Elizabeth P. Korn sketches of physicists,
1928-1940s
Repository
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives.
Papers created by
Korn, Elizabeth P.
Size of collection
0.75 linear feet
1 flat manuscript box
1 manuscript box
Short description of collection
Portraits of many scientists and other people sketched by commission at meetings and conferences throughout Europe in the 1930s and during the postwar period in the United States.
Language(s) of collection
English
Collection number:
AR129
Artist and illustrator. Children's book illustrator (Skippy's Family); at home with children from 1943; on the faculty of Drew University from 1947.
Portraits of many scientists and other people. The scientists were drawn by commission at meetings and conferences throughout Europe in the 1930s and during the postwar period in the United States. Included are sketches of Allers; Raymond Clare Archibald; Edwin Ford Beckenbach; Garrett Birkhoff; Ralph Philip Boas; Bostrom; Horace Robert Byers; Richard Courant; Marie Curie; Karl K. Darrow; Bergen Davis; Charles Stark Draper; Arnold Dresden; Esau; Tomlinson Fort; Philipp Frank; Kurt Otto Friedrichs; Hilda Geiringer; Nathan Ginsberg; Melville Green; Thomas H. Greene; Fritz Haber; Jacques Solomon Hadamard; Otto Hahn; Ralph Vinton Lyon Hartley; Caryl Parker Haskins; Werner Heisenberg; William Conyers Herring; Heubner; Henry Hurwitz, Jr.; E. N. Jacobs; Edward Kasner; Arthur Kennelly; Cassius Jackson Keyser; Alexander Klemin; Kogbetliantz; Arthur Korn; Koyre; Kuhn; Land; N. Levinson; Lund; Eugene W. Lyman; Maritani; Edward James McShane; Philip McCord Morse; Morris Neiburger; W. Nernst; Alfred Nobel; Rufus Oldenburger; Gerald Leondus Pearson; Jean Perrin; Charles Emile Picard; Prager; Hans Adolph Rademacher; Walter Ramberg; William E. Ritter; Roentgen; Alexander P. Seversky; Elmer Ambrose Sperry; Johannes Stark; William Francis Gary Swann; John Lighton Synge; Tamarkin; O. Toeplitz; Max Von Laue; Richard Von Mises; Pierre Ernst Weiss; Harry Wexler; Herman Weyl; Norbert Wiener; Pieter Zeeman; Zeiss; Zysmund.
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These papers have been indexed in the
International Catalog of Sources for History of Physics and Allied Sciences (ICOS)
using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
Persons
Archibald, Raymond Clare, 1875-1957
Beckenbach, Edwin F.
Birkhoff, Garrett, 1911-1996
Boas, Ralph P. (Ralph Philip), 1912-1992
Byers, Horace Robert, 1906-
Courant, Richard, 1888-1972
Curie, Marie, 1867-1934
Darrow, Karl K. (Karl Kelchner), 1891-
Davis, Bergen, 1869-1958.
De Seversky, Alexander P. (Alexander Procofieff), 1894-1974
Draper, C. S. (Charles Stark)
Dresden, Arnold, 1882-
Fort, Tomlinson, 1886-
Frank, Philipp, 1884-1966
Friedrichs, K. O. (Kurt Otto), 1901-
Geiringer, Hilda, 1893-1973
Ginsburg, Natha
Green, Melville S.
Haber, Fritz, 1868-1934.
Hadamard, Jacques, 1865-1963
Hahn, Otto, 1879-1968
Hartley, Ralph Vinton Lyon, 1888-1970.
Haskins, Caryl P. (Caryl Parker), 1908-2001
Heisenberg, Werner, 1901-1976
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Hurwitz, H. (Henry)
Kasner, Edward, 1878-1955
Kennelly, Arthur E. (Arthur Edwin), 1861-1939
Keyser, Cassius Jackson, 1862-1947
Klemin, Alexander, 1888-1950
Korn, Arthur, 1870-1945
Laue, Max von, 1879-1960.
McShane, E. J. (Edward James), 1904-
Morse, Philip M. (Philip McCord), 1903-1985
Neiburger, Morris.
Nernst, Walther, 1964-1941.
Nobel, Alfred Bernhard, 1833-1896
Oldenburger, Rufus, 1908-
Pearson, Gerald L. (Gerald Leondus)
Perrin, Jean, 1870-1942
Picard, Emile, 1856-1941
Rademacher, Hans, 1892-1969
Ritter, William Emerson, 1856-1944
Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930
Stark, Johannes, 1874-1957.
Swann, W. F. G. (William Francis Gary), 1884-1962
Synge, J. L. (John Lighton), 1897-
Von Mises, Richard, 1883-1953
Weiss, Pierre, 1865-1940
Wexler, Harry, 1911-1962
Weyl, Hermann, 1885-1955
Wiener, Norbert, 1894-1964
Zeeman, Pieter, 1865-1943.
Subject terms
Physicists.
Genre terms
Correspondence.
Drawings.
Portraits.
Sketches.
This collection was processed by
Sarah Cochrane in
2015.
