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  262 items
  Publications, Illustrated works

  Laboratory Chemistry for Girls

  • 1923

  Textbook of chemistry for use in schools where "girls are studying chemistry for any purpose - general education, or preparation for a trade or for higher education." The content of the work includes an overview of…

  • Author Jaques, Agnes French
  • Publisher D.C. Heath and Company
  • Subject Chemistry, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Sexism in textbooks, Sexism, Textbooks, Science--Study and teaching, Stereotypes (Social psychology), Chemistry--Experiments, Women--Education
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  Artifacts, Scientific apparatus and instruments

  Mortar and Pestles

  • After 1868 – before 1944

  Two sets of mortar and pestles belonging to Georg Bredig (1868-1944). The larger is made of white porcelain and the smaller is made from agate. Mortar and pestles are used to manually grind or crush a sample into a fine…

  • Subject Mortar, Pestles, Laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Porcelain, Agates
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  2 items
  Artifacts

  Manual drafting set

  • After 1868 – before 1944

  Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) drafting set. The tools are held in a rectangular case, lined with dark blue velvet.

  • Subject Tools--Drawings, Compasses (Mathematical instruments), Mathematical instruments, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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  Photographs

  Wilhelm Ostwald giving a lecture

  • Circa 1900

  Black and white photograph of Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) giving a lecture to a filled auditorium.

  On the bottom of the picture mat Georg Bredig (1868-1944) has annotated the audience members' names.

  Lecturer:…

  • Subject Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Lectures, Chemists, Lectures and lecturing
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  2 items
  Photographs

  Framed Photograph of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff and Wilhelm Ostwald

  • 1900

  Framed photograph of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852-1911) and Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) in a laboratory. The photograph depicts the two men standing behind a table examining a scientific apparatus. The frame is…

  • Subject Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Chemists, Laboratories, Picture frames and framing, Nobel Prize winners
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  5 items
  Handbooks and manuals

  Microcraft Triple Objective Microscope Instructions

  • 1953

  Microscope instructions and an inspection information card for the Microcraft Microscope Set No. 310.

  • Publisher Porter Chemical Company
  • Subject Chemistry sets, Porter Chemical Company, Chemistry--Handbooks, manuals, etc., Microscopes, Microscopy, Science--Study and teaching
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  Advertisements

  Fishing with a Green Laser

  • 1969

  Color print advertisement for Sylvania General Telephone and Electronics Company depicting the trajectory of green laser lights reflecting off of a school of fish. The advertisement text describes the company's…

  • Creator Of Work GTE Sylvania Incorporated
  • Subject Nd-YAG lasers, Lasers, GTE Sylvania Incorporated, Sylvania Electric Products, Inc., Rare earths, Electrooptics, Solid-state lasers
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter of condolence from Paul Goetz to Max Bredig

  • Circa 1944

  Letter of condolence regarding the death of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) from Paul Goetz, who studied under Georg Bredig in the 1920s.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Goetz, Paul
  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Chemists, Condolence notes
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  Personal correspondence

  Telegram from Elisabeth Neumann to Max Bredig, November 29, 1940

  • 1940-Nov-29

  Elisabeth Neumann requests financial assistance from Max Bredig (1902-1977) to help her family who have been sent to internment camps in the South of France.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Neumann, Elisabeth
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Neumann, Elisabeth, Internment camps, World War (1939-1945)
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  Personal correspondence

  Telegram from Elisabeth Neumann, December 19, 1940

  • 1940-Jan-19

  Elisabeth Neumann drafts a telegram stating that her parents have been sent to an internment camp in the Pyrenees region of France. She requests financial assistance to secure their release.

  • Author Neumann, Elisabeth
  • Subject Neumann, Elisabeth, Internment camps, World War (1939-1945)
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  Personal correspondence

  Telegram from Elisabeth Neumann to Max Bredig, January 18, 1941

  • 1941-Jan-18

  Elisabeth Neumann requests information from Max Bredig (1902-1977) regarding the release funds for her parents who are interned in the South of France.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Neumann, Elisabeth
  • Subject Neumann, Elisabeth, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, World War (1939-1945), Internment camps
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  Personal correspondence

  Telegram from Elisabeth Neumann to Max Bredig, February 26, 1941

  • 1941-Feb-26

  Elisabeth Neumann thanks Max Bredig (1902-1977) for his financial assistance in securing her parents' release from an internment camp in the South of France.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Neumann, Elisabeth
  • Subject Neumann, Elisabeth, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Internment camps
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  Personal correspondence

  Cable transfer receipt for Max Bredig. February 10, 1941

  • 1941-Feb-10

  Cable transfer receipt for Max Bredig. The money was sent to help Elizabeth Neumann's parents who have been detained in a Nazi internment camp in Southern France.

