Friedrich Kurylo Collection: Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Gina C. Giang, February 23, 2013.

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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.

Manuscripts

Box 1

Manuscripts: Braun, Ferdinand – Kurylo, Friedric h

Folder 1

Braun, Ferdinand, 1850-1918. Sketchbook, [before 1919]. Included: Letter. 5

Folder 2

Dagens Nyheter. "With the Nobel Prize Winner at the Grand Hotel: Professor Braun’s Arrival in Stolkholm:" [article, excerpt], (1909, Dec. 10). Included: Draft.

Folder 3

[Kurylo, Friedrich]. "A Certain Mental Attitude:" [manuscript, draft], [before 1981].

Folder 4

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Carl Ferdinand Braun: Expose fur eine Darstellung des Lebens des Nobelpreistragers in Wort, Bild und Ton:" [article, excerpt], [undated].

Folder 5

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 1-30:" [draft], [1981].

Folder 6

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 31-61:" [draft], [1981].

Folder 7

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 62-80:" [draft], [1981].

Folder 8

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 375-402:" [draft], [1981].

Folder 9

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 403-429:" [draft], [1981].

Folder 10

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 430-461:" [draft], [1981].

Folder 11

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 462-482:" [draft], [1981].

Folder 12

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 1-44:" [page proofs], (1965).

Folder 13

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 98-122, 114:" [partial draft], [1981].

Folder 14

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 120-145:" [partial draft], [1981].

Folder 15

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 146-170:" [partial draft], [1981].

Folder 16

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 171-194:" [partial draft], [1981].

Folder 17

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 195-219:" [partial draft], [1981].

Folder 18

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 220-241:" [partial draft], [1981]

Folder 19

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 242-264:" [partial draft], [1981].

Folder 20

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 265-273:" [partial draft], [1981].

Folder 21

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 18, 43, 48, 63, 73:" [revisions], [1981].

Box 2

Manuscripts: Kurylo, Friedrich – Unknown Authors

Folder 1

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 6-41 (44):" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 2

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 45-75:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 3

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 76-106:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 4

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 107-126:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 5

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 127-145:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 6

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 146-163:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 7

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 164-171:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 8

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 172-194:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 9

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 195-218:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 10

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 219-245:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 11

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 246-266:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 12

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 267-285:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 13

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 286-312:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 14

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 313-328:" [typescript], (1962).

Folder 15

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 274-305:" [typescript, 2nd copy], [1981].

Folder 16

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 306-334:" [typescript, 2nd copy], [1981].

Folder 17

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 335-354:" [typescript, 2nd copy], [1981].

Folder 18

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: pages 355-374:" [typescript, 2nd copy], [1981].

Folder 19

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Fur Herrn Konrad F. Braun:" [manuscript, draft], [undated].

Folder 20

[Kurylo, Friedrich. "Korrektur zur Ferdinand Braun – Biographie:" [manuscript, draft], (1964, Sep.).

Folder 21

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Neuigkeiten zum 110. Geburtstag Carl Ferdinand Brauns:" [article], [approx. 1960].

Folder 22

Rector General of National Antiquities H. Hildebrand, President of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. "Award Ceremony Speech:" [speech, excerpt], (1909, Dec. 10).

Folder 23

Susskind, Charles. "Factors Affecting Scientific Reputation: Ferdinand Braun, a Case Study:" [lecture], (1977, Aug. 15).

Folder 24

----. "Entwurf fur Autorenvertrag Kurylo:" [contract, draft], [1962].

Folder 25

----. Untitled manuscript beginning, "The earliest successful effort to nullify the censorial effect…" [undated].

Box 3

Manuscripts: Oversize: Kurylo, Friedrich and Susskind, Charles – Kurylo, Friedrich

Folder 1

Kurylo, Friedrich and Susskind, Charles. "Ferdinand Braun: Life and Work of the Nobel Prize-winning Inventor of the Cathode-ray Oscilloscope:" [manuscript, draft], (1976).

Folder 2

Kurylo, Friedrich and Susskind, Charles. "Ferdinand Braun: Life and Work of the Nobel Prize-winning Inventor of the Cathode-ray Oscilloscope:" [manuscript, draft], [approx. 1976].

Folder 3

Kurylo, Friedrich. "Ferdinand Braun: Leben Und Wirken Des Erfinders Der Braunschen Rohre:" [galley proofs], [undated].

Research Materials

Box 4

Research Materials: Antebi, Elizabeth – Unknown Authors

Folder 1

Antébi, Elizabeth. "The Electronic Epoch," [book, excerpt], (1982). Included: Copy

Folder 2

Archives Deutsches Museum. "NachlaB Karl Ferdinand Braun:" [inventory], [undated]. Included: Two drafts.

Folder 3

Barth, Johann, 1931. "Jahrbuch der drahtlosen Telegraphie und Telephonie:" [book?, excerpt], (1914).

Folder 4

Braun, Ferdinand, 1850-1918. "Drahtlose Telegraphie Durch Wasser Und Luft:" [book, excerpt], (1901).

Folder 5

Buchmann, F.A. "50 Jahre Debeg:" [book, excerpt], (1961).

