Papers of Gabor B. Levy

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The Papers of Gabor B. Levy contain the personal and professional papers of Hungarian analytical chemist, science editor, and science essayist Gabor B. Levy (1913-1999). The bulk of the materials in this collection relate to his later career as a science editor and science essayist. Some materials documenting his first career as an analytical chemist, including his early work with polarimeters, are also found in this collection. Also present in this collection are some materials created by members of Levy’s family, including artworks by a granddaughter and the typescript of an English-language translation of his sister-in-law Elizabeth Freund’s memoir, published in German in 1996, which concerns her experiences as a slave laborer in Germany during World War II.

The materials digitized here include World War II-era correspondence between Gabor and his parents, materials relating to his and his family's life in Hungary, and his education, and correspondence with "Mici" Teller (1909-2000), a Hungarian-born scientist who, like Gabor, immigrated to the United States.