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  9 items
  Oral histories

  Oral history interview with Yixian Zheng

  • 2003-Sep-09 – 2003-Sep-11

  Yixian Zheng was born and raised in Chongqing, the Sichuan province of China, the elder (by about nine years) of the family's two daughters. Both of her parents were professors at Chongqing University—her mother in…

  • Interviewee Zheng, Yixian, 1969-
  • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
  • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
  • Subject Zheng, Yixian, 1969-, Women in science, Centrosomes, Microtubules, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Women in medicine, Women medical scientists, Emigration and immigration
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  2 items
  Business correspondence

  Invitation to a Lecture by Kurt Blumenfeld

  • 1934

  Invitation from the German members of the Jewish Agency and the Presidium of Keren Hayesod to attend a lecture by Kurt Blumenfeld (1884-1963), President of Keren Hayesod. Keren Hayesod, a Jewish fundraising…

  • Creator Of Work Keren Hayesod
  • Subject Keren Hayesod, World Zionist Organization, Blumenfeld, Kurt, 1884-1963, Baeck, Leo, 1873-1956
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Georg Bredig to the Daniel Sieff Research Institute

  • 1937-May-19

  Fearing that his library might be destroyed under the Third Reich, Georg Bredig (1868-1944) offers to send his publications to the Daniel Sieff Institute in Rehovot, Palestine. The Daniel Sieff Research Institute was…

  • Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Addressee Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ
  • Subject Jews, German--Intellectual life, Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ, Weizmann, Chaim, 1874-1952, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Third Reich
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Georg Bredig to the Daniel Sieff Research Institute

  • 1937-May-21

  Fearing that his library might be destroyed under the Third Reich, Georg Bredig (1868-1944) offers to send his publications to the Daniel Sieff Institute in Rehovot, Palestine. The Daniel Sieff Research Institute was…

  • Addressee Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ
  • Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ, Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934, Periodicals, Third Reich, Jews, German--Intellectual life
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from the Daniel Sieff Research Institute to Georg Bredig

  • 1937-Jun-21

  The Daniel Sieff Research Institute in Rehevot, Palestine agrees to acquire Georg Bredig's publications. The Daniel Sieff Institute was established in 1934 by Dr. Chaim Weizmann (1874-1952), a Russian-born biochemist…

  • Author Bloch, Benjamin Marcus, 1900-1959, Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Mekhon Ṿaitsman le-madaʻ, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Acquisitions (Libraries)
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  17 items
  Manuscripts

  Katalyse

  • 1918

  Katalyse page proofs annotated by Georg Bredig (1868-1944).

  • Contributor Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Catalysts, Chemistry, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932
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  6 items
  Publications

  Ueber Radioaktivität und radioaktive Substanzen

  • About Radioactivity and Radioactive Substances

  • Circa 1900

  • Author Witt, Otto N. (Otto Nicolaus) 1853-1915
  • Subject Radioactivity, Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, Ramsay, William, 1852-1916, Witte, Otto, Witt, Otto N. (Otto Nicolaus) 1853-1915
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Jacobus van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, March 1894

  • 1894-Mar-21

  Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) writes to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) about working in his (van't Hoff's) laboratory.

  Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901…

  • Author Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, February 1900

  • 1900-Feb-16

  Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) compliments Georg Bredig's (1868-1944) work and asks him to clarify results regarding osmotic pressure.

  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Author Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911
  • Subject Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, May 1903

  • 1903-May-12

  Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) invites Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and Rosa Bredig (1877-1933) to dinner.

  • Author Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Bredig, Rosa, 1877-1933, Chemists, Nobel Prize winners
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  2 items
  Business correspondence, Postcards

  Postcard from Jacobus H. van 't Hoff to Georg Bredig, February 1910

  • 1910-Feb-07

  Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911) congratulates Georg Bredig (1868-1944) on being appointed as a full professor at the Technische Hochschule, Zurich.

  • Author Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Nobel Prize winners, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Chemists
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  2 items
  Ephemera, Publications

  Arrival notice for Marianne, Paul and Viktor Homburger

  • 1941-Jun-20

  Newspaper clipping announcing the arrivals of Marianne (1903-1986), Paul (1882-1965), and Viktor Homburger (1888-1968).

