This collection’s scope covers the professional career and a large portion of the personal life of Max Bredig (1902-1977), a research chemist who immigrated to the United States to escape the effects of National Socialism in Germany. The contents include many photographs that document Max’s life in Germany prior to Nazi rule. This collection is an addendum to the Papers of Georg and Max Bredig, also held by the Science History Institute, where personal correspondence from Max Bredig to friends and family members for the years 1933-1945 can be found. Select photographs from the Papers of Max Bredig have been digitized and may be found here.
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Letter from Max Bredig to Gustav Victor Rudolf Born, July 10, 1973
Box 1, Folder 18- 1973-Jul-10
Max Bredig (1902-1977) writes to G. V. R. Born (1921-2018) to follow up to an earlier August 1972 letter to Born, which drew Born's attention to the mistranslation of a letter between Albert Einstein (1879-1955) and Max…
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3 items
Letter from Eva and Alfred Schnell to Max Bredig, June 19, 1938
Box 2, Folder 56- 1938-Jun-19 – 1938-Jun-20
Letter to Max Bredig (1902-1977) from Alfred Schnell (1900-1944). Includes two black and white photographs, and handwritten note to Bredig from Albert's wife, Eva Schnell (1913-1944).
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Letter from Federico and Annemarie Schnell to Max Bredig, November 8, 1942
Box 2, Folder 58- 1942-Nov-08
Federico and Annemarie Schnell write to their friend Max Bredig (1902-1977).
- Author Schnell, Frederico, Schnell, Annemarie
- Addressee Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Schnell, Annemarie, Schnell, Federico, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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2 items
Max Bredig's vaccination card, 1915
Box 5, Folder 37- 1915-Apr-21
Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) vaccination certificate from 1915, which is signed by the the district physician for the Grand Duchy of Baden-Württemberg. The certificate indicates that he was successfully revaccinated…
- Subject Vaccination, Vaccines, Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Max Bredig's vacination card, 1903
Box 5, Folder 37- 1903-Oct-14
Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) vaccination card from 1903.
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Vaccines, Vaccination
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Max Bredig's Selective Service registration certificate
Box 5, Folder 47- 1942-Feb-15
Max Albert Bredig's (1902-1977) Selective Service registration certificate.
- Creator Of Work United States. Office of Selective Service Records
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Draft, Draft registration
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Find the 5th Pig
Box 7, Folder 17- Circa 1940
A World War II-era folding puzzle, issued by the British Information Services, titled Find the Fifth Pig. The sheet is printed with four pig images. When the sheet is folded per the printed instructions, the resulting…
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72 items
Handbook of American Citizenship
Box 7, Folder 40- 1941
The Handbook of American Citizenship by Andrew Reiner contains information for immigrants who are trying to become American citizens but cannot attend naturalization classes. This second, revised edition is written in…
- Author Reiner, Andrew
- Publisher Immigrants' Information Bureau
- Subject Citizenship, Naturalization, Emigration and immigration, Handbooks and manuals
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76 items
In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer: Texts of Principal Documents and Letters of Personnel Security Board General Manager Commissioners
Box 8, Folder 42- 1954-May-27 – 1954-Jun-29
This booklet details the security clearance hearing of J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904-1967), a pivotal figure in the development of nuclear physics and the atomic bomb, conducted between April and May 1954. The…
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Ernst A. Hauser's letter to the editor of the Journal of Chemical Education, August 1945
Box 8, Folder 44- 1945-Aug
Photocopy of a letter to the editor of the Journal of Chemical Education, written by Ernst A. Hauser (1896-1956). In response to a June 1945 article in the journal. Hauser defends Wolfgang Ostwald (1883-1943), who was…
- Author Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956
- Publisher American Chemical Society. Division of Chemical Education
- Subject Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Nazis, Hauser, Ernst A. (Ernst Alfred), 1896-1956, Journal of chemical education, Ostwald, Wolfgang, 1883-1943, Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.), Chemists, American Chemical Society
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18 items
Bredig Family Album
Box 18, Folder 1- 1917 – 1918
Album belonging to the Bredig family. Includes photographs of Marianne Bredig (1903-1986) and Max Bredig (1902-1977) as children, as well as their parents, Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and Rosa Bredig née Frankel…
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Photograph album belonging to Max Albert Bredig
Box 18, Folder 4- 1927 – 1928
An album belonging to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977), the majority of which contains photographs of Max with his friends participating in leisure activities such as hiking and boating.
