Benfey autographed letter collection
Scope and content
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This is a collection of 21 letters, signed by eminent chemists of the modern era. All are typed and all but one is in English. Signers include Linus Pauling, Peter Debye, Road Hoffmann and Robert Woodward.
Dates
- Creation: 1947-1984
Language of Materials
Text in English and German.
Extent
1 Linear Feet (2 folders)
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Theodor O. Benfey. Method of acquisition--gift ;; Date of acquisition--1988..
Digitized Materials
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized and are available to view online in our Digital Collections: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/collections/h702q641c
General Note
Filed with the Raymond Szymanowitz collection of autographed letters, 1791-1964.
Subject
- Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983 (Person)
- Hoffmann, Roald (Person)
- Pauling, Linus, 1901-1994 (Person)
- Woodward, R.B. (Robert Burns), 1917-1979 (Person)
- Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966 (Person)
- Herzberg, Gerhard, 1904-1999 (Person)
- Hildebrand, Joel Henry, 1881-1983 (Person)
- Benfey, O. Theodor (Otto Theodor), 1925- (Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 8/28/2023: Digitized Materials note added.
Repository Details
Part of the Science History Institute Archives Repository
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