Papers, 1920-1972.

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Papers, 1920-1972.

Primarily correspondence (mostly incoming) with H. Boegehold, C. Carathèodory, A. Einstein, E. Lihotzky, R. von Mises, and others, 1924-1962; collection includes unpublished manuscripts on optics and physics.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8240421

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