Overview
Administrative Information
Biography / Administrative History
Scope and Content of Collection
Access Terms
Overview
Call Number: SC0104
Creator:
Charles Loewner
Title: Charles Loewner papers
Dates: 1919-1990
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear feet
Physical Description:
Summary: Professional records include lecture notes, course material, manuscripts, research notes, writings; personal papers include
academic records, correspondence, clippings, photographs, and publishing contracts created and maintained by Charles Loewner,
a world-renowned mathematician and Professor Emeritus at Stanford University from 1951-1968.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Administrative Information
Provenance
Administrative transfer, Mathematics Library, 1972; Gift of Marian Tracy, 2007.
Information about Access
Collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least 24 hours in advance of intended use.
Ownership & Copyright
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
Cite As
[Identification of item], Charles Loewner papers, SC 104. Stanford University Archives, Stanford, Calif.
Biography / Administrative History
Professor Emeritus Charles Loewner was born on May 29, 1893, in the village of Lany, near Prague, which was at the time the
capital of Bohemia. Loewner received his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the Prague University. From 1922-1928 he taught at Friedrich
Wilhelm University in Berlin. Following a brief lectureship at Cologne, he was appointed to a chair in Mathematics at the
German Charles University in Prague. The occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939 prompted his emigration to the United States.
He taught at Louisville, Brown, and Syracuse University prior to his appointment in 1951 as Professor of Mathematics at Stanford
University, where he specialized in complex analysis and differential geometry. Loewner remained at Stanford University until
his death in 1968.
Scope and Content of Collection
The first seven boxes of this collection consist largely of Loewner's lectures notes, 1923-1956, with some exams and class
projects; manuscripts and typescripts of articles, 1919-62, including his 1933 thesis; and research notes and writings. Subjects
of his writings and research include differential equations, matrices, and semigroups. Other items include several articles
by other mathematicians on Loewner's work, note cards, and a small amount of correspondence.
Accession 2007-257 consists of Loewner's personal papers, which are comprised of correspondence pertaining to his emigration
to the United States during World War II, his wartime employment search, and attempts to determine the whereabouts of his
family remaining in Europe. This accession also contains Loewner's personal academic records, and correspondence to and from
colleagues at the many academic institutions where Loewner taught including the University of Louisville, Brown University,
Syracuse University, and Stanford University. Other items include photographs, publishing contracts, memorial tributes to
Loewner and his wife Elizabeth, and news clippings about the Loewner family.
Access Terms
Loewner, Charles, 1893-1968.
Stanford University. Department of Mathematics. Faculty.
Differential equations.
Mathematics--Study and teaching.
Matrices.
Semigroups.