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Friedrich Kurylo Collection: Finding Aid
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  • 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 Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

    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

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

    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.