Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center

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The Anna Adelaide Stafford Henriques collection is comprised of three short letters, one handwritten invitation, and one photograph dating from 1933-1935.

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The Armand Borel papers consist of the personal files of Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics Faculty Armand Borel. The materials document Borel's role as a Faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study, including in particular his participation in Faculty governance, Institute programs, and administration. The bulk of the materials date from 1957-1993.

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The Arne Beurling papers consist of administrative files that document Beurling's work as a Member and later Faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics. Beurling's papers are arranged chronologically and cover the period of his formal affiliation with the Institute for Advanced Study dating from 1955-1971.

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The Arthur and Alice Burks collection consists of secondary sources collected by Alice Burks document Alice and Arthur W. Burks work on the Electronic Computer Project at the Institute for Advanced Study which culminated in the creation of the IAS Machine.

Scope and Contents The Association of Members of the Institute for Advanced Study (AMIAS) records consist of materials documenting the incorporation and work of AMIAS organization on behalf of former Members and Visitors of the Institute for Advanced Study. Materials include the AMIAS Articles of Incorporation, By-laws, Board of Trustees meeting minutes, and Board of Trustess Committee meeting minutes. Additional records include administrative files and correspondence related to fundraising and programming as...

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The Atle Selberg papers consist of the mathematical papers, professional correspondence, and personal materials of Norwegian mathematician Atle Selberg. The majority of the papers document Selberg's work following his emigration to the United States and appointment to the Institute for Advanced Study Faculty from approximately 1951-2007. Select items from Selberg's early life as well as honors, awards, and remembrances following his passing in 2007 are also included in the collection.

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The Beatrice Stern research files contain notes, typescripts, and other research materials related to Beatrice Stern's unpublished manuscript "A History of the Institute for Advanced Study, 1930-1950" dating from approximately 1920-1964.

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The Bengt Strömgren papers consist of the notebooks, manuscripts, publications, and preprints of Danish astronomer and astrophysicist Bengt Strömgren. The materials correspond to Strömgren's work as a Faculty of the Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics and date from 1952-1967.

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The Clifford Geertz papers consist of correspondence and documentation related to the work of former Institute for Advanced Study School of Social Science Faculty Clifford Geertz. The bulk of materials date from approximatley 1970-2005.

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The Deane Montgomery papers consist of correspondence and documentation related to the work of former Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics Faculty Deane Montgomery from 1930-1989.

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The Dorothy Morgenstern Thomas collection consists of three items documenting the life of Institute for Advanced Study Faculty Kurt Gödel. The materials include a letter composed by Oksar Morgenstern in 1971 which recalls highlights of Kurt Gödel's preparation for his naturalization interview and the interview itself in Trenton, New Jersey as well as two photographic slides that depict Gödel with his wife and Gödel with The Reverend E.A. Conway, S.J., of Creighton University.

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The collection consists of 9 folders of research and collected correspondence of Elaine Negroponte related to Negroponte's research on Alan Turing as well as recording relating to John Von Neumann. Notable materials include a folder of correspondence with John Turing, the brother of Alan Turing.

Scope and Contents The Elfriede Regina and Georg Nicolaus Knauer with Harold F. Cherniss correspondence with Harold Cherniss consists of seven cards and letters, most of them handwritten, from Harold Cherniss to either Elfriede (Kezia) Regina Overhoff Knauer only or to both her and her husband, Georg Nicolaus (Nico) Knauer. The contents of the correspondence suggest a shared interest in their respective individual professional work and a warm personal relationship between the three parties, as well as...

Scope and Contents The Elfriede Regina and Georg Nicolaus Knauer correspondence consists of thirty unique items, mostly letters and postcards, which are most often addressed by Homer Thompson to Elfriede (Kezia) Regina Overhoff Knauer. Roughly one-third of the correspondence is addressed by Thompson to both Kezia and her husband, Georg Nicolaus (Nico) Knauer, sometimes with the salutation of "NI-KE," which is a combination of the first letters of the Knauers' names as well as a nod to the trio's mutual...

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The Ernst Kantorowicz correspondence consists primarily of letters to Kantorowicz from fellow scholars representing various fields in the humanities. Roughly thirty unique individuals are among the correspondents and the letters are dated from 1940-1985.

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The George D. Mostow papers consist of materials created by Institute for Advanced Study Trustee and Member George Daniel Mostow and date from approximately 1982-1992.

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The Deane Montgomery papers consist of correspondence and documentation related to the work of former Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics Permanent Member George Placzek from 1932-1955.

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This collection contains materials collected by Gerda Panofsky related to her late husband, Erwin Panofsky, and others affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study.

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The Giles Constable papers contain materials created and accumulated by Giles Constable during his work as a member of the Faculty of the School of Historical Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study from 1985-2003.

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The G. W. Bowersock papers consist of materials created and accumulated by Institute for Advanced Study School of Historical Studies Faculty Glen Warren Bowersock during his affiliation with the Institute. Materials include correspondence and administrative records relating to Bowersock's role at the Institute as well as publication materials and papers related to his work in academia more broadly. Materials date from 1974-2011.

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The Hermann Weyl collection contains selected correspondence, lectures, and notebooks from Institute for Advanced Study School of Mathematics Faculty Hermann Weyl. The materials consist of both German and English language writing and document Weyl's relationship with his family and his professional life in the United States following his forced migration out of Germany during the rise of the Nazi party. Materials date from 1938-1955.

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The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Board of Trustees. Decadal Review records contain administrative records and documentation related to the Board of Trustee's "Decadal Review" of Institute for Advanced Study operations. Materials date from the first review in 1955 to 2012.

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The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Board of Trustees records consist of founding documentation for the Institute for Advanced Study, including the Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and By-Laws ammendments as well materials related to the governance of the greater Institute. Materials date from 1930 to 2015.

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The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Development and Communications. Associate Director for Development and Public Affairs records consist of the administrative files created adnd accumulated by the office of the Associate Director for Development and Public Affairs from 1990 to 2006.

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The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Development and Communications. Communications and Public Relations records consist of files created and accumulated by Communications staff at the Institute of Advanced Study. Materials consist of administrative documenting publications and press coverage related to Institute for Advanced Study. Materials date from 1993 to 2016.

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The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Development and Communications. Development records contain administrative files created and accumulated by the Development and Communications office which relate to fundraising and capital campaign efforts of the Institute for Advanced Study. Materials date from 1972 to 2015.

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The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Director's Office. Assistant to the Director for Community Affairs records contain administrative files created and accumulated by the Assistant to the Director for Community Affairs. Materials date from approximately 1971-1988.

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The Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Director's Office. Associate Director and Secretary of the Corporation records consist of administrative files created and accumulated within the office of the Associate Director and Secretary of the Corporation. Materials date from 1975 to 1983.