Persönliche Briefe über Wissenschaft [Personal Letters about Science]

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Series[UMA-SRE-20190020] PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL CORRESPONDENCE OF FRITZ LOEWEAccession[1988.0020] Consolidated Papers of Fritz Philipp LoeweIdentifierUMA-ITE-2019002000029Scope and ContentFolder containing assorted correspondence on scientific matters, most grouped by correspondent name in rough chronological order, and including handwritten drafts and carbon copies of replies and letters by Fritz Loewe. Also contains related papers, handwritten notes and hand drawn data tables; Three press cuttings of reviews of Fritz Loewe's books are at front of folder.
Topics include: Comments on colleagues' research and publications; Obtaining research material, including Japanese and Eskimo baby hair samples; Glaciology; Wegener theory of continental drift; Meteorological Research Committee topics; CSIRO research into meteorological physics; Solar radiation; Foreword by Fritz Lowe for book "Guiding Stars"; Replies to enquiries; Climate research; Equivalent temperature; Max and Erwin Planck (Erwin Planck, a school friend of Loewe's, was involved in the July 1944 attempt to overthrow Hitler and executed); Hans Mothes' curriculum vitae and letters of recommendation (Loewe tried to help Mothes, a geophysicist, relocate to Australia); Greenland; Plants turning to the path of the sun; Clouds and radiation; Article for Eugenics Review on seasons of birth; Plastic flow of glacier ice; British Glaciological Society.
Senders / Recipients include: Fritz Loewe; P. Teichert, Universitetets Mineralogiske Og Geologiske Museum, Copenhagen; Herbert Luft; Glenn T. Trewartha, University of Wisconsin; Jug. Asmus Hoinsen [?]; R.A. Hamilton; Ray C. Anderson, Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission; R.C. Aldredge, United States Department of Commerce Weather Bureau; W. Evers; Dr. Poser; Francois E. Matthes, Secretary, International Commission of Snow and Glaciers; Chester Lonwell, Yale University; H.N. Warren, Directorate Meteorological Services, RAAF; F.G. Nicholls, CSIRO; R.G. Baxter, Department of Labour and National Service; Hans Mortensen; C. Zeichert [?], University of Western Australia / Department of Mines Victoria; C.E.P. Brooks, Meteorological Office, Air Ministry (UK); [?] Zeuner; Wing Commander Wood, Point Cook; [?] Zotov [?], Plant Research Bureau, New Zealand; Fritz Jaeger; [?] Küttner [?]; K. Wölcken, Servicio Meteorologico Nacional, Argentina; R.B. Montgomery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; T.S. Subbaraya, Central College, Bangalore; Hans Mothes; Martin Glaessner, Australasian Petroleum Company; Marion E. Clarke, The New London Historical Society, Connecticut; B.N. Banerji; A. Laurent-Christensen; H. v. Wissman; P.J.H. Unna; Donald Menzel, Harvard College Observatory; E. [?] Richardson, University of Durham; Karl Keil, Meteorologische Rundschau; R. Scherhag; F. Klute; K. Lane, Joint Editor, Eugenics Review; Warren Carey, University of Tasmania; Gerald Segilman, British Glaciological Society / International Commission of Snow.Access StatusOpen for public accessRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2019.0020 Unit 0003

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CreatorLoewe, Fritz P.RoleProvenance

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Date18 October 1935-26 May 1950

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Previous System ID2019.0020.00029Finding Aid Reference1988.0020 Unit 63/7

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Language of MaterialEnglish (eng)German (ger)

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Persönliche Briefe über Wissenschaft [Personal Letters about Science]