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  2 items
  Advertisements, Ephemera, Lithographs

  Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company]

  • Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān with his teacher Giafar el Ssâdik

  • 1929

  Illustrated trade card depicts 8th-century Arabic polymath Abu Mūsā Jābir ibn Hayyān (c. 721-c. 815), westernized by Europeans as "Geber," speaking with his teacher Giafar el Ssâdik. They stand over a scroll with…

  • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
  • Subject Jābir ibn Ḥayyān, Advertising, Advertising cards, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera, Muslim scholars
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  2 items
  Advertisements, Ephemera, Lithographs

  Trade card for Extrait de Viande de la Cie Liebig [Liebig Meat Extract Company] with Albertus Magnus

  • 1929

  Illustrated trade card depicts alchemist Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280) working in a lab with a vessel releasing steam. Also includes an inset bust of Magnus. Verso is an advertisement for Liebig's Extract of Meat along…

  • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
  • Subject Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, Advertising, Advertising cards, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera
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  2 items
  Advertisements, Ephemera, Lithographs

  Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract]

  • Claude Louis Berthollet visits Antoine Laurent Lavoisier at the Sorbonne in Paris

  • 1929

  Illustrated trade card depicts chemist Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) visiting Antoine Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) while Lavoisier was working in a lab at the Université de Paris or Sorbonne University. They…

  • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
  • Subject Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794, Université de Paris, Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Advertising, Advertising cards, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera
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  2 items
  Advertisements, Ephemera, Lithographs

  Trade card for Libox, Extrait de Viande Assaisonné [Libox, Seasoned Beef Extract] with Franz Karl Achard

  • 1929

  Illustrated trade card depicts German (Prussian) chemist, physicist, and biologist Franz Karl Achard (1753-1821) walking through a sugar beet refinery, with view of workers illustrating various stages of the production…

  • Publisher Liebig's Extract of Meat Company
  • Subject Achard, Franz Carl, 1753-1821, Advertising, Advertising cards, Liebig's Extract of Meat Company, Meat extract, Printed ephemera, Sugar--Manufacture and refining
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  Ephemera

  Autographes et Documents Historiques

  • Circa 1930 – 1985

  Cover of an autograph catalog by Alain Brieux (1922-1985), an antique dealer, bookseller, and astrolabe specialist.

  • Author Brieux, Alain
  • Subject Brieux, Alain, Librairie Alain Brieux, Booksellers' catalogs, Catalogs, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895
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  Advertisements, Ephemera

  L'Insectoline

  • Circa 1930

  Color print cardboard poster for L'Insectoline DDT. A boy is using the product to kill a variety of insects.

  • Contributor Imp. F. van buggenhoudt
  • Subject Pests--Control, Pesticides, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Marie Curie to the President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

  • 1930-Oct-31

  Letter from Marie Curie (1867-1934) to Einar Biilman, President of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) concerning an invitation to serve on IUPAC's Commission on Atomic Weights. Curie expresses…

  • Author Curie, Marie, 1867-1934
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject Curie, Marie, 1867-1934, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Women Nobel Prize winners, Women chemists, Women in science
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  2 items
  Postcards, Photographs, Portraits

  Postcard of Louis Pasteur

  • 1932-Sep-20

  Postcard from an unidentified sender with a portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Pasteur is credited with discovering the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization. His scientific…

  • Photographer Petit, Pierre Lanith, 1832-1909
  • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Institut Pasteur (Paris, France), Biologists, Chemists
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  12 items
  Publications

  Technical Physics of the USSR

  • 1934 – 1935

  • Editor Ioffe, A. F. (Abram Fedorovich), 1880-1960
  • Subject Physics, Soviet Union
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  5 items
  Pamphlets, Publications

  Acta Physicochimica U.R.S.S. No. 1-5

  • 1934-Sep

  Acta Physicochimica U.R.S.S., includes an editorial about physical chemistry research being conducting in the U.S.S.R. The publication was created with the purpose to introduce Soviet chemists to foreign scientists.

  • Publisher State Scientific and Technical Press
  • Editor Schpolsky, E
  • Subject Soviet Union, Chemists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Periodicals
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  6 items
  Pamphlets

  Acta Physicochimica U.R.S.S. No. 1-5

  • 1934-Sep

  Acta Physicochimica U.R.S.S., includes an editorial about physical chemistry research being conducting in the U.S.S.R. The publication was created with the purpose to introduce Soviet chemists to foreign scientists.

  • Editor Schpolsky, E
  • Publisher State Scientific and Technical Press
  • Subject Chemists, Soviet Union, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Periodicals
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  4 items
  Pamphlets

  Acta Physicochimica U.R.S.S. No. 1-4

  • 1934-Sep

  Acta Physicochimica U.R.S.S., includes an editorial about physical chemistry research being conducting in the U.S.S.R. The publication was created with the purpose to introduce Soviet chemists to foreign scientists.

