saved by the bay (2014) | exhibition panels 15x12

8/13/2019 Saved by The Bay (2014) | Exhibition Panels 15X12

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Max Knight (19091993)Summer vacations in Europe, 19091926Typed manuscriptMax Knight: The story of my life with documents and photographs: photocopy of typescript, 19761993,BANC MSS 98/95 c, The Bancroft Library


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Otto Stern (18881969)University of Breslau matriculation certicateBreslau, Germany (now Wrocaw, Poland), Druck von Emil Winter, October 24, 1908Otto Stern papers, circa 18881969 , BANC MSS 85/96 c, The Bancroft Library


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Hans Lewy (19041988)University of Gttingen Summer Semester course schedule and fee listGttingen, Germany, 1923Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library


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Alfred Tarski (19011983)Uniwersytet Jzefa Pisudskiego w Warszawie faculty identication cardWarsaw, Poland, August 10, 1939Alfred Tarski papers, circa 19231985 , BANC MSS 84/69 c, The Bancroft Library

In 1935, the University of Warsaw was renamed in honor of theleader of the Second Polish Republic, Jzef Klemens Pisudski(18671935). Most Polish universities at that time attempted toinstitute segregated seating for their Jewish students. This card,issued shortly before a trip abroad, became the only documentavailable to Alfred Tarski to establish his identity upon hisarrival to the United States in 1939, since Polish consularservices had been suspended following the Nazi invasion ofPoland and the start of the Second World War.


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Hans Lewy (19041988)Letter from Gttingen University sanctioning loss of teaching licenseGttingen, Germany, October 31, 1933Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library

Hans Lewy, who had edGermany in 1933, receiveda formal communicationfrom the Dekan (Dean) of theDepartment of Mathematics atthe University of Gttingen laterthat year, while he was alreadyin the United States. The letterformalized his dismissal fromacademic life, stating: Theministrys directive accordingto which youas well as mostnon-aryan lecturers who werefurloughed last semesterarebeing deprived of your licenseto teach bears the date ofSeptember 11, 1933U.I. Nr.17541. The Department hasmerely been informed of thedirective; the notication to thepersons in question has beencarried out in a more directmanner.


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Alfred Tarski (19011983)Gdynia-America Shipping Lines dinner menuWarsaw, Poland, Jan Cotty Prints and Lithographs, 1939Alfred Tarski Papers, circa 19231985, BANC MSS 84/69 c, The Bancroft Library

The papers of mathematicianAlfred Tarski include themenu of the ship that hadtaken him to the United States

for a lecture tour. Duringhis American sojourn, theSecond World War broke outfollowing Germanys invasionof Poland. Tarski did notreturn to Europe and workedtirelessly to have his familyoin him in the US.


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Max Knight (19091993)Certicate of arrivalSeattle, Wash., Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Hie Maru Steamship, May 26, 1941Max Knight: The story of my life with documents and photographs: photocopy of typescript, 19761993,BANC MSS 98/95 c, The Bancroft Library


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Alfred Tarski (19011983)Letter of support by Horace M. Kallen, New School for Social Researchto the American Consul, CubaNew York City, November 6, 1939Alfred Tarski Paper s, circa 19231985, BANC MSS 84/69 c, The Bancroft Library


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Alfred Tarski (19011983)Letter of support by Charles W. Morris, University of Chicago, to theAmerican Consul, CubaChicago, Ill., November 8, 1939Alfred Tarski Papers, circa 19231985, BANC MSS 84/69 c, The Bancroft Library


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Alfred Tarski (19011983)Letter from Joseph K. Krasicki, Consul of Poland, conrmingAlfred Tarskis identityNew York City, November 22, 1939Alfred Tarski Papers, circa 19231985, BANC MSS 84/69 c, The Bancroft Library


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Gunther Stent (19242008)Letter of support by Basil Holroyd, Holroyd Glassware and LightingLondon, United Kingdom, February 6, 1940Gunther S. Stent papers, 19152007 , BANC MSS 99/149z, The Bancroft Library


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Alfred Tarski (19011983)War Manpower Commission, National Roster of Scientic andSpecialized PersonnelGovernment Print Ofce, March 16, 1942Alfred Tarski Papers, circa 19231985, BANC MSS 84/69 c, The Bancroft Library


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Gunther Stent (19242008)Letter to the National Roster of Scientic and Specialized PersonnelChampaign, Ill., April 20, 1945Gunther S. Stent papers, 19152007, BANC MSS 99/149 z, The Bancroft Library


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Gerson Goldhaber (19242010)Curriculum VitaeMadison, Wis., [1950]Gerson Goldhaber papers , 19491991 , BANC MSS 2003/324 c, The Bancroft Library


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Hans Lewy (19041988)Job offer from Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island, August 12, 1933Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library


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Gerson Goldhaber (19242010)Letter accepting a job offer at Columbia University[Madison, Wis.], August 31, 1950Gerson Goldhaber papers , 19461991 , BANC MSS 2003/324 c, The Bancroft Library


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Max Knight (19091993)Appointment letter, University PressBerkeley, Calif., November 17, 1950Max Knight: The story of my life with documents and photographs: photocopy of typescript, 19761993, BANC MSS The Bancroft Library


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Gerson Goldhaber (19242010)Letter declining offer from Cornell University, announcing acceptance ofprofessorship at the University of California, Berkeley[New York City], April 20, 1953Gerson Goldhaber papers , 19461991 , BANC MSS 2003/324 c, The Bancroft Library