  • Publisher Aufbau (New York, N.Y.)
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Paul Philipp, 1882-1965, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Emigration and immigration, Newspapers, Aufbau (New York, N.Y.)
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  2 items
  Ephemera, Publications

  Canada Has Brighter Future Than Any Other Nation

  • Circa 1938

  • Author Babson, Roger Ward, 1875-1967
  • Subject Canada
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  Records (Documents)

  Photostat of an intelligence report on the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute

  • 1945

  • Contributor United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Kaiser Wilhelm-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Wissenschaften, United States. Army. European Theater of Operations
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  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Max Bredig to Fritz Hochwald, September 2, 1941

  • 1941-Sep-02

  Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) updates Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968) on his immigration visa references. He suggests contacting a woman in Lisbon who might be able to provide a reference.

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Emigration and immigration, World War (1939-1945), Visas
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Letter from Herbert Landsberger

  • 1940s

  Typed letter from Dr. Herbert Landsberger to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977), about Fritz Hochwald (1897-1968). The letter describes Hochwald's disposition while he was in a concentration camp.

  In English below the…

  • Author Landsberger, Herbert
  • Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hochwald, Fritz G., 1897-1968, Nazi concentration camps, World War (1939-1945), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Landsberger, Herbert
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  Photographs

  Jacobus van't Hoff's laboratory at the University of Amsterdam

  • 1894

  Sepia-toned photograph showing an exterior view of the chemical laboratory building at the University of Amsterdam. The annotation beneath the photograph indicates that at the time of capture, Jacobus van't Hoff's…

  • Subject Universiteit van Amsterdam, Hoff, J. H. van 't (Jacobus Henricus), 1852-1911, Laboratories
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  Photographs, Portraits

  Portrait of an unidentified man

  • Undated

  Orange-toned photograph of a seated man at a table with an opened book. The man's gaze is directed at the viewer.

  • Subject Portraits
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  Photographs

  Theodor Curtius in a chemistry laboratory

  • 1897-Mar

  A sepia-toned photograph depicting Theodor Curtius (1857-1928) examining a test tube in a chemistry lab. Throughout his career, Curtius was a professor of chemistry at the University of Heidelberg, the director of the…

  • Subject Curtius, Theodor, 1857-1928, Laboratories, Chemists
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  2 items
  Photographs

  Faculty and students at the physical chemistry institute at Leipzig University

  • 1898

  Group photograph of the students and faculty of the physical chemistry institute at Leipzig university. In the middle of the group sits Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932) and to his right, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).

  The…

  • Subject Chemists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Ostwald, Wilhelm, 1853-1932, Swingle, Walter T. (Walter Tennyson), 1871-1952, Universität Leipzig (1409-1953)
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  2 items
  Photographs

  Photograph of the International Chemical Reunion Utrecht

  • 1922

  Group photograph of the International Chemical Reunion Utrecht (ICRU). ICRU was organized by Ernst Cohen (1863-1944) as a way to unite scientists from previously warring nations.

  Front Row: Tendeloo, van der Burg, de…

  • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Cohen, Ernst, 1869-1944, International relations, Chemists, Women in science
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  2 items
  Photographs

  IX. Hauptversammlung der deutschen elektrochemischen Gesellschaft

  • IX. General meeting of the German Electrochemical Society

  • 1902-May

  Photograph of the 1902 general meeting of the German Electrochemical Society held in Würzburg, Germany. In 1902 the name of the society changed to Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie (German Bunsen…

  • Creator Of Work Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie
  • Subject Chemistry--Societies, etc., Chemists, Deutsche Bunsen-Gesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, Women in science
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  Photographs

  25th Doctoral Anniversary for Theodor Curtius

  • 1903-Jun-23

  Group photograph of Theodor Curtius's ( 1857-1928) 25th Anniversary celebration of his doctorate.

  Those pictured are identified by annotations handwritten beneath the photograph.
  Front row, left to right, Eduard…

  • Subject Universität Heidelberg, Curtius, Theodor, 1857-1928, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Jannasch, Paul, 1841-1921, College teachers, Anniversaries
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  Photographs

  Chemistry Lecturers and Assistants at the University of Heidelberg

  • 1907

  A group photograph of the lecturers and assistants of the Chemical University Laboratories at the University of Heidelberg, 1907. The subjects pose in front of a black and white photograph of the university.

  The…

  • Subject Chemists, Universität Heidelberg, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Jannasch, Paul, 1841-1921, College teachers
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  Photographs

  Chemistry faculty at the Technische Hochschule, Zurich

  • 1911

  Photograph of the faculty of the chemistry department at the Technische Hochschule, Zurich. The subjects stand in front of a brick building and a table of scientific apparatuses.

  The subjects of the photograph are…

  • Subject Chemists, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, College teachers, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Finch, George Ingle, 1888-1970, Lebedev, Aleksandr Nikolaevich, 1869–1937