Jerome Alexander correspondence

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 38", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"38", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Jerome Alexander correspondence"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1908-1953", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1908/1953"}

physdesc

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date_inclusive_start

1908

date_inclusive_end

1953

origination

{"value"=>"Alexander, Jerome, b. 1876", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Jerome Alexander (1876-1959) was the pre-eminent American scientist in the field of colloidal chemistry, the study of substances neither in suspension nor solution, which was pertinent to many other areas of chemistry. In addition to translating a seminal work in the field, Richard Zsigmondy's Colloids and the Ultra-Microscope, he wrote Colloid Chemistry (1919), and edited and contributed to Colloid Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical, the seven-volume standard work in the field. He also published poetry and essays.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence, 1880-1953, primarily letters exchanged with chemists and physicists, including many Nobel Prize winners, concerning their contributions to Colloid Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical. Correspondents include Mario Ascoli, W. Bancroft, W.M. Bayless, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir William Henry Bragg, Sir William Lawrence Bragg, C. Bridges, A.H. Compton, P. Debye, Albert Einstein, H. Eyring, W.B. Harvey, H.B. Jennings, Alfred Korzybski, E.O. Lawrence, W.J. Mayo, R.A. Millikan, G.B. Pegram, W. Ramsey, A.B. Searle, T. Svedberg, E.C. Urey, E.B. Wilson, and Richard Zsigmondy.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 54M49"}

{"date"=>"02/18/54", "source"=>"Alexander, Jerome", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Alexander, Jerome, 02/18/54"}

keydate

1908

prefercite

{"value"=>"Jerome Alexander correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Jerome Alexander (1876-1959) was the pre-eminent American scientist in the field of colloidal chemistry, the study of substances neither in suspension nor solution, which was pertinent to many other areas of chemistry. In addition to translating a seminal work in the field, Richard Zsigmondy's Colloids and the Ultra-Microscope, he wrote Colloid Chemistry (1919), and edited and contributed to Colloid Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical, the seven-volume standard work in the field. He also published poetry and essays. Collection consists of correspondence, 1880-1953, primarily letters exchanged with chemists and physicists, including many Nobel Prize winners, concerning their contributions to Colloid Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical. Correspondents include Mario Ascoli, W. Bancroft, W.M. Bayless, Lord Beaverbrook, Sir William Henry Bragg, Sir William Lawrence Bragg, C. Bridges, A.H. Compton, P. Debye, Albert Einstein, H. Eyring, W.B. Harvey, H.B. Jennings, Alfred Korzybski, E.O. Lawrence, W.J. Mayo, R.A. Millikan, G.B. Pegram, W. Ramsey, A.B. Searle, T. Svedberg, E.C. Urey, E.B. Wilson, and Richard Zsigmondy.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.4 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1908

date_end

1953

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