Collection Contents

Draft: Chapter One: Polanyi Biography Summer 1979

Manuscript: Problems and Solutions

Course Outlines: Math 110, Math 129: How to Solve the Problem

Draft: How To Solve It

Early Manuscript of Mathematical Discovery. The Aims; Part I: Patterns; Chapter 1: Patterns of 2 Loci; Chapter 2: The Cartesian Pattern; Chapter 3: Recursion; Chapter 6: Widening the Scope; Solutions

Pages 2-4, 7, 11 of Typed Manuscript, Essay.

Part 2 of Manuscript. Patterns of Plausible Inference; Chapter 12: Some Conspicuous Patterns.

Manuscript. Preface, Hints to the Reader, Bibliography, Contents, Outline of Chapters.

Manuscript. Chapter 1. Induction and Analogy.

Manuscript. Chapter 2: Generalization, Specialization, Analogy.

Manuscript. Chapter 3. Induction in Solid Geometry.

Manuscript. Chapter 4. Induction in Theory of Numbers.

Manuscript. Chapter 5. Misc. Examples of Induction.

Manuscript. Chapter 6. A More General Statement.

Manuscript. Chapter 7. Mathematical Induction.

Manuscript. Chapter 8. Minima and Maxima.

Manuscript. Chapter 9. Physical Mathematics.

Manuscript. Chapter 10. The Isoperimetric Problem.

Manuscript. Chapter 11. Kinds of Plausible Reasons.

Manuscript. Chapter 12. Further Patterns and First Links.

Manuscript. Chapter 14. Chance, the Ever-present Rival Conjecture.

Manuscript. Chapter 15. The Calculus of Probability and the Logic of Plausible Reasoning.

Manuscript. Chapter 16. Plausible Reasoning in Invention and Instruction.

Mathematical Discovery Manuscript; Supplement to Bibliography; Miscellaneous Sections (Typed); Contents: Chapters 7-15; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; 3 Pages of Chapter 10. Chapter 11; Chapter 12 (4th Copy).

Mathematical Discovery Manuscript. Chapter 13; Pamphlet "On Learning, Teaching, and Learning Teaching"; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 1. Mathematical Language; Chapter 2. Beginnings of Integral Calculus.

Third Essay: Some Notions of Logic; I: The Notions and the Notations; III: Logical Links between the Proposed Problem and Its Auxiliary Problems.

Mathematical Discovery in the Classroom.

Course Descriptions for Math 110, Physical Sciences 115; Course Notes for Math 129; Part 1: Some Problems on Maxima and Minia in Elementary Geometry.

Handwritten Notes: A Simple Method of Approximation Applicable to Some Problems.

Crystallography.

Equations (1 page)

Pages 116-193 of Typed Manuscript.

Designons par le Perimetre et par v le Rayon Conforme Exterieur d'Une Courbe. La Premiere des Deux Inequalites (2 pages)

An Isoperimetric Inequality for Convex Curves (3 pages). Analyse Mathematique (6 pages.

Term Paper Assignments.

Aufgaben Und Lehrsatze Aus der Analysis. 3 Excerpts. Pages 123-131, 156-159, 378-379. Techniques for Planning the Small Experimental Project.

A Generalization of the Theorem on the Capacity of a Condenser.

Exam Book. Equations, Theorems, Proofs (30 pages). Approximations to the Area of the Ellipsoid (30 pages).

Areas of Ellipsoid (11 pages).

Memoires Presentes par Divers Savants a L'Academie des Sciences (1 page). Page 29-C of Tables. 4 Figures.

Equations/Tables (8 pages)

Tables (30 pages)

Equations (8 pages); Torsional Rigidity Increases by Symmetrization (1 page); Equations (3 pages); De Saint-Venant (2 pages).

Problems (29 pages)

Manuscript of Solutions to Vol. I of Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning. Chapter 1 Solutions.

Chapter 2 Solutions

Chapter 3 Solutions

Chapter 4 Solutions

Chapter 5 Solutions

Chapter 6 Solutions

Chapter 7 Solutions

Chapter 8 Solutions

Chapter 9 Solutions

Chapter 10 Solutions

Chapter 11 Solutions

Chapter 12 Solutions

Chapter 13 Solutions

Chapter 14 Solutions

Chapter 15 Solutions

Chapter 16 Solutions

Problem Solving Seminar: 1963; term papers, mid-terms

Math 129: How to Solve the Problem, course outlines, term papers, mid-term examinations, final examinations

Manuscript: Circle, Spheres, Symmetricals and Some Classical Physical Problems

Manuscript: Preface to Mathematical Discovery

Reprint: On Functions of Sequences of Independent Chance Vectors with Applications to the Problems of the "Random Walk" in k Dimensions, by Blackwell, D. and Girshick, M.A.; miscellaneous notes

Mathematical notes: On the Zeros of Successive Derivatives

Draft: Complex Variables, by Pólya, George and Latta, G.E.

