- Creator
- Alexander, Jerome, 1876-1959
- Call number
- MssCol 38
- Physical description
- .4 linear feet (1 box)
- Preferred Citation
- Jerome Alexander correspondence, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.
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.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Gift, Alexander, Jerome, 02/18/54Key terms
Names
- Alexander, Jerome, 1876-1959
- Alexander, Jerome, 1876-1959
- Ascoli, Mario
- Bancroft, Wilder D. (Wilder Dwight), 1867-1953
- Bayless, W. M
- Beaverbrook, Max Aitken, Baron, 1879-1964
- Bragg, William Henry, 1862-1942
- Bragg, William Lawrence, Sir, 1890-1971
- Bridges, C
- Compton, Arthur Holly, 1892-1962
- Debye, Peter J. W. (Peter Josef William), 1884-1966
- Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
- Eyring, Harden Romney
- Jennings, H. B
- Korzybski, Alfred, 1879-1950
- Lawrence, Ernest Orlando, 1901-1958
- Mayo, William James, 1861-1939
- Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953
- Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958
- Ramsey, William, Sir, 1852-1916
- Searle, Alfred B. (Alfred Broadhead), 1877-1967
- Svedberg, Theodor, 1884-1971
- Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-1981
- Wilson, E. Bright (Edgar Bright), 1908-
- Zsigmondy, Richard
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328