Oral history interview with Margrethe Bohr, 1971 August 11.

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Oral history interview with Margrethe Bohr, 1971 August 11.

Carlsberg Breweries income creation of the Carlsberg Foundation; Johannes Pedersen chairman for the five member board; meetings on progress and smaller/larger grants to museums and to individuals; limits to size of grants; grant procedures. The establishment of Niels Bohr's institute (to reestablish international scientific collaboration); relationship between Harald & Niels Bohr and Martin Knudsen (their views on German inclusion in international scientific unions); United States visits 1923, 1933; life at Bohr's institute and at Carlsberg.

1 session.Transcript: 14 p.

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