- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
- Find Related Materials
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Einstein, Albert (1879-1955)
- Title:
- Albert Einstein Duplicate Archive
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2801pg39m
- Dates:
- 1859-1979 (mostly 1912-1955)
- Size:
- 94 boxes and 37.9 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-94
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Consists of a photocopied duplicate archive of the original Albert Einstein Archive at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, divided into scientific and non-scientific sections, including published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, lectures, notebooks, notes, travel diaries (1925-1933), family papers, and correspondence.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a photocopied and microfilmed duplicate archive of the original Albert Einstein Archive at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, divided into scientific and non-scientific sections, including published and unpublished manuscripts, articles, lectures, notebooks, notes, travel diaries (1925-1933), family papers, and correspondence. The papers span Einstein's entire career and are augmented by additions through 1979.
- Arrangement
The arrangement of the collection follows the arrangement of the original Albert Einstein Archive.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Einstein
Albert Einstein was engaged by Kaizosha, the Japanese publishing house, to present a series of scientific and popular lectures on relativity. From Nov. 17, 1922, to Dec. 29, 1922, Einstein toured Japan, giving these lectures and performing official engagements. His trip at the time was described as a "triumphal progress."
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The original archive is at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. This duplicate archive was assembled from copyflo made from negative microfilm of the papers with the aim of reproducing the organization of material as it is in the original archive. Additions may be made occasionally.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
Folder inventory added by Gregory Kohles '2013 in 2011.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Written permission to reproduce and publish materials in the archive is required from the Albert Einstein Archives, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
Albert Einstein Duplicate Archive; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/2801pg39m
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- Firestone Library (scamss): Box 1-94
Find More
- Existence and Location of Copies
Also available on microfilm, with its own guide.
- Other Finding Aids
A guide to the papers is available, as well as various computer indexes, such as a chronological index and an alphabetical index to the correspondence.
- Existence and Location of Originals
The originals are at Hebrew Universtiy in Jerusalem.
- Subject Terms:
- Nuclear nonproliferation.
Quantum theory.
Relativity (Physics)
Space and time.
Zionism. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence
Diaries.
Manuscripts.
Notebooks.
Physicists. - Names:
- Einstein family.
