Kohn, Hedwig, 1887-1964
Hedwig Kohn papers, 1884-1950.
Includes personal memorabilia ( a grade book of Hedwig Kohn from secondary school in Breslau, Germany, "Tafellied" a dinner ballad for the wedding of her parents, another "Tafellied" on the occasion of the wedding of a friend; tribute to Hermann von Helmholtz' silver anniversary); reproductions of satirical items from the Physics Institute at the University of Breslau; autograph calculations, poems (one transcribed by B. Winnewisser); correspondence with R. Ladenburg; photographs; postcards.
Physicist; born in Breslau, Germany. Received Ph.D., University of Breslau, 1913; became Lecturer in Physics, 1930. Worked with the nature of light emission from metal vapors in flames. Emigrated to the U.S. in the late 1930s; made instructor in physics at Women's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro, 1940. Appointed lecturer at Wellesley College in physics, 1942; associate professor, 1945; full professor, 1948. After retiring joined the staff of the physics department at Duke University.
Helmholtz, Hermann von, 1821-1894
Schlesische Friedrich-Wilhelms-UniversittĖ zu Breslau
Nuclear physics -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Physicists -- Humor.
Physics -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc.
Newsletters. aat
Postcards. aat
Physicists -- Germany.
Women physicists -- Germany.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA