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1. Pullin, Thorium Ltd, 24.1.46 to EB at Cavendish. Protoactinium Precipitation 1. Pullin, Thorium Ltd, 24.1.46 to EB at Cavendish. Protoactinium precipitation. Very technical; also 18.12.45 and 20.12.45. Very detailed microchemistry. 2. EB to Chandrasekhar. 2 letters from EB 12.8.79 and 3.9.79 concerning Boltzmann's derivation of Stefan's Law, involving Kelvin and Rayleigh. 3. B. Farrington to EB 29.8.47, EB's review of his book on Greek Science 4. Eric Rideal to EB 27.8.45 in support of British Sponsors for Austrian Science 5. Lancelot Hogben to EB 20.8.45 ditto 6. EB to Isaac Asimov 4.10.66 on Franz Josef on alchemy, asking for a reference to this. 7. EB to Feyerabend 2.12.1982 re Mach 8. Obituary notice (in Russian) on Rogovin 1981 9. Material on Oparin's death. Includes Edsall 10. Letters from Jules Gueron 1951-1982. Includes long handwritten item 10.11.82 about Montreal and Paneth 11. Letter H Thirring 27.3.1955 and copy of letter Lise Meitner to Thirring 21.3.1955 12. Martin Ryle to EB 1.10.1981 13. Letter EB to E. Canetti 20.10.1971; 8.11.1971; also Urbach 1971, mentions Gal, Przibram 14. RLM Synge to EB 17.11.1952 15. Karl Menger to EB 14.9.1945 16. PMS Blackett to EB 28.6.1945 17. AG Tansley to EB 14.9.1945 18. H von Halban to Hilfreich 16.9.45 (Halban senior) 19. FG Donnan to EB 2.8.45; 7.10.45 20. Karl Popper to Gitta Deutsch 3.11.1983 21. Harold Hartley to EB 30.10.45 22. Joseph Needham to EB 29.11.52 23. Rudolf Kirchschlager to and from EB 1976-1981 24. Karl Walbrunner to EB 29.6.1965 25. Kreisky, Firnberg, 26. Schwind, Rector, to EB 6.6.1968 re. Joerne Lange 27. Theodor-Koerner-Prize 23.4.1960. Signed by Kreisky, Schroedinger, et al. 28. Rolf Singer x 4 to EB 1970-1975. also memoir by Martha Singer (Sydowia). (Kept memoir) 29. David Schoenberg to EB 31.1.51 re borrowing of book 30. JG Crowther to EB 10.3.48 and from 31.3.48 31. EB to Paul Blau 30.10.79 re laudatio 32. EB to Martin Klein 11.9.78 Ehrenfest, Boltzmann. Antisemitism in Vienna under F-J, Lueger etc; Hitler. *Q* 33. Alexander Baczewski to EB 25.11. - Dachau, US etc; 18.11.1970 34. Otto Kratky to EB 17.3.82 35. Haissinsky CV and death 1969 and 1976 36. Haissinsky to EB letters (14) 1947-1949 (copies) 37. FA Paneth. EB biography, RS memoir, and correspondence 1945-1949 (kept Royal Society memoir) (38. Letters Ina Jun Broda to and from Tess Simpson 1965, 1979.) Sole extant personal letter from Ina 39. Alfred Maddock 1951-1957 40. Edward Yoxen re Schroedinger 1981 *Q* 41. Charles Goodeve re Habakkuk, Discovery, 1951 *Q*; profile 1948 British Science News. *Q*; letters to EB 1947-1957 *Q* (42. Schroedinger to EB 1955;1945 x 2; Popper 1981; Wittgenstein 1945; Canetti 1971; Boltzmann 1888 (all copies)) 43. EB to Sid Fox 25.10.76. *Q* remark on nuclear power and plutonium economy. 44. 1974 corresp. with Science re Heilbron review of Boltzmann book 45. J. Gunther Cohn 1960-1983. Reminiscence of 1933 and EB's arrest *Q* 46. Burzstyn file. Mostly Poland. One detached item from Israel 47. CB van Niel to EB 22.3.69 *Q* 48. EB to Peter Newmark re "Nature" and threat of nuclear war. *Q* 49. B Occhialini to EB 1979; from EB 1952 50. EB to Thirring 7.4.1955; Boltzmann book, Otto Hahn, Peace. 51. WN Haworth to F Bild 2.10.45 re Austrian science 52. fragment 7.11.45 to an analytical chemist. Mentions Belgium in War 53. CF Powell to EB 1951- 1957 54. Ernest Barker to EB Oct 1947 55. HC Urey to and from EB 20.6.1969 *Q* 56. H Krebs to EB 20.11.72 re Engelhardt and Nobel prize; EB to HK 11.11.72 57. Gunther Stent to EB 16.9.58 58. E Zuckerkandl to EB 27.10.76 59. Otto Hahn, Przibram, Karlik, Hevesy 1963 re Technical Applications ... 60. Philipp Gross to EB 30.3.1940 *Q* Technical (3 pp) 61. EB - Lewontin re Lysenko, 1978 and EB - Edsall re Oparin, 1981 62. EB -Nowotny and H S-L 1974 63. Toshiko Suzuki to EB 64. ? Henny Kienzl on Ludwig Boltzmann 65. Letters from Nick Miller, Feather, Telfer 66. Peter Mitchell 67. Prestrud; Jokkmokk 68. Enja and Regina Margolis 69. Perutz to EB, 1962,1964 70. Stross, Otto Goldschmidt 71. Chargaff 72. Hermann Mark 73. Lise Meitner 74. RA Gregory to EB 31.10.45 75. Goudsmit *Q* 76. EB-Philip Morrison 1953 77. EB to George Wald 24.8.1951 *Q* 78. Frisch 79. Frisch and Kowarski obituaries (one by ORF) (80. Kastler ORIGINALS made over to Vienna; no copies kept) 81. Condolences, 1983, incl. Popper, E Fried, Fischer, Mark, D Hodgkin (82. ORIGINALS. Paneth (re Hevesy and him), Lise Meitner, Watson-Watt, Chandrasekhar, Feyerabend, Wald, to J.Mitchell, Casimir, D'Arcy Thompson, Goudsmit, Stefan Meyer, v Hevesy, Boyd Orr, Kirchschlager, Kreisky, Fischer, Firnberg et al. Top copies sent to Vienna) 83. Feldberg, Perutz etc re Esther Simpson 1965 84. To Cardinal Koenig, and others re Pugwash, 1981 85. From WA Wooster, 17.7.54 86. From Margaret Lythgoe, 26.4.43 re seminar at Strangeways 87. From D Schoenberg 1956 x2 88. From Barbara Holmes x2 89. to JG Crowther 20.2.48 90. From F.S. Dainton 4.9.58 re Nick Miller 91. Tansley to EB 14.9.45 92. Motz to EB 1948-9 93. Robert Lawson to EB 6.9.45 94. Harold Hartley to EB 5.10.45 95. Robert Simha to EB 10.9.48 96. EB to Kaplan and Rotblat, 1982 97. Viktor Weisskopf to EB. undated and 1980 (one original) 98. EB to Vice-Burgermeister Busek 1979 99. Neues Osterreich 14.9.45 re The third day of the Lange trial 100. Rapoport 1951 101. Jura Soyfer on 70th anniversary 102. Origins of famous Hungarian scientists: Teller, Wigner, v Neumann, Szilard, Karman, Szent-G, Hevesy, Polanyi 103. John Haag. Blood on the Ringstrasse: Vienna's Students 1918-1933 104. Tiroler Tageszeitung; Bruno Sander 105. Guardian obit of Tess Simpson, 1996 (Missing) (106. Haldane file; Ivor Montagu; John Maynard Smith 1965) 107. Szilard file (corr. Trude Szilard) 108. Hans Thirring obit 1976 109. Philipp Gross obit. 1974 and others, 1971 110. Erich Fromm on Halsmann trial 111. Edward Bullard on RV Jones book, 1978 112. Modern Austrian writing etc. Jewish periodical 113. Freedom and Authority in scientific publication. Reprint, 1953. John R Baker 114. Controversy on freedom in Science in the Nineteenth Century, JR Baker, 1945-1962 115. Society for Freedom in Science: Soviet Science (from Pravda), 1948 116. Papers on the Soviet Genetics controversy, 1949. Dale, Fisher on Lysenko, Baker (117. Erich Fried poem, in German. *Q* EB carried this with him) (118. CF Powell, 1968. WFSW. The promise and scope of international scientific collaboration) 119. Hans E Suess. Virus House: comments and reminiscences (David Irving on German Atomic…) Copy kept 120. Sci Am. Stent, S Fox, Dickerson. Early life and panspermia 121. Letters re Roche review of EB Boltzmann book 1983. EB, PNewmark, PB (122. Lewontin and Levins. The Problem of Lysenkoism in: The Radicalisation of Science) 123. David Joravsky. Sci Am 1962. The Lysenko Affair (124. Mark Popovsky. New Sci 1978. The last days of Nikolai Vavilov) (125. Reprints: Bronowski, Crick Barnett Brenner Watts-Tobin, Delbrueck, Delbrueck and Stent, Stent and Fuerst, Blackett, Medawar, Goudsmit re horseshoes, Gueron, AV Hill, Popper and Eccles, Lewontin and Levins) 126. T Prager re Nuclear Referendum, 1978 (127. Peter Low Beer, May Broda 1983) (128. Cartoon, and opposites *Q*) 129. Oberkofler. EB and Stephan Hermlin (130. Prinz Eugen Str. taking apart of flat, winter 1983; Library; items for UK; valuations) (131. EB Archive 21.4.08. Lists 123 files in library and transferred) (132. EB Archive 8.7.90. Memo from PB to Wolfgang Kerber and Thomas Schoenfeld) 133. Berlin memo 7.6.1933 to Physico-Chemical Institute re EB and others *Q* 134. List of invitees re City of Vienna Prize. Alist of EB's closest friends 135. Note to EB, greetings with group's signatures, for recovery from accident 136. EB to JS Mitchell 11.6.46 protocol re bone test re RaD *Q* 137. 1.7.1980. Laudatio for H. Mark 138. 13.12.1981 Members, Acad der Kuenste der DDR 139. Le Petit Dauphine, 16.8.1931 on Semmelmann and Leibnitz 140. Contents pages of EB book 1984 141. 27.10.1971 letter to mayors in Wachau *Q*, and brochure 142. Specimen pages of calculations of reactions (143. Harold J Morowitz. Entropy and the Magic Flute. 1988, Boltzmann, EB, Vienna; PB letter) 144. EB to HA Tritthart, Medical Physics, Graz, 3pp *Q* definitive statement on radiation? 145. Peace open letters 1980's 146. Teller correspondence and book review 1978 (letter to K'schlager elsewhere) 147. Gitta to PB 18.5.93 re tree-planting and exhibition. 148. National Archives re Loew Beer 1939-1941; KV2/2181 149. Notes for talk on Democracy (wartime) 150. Notes on Max Planck 151. Participants, Int. Symp. Origins of Life, Moscow, Aug.1957 152. Albert Einstein and Austria, Austria Today, 1979 153. pc from Moscow 23.11.56; unknown sender 154. 3.82. International Tolerance Discussion. Statement by EB 155. Proposal to award Nobel to H.
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