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Briefe 1935-1953 [Letters 1935-1953]
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Series[UMA-SRE-20190020] PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE OF FRITZ LOEWEAccession[1988.0020] Consolidated Papers of Fritz Philipp LoeweIdentifierUMA-ITE-2019002000028Scope and ContentFolder containing assorted correspondence, mainly professional correspondence between Fritz Loewe and various international colleagues and peers. Also contains Loewe's Report to Carnegie Corporation, 2 May 1939, which funded his position at the University of Melbourne for two years; carbon copies of Loewe's letters, including "Letters to the Editor"; postcards; N.U.A.S. Science Faculty Survey, 8 August 1941 completed by Loewe; typescript poem "Abschied und Willkommen December 1947". Of particular interest are letters and a draft plan by Martin Lindsay (1935-1936) concerning a proposed 1937-8 or 1938-9 Anglo-German Scientific Expedition to the North Polar basin, with Loewe's response; Letter by Loewe concerning his application for naturalisation; Letters from Douglas Mawson. Names of some correspondents are illegible.
Topics include: Antarctic convergence; Proposed Anglo-German Expedition to the North Polar Basin; Greenland Expeditions; Possible Palestine appointment; Western Greenland measurements; World War II; Progress of publication of meteorological reports of Antarctic expeditions (Mawson letters 1939, 1945, 1947, 1950); Corrections and comments on translations, research and publications; N.U.A.S. Science Faculty Survey, 8 August 1941; Naturalisation application re proof of deprivation of German nationality; Aeronautical Meteorological Research Report; Donation of bone handle knife, Western Greenland to National Museum (Melbourne); Student quotas post war; Comments on Royal Australian Airforce student papers; Thankyou letters from students; Reference (partial draft, undated) for Peter Crohn and letter of support (partial, undated) for P. Ramdohr; Antarctic Expedition 1950; Election as Honorary Vice-President of The Gliding Club of Victoria; Resignation from The McCoy Society
Senders / Recipients include: Fritz Loewe; A. Philipperan [?]; George Deacon, "Discovery" Investigations; Penek [?]; Martin Lindsay; M. Lagally; Morten P. Porsild [?], Den Dankse Arktiske Station, Grønland; Kurt Wegener; Royal Geographic Society; Archiv für Polarforschung; I.A. Koposow, Chief of the Polar Department, Northern Sea Way Administration, Moscow; Erich Etienne, Oxford University Greenland Expedition 1936; H.U. Sverdrup, Chr. Michelsens Institutt, Bergen; R.L. Samoilovitch, Arctic Institute, Leningrad; A.L. du Toit; Hans W. Ahlmann [?], Geografiska Institutet Stockholm; Audin Renaud [?]; Gordon Krantsy [?]; Asmus Hansen; David Gleghorn Thomson, Society for the Protection of Science and Learning; Carnegie Corporation of New York; R. Speight (postcard); Frank Debenham, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge; Douglas Mawson, University of Adelaide; Erwin Biel, Rutgers University; Dorothy Wright, Scott Polar Research Institute; Rockwell Kent, Ausable Forks, New York; Robert G. Stone, Department of Meteorology, New York University; Launcelot Fleming (1941 letter written from HMS Queen Elizabeth); H.N. Warren, Group Captain, Royal Australian Airforce; B.N. Banjeri; C. Corlette; D.J. Mahony, The National Museum; J.C. Richards, Department of the Interior; I. Langford, Royal Australian Airforce; W.G. Wells, Department of Agriculture and Stock; A. Defant, Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik, Innsbruck; Robert Galbally; W.J. Gibbs, RAAF Command; E. Nurse [?] (student thankyou letter); Herbert Luft; Adrian H. Gordon; The Registrar, University of Melbourne; L. Diels; R. Pilger, Botanischen Gartens und Museums, Berlin; Erich von Drygalski; Günter Wolff; H.C. Trumble, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide; Hugo Mannheimer; William H. Hobbs; Herbert Schönle; R. Penndorf, Cambridge Research Laboratories; Ernst H. Lohmeyer; B.W. Hartnell, Ministry of Post-War Reconstruction, Division of Industrial Development; Waltraud Schötz; Norbert Untersteiner, Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik, Innsbruck; P. Squires, CSIRO; I. Lodewyckx [?], Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen Stuttgart (postcard); M.F. Perutz, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge; H. Beck, The Gliding Club of Victoria; Alastair Willis [?], The McCoy Society, Zoological Department, University of Melbourne; W. Schmitt, Weather Bureau, Pretoria; Mario Ananias, Presidente, Camara Municipal De Araraquara; Charles Swithinbank; H. Elliott Brown; L. Emberger, Director de l'Institut Botanique;Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2019.0020 Unit 0003
