Overview of the Collection
Access
Administrative Information
Biographical Note on Ferdinand Braun
Scope and Content
Arrangement
Indexing Terms
Overview of the Collection
Title: Friedrich Kurylo Collection
Dates (inclusive): 1901-1987
Bulk dates: 1960-1965
Collection Number: mssKurylo Collection
Creator:
Kurylo, Friedrich.
Extent: 2,009 pieces in 6 boxes
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2129
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: The bulk of this collection contains drafts, typescripts, and research materials compiled by Friedrich Kurylo for his biography
of
German physicist Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918).
Language: German and some English.
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services
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Administrative Information
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to
quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such
activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is
one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item]. Friedrich Kurylo Collection, The Huntington Library,
San Marino, California.
Provenance
Gift of Dibner Family, Burndy Library Collection, November 2006. It was MSS
Collection 9.
Biographical Note on Ferdinand Braun
Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918) made notable contributions to the field of electricity. He invented
what is now called Braun’s electrometer before turning his attention to the field of
wireless telegraphy. He was one of the first to send electric waves in definite
directions. In 1902 he succeeded in receiving definitely directed messages by means
of inclined beam antennae. He received the Noble Prize in Physics in 1909.
Scope and Content
The bulk of the collection contains drafts, typescripts, and research materials
compiled by Friedrich Kurylo pertaining to Ferdinand Braun for his book,
Ferdinand Braun: A Life of the Nobel Prizewinner and Inventor of
the Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope
(Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1981). The majority of the collection is in
German.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the following order: Manuscripts (Boxes 1-3); Research
Materials (Box 4); and Correspondence and Ephemera (Boxes 5-6). Manuscripts and
research materials are arranged alphabetically by author and title. Correspondence
is arranged chronologically and ephemera is arranged by subject and type.
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Braun, Ferdinand,
1850-1918.
Kurylo,
Friedrich.
Cathode ray tubes.
Oscilloscope.
Physicists -- Germany --
Biography.
Telegraph, Wireless.
Forms/Genres
Biographies (documents) Germany.
Excerpts Germany.
Exhibition records -- United States.
Galley proofs Germany.
Letters (correspondence) Germany.
Manuscripts Germany.
Periodicals Germany.
Typescripts Germany.
Additional Contributors
Susskind, Charles.
Dibner, Bern.
Burndy Library, former owner.