Project with Peter? Desordre

Draft: Complex Variables, By Pólya, George and Latta, G.E.

Remarks on Certain Aspects of Some Processes, Resembling to and Differing from the Poisson-Process, by Binet, F.E.

Draft: Complex Variables, by Pólya, George and Latta, G.E.

Final Exam for Math 187-b

Class Roll Books; Class Lists; NSF Summer Institute for High School Teachers of Mathematics 1972; Group Photo 1969

NSF Summer Institute for High School Teachers of Mathematics 1966, 1967. Class Lists and Addresses

Math 111-S Final Summer 1965; Math 187-C Final July 29, 1965; Shell Fellows 1967 List; Math 111-S Final - Parts 1,2, Summer 1967; The Mathematics Curriculum

Seminar on Solving Math Problems 1966: Notes Jan-May 1966; Dept. of Mathematics Graduate Students Office Directory Winter 1966; Memo from Webb to Freshman Seminar Instructors

Competitive Examination in Math: Solutions and Comments 1951-1956, 1958, 1964-1965; Meeting of Math Association of America, Aug. 20, 1956; Meeting of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Aug. 21 1956: Minutes/Speeches

Letters to Winners and Alternates of Stanford-Sylvania Competitive Exam in Math; Announcement on Competitive Exam March 1963, Instructions

1954, 1956-1958, 1961, 1963 Exams

Los Angeles Mathematics Newsletter April 1956

Math Contest Sponsored by Metropolitan New York Section of the Math Association of America 1950-1952

Committee on Contests and Awards Releases 1951

Correspondence Pólya-Boyer 1951

The National Status of Math Contests in Secondary Schools

National Council of Teachers of Math

Henry L. Alder Letter (Co-Chairman of Committee on Contests)

Report on the Math Contests held in Northern California

Information on the Contest

Letters from Henry L. Alder

Registration for 1956 Annual Math Contest

Rules of the 1956 Annual Contest

Awards

Henry L. Alder Letter to Chairmen of Dept. of Math

Letter from Pólya to Prof. W. H. Fagerstrom, Jan. 23, 1952

Letter from Pólya to Prof.John C. Schoonmaker, Nov. 23, 1948

Letter from John C. Schoonmaker to Pólya, Oct. 29, 1948

Pólya to John C. Schoonmaker, Nov. 8, 1948

John C. Schoonmaker to Pólya, March 25, 1949

Reply by Pólya's Secretary

John C. Schoonmaker to Pólya, Nov. 12, 1948

Pi Mu Epsilon Contest and Solutions, March 13, 1948

Emory P. Starke to Pólya, May 29, 1953

Emory P. Starke to Gabor Szego, April 23, 1953

Math Prize Test, New Brunswick, NJ, April 25, 1953. State Math Day Program

Emory P. Starke to Gabor Szego, June 30, 1952

Gabor Szego to Emory P. Starke, July 7, 1952

Students' Assignments

Math 188-A Final, Summer 1966

Shell Merit Fellows List, 1965

NSF Summer Institute for High School Teachers of Math: 1965 List

Academic Year Institute for High School Teachers of Chemistry and Math 1960-61

Instructor's End Quarter Grade Report for Math 111-S, Summer 1966

Shell Merit Fellows Summer 1966 Directory

Final for Math 111-S, Aug. 11, 1966

Mid-term and End-Quarter Report for Math 188-A, April, 1965

Pólya's Notes/Grades for Math 187-C (NSF) and Math 111-S (Shell), Summer 1965

Final for Math 187-C, July 29, 1965

The Mathematical Log, September 1958

High School Math Contest Student Answerbook

Letters to Pólya and Szego, April 25, 1966

Letter to Pólya from Murray S. Klamkin, April 22, 1966

Letter to M. Gail Adams from F.R. Watson, Dec. 21, 1965

Letter from Adams to Watson, Dec. 9, 1965

Letter from Watson to Adams, Nov. 23, 1965

Letter from Virginia S. Boles to Watson, March 30, 1961

Letter from Watson to Boles, Aug. 24, 1960

Letter from Woolum to Boles, Oct. 19, 1960

Letter from Boles to Woolum, Oct. 6, 1960

Watson to Math. Department, April 9, 1960

Boles to Watson, July 29, 1960

Boles to Watson, Nov. 9, 1960

Problems and Solutions for 1960 Stanford-Sylvania Competitive Exam in Math by Pólya