Folder 6

Die Ferdinand-Braun-Schule stellt sich vor. "Ferdinand-Braun-Schule: Gewerblich- Technische Berufsschule der Stadt Fulda mit Berufsfachschule, Berufsaufbauschule, Fachoberschule und Technikerschule:" [pamphlet], (1974).

Folder 7

Der Speigel. "Der Speigel:" [magazine], (1956, May).

Folder 8

The Electrical Experimenter. "The Electrical Experimenter: Popular Electrical News Illustrated:" [magazine], (1916, Apr.).

Folder 9

Gerlach, Walther, 1889-1979. "Beanstandungen im Dueutschen Museum:" [notes], (1970).

Folder 10

Heinrich, Rudolf, 1940- "Als die Funktechnik noch Funken spruhte:" [periodical, excerpt], (1987).

Folder 11

Kurylo, Fredrich. "Ferdinand Braun: Leben und Wirken des Erfinders der Braunschen Rohre:" [book, excerpt], (1965).

Folder 12

Lewis, George and Mann, F.J. "Ferdinand Braun – Inventor of the Cathode-Ray Tube:" [reprinted article], (1948). Included: Copy.

Folder 13

Newspaper Clippings: Ferdinand Braun, 1850-1918 (1939-1959).

Folder 14

Newspaper Clippings: Ferdinand Braun, 1850-1918 (1960).

Folder 15

Partheil, Gustav. "Die drahtlose Telegraphie und Telephonie:" [book, excerpt], (1907).

Folder 16

Physical Review. "Crystal Rectifiers for Electric Currents and Electric Oscillations:" [periodical, excerpt], (1907).

Folder 17

Physikalische Blatter. "Zum 100. Geburtstag von Ferdinand Braun:" [periodical], [approx. 1960]. Incomplete?

Folder 18

Pierpont Morgan Library. Catalog cards: [photocopy], [undated].

Folder 19

Scientific American, Inc. "Can technology solve the problems caused by technology?: Vol. 230, No. 3" [periodical, excerpt], (1974, Mar.). Included: Four copies. (28 items)

Folder 20

The Sylvania Beam. "The Sylvania Beam: Vol. VIII, No. 2:" [periodical], (1949).

Folder 21

Telefunken-Gesellschaft fur Drahtlose Telegraphie. "25 Jahre Telefunken:" [book, excerpt], (1928).

Folder 22

Transmisiones. "Transmisiones: Electronica. Radio. Electricidad: No. 30" [periodical], (1949).

Folder 23

Zenneck, Jonathan Adolf Wilhelm, 1871-. "Aus Physik Und Technik:" [article], (1930).

Folder 24

----. "Bibliography is being revised; the following are samples of items to be included," [undated].

Folder 25

----. "Carl Ferdinand Braun:" [excerpt], [undated].

Folder 26

----. Ferdinand Braun’s Chronology and Bibliography: [notes], [undated].

Folder 27

----. "Notizen fur Herrn Kurylo:" [biographical notes], [1963].

Folder 28

----. Untitled photocopied manuscript beginning, "In February 1905 Braun lectured at the Institute of Naval Architects…" [undated]. 95 items

Correspondence and Ephemera

Box 5

Correspondence (1954-1981) – Ephemera

Folder 1

Correspondence (1954).

Folder 2

Correspondence (1960, Jan. – July).

Folder 3

Correspondence (1960, Aug. – Oct.).

Folder 4

Correspondence (1961, Jan. – May).

Folder 5

Correspondence (1961, June – Dec.).

Folder 6

Correspondence (1962, Jan. – July).

Folder 7

Correspondence (1962, Aug. – Dec.).

Folder 8

Correspondence (1963, Mar. – July).

Folder 9

Correspondence (1963, Sep. – Nov.).

Folder 10

Correspondence (1964, Jan. – June).

Folder 11

Correspondence (1964, July – Dec.).

Folder 12

Correspondence (1965).

Folder 13

Correspondence (1967-1968).

Folder 14

Correspondence (1970-1981).

Folder 15

Articles [book reviews]: "Ferdinand Braun: A Life of the Nobel Prizewinner and Inventor of the Cathode-Ray Oscilloscope," by Friedrich Kurylo (1981-1982). 12 items.

Folder 16

Audiotape. "Brief an H. Konrad F Braun von Dr. V. Lolhoffel" (1964, Dec. 25). Included: Note. 2 items.

Folder 17

Exhibition Records: Burndy Library, Exhibition Labels (1981-1982). 20 items

Folder 18

Exhibition Records: Burndy Library, Fliers (1981-1982). 5 items.

Folder 19

Exhibition Records: Burndy Library, Letter with enclosures (1981-1982). 5 items.

Folder 20

Exhibition Records: Burndy Library, Postcard (1981-1982). 1 item.

Folder 21

Miscellaneous Ephemera. 7 items.

Box 6

Ephemera: Oversize: Award – Painting

Folder 1

Award: Nobel Prize [facsimile] (1909, Nov. 9). 1 item.

Folder 2

Illustrirte Zeitung. "Illustrirte: No. 3043:" [periodical], (1901, Oct.). 1 item.

Folder 3

Painting: House [undated]. 1 item