  • Creator Of Work Chase National Bank of the City of New York
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Chase National Bank of the City of New York, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Neumann, Elizabeth
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  Personal correspondence

  Draft of a letter from Elisabeth Neumann to Max Bredig

  • Circa 1940

  Elisabeth Neumann asks Max Bredig (1902-1977) to contact Otto Loewi (1873-1961). Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975), and "Mueller Munk" for assistance. Neumann's parents have been detained in a Nazi internment camp in Southern…

  • Author Neumann, Elisabeth
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Neumann, Elisabeth, Telegraph, Fajans, Kasimir, 1887-1975, Loewi, Otto, 1873-1961
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  3 items
  Manuscripts

  Notes about Elisabeth Neumann

  • 1940

  Notes about Elisabeth Neumann, relating to her requesting help for her parents who are in the Gurs internment camp.

  • Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Neumann, Elisabeth, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Fritz Haber to Max Bredig, May 19, 1927

  • 1927-May-19

  Fritz Haber (1868-1934) urges Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) to consider a job offer with Herman Francis Mark (1895-1992).

  Herman Francis Mark (1895-1992) was an Austrian chemist known for his contributions to polymer…

  • Author Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Erich Marx to Max Bredig, March 13, 1943

  • 1943-Mar-13

  Erich Marx sends Max Bredig (1902-1977) a statement necessary for Bredig's qualification for American citizenship.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author Marx, Erich Jacob, 1901-1990
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Citizenship, Marx, Erich Jacob, 1901-1990
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  Business correspondence

  Testimony from Lydia R. Levy, March 17, 1943

  • 1943-Mar-17

  Testimony from Lydia R. Levy for Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) petition for naturalization. Levy would later marry Max Bredig, July 10, 1944.

  • Author Levy, Lydia R.
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Bredig, Lydia, Citizenship
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Testimony from Erich Marx, March 13, 1943

  • 1943-Mar-13

  Testimony from Erich Marx (1901-1990) for Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) petition for naturalization.

  • Author Marx, Erich Jacob, 1901-1990
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Citizenship, Marx, Erich Jacob, 1901-1990
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Herman Mark to Max Bredig, April 25, 1944

  • 1944-Apr-25

  Letter of condolence regarding the death of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from Herman Francis Mark (1895-1992) to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977).

  Herman Francis Mark (1895-1992) was an Austrian chemist known for his…

  • Author Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Mark, H. F. (Herman Francis), 1895-1992, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Chemists
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from the Princeton University chemistry department to Max Bredig

  • 1944-Apr-29

  Letter of condolence regarding the death of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) from from Hugh Stott Taylor (1890-1974), on behalf of chemistry department of Princeton University, to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977).

  Georg Bredig…

  • Author Taylor, Hugh S. (Hugh Stott), 1890-1974
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Taylor, Hugh S. (Hugh Stott), 1890-1974, Princeton University
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Alfred H. White, October 3, 1943

  • 1943-Oct-03

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) requests a statement of support from Alfred White (1873-1953) to supplement Bredig's United States citizenship application.

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee White, Alfred Holmes, 1873-1953
  • Subject White, Alfred Holmes, 1873-1953, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Citizenship, Emigration and immigration
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Alfred H. White to Max Bredig, March 15, 1943

  • 1943-Mar-15

  Alfred White (1873-1953) agrees to write a statement of support to supplement Max Bredig's (1902-1977) United States citizenship application.

  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Author White, Alfred Holmes, 1873-1953
  • Subject White, Alfred Holmes, 1873-1953, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Citizenship, Emigration and immigration
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Testimony from Alfred H. White to the Commissioner of Immigration, March 15, 1943

  • 1943-Mar-15

  Testimony from Alfred Holmes White (1873-1953) for Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) petition for naturalization. Bredig met White when he was working at the University of Michigan.

  • Author White, Alfred Holmes, 1873-1953
  • Addressee United States. Bureau of Immigration
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, White, Alfred Holmes, 1873-1953, Citizenship
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  Business correspondence

  Testimony from Alfred H. White to the Commissioner of Immigration, March 17, 1943

  • 1943-Mar-17

  Testimony from Alfred Holmes White (1873-1953) for Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) petition for naturalization. Bredig met White when he was working at the University of Michigan.

  • Author White, Alfred Holmes, 1873-1953
  • Addressee United States. Bureau of Immigration
  • Subject White, Alfred Holmes, 1873-1953, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Citizenship, University of Michigan