Stanford Competitive Exam in Math, 1946-1964; Article on Exam, 1946

Exams, 1946-1964

Mathematikai Lapoh. Budapest, 1956

Letter to Pólya from James H. McKay, Feb. 14, 1966

Pamphlet and Typed Speeches on the Stanford University Math Examination, 1946 (2 copies)

Pamphlet "A Look at Mathematical Competitions", March 1959

Exams, 1947-1948, 1950-1953

Letter from Edwin Eagle to Pólya, April 5, 1954

Letter from Eagle to Szego, March 20, 1954

Letter from Szego to Eagle, April 9, 1954

1954 Exam Solutions, Written and Typed

Letter from Boles to Eagle, April 14, 1954

Letter from Boles to J.D. Wilson, July 5, 1956

1956 Exam Solution, Hand-written

1956 Results

1957 Exam and Solutions, Remarks, Results (2 Copies)

9-Math, 10-Math, 11-Math by Pólya

1956 Exam and Solutions

1949 Exam - Problems and Results

"On the Mathematics Curriculum of the High School"

"Analyse Mathematique", Institut de France, 3 pgs.

The California Mathematics Council Bulletin, Fall, 1961, Oct. 1960

"Ten Commandments for Teachers"

"On the Ratio of Consecutive Eigenvalues"

The Mathematical Log, Jan. 1960

Nieuw Archief Voor Wiskunde

"Bounds for Eigenvalues of Pólya's 'Plane-Covering Domains' by Filling a Top of a Cylinder" by Hersch

"Pólya's Contributions to Chemical Enumerations" by Harary, Palmer and Robinson

"An Extension of Pólya's Theorem on Power Series With Integer Coefficients" by Robinson

"Hadamard Products of Schlicht Functions and the Pólya-Schoenberg Conjecture" by Ruscheweyh and Sheil-Small

"Pólya's Enumeration Formula by Example" by Tucker

Letter from Andrew F. Acker to Pólya, Feb. 21, 1977, and Enclosures

Letter from Sami Beraha to Pólya, Aug. 18, 1961, and Enclosures

Letters from Albert Edrei to Pólya, March 29, 1978, April 16, 1978, April 26, 1978, and Enclosures

Letter from Doris Schattschneider to Pólya, Sept. 13, 1977 Plus Photograph of Escher's Writing

Letter from W. Wm. Funkenbusch to Pólya, May 29, 1979 and Paper

Letter from Frank Harary to Pólya, March 16, 1978 with "From Euler's Partitions to Cayley's Rooted Trees" by Harary; Letter from Barnabas B. Hughes to Pólya, July 21, 1977 with "A Study in Medieval Problem Solving" (2 Copies)

Letter from Donald E. Knuth to Pólya, Aug. 16, 1976; Various Calculations; Letter from Jean (?) to Pólya, Aug. 10, 1976

Letter from Thomas James Higgins to Pólya, Nov. 14, 1948

Calculations

"Experimental Determination of the Capacitance of Heavy-Current Busses Comprised of Solid or Tubular Rectangular Conductors" by Teasdale and Higgins

Letter from Higgins to Pólya, Aug. 20, 1947

Letter from Higgins to Pólya, May 21, 1947 and Enclosure.

Pólya's Reply, June 24, 1947

Postcard from Higgins to Pólya, June 30, 1947

Letter from Higgins to Pólya, June 28, 1947

Letters from D.H. Lehmer to Pólya, April 27, 1943, May 10, 1943 and Enclosures on "Inequalities for the Area of the Ellipsoid"

Postcard DHL to Pólya, February 1943

Letter DHL to Pólya, Feb. 1, 1943

Letter DHL to Pólya, Fe. 9, 1943

Letter from Lehmer to Pólya, April 20, 1943

Letter from Lehmer to Pólya, May 26, 1943 and Enclosures

Letter from Lehmer to Pólya, Dec. 23, 1943

Letter from Lehmer to Pólya, July 11, 1943 and Enclosures

Letter from Lehmer to Pólya, July 18, 1943 and Enclosure

Letter from Lehmer to Pólya, July 20, 1943

"A Simpler Theory of the Mathematical Infinite" by Arthur Marystone with Letter to Pólya

