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Extent:: 21.0 linear feet ((30 boxes and 213 books))
Abstract:: This collection of mixed media contains manuscripts, photographs, publications, artifacts and works of art collected and owned by Georg and Max Bredig. The collection documents Georg Bredig's scientific training and rise to prominence as a gifted physical chemist in pre-World War II Germany. In contrast, the scope of the collection takes a dramatic shift after the Nazi rise to power in 1933. As a result of Bredig's Jewish descent, his scientific career and very way of life was brought to an abrupt halt. These documents describe the Bredig family's struggle to survive the horrors of Nazi-occupied Europe, to secure visas and offers of employment for themselves and their colleagues, and to ultimately emigrate to the United States.

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Extent:: 24.0 linear feet (46 boxes)
Abstract:: Academic and professional papers of American chemical engineer Dudley A. Saville, which document his academic career and his work as an outside consultant. Of special interest are the files relating to his work for NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) in the planning and execution of a series of experiments carried out by NASA's Manned Space Laboratory program.

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