Karl F. Herzfeld papers,
1914-1977
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Herzfeld, Karl F. (Karl Ferdinand), 1892-
Size of collection
0.5 linear feet
1 manuscript box
Short description of collection
Correspondence and manuscripts of Karl Herzfeld.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR290
Physicist, (solid state physics). On the physics faculty at Universität München, 1920-1926; Johns Hopkins University, 1926-1936; and Catholic University, 1936-1961, department chair, 1936-1961.
Correspondence and manuscripts of Karl Herzfeld. The correspondence consists mostly of incoming letters from colleagues on scientific and professional matters. Manuscripts are of scientific papers including drafts of an unpublished report, "Questions in Statistical Mechanics: Some Reactionary Viewpoints," as well as a few related reprints by others. Correspondents include Arnold Eucken, Paul Ewald, Maria Mayer, Max Planck, Michael Polanyi, Frank Rice, Erwin Schrödinger, Arnold Sommerfeld, Hugh Taylor, Harold Urey, Max von Laue, John Wheeler, Eugene Wigner, and Robert Wood.
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International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS)
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Persons
Eucken, A. (Arnold), 1884-1950.
Ewald, Paul Peter, 1888-1985.
Herzfeld, Karl F. (Karl Ferdinand), 1892-
Laue, Max von, 1879-1960.
Mayer, Maria Goeppert, 1906-1972.
Planck, Max, 1858-1947.
Polanyi, Michael, 1891-1976
Rice, Frank.
Schrödinger, Erwin, 1887-1961
Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1868-1951.
Taylor, Hugh.
Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981
Wheeler, John Archibald, 1911-2008
Wigner, Eugene Paul, 1902-
Wood, Robert Williams, 1868-1955
Subject terms
Solid state physics.
Statistical mechanics.
This collection is organized into three series:
- Series I: Correspondence
- Series II: Manuscripts and book files
- Series III: Miscellaneous
Received from Regina Herzfeld (Mr. Karl), 1979, and Catholic University Physics Department, 1983.
Box [number], Folder [number], Karl F. Herzfeld papers, 1914-1977. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Karl F. Herzfeld papers, 1914-1977
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2013
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Melanie Mueller in 2013. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Eucken, Arnold, 1923-1950 |
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Folder 2 |
Ewald, Paul, 1936-1944 |
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Folder 3 |
Mayer, Maria G. (and Lowdin, Per-Olov), 1938-1952 |
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Folder 4 |
Planck, Max, 1922-1938 |
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Folder 5 |
Polanyi, Michael, 1921 |
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Folder 6 |
Rice, Francis Own (and Kitty Rice), 1933-1977 |
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Folder 7 |
Schrodinger, Erwin, 1921-1926, 1961 |
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Folder 8 |
Smekal, Adolf, 1921-1937 |
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Folder 9 |
Sommerfeld, Arnold, 1937-1968 |
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Folder 10 |
Taylor, Hugh S., 1938-1941 |
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Folder 11 |
Von Laue, Max, 1938-1960 |
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Folder 12 |
Wheeler, John, 1972-1975 |
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Folder 13 |
Wigner, Eugene, 1938-1964 |
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Folder 14 |
Wood, R. W., 1943-1947 |
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Folder 15 |
Four unidentified letters, 1923-1938 |
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Folder 16 |
Correspondents A-D, 1930s-1950s |
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Folder 17 |
Correspondents E-Lie, 1930s-1970s |
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Folder 18 |
Correspondents Lin-P, 1930s-1960s |
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Folder 19 |
Correspondents R-Z, 1920s-1970s |
| Box 1 |
Folder 20 |
Book contracts, publication arrangements, 1928-1939 |
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Folder 21 |
Unpublished manuscript "Questions in Statistical Mechanics: Some Reactionary Viewpoints" (with related correspondence and articles), 1974 |
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Folder 22 |
Unpublished manuscript "Questions in Statistical Mechanics: Some Reactionary Viewpoints" , 1974 |
| Box 1 |
Folder 23 |
School report, 1914 |