Letter from Donald A. McQuarrie to Pólya, March 31, 1965

Letters from Carl Prather to Pólya, June 2, 1978, March 28, 1978, March 3, 1978

"A Note on an Extension of the Asymptotic Formula for the Bell Numbers" by Prather

Draft of Pólya Letter to Prather, July 4, 1978

Letter from Sister Madeleine Rose to Pólya, Undated and Enclosed Preliminary Draft of Dissertation Proposal

Information and Instructions on Experiment

"The Use of Heuristic Methods for Problem Solving in Algebra" (Revised Proposal by Rose)

3 Problems and Solutions

Letters from I.J. Schoenberg to Pólya - undated (incomplete), May 30, 1970 and Enclosure

Schoenberg Flow Chart on Problem Solving Model, Math 191-A Discussion; Letter from Schoenberg to Pólya, Oct. 25, 1977; "Can Heuristics be Taught?" by Schoenberg; Excerpt from Boole: Collected Works, Vol. 2

Letter from Jack Williamson to Pólya, March 15, 1977 and Enclosures; Letter from John J. Wavrik to Pólya, Jan. 27, 1978 and Enclosures

Letter from A.W. Heuberg to Pólya, Nov. 28, 1962; Letter from Alexander Wittenberg to Moise, Nov. 27, 1962; Letter from Philip H. Abelson to Wittenberg, Nov. 21, 1962; "Qui Aurait Pu Penser A Cela?" by Wittenberg

"Der Mathematische und NaturWissenschaftliche Unterricht"

Identification and Development of the Mathematically Talented -- The Hungarian Experience, by Agnes Arrai Wieschenberg, PhD. Dissertation submitted to the School of Arts and Sciences, Columbia University, 1984

George Pólya - Biographical 1979-1985

Biographical Notes 1975-1979

Biographical - on Zurich and ETH 1914, 1977-1978

Pólya Gyorgy, Stanford Egyetem

Pólya Bibliography circa 1976

Grade Books from Grammar Schools 1893-1896

Report Books After Grammar School 1905-1912

Miscellaneous Correspondence about Teaching Posts and Lectures 1920-1940

Pólya’s Ph.D. Students and Collaborators

Dissertations by Pólya Students 1928-1962

Pólya Mentioned (Egocentrics) 1974-1982

Recommendations 1972-1975

Two-Year College Mathematical Journal 1978-1980

Stanford Faculty Reports 1965-1971

John Pólya 1952-1956

J.B. Pólya on Fluoridation 1966

Family 1884

Varia 1934-1940

Communications 1930-1954

Correspondence 1979-1985

Miscelaneous Correspondence 1981-1985

Personal Correspondence 1961-1966

Correspondence 1971-1983

Miscellaneous Correspondence 1961-1979

Alexander Israel Wittenberg 1963-1965

Alfred Renyi, Kato (Catherine) Renyi, Paul Erdos 1957

Correspondence 1919-1972

Pólya Prize 1971

Permission Requests 1967-1971

Consulting Agreements and Requests 1965-1969

Stanford Library Archives 1973

Stella Pólya 1987-1988

Reviews and Reports of Papers 1967

Theory of Numbers, Problem Solving seminar (NSF) 1962-1967

Miscellaneous notes - Psyc. 262 1951-1953

Probability, Statistics - Math. 123, 125 1947-1953

Calculus of Probability - Math. 123 1946-1948

Probability and Statistics - Math. 123, 125 1943-1951

Calculus of Variations - Seminar 1952-1953

Group Theory with Applications 1938-1946

Potential Theory 1939

Differential Geometry 1941-1959

Introduction to Elementry and Analytic Number Theory 1935

Introduction to Elementry and Analytic Number Theory 1941-1950

Minimum Principle Approximations 1954

Minimum Principle Approximations 1956-1957

Algebra and Number Theory 1928-1929

Singularities of Power Series 1933

Vectors 1935-1948

Integral Equations 1944

Smith College, Mathematics 35B, 36B 1942

Introduction to Combinatorics - CS150 1977-1978

Mathematics 5 (Berkeley) 1957-1958

Aspects of Calculus 1955

Mathematics 111s 1965

Combinatorial Theory 1966

Introduction to Combinatorics - CS150 1978

Pólya Miscellaneous Classes 1958-196?