Box [number], Folder [number], Elizabeth P. Korn sketches of physicists,, 1928-1940s. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives, College Park, MD 20740, USA.
Title
Finding Aid to the Elizabeth P. Korn sketches of physicists, 1928-1940s
Publisher
American Institute of Physics Niels Bohr Library & Archives
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740
USA
nbl@aip.org
2015
Encoding Information
Machine-readable finding aid encoded by Amanda Nelson in 2015. Any revisions made to this finding aid occurred as part of the editing and encoding process.
| Box 1 |
Folder 1 |
Letters to E.P. Korn, 1930s-1940s |
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Folder 2 |
Identified Physicists, undated |
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Folder 4 |
Archibald, Raymond Clare, undated |
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Folder 5 |
Beckenbach, Edwin Ford, undated |
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Folder 6 |
Birkhoff, Garrett, undated |
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Folder 7 |
Boas, Ralph Philip, undated |
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Folder 9 |
Byers, Horace Robert, undated |
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Folder 10 |
Courant, Richard, undated |
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Folder 11 |
Curie, Marie, 1934 |
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Folder 12 |
Darrow, Karl K., undated |
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Folder 13 |
Davis, Bergen, undated |
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Folder 14 |
Draper, Charles Stark, undated |
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Folder 15 |
Dresden, Arnold, undated |
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Folder 17 |
Fort, Tomlinson, undated |
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Folder 18 |
Frank, Philipp, 1940 |
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Folder 19 |
Friedrichs, Kurt Otto, undated |
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Folder 20 |
Geiringer, Hilda, undated |
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Folder 21 |
Ginsberg, Nathan, undated |
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Folder 22 |
Green, Melville, undated |
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Folder 23 |
Greene, Thomas H., undated |
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Folder 24 |
Haber, Fritz, 1929-1930 |
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Folder 25 |
Hadamard, Jacques Solomon, undated |
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Folder 26 |
Hahn, Otto 1879-1968, undated |
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Folder 27 |
Hartley, Ralph Vinton Lyon, 1927 |
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Folder 28 |
Haskins, Caryl Parker, undated |
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Folder 29 |
Heisenberg, Werner, 1934 |
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Folder 30 |
Herring, William Conyers, undated |
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Folder 32 |
Hurwitz, Henry Jr., 1942 |
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Folder 33 |
Jacobs, E. N., undated |
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Folder 34 |
Kasner, Edward, undated |
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Folder 35 |
Kennelly, Arthur, 1929 |
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Folder 36 |
Keyser, Cassius Jackson, undated |
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Folder 37 |
Klemin, Alexander, undated |
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Folder 38 |
Kogbetliantz, undated |
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Folder 39 |
Korn, Arthur, 1940 |
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Folder 43 |
Levinson, N., undated |
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Folder 45 |
Lyman, Eugene W., undated |
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Folder 46 |
Maritani, undated |
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Folder 47 |
McShane, Edward James, undated |
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Folder 48 |
Morse, Philip McCord, undated |
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Folder 49 |
Neiburger, Morris, undated |
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Folder 50 |
Nernst, W., 1929 |
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Folder 51 |
Nobel, Alfred, 1933 |
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Folder 52 |
Oldenburger, Rufus, undated |
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Folder 53 |
Pearson, Gerald Leondus, undated |
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Folder 54 |
Perrin, Jean, 1930 |
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Folder 55 |
Picard, Charles Emile, undated |
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Folder 56 |
Prager, undated |
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Folder 57 |
Rademacher, Hans Adolph, undated |
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Folder 58 |
Ramberg, Walter, undated |
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Folder 59 |
Ritter, William E., undated |
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Folder 60 |
Roentgen, undated |
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Folder 61 |
Seversky, Alexander P., undated |
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Folder 62 |
Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, undated |
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Folder 63 |
Stark, Johannes, 1934 |
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Folder 64 |
Swann, William Francis Gary 1884-1962, undated |
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Folder 65 |
Synge, John Lighton, undated |
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Folder 66 |
Tamarkin, undated |
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Folder 67 |
Toeplitz, O., undated |
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Folder 68 |
Von Laue, Max, undated |
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Folder 69 |
Von Mises, Richard, undated |
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Folder 70 |
Weiss, Pierre Ernst, 1929 |
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Folder 71 |
Wexler, Harry, undated |
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Folder 72 |
Weyl, Herman, undated |
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Folder 73 |
Wiener, Norbert, undated |
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Folder 74 |
Zeeman, Pieter, 1928 |
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Folder 76 |
Zysmund, undated |
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Folder 77 |
Named but unidentified miscellaneous, undated |
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Folder 78 |
Familiar personages not identified at this time, undated |
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Folder 79 |
Unidentified Sketches, undated |
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Folder 80 |
Named sketches, but could not identify or were not physicists, undated |
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Folder 81 |
Named sketches, but could not identify or were not physicists, undated |
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Folder 82 |
Named sketches, but could not identify or were not physicists, undated |
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Folder 83 |
Misc. programs, 1940s |
| Box 2 |
Folder 1 |
Sketches in publications, 1920s-1940s |
