 -- Correspondence
- Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice), 1902-1984 -- Correspondence
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Flexner, Abraham, 1866-1959
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
- Neugebauer, O. (Otto), 1899-1990
- Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
- Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994
- Richardson, O. W. (Owen Willans), 1879-1959 -- Correspondence
- Richardson, R. G. D. (Roland George Dwight), 1878-1949 -- Correspondence
- Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970 -- Correspondence
- Stone, Marshall H. (Marshall Harvey), 1903- -- Correspondence
- Strauss, Lewis L. -- Correspondence
- Struik, Dirk J. (Dirk Jan), 1894-2000 -- Correspondence
- Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957 -- Correspondence
- Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955 -- Correspondence
- Whitehead, John Henry Constantine, 1904-1960 -- Correspondence
- Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964 -- Correspondence
- Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902- -- Correspondence
- American Mathematical Society
- Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
- Princeton University
- Mathematical reviews
- Mathematical physics
- Mathematics
- Mathematics -- Societies, etc
- Refugees -- United States
- Science -- History -- 20th century
- Universities and colleges -- New Jersey
- Mathematicians
Open to research.
Correspondence, diaries, drafts of books, articles, book reviews, lecture notebooks, subject files, financial records, photographs, and other papers primarily concerning Veblen's career in pure mathematics and mathematical physics and reflecting his associations with the American Mathematical Society, the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.), and Princeton University. Also includes material relating to the founding of Mathematical Reviews and to Veblen's efforts on behalf of displaced German scholars and other refugees. Correspondents include James W. Alexander, George David Birkhoff, Niels Bohr, P.A.M. Dirac, Albert Einstein, Abraham Flexner, Robert Andrews Millikan, O. Neugebauer, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Linus Pauling, O.W. Richardson, R.G.D. Richardson, Bertrand Russell, Marshall H. Stone, Lewis L. Strauss, Dirk J. Struik, John von Neumann, Hermann Weyl, John Henry Constantine Whitehead, Norbert Wiener, and Eugene Paul Wigner.
Mathematician.
Collection material in English.
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