The Papers of Lise Meitner

Until 1956, correspondence was arranged each year in a file alphabetically by correspondent's name. Letters considered worthy of permanent preservation were then transferred to the main alphabetical filing system (MTNR 5/1-19). As an alternative from 1956 onwards, there was an attempt to distinguish personal from other letters which was not very successful, and in addition letters from certain correspondents were kept in separate files (MTNR 5/20-32). It is therefore necessary to search in several places for the letters of any correspondent. [In order to rectify some of these problems, Dr Jost Lemmerich of Berlin has re-sorted the later correspondence, formerly files 5/36 to 5/53, alphabetically by correspondent where possible, resulting in changes to the contents of files as listed in the previous catalogue. Where possible, previous file references have been added in brackets.

See also MTNR 9/18. Additional correspondence (formerly MTNR 5/68- 5/71) located in Meitner Associated (MTNR AS 1/1-1/4).

A detailed index and list to the Meitner correspondence by Dr Jost Lemmerich is also available, together with Dr Lemmerich's German transcripts of letters between Meitner and Elizabeth and Gertrud Schiemann (MTNR 5/32). Dr Lemmerich has also completed a detailed list of correspondence between Meitner and Max von Laue, Magda von Laue (earlier Magda Degen) and Hilde von Laue (MTNR 5/27-28), and also a list of correspondence between Meitner and Otto and Edith Hahn (MTNR 5/21-22).