Levi-Civita, Tullio, 1873-1941 (Mathematician)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 1873 - 1943

Biographical/Historical

Collection Notes: Correspondence, 1896-1941 (Photocopies--originals on deposit at the Accademia Nazionale Dei Lincei, Rome).

Collection size: 45 binders, 8 linear ft.

Chronological guide available at the Archives.

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

The Correspondence of Tullio Levi-Civita 1896-1941

Unprocessed Material

Identifier: 1973-00009

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections

Enrico Volterra Papers

Collection

Identifier: 10235-MS

Abstract The scientific and personal correspondence of Enrico Volterra (1905-1973) from the collection known as the Papers of Enrico Volterra in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology. He was the son of the distinguished Italian mathematician Vito Volterra. He emigrated from Italy circa 1937, first to England, and finally to the US. He was trained as an engineer and taught at several universities, ultimately settling at the University of Texas at Austin, where he was professor of...

Dates: 1910-1973, bulk 1930-1973

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections / Enrico Volterra Papers

Theodore von Kármán Papers

Collection

Identifier: 10143-MS

Abstract

This record group documents the career of Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-born aerodynamicist, science advisor, and first director of the Daniel Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology. It consists primarily of correspondence, speeches, lectures and lecture notes, scientific manuscripts, calculations, reports, photos and technical slides, autobiographical sketches, and school notebooks.

Dates: 1871-1963; Majority of material found within 1920-1963

Found in: California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections / Theodore von Kármán Papers