Photographs of Lise Meitner with others, 1955 - 1957
Scope and Contents
Comprising 42 black-and-white photographs and 1 colour photograph.
Including photographs of Otto Hahn with Thomas Kuhn, July 1955 (1); Lise Meitner on holiday in the mountains near Sassal Mason with friends, July 1955 (3); Lise Meitner receiving the Otto Hahn Prize, September 1955 (2); Lise Meitner at a Luciafeier in Sweden, December 1955 (7); Lise Meitner with Professor Haberlandt, 1955 (2); Lise Meitner at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz (successor to the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Chemistry in Berlin-Dahlem), with Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann, July 1956 (7); Lise Meitner receiving an honorary degree in Berlin, possibly from the Free University of Berlin, 1956 (5); Lise Meitner with Nelly Planck in Cologne, 1957 (11); and humourous photographs of Lise Meitner and friends, undated (5).
Also with a press cutting about Lise Meitner receiving the German Order of Merit in Bonn, 1957.
Dates
- Creation: 1955 - 1957
Creator
- From the Fonds: Meitner, Lise, 1878 - 1968 (Professor of Nuclear Physics) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Finding aid date
2005-04-12 14:28:14+00:00
Subject
- Hahn, Otto, 1879 - 1968 (chemist) (Person)
- Strassmann, Fritz, 1902 - 1980 (chemist) (Person)
- Laue, Max von, 1879 - 1960 (physicist) (Person)
- Heuss, Theodor, 1884 - 1963 (politician) (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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