E.T. Jaynes 1957

Elementary Mathematics From Higher Point of View - Math 129

How To Solve The Problem - Math 129 1931

Lattice Points - Math Seminar undated

Essays On Mathematical Method, Discovery, and Teaching undated

Essays On Mathematical Method, Discovery, and Teaching

Drafts and notes for Essays On Mathematical Method, Discovery, and Teaching ~1950

Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning - Appendix 1955-1965

Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning - Illustrations undated

Mathematical Discovery undated

Mathematical Discovery 1962

Corrections for Mathematical Discovery 1981

Complex Variables 1971-1972

Mathematical Methods in Science undated

Notebook 1, Aufgaben und lehrsatze 1955

Notebook 2, Aufgaben und lehrsatze undated

Aufgaben und Lehrsatze - Addenda undated

Aufgaben und Lehrsatze 1972

IX: Psychologie undated

III: Auffassung, Einfall, Ansatz undated

V: typische Anschlusse von Hilfsaufgaben undated

VI: Schetzung der Aussichten undated

VII: Die Phasen der Untersuchung undated

VII: Die Phasen der Untersuchung 1939-1940

Notes for a book undated

Mathematical Discovery in the Classroom

Notes 1949-1954

Notes for a Book ~1941

Rules and Moves

Essential Texts in German How To Solve It undated

Figures and Drawing

Bound Notebook 1957-1977

Notes from previous bound notebook

Problems

Talks 1940-1946

Teaching Mathematics 1950

Notes for Short Papers - Problems 1971-1979

How To Solve It - Symposium 1947-1948

Miscellaneous Manuscripts 1962

Rules of Thumb 1977

Seattle for Oldsters undated

San Diego, June, 1970 1970

Galileo 1976

Slides undated

Talks: Seattle, San Diego 1977-1978

Daylight Arc 1976

Symmetry of Ornaments undated

Slides for a talk undated

Films 1970-1976

Lectures on Travels 1958-1959

Notebook undated

Notebook

Notebook 1942

Mathematical Education 1968

Unfinished and Planned Writing undated

Fragments of Writings undated

Henryk Lauer undated

Misc. Pólya Manuscripts undated

Lecture Notes 1966-1968

Various Lectures 1967-1968

Summer Institute Lecture 1972-1976

Numerical Integration 1943-1946

Lectures - Plausible Reasoning 1954

Pólya Counting Method 1978

George Pólya Article for Szego's Collected Papers 1981

Calculus of Probabilities (French) undated

Papers by Pólya 1952

Project Hilgard ~1953

Experimental Tables nd

"The Heuristic of George Pólya and its Relation to Artificial Intelligence", by Allen Newell, Feb. 1981, draft, 50pp, plus Pólya’s letters of thanks to Newell 1981

Miscellaneous Research Notes 1951-1953

Solow, Daniel 1980-1981

Miscellaneous Problems 1966-1969

Miscellaneous Problems Collected from Various Sources 1954-1962

Primes

Notebook for Mathematical Discovery 1953-1977

Notebook: Heuristic Logic

Odlyzko - Zeros of Zeta Function 1982

Notes 1983

Michael Klass 1972

Rubik's Cube undated

Generalizing Hardy's Theorem undated

Problems 1933-1939

Stochastic Proceses - Feller

Infinite Series and Fourier Series 1947-1948

Pointsets and Real Functions (Punktmengen und reale Funktionen) undated

Positions of Zeros 1929-1937

Schur Darstelungstheorie 1936

Entire Series Satisfying Algebraic Differential Equations 1935

Miscellaneous Notes 1978

Miscellaneous Notes and Problems 1956-1985

Pinboards and Geoboards undated

117A and Ingham 1966-1967

Polyhedra and Other Enumerations 1964-1965

Miscellaneous Notes on Problems 1972-1977

"Inequalities involving integrals of functions and their derivatives," by Donald Benson, 23pp (mimeograph) 1966

"Our Aim is to Find an Approximation to n!" (typed paper, unknown author and date) undated

Miscellaneous Notes undated

"The basic concepts of Pólya’s theory of enumeration, with examples from the structural classification of mechanisms," by F. Freudenstein, 26pp (typescript) 1967

"Variational Properties of Steady Fall in Stokes Flow", by H.F. Weinberger, 51pp (typescript) undated

