Contents and Arrangement Expanded View

Collection Overview

Creator:
Kauzmann, Walter, 1916-
Title:
Walter Kauzmann Papers
Repository:
Manuscripts Division
Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6h440s53x
Dates:
1940-1993
Size:
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Storage Note:
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-2
Language:
English

Abstract

Consists of correspondence and miscellaneous materials related to Walter Kauzmann's work on the Manhattan Project and his career as a professor of chemistry at Princeton University.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

The collection consists of correspondence and miscellaneous materials related to Kauzmann's work on the Manhattan Project and his career as a professor of chemistry at Princeton University. Included are letters by chemist George Kistiakowsky.

Arrangement

Unprocessed.

Collection Creator Biography:

Kauzmann, Walter, 1916-

A Princeton professor of chemistry, Walter Kauzmann developed the "Kauzmann paradox" in thermodynamics. In the 1940s, Kauzmann was a participant in the Manhattan Project developing the atomic bomb.

Collection History

Acquisition:

Gift of the creator in 2004 (AM 2005-31).

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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.

Credit this material:

Walter Kauzmann Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Permanent URL:
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/6h440s53x
Location:
Firestone Library
One Washington Road
Princeton, NJ 08544, USA
(609) 258-3184
Storage Note:
ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-2