Science
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
The Papers of Georg and Max Bredig
Collection
Identifier: 2019-011
Abstract
This collection of mixed media contains manuscripts, photographs, publications, artifacts and works of art collected and owned by Georg and Max Bredig. The collection documents Georg Bredig’s scientific training and rise to prominence as a gifted physical chemist in pre-World War II Germany. In contrast, the scope of the collection takes a dramatic shift after the Nazi rise to power in 1933. As a result of Bredig’s Jewish descent, his scientific career and very way of life was...
Dates:
1891-1968; Majority of material found within Bulk 1894-1944
Found in:
Science History Institute Archives
The Papers of Max Bredig
Collection
Identifier: 2020-011
Abstract
The Papers of Max Bredig contain manuscripts, photographs, publications, and artifacts which were created or collected by Max Bredig. The collection documents Max’s early life and career in Germany and contains a large amount of family and personal correspondence. The personal correspondence shifts to predominantly professional correspondence after he immigrated to the United States in 1933. Max’s career as a physical chemist at the Vanadium Corporation of America and later the Oak Ridge...
Dates:
1889-1978; Majority of material found within Bulk 1925-1965
Found in:
Science History Institute Archives