Topics include: Antarctic convergence; Proposed Anglo-German Expedition to the North Polar Basin; Greenland Expeditions; Possible Palestine appointment; Western Greenland measurements; World War II; Progress of publication of meteorological reports of Antarctic expeditions (Mawson letters 1939, 1945, 1947, 1950); Corrections and comments on translations, research and publications; N.U.A.S. Science Faculty Survey, 8 August 1941; Naturalisation application re proof of deprivation of German nationality; Aeronautical Meteorological Research Report; Donation of bone handle knife, Western Greenland to National Museum (Melbourne); Student quotas post war; Comments on Royal Australian Airforce student papers; Thankyou letters from students; Reference (partial draft, undated) for Peter Crohn and letter of support (partial, undated) for P. Ramdohr; Antarctic Expedition 1950; Election as Honorary Vice-President of The Gliding Club of Victoria; Resignation from The McCoy Society
Senders / Recipients include: Fritz Loewe; A. Philipperan [?]; George Deacon, "Discovery" Investigations; Penek [?]; Martin Lindsay; M. Lagally; Morten P. Porsild [?], Den Dankse Arktiske Station, Grønland; Kurt Wegener; Royal Geographic Society; Archiv für Polarforschung; I.A. Koposow, Chief of the Polar Department, Northern Sea Way Administration, Moscow; Erich Etienne, Oxford University Greenland Expedition 1936; H.U. Sverdrup, Chr. Michelsens Institutt, Bergen; R.L. Samoilovitch, Arctic Institute, Leningrad; A.L. du Toit; Hans W. Ahlmann [?], Geografiska Institutet Stockholm; Audin Renaud [?]; Gordon Krantsy [?]; Asmus Hansen; David Gleghorn Thomson, Society for the Protection of Science and Learning; Carnegie Corporation of New York; R. Speight (postcard); Frank Debenham, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge; Douglas Mawson, University of Adelaide; Erwin Biel, Rutgers University; Dorothy Wright, Scott Polar Research Institute; Rockwell Kent, Ausable Forks, New York; Robert G. Stone, Department of Meteorology, New York University; Launcelot Fleming (1941 letter written from HMS Queen Elizabeth); H.N. Warren, Group Captain, Royal Australian Airforce; B.N. Banjeri; C. Corlette; D.J. Mahony, The National Museum; J.C. Richards, Department of the Interior; I. Langford, Royal Australian Airforce; W.G. Wells, Department of Agriculture and Stock; A. Defant, Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik, Innsbruck; Robert Galbally; W.J. Gibbs, RAAF Command; E. Nurse [?] (student thankyou letter); Herbert Luft; Adrian H. Gordon; The Registrar, University of Melbourne; L. Diels; R. Pilger, Botanischen Gartens und Museums, Berlin; Erich von Drygalski; Günter Wolff; H.C. Trumble, Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide; Hugo Mannheimer; William H. Hobbs; Herbert Schönle; R. Penndorf, Cambridge Research Laboratories; Ernst H. Lohmeyer; B.W. Hartnell, Ministry of Post-War Reconstruction, Division of Industrial Development; Waltraud Schötz; Norbert Untersteiner, Institut für Meteorologie und Geophysik, Innsbruck; P. Squires, CSIRO; I. Lodewyckx [?], Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen Stuttgart (postcard); M.F. Perutz, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge; H. Beck, The Gliding Club of Victoria; Alastair Willis [?], The McCoy Society, Zoological Department, University of Melbourne; W. Schmitt, Weather Bureau, Pretoria; Mario Ananias, Presidente, Camara Municipal De Araraquara; Charles Swithinbank; H. Elliott Brown; L. Emberger, Director de l'Institut Botanique;Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2019.0020 Unit 0003
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CreatorLoewe, Fritz P.RoleProvenance
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Date1935-5 December 1953
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Previous System ID2019.0020.00028Finding Aid Reference1988.0020 Unit 51/4
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Loewe, Fritz P., Briefe 1935-1953 [Letters 1935-1953] (1935-5 December 1953), [UMA-ITE-2019002000028]. University of Melbourne Archives, accessed 03/05/2026, https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/446782