| Title |
Letters |
| Reference |
1-40 |
| Creator |
Various |
| Covering Dates |
1917–1972 |
| Extent and Medium |
40 folders; paper |
|
| Content and context |
|
Letters to and from LJM, mainly concerning mathematics but also including letters from friends and family and correspondence concerning the problems LJM had in obtaining a USA visa in the 1950s.
Arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent.
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| St John's Library/Mordell/1-40 contains: |
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1
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Allied Press.
Creator: Various.
4 letters; paper. |
1937 |
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2
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Baer.
Creator: Reinhold Baer (1902-1979).
7 letters; paper. |
1933–1953 |
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3
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Chapman.
Creator: Sydney Chapman (1888-1970).
7 letters. |
1925–1941 |
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4
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Davenport.
Creator: Harold Davenport (1907-1969).
77 letters; paper. |
1929–1956 |
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5
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Engineer. Correspondence between LJM and the Editor of The Engineer. Concerns an article 'Sixty Years Ago: A Mathematical Prize' which told the story of the award, and subsequent withdrawal, of the French Academy's Grand Prix for mathematics to H. Minkowsky. LJM believed some of the article to be incorrect.
Creator: Various.
3 letters. |
1943 |
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6
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Erdos.
Creator: Paul Erdos (1913-1996).
2 folders. |
1933–1960 |
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7
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Family and friends.
Creator: Various.
20 letters. |
1931–1959 |
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8
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Hardy.
Creator: Godfrey Harold Hardy (1877-1947).
93 letters. |
1919–1949 |
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9
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Hasse.
Creator: Helmut Hasse (1898-1979).
23 letters. |
1928–1972 |
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10
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Hecke.
Creator: Erich Hecke (1887-1947).
6 letters. |
1924–1939 |
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11
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Heilbronn.
Creator: Hans Arnold Heilbronn (1908-1975).
26 letters. |
1933–1936 |
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12
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Hilbert.
Creator: David Hilbert (1862-1943).
5 letters. |
1928–1931 |
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13
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Landau.
Creator: Edmund Landau (1877-1938).
8 letters. |
1927–1937 |
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14
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Lecture Tour of Germany and Austria. Correspondence regarding a lecture tour of Germany and Austria arranged by the German Education and Information Department, Foreign Office. Includes travel arrangements, fees and other practicalities.
Creator: Various.
8 items. |
1950–1951 |
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15
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London Mathematical Society.
Creator: Various.
26 items. |
1929–1962 |
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16
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Lubelski.
Creator: Salomon Lubelski.
7 letters. |
1937–1939 |
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17
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Mahler.
Creator: Kurt Mahler (1903-1988).
42 letters. |
1932–1957 |
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18
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Milne.
Creator: Edward Arthur Milne (1896-1950).
12 letters. |
1932–1941 |
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19
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Miscellaneous Letters.
Creator: Various.
4 folders. |
1917–1966 |
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20
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Newman.
Creator: Maxwell Herman Alexander Newman (1897-1984).
6 letters. |
1933–1945 |
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21
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Rado.
Creator: Richard Rado (1906-1989).
12 letters. |
1934–1943 |
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22
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Reflections of a Mathematician.
Creator: Various.
8 letters. |
1955–1957 |
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23
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Refugee Mathematicians.
Creator: Various.
6 letters. |
1933–1942 |
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24
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Remak.
Creator: Robert Remak (1888-1942).
9 letters. |
1939 |
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25
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Richmond.
Creator: Herbert William Richmond (1863-1948).
14 letters. |
1929–1943 |
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26
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Schur.
Creator: Issai Schur (1875-1941).
5 letters. |
1931–1937 |
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27
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Segre.
Creator: Beniamino Segre (1903-1977).
8 letters. |
1941–1949 |
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28
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Siegel.
Creator: Carl Ludwig Siegel (1896-1981).
19 letters. |
1926–1967 |
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29
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Snow.
Creator: Charles Percy Snow (1905-1980).
4 letters. |
1962–1969 |
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30
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Stuart. A series of rambling letters on mathematical subjects to LJM from T. Stuart, London.
Creator: T. Stuart.
1 folder. |
1934–1938 |
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31
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Swinnerton Dyer.
Creator: Various.
10 items. |
1942–1963 |
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32
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Todd.
Creator: John Arthur Todd (1908-1994).
6 letters. |
1933–1964 |
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33
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Van der Corput.
Creator: Johannes Gualtherus van der Corput (b. 1890).
5 letters. |
1935–1947 |
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34
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Visa Correspondence. Correspondence concerning LJM's application for a visa to visit USA as a visiting lecturer, the subsequent problems he encountered regarding the refusal of the visa on grounds of his being a danger to the USA and the efforts taken to find out why he had been so labelled and to overturn the decision. Includes official letters from US Government bodies, letters from the American Federation of Scientists, letters from relatives and friends and also correspondence with lawyers.
Creator: Various.
1 folder. |
1953–1959 |
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35
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Walfisz.
Creator: Arnold Walfisz (1892-1962).
8 letters. |
1934–1938 |
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36
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Watson.
Creator: George Neville Watson (1886-1965).
9 letters. |
1933–1943 |
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37
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Weil.
Creator: Andre Weil (1906-1998).
7 letters. |
1928–1932 |
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38
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Western.
Creator: A. E. Western.
5 letters. |
1936–1948 |
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39
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Weyl.
Creator: Hermann Weyl (1885-1955).
6 letters. |
1936–1939 |
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40
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Whittaker.
Creator: Edmund Taylor Whittaker (1873-1956).
6 letters. |
1924–1955 |
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