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Includes correspondence re changes proposed by Bohr to paper by Frisch and Lise Meitner

A letter from Mrs. Bohr is also included here.

Including material re Frisch's support for Gisela Lion, Lise Meitner's affairs, statements of expenditure, covenants, etc.

Lisco, L. various dates
(Daughter of J. Franck; includes recollections of Franck, Lise Meitner, etc.)

Outgoing letters.
2 January-10 July
Includes material relating to the publication of Meitner's and Frisch's two notes in Nature on nuclear fission; see letter of 22 January for reference to the coining of the term 'fission' and history of the discovery, and letter of 15 March re publication delay.
Letters also relate to arrangements for F. Urbach to work in Birmingham (see also A.48, B.104), and to Frida and Leo Frischauer.

Outgoing letters. Includes, in addition to letters on research and publications, correspondence arising from the annexation of Austria by Germany in March and the consequent anxieties about Frisch's parents, relations and his aunt Lise Meitner. See especially letters of 12 June, 8, 18, 19, 30 August, 5, 8 September, 21, 31 October, 5, 16, 29 November, 12 December.
B.79: Jan.-July (in original folder)
B.80: Aug.-Dec.

Miscellaneous typescript drafts, some dated 1974, 1976, originally contained in an envelope inscribed 'Through the eyes of a scientist', and intended for a book with that title (see C.74).
C.72: 'Energy', miscellaneous drafts and revisions, some dated August 1974.
'Heat'.
C.73: 'Coping with Numbers', dated February 1976.
'Sound'.
'Distinguishing the Main Types of Radioactivity'.
C.74: 'The Origin of Nuclear Fission'. 11 pp. typescript headed 'The Society of Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Pioneer Lecture honouring Lise Meitner. Presented by Dr. Otto Frisch from Cambridge University at the Annual Meeting of the Society in Miami Beach, Florida in June 1973'. Includes correspondence re slides and cassette of lecture, and also correspondence with publisher re Frisch's ideas for book 'Through the eyes of a scientist'.

Correspondence and papers 1946 re proposed film 'The beginning or the end'

Includes exchanges with film company and with Lise Meitner (who objected to the project), and copies of a typescript by Frisch with a MS. introductory note 'Sketch for some scenes in an "Atomic Energy" film; written in an attempt to improve on a script shown to me by MGM which was wrong in fact and atmosphere. This, though condensed and fictitious, is basically correct'.

Correspondence with U.S. publishers, initially Bermann-Fischer Verlag, later their successors A.A. Wyn, Inc., 1946-60.

Includes contract, comments on draft manuscript, publishing arrangements, letter from Lise Meitner re Frisch, royalty statements, etc.

In original folder inscribed 'Meet the Atoms'.

Correspondence, notes for lecture, marked for slides.

F.51: 1948, 1957, 1963–65, 1979
F.52: n.d. Photocopies of letters by Hahn written December 1938; letters of 19 and 21 are to Lise Meitner, card of 23 is to Eva von Bergius, letter of 28 to 'Liebe Kollegin'.

Miscellaneous material re departure from Copenhagen and journey to Britain, shipping of personal effects, etc. Includes Christmas greetings signed by Bohr family, Lise Meitner and other members of Copenhagen Institute.

Fraser, R. 1947, 1963

Freeman, J. 1955

Freudenreich, R.v. 1965, 1973. Letter 1965 is to Lise Meitner, re history of her work in 1930s; letter 1973 is re work of P.A.M. Dirac.

Friesen, I.v. 1948-49

Frisch, D.H. 1963

On side 2 of tape.

The cover photograph shows the busts of Einstein, Hahn, Lise Meitner and von Laue at a memorial celebration of the 100th anniversary of their births. Frisch is one of those shown admiring the busts.

Carbon copies of six letters from Frisch to Lise Meitner, Copenhagen, 6 February, 20 April, 3 and 11 May, 19 and 27 June 1939.

5 letters dated 4, 9, 10, 18, and 21 January 1939.

Letters to Frisch from Ulrich and Christel Allers, with carbon-copies of his letters to them.

Ulrich Allers was addressed as 'Steve' in later years; he died in 1974. The correspondence is mainly about family matters and music, and includes references to Lise Meitner's health and estate.

Schoffer, H. 1962

Schrödinger, A. 1962

Letters and cards, addressed (sometimes jointly) to Walter Meitner (youngest of the Meitner family) and Lotte Graf whom he married and who practised as an internationally famous photographer under the name Meitner-Graf.

Most of the letters are signed `Wuzerl'.

Letters and cards, addressed (sometimes jointly) to Walter Meitner (youngest of the Meitner family) and Lotte Graf whom he married and who practised as an internationally famous photographer under the name Meitner-Graf.

Most of the letters are signed `Wuzerl'.

Letters and cards, addressed (sometimes jointly) to Walter Meitner (youngest of the Meitner family) and Lotte Graf whom he married and who practised as an internationally famous photographer under the name Meitner-Graf.

Most of the letters are signed `Wuzerl'.

Letters and cards, addressed (sometimes jointly) to Walter Meitner (youngest of the Meitner family) and Lotte Graf whom he married and who practised as an internationally famous photographer under the name Meitner-Graf.

Most of the letters are signed `Wuzerl'.

Letters and cards, addressed (sometimes jointly) to Walter Meitner (youngest of the Meitner family) and Lotte Graf whom he married and who practised as an internationally famous photographer under the name Meitner-Graf.

Most of the letters are signed `Wuzerl'.

Letters and cards, addressed (sometimes jointly) to Walter Meitner (youngest of the Meitner family) and Lotte Graf whom he married and who practised as an internationally famous photographer under the name Meitner-Graf.

Most of the letters are signed `Wuzerl'.

Letters and cards, addressed (sometimes jointly) to Walter Meitner (youngest of the Meitner family) and Lotte Graf whom he married and who practised as an internationally famous photographer under the name Meitner-Graf.

Most of the letters are signed `Wuzerl'.

Letters and cards, addressed (sometimes jointly) to Walter Meitner (youngest of the Meitner family) and Lotte Graf whom he married and who practised as an internationally famous photographer under the name Meitner-Graf.

Most of the letters are signed `Wuzerl'.