Williamson, S.G. undated

Combination Problems Involving Points and Lines in a Plane undated

"Modern Heuristic in Historical Perspective With Implications for Research Pedagogy," by Elton Carter and Robert Richey, in General Semantics Bulletin (offprint) 1961-1962

Pascal Letters, by Renyi (Manuscript of the Hungarian version of the Letters on Probability by Alfred Renyi) undated

Martin Gardner Problem 1966

"The Problem of Packing a Number of Equal Nonoverlapping Circles on a Sphere," by H.S.M. Coxeter, in Transactions of the New York Academy of Sciences (reprint), with notes by Pólya 1962

"Example Generation," by Edwina Rissland, Computer and Information Science Technical Report 80-14 1980

"On the Art of Problem Solving," by Murray S. Klamkin, Scientific Laboratory, Ford Motor Co., 41pp (publication preprint), plus graph by Pólya 1966

"Transfinite Diameter and Analytic Continuation of Functions of Two Complex Variables", by M. Schiffer and J. Siciak, Tech. Rep. No. 1100, Applied Mathematics and Statistics Lab, Stanford, plus three pages of notes 1961

"On Pólya Frequency Functions IV: The Fundamental Spline Functions and Their Limits", by H.B. Curry and I.J. Schoenberg, in Journal D’Analyse Mathematique 1966

Handbook for Planning an Effective Mathematics Program, California State Department of Education 1982

Radius of Circumscribed Sphere undated

Pal Turan and George Alexits death notices from Hungarian Academy of Sciences 1976, 1978

"Counting of Isomeric Hydrocarbons with Asymptotic Results," by Joel G.W. Rogers, 26pp. (manuscript) 1971

Miscellaneous Notes undated

Bib. #163: Heuristic reasoning and the theory of probability 1941

Bib. #168: Approximations to the area of the ellipsoid 1943

Bib. #172: A minimum problem about the motion of a solid through a fluid 1947

Bib. #174: On patterns of plausible inference 1948

Bib. #195, 196, 199: Two Notes on Minimum Principle Approximations, Techical report No. 29, Stanford, 1953; Estimates for Eigenvalues, Page Proofs, 1954 1953-1954

Bib. #200: More isoperimetric inequalities proved and conjectured 1955

Bib. #202, 203, 206: On the Characteristic Frequencies of a Symmetric Membrane, 15pp, Tech. Rep. No 40, Stanford, 1955 (2 copies); On the Ratio of Consecutive Eigenvalues, 21pp (with L.E. Payne and H.F. Weinberger), Tec. Rep. No 41, Stanford, 1955; The Mathematics Teacher, LII/1, 1959: Mathematics as a Subject for Learning Plausible Reasoning (translation) 1955-1959

Bib. #209: Remarks on De La Vallee-Poussin Means and Convex Conformal Maps of the Circle, 76pp, Tech. Rep. No 70, Stanford (with I.J. Schoenberg), 1957 1957

Bib. #215, 219, 217: On the Eigenvalues of Vibrating Membranes; Two More Inequalities Between Physical and Geometrical Quantities -- Tech. Rep. No 88, Stanford, 1960; Archimedes (magazine), 1960, containing: Die Mathematische Erziehung (p.. 103) and Die Mathematikals Schule der plausiblen Schliessens (page proof, in back of magazine; The Mathematics Teacher (magazine), 1961, containing: The Minimum Fraction of Popular Vote that Can Elect the President of the United States 1960-1961

Bib. #222: Intuitive outline of the solution of a basic combinatorial problem 1963

Bib. #232, 236, 241, 249: Entiers Algebriques ... (1969); Two Incidents (1970); Stanford Competitive Exam (1973); On the Zeros ... (1976) 1969-1976

Bib. #233: Some mathematicians I have known 1969

Bib. #234: On the isoperimetric theorem: History and strategy 1969

Bib. #235: Gaussian binomial coefficients and the enumeration of inversions 1970

Bib. #237: Gaussian Binomial Coefficients (with G.L. Alexanderson) 1971

Bib. #238: Methodology or Heuristics, Strategy or Tactics? 1971

Bib. #239: Eine Erinnerung un Hermann Weyl 1972

Bib. #240: A letter by Professor Pólya 1973

Bib. #242: A story with a moral 1973

Bib. #243: Formation, not only Information 1972

Bib. #244: As I read them 1973

Bib. #245: Partition of a finite set into structured subsets 1975

Bib. #246: Probabilities in Proof-Reading 1976

Bib. #247: Guessing and Proving 1976

Bib. #248: As their students see them 1976

Bib. #250: A note of welcome 1977

Bib. #251: More on Guessing and Proving 1979

Norsk Matematisk Tidsskrift 1950

California Mathematics Council Bulletin 1954-1958

Mathematical Log 1960

Generalization, Specialization, Analogy 1961

Dedication of Stanford University Computation Center 1963

Die Heuristik and Conference Procedings 1964-1966

Sylvania Competitive Examination 1960

Miscellaneous Articles by Pólya 1962

Some Articles by Pólya 1980

Book: The 1953 Jennings Scholar Lectures 1963

Book: Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and Its Applications 1979