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Amos de-Shalit (19261969)Invitation to The Weitzmann Institute of ScienceLetterRehovot, Israel, November 8, 1956Gerson Goldhaber papers, 19491991 , BANC MSS 2003/324 c, The Bancroft Library


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William McCormackServing on the Education Abroad Program in Jerusalem for theUniversity of CaliforniaLetter, Berkeley, Calif., February 26, 1968Gerson Goldhaber papers, 19491991 , BANC MSS 2003/324 c, The Bancroft Library


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Gunther Stent (19242008)Letter of acceptance of the Acting Chairmanship, Department ofMolecular Biology Chair, at the University of California, BerkeleyDecember 21, 1965Gunther S. Stent papers, 19152007, BANC MSS 99/149 z, The Bancroft Library


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The New York Academy of SciencesMembership certicate presented to Gunther StentNew York City, October 1993Gunther S. Stent papers, 19152007, BANC MSS 99/149 z, The Bancroft Library


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Albert Einstein (18791955)Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists gift acknowledgment letterPrinceton, NJ, August 2, 1948Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library


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Hans Lewy (19041988)Letter to the Secretary of the Loyalty Board, Department of Congressconcerning Communist Party membership and the Loyalty OathBerkeley, March 15, 1951Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library


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Hugh L. Dryden (18981965)Letter announcing election to the National Academy of SciencesWashington, D.C., April 28, 1964Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library


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Ira KaminBerkeley Professor is winner of Wolf PrizeSan Francisco, Calif.,The Northern California Jewish Bulletin [1984], p. 22Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library


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Evelyn GrossbergDonor report on the Hans Lewy Grant for Student Aid,The Hebrew University of JerusalemJerusalem, Israel, November 14, 1990Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library


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Otto Stern (18881969)Honorary Doctorate in Natural SciencesZurich, Switzerland, Eidgenssische Technische Hochschule, November 19, 1960Otto Stern papers, circa 18881969, BANC MSS 85/96 c, The Bancroft Library

Immediately after receiving a PhD in physical chemistry (University of Breslau) in 1912, Ottohad joined Albert Einstein at the University of Prague and then followed him to the UniversityZurich where he becamePrivatdozent of Physical Chemistry at the Eidgenssische TechnischeHochschule (ETH Zurich) in 1913. The Swiss institution awarded him an Honorary Doctorate1960, in recognition of his work which appeals to us due to his deep understanding of classicmolecular physics, a eld in which he developed the brilliant method of molecular rays, whicpossible the rst measurement of the magnetic momentum of the proton, and which directed hfundamental questions regarding the structure of elementary particles.


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Hans Lewy (19041988)Doctoral degree renewalGttingen, Germany, Georg-August-Universitt zu Gttingen, 1976Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library


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Max Knight (19091993)Medal of Honor certicateVienna, Austria, The Republic of Austria, November 13, 1985Max Knight: The story of my life with documents and photographs: photocopy of typescript, 19761993,BANC MSS 98/95 c, The Bancroft Library

The certicate recites: The Ofce of the President hereby certies that the FederalPresident of the Republic of Austria by resolution of November 13, 1985, has awardedDr. Max Knight, Alias Max Kuehnel Knight, Reader at the University Press of California,the Medal of Honor in gold for merits concerning the Republic of Austria. Max Knighthad ed Austria immediately after the Nazi takeover (Anschluss) of 1938.


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Norbert Kamp (19271999)Letter concerning the inclusion of Hans Lewys name on a plaque honoracademics expelled from the University of Gttingen (19331945)Gttingen, Germany, November 20, 1989Hans Lewy papers, 19061999 , BANC MSS 91/147 cz, The Bancroft Library

To celebrate the 50thanniversary of its initialconferment (1926), theUniversity of Gttingen, whichhad expelled Hans Lewyin 1933 following the lawspassed by the Nazi regime,renewed the mathematiciansdoctoral degree in 1976.Thirteen years later, theUniversity unveiled a plaquehonoring those professors andlecturers who were dismissedand expelled between 1933and 1945. As N. Kamp, ahistorian and the UniversitysPresident, explained in aletter to H. Lewy, this wasdone to give them a specialplace at the center of theuniversity. The plaque alsomentions your name, asa reminder of the injusticeinicted upon you.


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Walter Friedlander (18911984)Letter to Sheridan Downey, U.S. Senator, on behalf of the AmericanAssociation of Social Workers, soliciting funding for the United Nations and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)Berkeley, December 5, 1945Files relating to the American Association of Social Workers, East Bay Chapter, 19451949 , BANC MSS 84/80 c,The Bancroft Library

Created on Nov. 9, 1943,by a 44-nation agreement,the UNRRA managed reliefoperations in countriesravaged by the SecondWorld War, administeringthe work of 23 social welfareagencies including importantJewish relief organizationssuch as the Joint DistributionCommittee, the Organizationfor Rehabilitation throughTraining (ORT), and the

Hebrew Immigrant AidSociety. In the course of 1945,it assisted in the repatriationof millions of refugees andmanaged hundreds ofdisplaced persons camps inChina, Germany, Italy, andAustria.


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Conseil national franais pour la protection des droits des Juifs dU.R.S.Svia Gary Feldman (b. 1942)Appeal in support of imprisoned Soviet Jewish mathematician, Vladimir BITNET email message printout, Berkeley, Calif., February 3, 1986Gerson Goldhaber papers , 19491991 , BANC MSS 2003/324 c, The Bancroft Library


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Gerson Goldhaber (19242010)L l f A I h ki Alikh i (1908 1978)

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