Max and his sister, Marianne…
- Creator Of Work Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977, Hiking, Sailing, Leisure
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Bredig Family Album
Box 18, Folder 6- Circa 1930
Photograph album belonging to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977) and family. The album includes images of chemistry laboratories and apparatus as well as images of Max and his father, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), amongst their…
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59 items
Photograph album belonging to Max Albert Bredig
Box 18- Circa 1925 – 1927
An album belonging to Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977), the majority of which contains photographs of Max with his family and friends participating in leisure activities such as hiking and boating. Notably, there is a…
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Portraits of Max Albert Bredig
Box 18- After 1940
Two professional portraits of Max Albert Bredig (1902-1977).
- Subject Bredig, Max Albert, 1902-1977
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Bredig family, circa 1910
Box 19- Circa 1910
Undated Bredig family photograph. From left to right, back row, Georg Bredig (1868-1944), a relative identified as Frau Dombrowsky, and Rosa Bredig (1877-1933). Front row, Max Albert (1902-1977) and Marianne Bredig…
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Frau Ernestine Bredig
Box 19- After 1847 – before 1930
Seated black and white portrait of Frau Ernestine Bredig (1847-1930). Little is known about Bredig as an individual, except that she was the mother of physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944).
- Subject Bredig, Ernestine, 1847-1930, Portraits
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Grave of Rosa Bredig
Box 19- 1967-May
Color photograph showing the grave of Rosa née Fraenkel (1877-1933). Though little is known about Bredig as an individual, in 1901 she was married to physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and had two children, Max…
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Gurs Concentration Camp
Box 19- After 1944
Small black and white photos showing graves, memorials, and barracks at Gurs concentration camp.
- Creator Of Work Homburger, Marianne, 1903-1986
- Subject Gurs (Concentration camp), Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945), Internment camps, Memorials, World War (1939-1945)
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Max Bredig and motorcycle
Box 19- After 1930 – before 1937
A black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977) in a wooded area, leaning on his motorcycle with a sidecar. Max sold his motorcycle after he immigrated to the United States in 1937.
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Max Bredig seated in office
Box 19- After 1937 – before 1949
Black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977) seated at a desk in an office at the University of Michigan. Max emigrated from Germany to the United States with the assistance of Kasimir Fajans (1887-1975) to…
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Max and Lydia Bredig with Marianne and Viktor Homburger
Box 19- After 1943
Photograph of the Bredig family standing in the mountains. Pictured from left to right are: Viktor Homburger (1888-1968), Marianne Homburger née Bredig (1903-1986), Lydia Bredig née Levy, and Max Bredig (1902-1977). The…
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Max and Lydia Bredig with Marianne and Viktor Homburger in Colorado
Box 19- Circa 1943
Black and white photograph of Max Bredig (1902-1977), third from left, with his wife, Lydia Bredig née Levy, to his right, and his sister and brother-and-law, Marianne and Viktor Homburger, on his left. The group of…
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Portrait of Rosa Bredig
Box 19- 1925-Jun-13
A sepia-toned seated carte de visite portrait of Rosa Bredig née Fraenkel (1877-1933). Though little is known about Bredig as an individual, in 1901 she was married to physical chemist Georg Bredig (1868-1944) and had…
- Photographer Suck, Oscar
- Subject Bredig, Rosa, 1877-1933, Portraits, Carte de visite photographs
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Portrait of young Georg Bredig
Box 19- Circa 1872
A carte de visite of Georg Bredig (1868-1944) as a young child in what is today Głogów, Poland. From 1871 to 1919 the city was part of Germany.
Young Bredig is posed standing among ornate furniture with a tyrolean hat…
- Photographer Noack, H.
- Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Children