Book: Research Papers in Statistics 1966

Book: Do You Teach? Views on College Teaching 1969

Book: A Taste of Science 1975

Pólya's Theory of Counting 1959-1965

Articles about Pólya 1963-1988

Articles and Journals related to Pólya 1966-1980

Articles and Journals related to Pólya undated

"An Elementary Solution of Pólya's Orchard Problems," by Tracy Allen, 16pp (typescript) 1983

"Omzien in bewondering," by N.G. de Bruijn, pamphlet, 18pp, retirement speach in Dutch (references to Pólya) 1984

"II: Drunkard's Walk on an Infinite Lattice", by Peter Doyle, pp. 34-73 (typescript) 1980

"A Method for Technological Predictions", by D.G. Ellson, 20pp (typescript), plus letter from Ellson comparing his paper to "Patterns of Plausible Inference" 1954-1955

Two AI papers by Friedman (on Plausible Inference), typescript, with Pólya letter (presumably unsent) 1980

David Hawkins publications 1964-1966

"The Ancient Tradition of Geometric Problems", Part I, Section 7: Apollonius, by Wilbur Knorr, 65pp (typescript), with note by Pólya, manuscript, crossed out, on back of letter 1981

"Imre Lakatos e la 'filosofia della scoperta,'" by Genner Luigi Linguiti, Lucea 1981

"What Every Secondary School Mathematics should Read" (references Pólya books), by Lowell Leake, Mathematics Teacher 1983

Stanford University Mathematics Examination 1946-1965

Committee on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics 1976-1979

Miscellaneous articles undated

Choice [Combinatorial Analysis] undated

Eckford Cohen 1968

Bruno de Finetti 1971

P. Cartier and D. Hejhal 1979

Ernst Mohr 1962-1983

S.C. Bhatnagar 1984

Colin Thompson 1969-1971

John Brillhart 1981

Jean Pedersen undated

Imre Lakatos 1971-1978

Antoine Ehrhard ~1982

Latta - Complex Variables 1974-1977

Paul Halmos 1972

Feldzamen 1966

Polyhedra - Federico 1975-1976

Ars Expositionis: Euler as Writer and Teacher [typescript of paper by Gerald L. Alexanderson] 1982

Fejer Lipot 1960

John Ryff

Arne Baartz undated

Albert Einstein 1958

Stella Pólya 1977

Shiffman 1966

School Mathematics Project 1967-1969

Miscellaneous Hungarian Newspaper Clippings 1971, 1975

Pólya and Wehl 1918

Hilbert to Hurwitz 1900

Herzberger 1972

Miscellaneous Notes and Pieces of Paper undated

"Identification and Development of the Mathematically Talented - The Hungarian Experience," Agnes Arvai Wieschenberg Dissertation 1983

Alvin White 1974-1975

Miscellaneous Items 1911-1968

Certificate 1976

Honorary Ph.D., Univ. of Waterloo; photo

School Records (Hungarian/European) 1888-1914

Assorted Awards 1920-1971

Professional Associations 1950-1977

Poster about lectures by Pólya 1980

Slides for a Talk

Chessboard Thank You

Honorary Membership, Santa Clara Valley Mathematics Association 1976

Santa Clara Valley Mathematics Association Life Member Plaque 1985

Slides (graphs, diagrams, etc.) undated

Photograph Album 1917-1978

Copy prints of images from Photograph Album

School Papers 1887-1905

Research note cards (mostly in German)

