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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653/1/A/13

Scope and Contents Writing from the Academic Assistance Council, Adams says it is necessary for the [1936] February 21 Council to consider assistance to some 20 German scientists in British institutions previously supported by temporary Imperial Chemical Industries' grants. The scientists in question did not know how long the arrangement would continue; in fact most grants would end in July. This affects about 14 scientists, most of whom have approached the AAC as an alternative. Adams asks for Rutherford's...

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Ernest, Baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871–1937): Correspondence and Papers / Correspondence of Ernest Rutherford / Original correspondence of Ernest Rutherford / Correspondence: surnames commencing 'A'

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Letter to Adam, Walter

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653/1/A/12

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Rutherford is delighted it is possible for [Mathilde Hertz] to receive an award. He feels that the AAC's attitude is of as much symbolic as practical importance due to the prestige 'Germany of the old days' gained from [Heinrich Hertz's] discoveries. Will write to Thomson about new soureces of funds for her.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Ernest, Baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871–1937): Correspondence and Papers / Correspondence of Ernest Rutherford / Original correspondence of Ernest Rutherford / Correspondence: surnames commencing 'A'

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Letter to Adam, Walter, 19 Feb. 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7653/1/A/15

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Rutherford writes that in a letter just received ICI refuses to support the scientists they brought from Germany. With regard to the Nansen Office letter about the possibility of a Nobel Prize award of funds for the Academic Assistance Council, Rutherford agrees Michael Hansen's letter is not encouraging and that the International Institute of Intellectual Co-operation would have first place. Asks Adams to draft an acknowledgement; will see him on Friday at lunch [Friday February 21?].

Dates: 19 Feb. 1936

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The MS Add.7653 Ernest Rutherford papers are owned by the University of Cambridge and are open for consultation under the normal regulations of the University Library's manuscripts collections; see http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/deptserv/manuscripts/. The only limitations to use are in respect of the low-level radioactivity of a small number of items in the collection. Further advice is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room staff.

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Ernest, Baron Rutherford of Nelson (1871–1937): Correspondence and Papers / Correspondence of Ernest Rutherford / Original correspondence of Ernest Rutherford / Correspondence: surnames commencing 'A'

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