  • Editor Schpolsky, E
  • Publisher State Scientific and Technical Press
  • Subject Chemists, Chemistry, Physical and theoretical, Soviet Union, Periodicals
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  19 items
  Charts, diagrams, etc, Ephemera

  Pamphlet of departure times and ticket fares to the United States and Canada, July 1937 through January 1938

  • 1937

  Pamphlet of departure times and ticket fares to the United States and Canada from July 1937 through January 1938. The pamphlet contains information about different ship departures, ticket prices, and ports.

  • Creator Of Work Wagons-Lits/Cook World Travel Service
  • Subject Transatlantic voyages, Schedules, Steamboat lines
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  Business correspondence

  Nomination form signed by Hans von Euler

  • 1937-Apr-26

  Concerns von Euler's approval of Marcus L. Oliphant and Robert S. Mulliken to the Commission Internationales des Atomes.

  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Creator Of Work Euler, Hans von, 1873-1964
  • Subject Oliphant, Mark, 1901-2000, Euler, Hans von, 1873-1964, Mulliken, Robert Sanderson, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
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  3 items
  Records (Documents)

  Albert B. Levy's University of Paris faculty identification card

  • 1938 – 1939

  Bela Levy's (i.e., Albert B. Levy) University of Paris faculty of law identification card for the 1938-1939 academic year. Albert B. "Bela" Levy (1873-1951) was Gabor B. Levy's (1913-1999) father.

  • Creator Of Work Université de Paris
  • Subject Levy, Albert B., 1873-1951, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Université de Paris, Levy, Gabor B., 1913-, Identification cards, Law schools--France
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  13 items
  Records (Documents)

  Gabor B. Levy's Hungarian passport

  • 1938

  Gabor B. Levy's (1913-1999) Hungarian passport, issued in 1938.

  • Subject Levy, Gabor B., 1913-, Passports
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  Postage stamps

  Belgian postage stamp commemorating Trappist monks at Orval

  • Circa 1939

  Depicts two Trappist monks from Orval Abbey, presumably brewing Trappist beer.

  • Subject Postage stamps, Commemorative postage stamps, Beer and brewing, Abbaye d'Orval, Trappists, Science on postage stamps, Belgium, Monks
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Frédéric Joliot-Curie to Jean Gerard

  • 1940-Apr-10

  • Addressee Gerard, Jean
  • Author Joliot-Curie, Frédéric
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners, Joliot-Curie, Frédéric
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  Personal correspondence

  Telegram from Max Bredig to the Homburger family, November 13, 1940

  • 1940-Nov-13

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs the Homburger family that he is sending them food and money. The Homburgers are currently interned in the Gurs concentration camp in France.

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Gurs (Concentration camp)
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  2 items
  Personal correspondence

  Telegram from Max Bredig to Marianne Homburger, December 1, 1940

  • 1940-Dec-01

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs his sister, Marianne Homburger (1903-1987), by telegram that provision packages have been sent to her and her husband, Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), at the Gurs Concentration Camp through…

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Addressee Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Gurs (Concentration camp), Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  Personal correspondence

  Cablegram from Max Bredig to Paul and Viktor Homburger, December 23, 1940

  • 1940-Dec-23

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) informs the Homburger family that he received their most recent telegram. He is awaiting further instruction on how to help them in the Gurs concentration camp.

  • Author Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Gurs (Concentration camp), Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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  Personal correspondence

  Telegram from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig, December 26, 1940

  • 1940-Dec-26

  The Homburger Family and their friends send Max Bredig (1902-1977) and Georg Bredig (1888-1968) a telegram in the French language from the Gurs concentration camp to wish them well for the winter holidays. They…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Subject Gurs (Concentration camp), Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Telegraph, Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Nazi concentration camps
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  Manuscripts

  Draft of a telegram written by Max Bredig

  • Circa 1941

  Max Bredig (1902-1977) drafts a telegraph to his sister, Marianne Homburger (1903-1986), who is interned in Gurs, France. Bredig mentions Marianne's immigration, the addresses of their mutual friends, and incoming…

  • Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Gurs (Concentration camp)
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  Personal correspondence

  Telegram from Marianne Homburger to Max Bredig

  • Circa 1941-Mar

  Marianne Homburger (1903-1987) informs her brother, Max Bredig (1902-1977), that her husband, Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), and her brother-in-law, Paul Homburger, have been transferred to the Les Milles internment…

  • Author Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
  • Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
  • Subject Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986, Homburger, Viktor, 1888-1968, Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Les Milles (Concentration camp), German Occupation of France (France : 1940-1945), Jews, German
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  Business correspondence

  Letter from Niels Bohr to Jean Gerard

  • 1941-Oct-06

  Letter sent to the Secretary General of IUPAC in Paris during the Nazi occupation of World War II.

  • Addressee Gerard, Jean
  • Author Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962
  • Contributor International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  • Subject Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968, Hevesy, Georg von, 1885-1966, Aston, Francis William, 1877-1945, Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Nobel Prize winners