Class roll books 1960-1963

Miscellaneous Mathematical Notes

Miscellaneous Papers

Tributes to George Pólya 1957-1989

Reminisces of Gorge Pólya 1973-1978

Articles on Mathematics and Science (in English, German) 1933-1950

Time Magazine article on post-Kennedy assassination 1963

Articles on Lee and Grace Lorch 1957-1974

Mathematical papers by Pólya (in English, French) 1958-1969

Articles and obituaries of mathematicians (in English, French, German) 1938-1955

Student Examinations (Blue Books) undated

Notes in preparation for Pólya’s book with Gábor Szego undated

Mathematical papers (in German) 1950-1952

Speech to the International Congress of Mathematicians, Bologna 1928

Summer Mathematical Conferences 1954-1955

Trip to Zurich 1953-1954

National Lecture Tour 1955

Resumes of Pólya, undated

Correspondence, Trinity College, Cambridge, England 1951

Pólya’s speeches

Book Reviews, "Problems and Theorems in Analysis" 1977

Book Reviews, "Mathematical Discovery: On Understanding Learning and Teaching Problem Solving" 1963-1965

Book Reviews, "How to Solve It" 1987

Book Reviews, "The Stanford Mathematics Problem Book" 1974

Book Reviews, "Notes on Introductory Combinatories" 1983

Book Reviews, "Isometric Inequalities in Mathematics" 1951-1952

Book Reviews, "Patterns of Plausible Inference" 1969

Book Reviews, "Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning" 1954-1963

Secretary of Defense William Perry, student of Pólya 1996

Pamphlet "How to Teach Guessing" 1956

Pólya Exhibit and Speech, Stanford 1987

Pólya’s notes "On Plausible Reasoning" undated

Letters to Pólya 1941-1995

Papers on Mathematics 1941-1975

Correspondence 1932-1991

Papers on Pólya Family History

Pamphlet, "The Four Color Theorem" 1971

The University of Tasmania 1955

Correspondence with Gerald Alexanderson, Santa Clara University 1972-1997

Summer Institute for Teachers of Collegiate Mathematics at Stanford, General File 1955

Summer Institute for Teachers of Collegiate Mathematics at Stanford, Professor Schoenburg 1955

Summer Institute for Teachers of Collegiate Mathematics at Stanford, Professor Allendoerfer 1955

Summer Institute for Teachers of Collegiate Mathematics at Stanford, Professor Lehmer 1955

Manuscript on Probabilities (in French) undated

Letters from Issai Schur and Carl Ludwig Siegel (in German) 1930-1932

Papers for Pólya’s "Groups, Graphs and Chemical Compounds" (in German) 1930

Paper "Zweck und Hillel" (in German) undated

Paper "Das Schliemen" (in German) undated

Papers in German and French 1940

Manuscript of JLWV Jensen (in Danish) 1911

Papers and correspondence on Pólya’s Collected Works

List of Dissertations 1914-1960

News clippings 1953-1977

Letters of recommendation 1943-1980

Figures for "Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning" undated

Papers from Institute Henri Poincaré, Paris (in French) undated

Papers on Robert Weber, Stella Pólya’s father 1850-1915

Correspondence with Swiss educators on problem solving (in German, French) 1931-1932

Physical problems often involving differential equations (in German) undated

Notes on "finite" Fourier integrals 1945

Postcards from Edmund Landau

Examinations, Stanford 1946-1951

Papers from the Swiss Institute of Technology, Zurich 1924-1940

Mathematical Association of America lectures 1956

Stanford Mathematics Fellowship Program 1957

Two papers by Alexandre Wittenberg (in French) 1957

Paper on "Structure-Counting Functions" 1958

Institute for High School Teachers of Science and Mathematics 1957-1958

Social Aspects of Science 1957

Pamphlet "Synthesis" (in Dutch) undated

Putnam Mathematical Competition 1948-1949

"Code Civil Suisse" (in French) 1907

"Seminar Aufgaben" (in German) 1929

"Aufirahme Porifung" (in German) 1935

Notes (in German) 1937

Daily Log Book (in German) undated

Draft of Pólya’s doctoral dissertation (in Hungarian) 1912

"Vom Sternenhimmel" (in German) undated

"Twenty-Five Lessons in Citizenship" 1945

"Federal Textbook on Citizenship" 1943

"Buchbinderarbeiten" (in German) 1928

"Biztositasi Szemle" (in Hungarian) 1955

"Methode vol Laguerre zur Bestimmung des Geschlechts einer ganzen Funkton" (in German) 1914

"Tolstoi" (in German) 1907

"Biztositasi" (in Hungarian) 1956

Unsorted papers

Correspondence (some in photocopy form, some to Gerald Alexanderson), papers by others, biographical articles, source materials on other mathematicians, and a few photographs.

Reprints and other published materials by Pólya and others