Photographs, correspondence, and manuscript materials chronicling the life and career of German-Jewish physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and his son Max (1902-1977). The contents of the collection are divided into two parts: materials documenting Bredig’s scientific career around the turn of the 19th century and materials documenting the Bredig family’s persecution by the Nazis and eventual escape to the United States. Notably includes letters concerning the internment of Bredig’s daughter Marianne and her husband Victor Homburger at Camp Gurs in Vichy France, and the experiences of Max’s colleague Alfred Schnell and his wife Eva, who hid in the Netherlands for two years before their eventual discovery and execution by Dutch Nazis. The full collection except for Series III: Publications, has been digitized.
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Portrait of Justus von Liebig
- After 1845
Portrait of Justus von Liebgig (1803-1873), a German scientist. Justus von Liebig was a professor of chemistry at the University of Giessen in Germany and is recognized as one of the main founders of organic chemistry.…
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Scientists from the University of Breslau, 1852
- 1852
Group photograph depicting from left to right Gustav Kirchhoff (1824-1887), Robert Bunsen (1811-1899), Adolph Duflos (1802-1889), and Moritz Baumert (1818-1865) at the University of Breslau.
Baumert was a German…
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2 items
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.
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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…
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Newspaper article about Fritz Haber
- After 1868 – before 1934
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5 items
Unidentified wooden container with small metal cup inside. Stamped “G. Bredig”
- 1875
Unidentified wooden container with small metal cup inside. Stamped “G. Bredig”. The container was owned by Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Containers
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2 items
Postcard and letter from Moritz Hollstein to Georg Bredig
- 1886-Mar-10
Congratulatory note from Moritz Hollstein to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) regarding the successful completion of his secondary school final exams.
- Creator Of Work Hollstein, Moritz
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Hollstein, Moritz, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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Portrait of Claude Louis Berthollet
- Circa 1888
Claude Louis Berthollet (1748-1822) was a French chemist who is recognized for his work on chemical nomenclature and the theory of chemical equilibria. Berthollet was additionally active in French politics and a member…
- Artist Riffarth, Heinrich
- Publisher Engelmann, Wilhelm, 1808-1878
- Subject Berthollet, Claude-Louis, 1748-1822, Chemists
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2 items
Portrait of Albert Jordan
- Circa 1889
Portrait of Albert Jordan (1865-) dressed as a mountaineer. Jordan was an "oberbergrat" which is a type of government official.
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2 items
Portrait of Louis Pasteur and his granddaughter, Camille Vallery-Radot
- 1889
Illustration of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) and his granddaughter, Camille Vallery-Radot (1880-1927), by Léon Bonnat (1833-1922).
Pasteur is credited with discovering the principles of vaccination, microbial…
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Certificate from the Deutsche Chemische Gesellschaft
- Certificate from the German Chemical Society
- 1889-Jun-25
- Creator Of Work Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker
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3 items
Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Greeting cards, Christmas, New Year, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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2 items
Christmas card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a large adorned Christmas tree at the Rondellplatz, or the city square of Karlsruhe, Germany.
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Ruzek, Joseph, 1903-1956
- Subject Christmas, New Year, Greeting cards, Germany--Karlsruhe, Ruzek, Joseph, 1903, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
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2 items
Framed Photograph of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff
- Circa 1890
Photograph of Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852-1911) in a wooden frame. Van't Hoff is pictured wearing a suit and a bow tie.
Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901…
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3 items
Georg Bredig's chemistry notes on an experiment
- After 1890 – before 1930
Notes on a scientific experiment conducted by Georg Bredig (1868-1944) including results from an internship in inorganic chemistry.
- Author Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Chemistry, Inorganic, Note-taking, Chemistry
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2 items
Holiday card from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ruzek to Georg Bredig
- After 1890 – before 1940
A Christmas card featuring a black and white illustration of a winter nighttime scene. The view shows a snow-covered Karlsruher Schloss, or Karlsruhe palace.
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Jacobus van't Hoff's personal calling card
- Circa 1890
Calling card belonging to Jacobus Henricus van’t Hoff (1852-1911).
Van't Hoff is considered to be one of the founding fathers of physical chemistry. In 1901 van’t Hoff received the first Nobel prize in Chemistry “in…
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Letter from Arthur Croft Hill to the Georg Bredig
- Circa 1890
Arthur Croft Hill (1863-?), a chemist in the Davy Faraday Research Laboratory of the Royal Institution, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for a copy of his paper on inorganic ferments.
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4 items
Influence de la Température du Réfrigérant sur les mesures cryoscopiques
- 1890-Jun-03
Handwritten manuscript of Influence de la Température du Réfrigérant sur les mesures cryoscopiques by François-Marie Raoult (1830-1901).
Raoult was a French chemist and professor at the University of Grenoble. He…
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3 items
Letter from Svante Arrhenius to Georg Bredig, July 1890
- 1890-Jul-02
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927), a Swedish chemist and the Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry in 1903, explains to his friend and colleague Georg Bredig (1868-1944) his method for obtaining mathematical calculations for an…
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Photograph of Cato Maximilian Guldberg and Peter Waag
- Circa 1891
Black and White portrait of Cato Maximilian Guldberg (1836-1902) and Peter Waage (1833-1900). The two men are wearing suits and sitting at a small round table.
Waage and Guldberg were Norwegian chemists, together they…
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2 items
Portrait of Gustav Wiedemann
- 1891
Black and white portrait of Gustav Heinrich Wiedemann (1826-1899). Wiedemann was a German physicist, scientific author, and professor. In 1877, he became the editor of Annalen der Physik und Chemie (Annals of Physics…
- Photographer Brokesch, Georg, 1849-1896
- Subject Wiedemann, Gustav Heinrich, 1826-1899, Physicists, Carte de visite photographs
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3 items
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Letter from Siegmund Gabriel to Georg Bredig
- 1891-Dec-09
Siegmund Gabriel (1851-1924), a German chemist, provides information on a salt compound to his colleague, Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
- Author Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
- Subject Salts, Chemistry, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Gabriel, Siegmuund, 1851-1924
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2 items
Chemists at University of Leipzig, 1892
- 1892
Black and white photograph depicting a group of chemists posing with glassware in a laboratory at the University of Leipzig in 1892. A handwritten caption on the back of the photograph identifies those pictured as "Dr.…
