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The Papers of Kurt Gödel include documents spanning the years 1905-1980, with the bulk of the material falling between 1930 and 1970. Of greatest extent and significance are Gödel's scientific correspondence (Series I), his notebooks (Series III), and numerous drafts, manuscripts, and galleys of his articles and lectures, published and unpublished (Series IV).
The papers comprise documents relating to all periods of Gödel's life, including scientific correspondence, notebooks, drafts, unpublished manuscripts, academic, legal, and financial records, and all manner of loose notes and memoranda. Family correspondence is notably absent, as are financial records after Gödel's emigration in 1940. Of the manuscript material, a substantial part is in Gabelsberger shorthand, a German system originally devised by Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789-1849) and published in his textbook, Anleitung zur deutschen Redezeichenkunst oder Stenographie (1834). Box 26 houses a microfilm copy of Kleines Lesebuch für Gabelsber'sche Stenographie, which could help users with the shorthand system. A photocopy of Karl Ludwig Weizmann's Lehr- und Ubungsbuch der Gabelsbergerschen Stenographie (1915) is in the Manuscript division's Vertical File for assistance in deciphering the system if needed. A bibliography of Gödel's 700-book library is available upon request from the librarian of the Institute's Historical Studies Library. Preprints and offprints sent to Gödel by others are briefly described in the finding aid. They are now stored in seven cartons at Firestone Library.
Prior to its first arrangement in 1983-1984, the collection was stored in filing cabinets and moving cartons in a cage in the basement of the Institute for Advanced Study's Historical Studies Library. In 1985 the papers were placed on deposit in Firestone Library by the Institute for Advanced Study. At that time, the 22 Paige boxes and oversized container used in the first organization of the collection were split into 41 archival boxes, one flat box, one extra large box and seven cartons. In 1997, the finding aid was revised and amplified. Most of the oversized correspondence was merged with that in the main series, as were items from Series III and IV.
Although gathered together in some haste and disarray following Gödel's death, most of the items were found in envelopes labeled by Gödel himself; on that basis, an attempt has been made to retain or, where necessary, restore Gödel's original order. An exception is the division of the correspondence into two series (I: Personal and Scientific Correspondence, II: Institutional, Commercial, and Incidental Correspondence) for convenience of scholarly access; the former is arranged alphabetically by correspondent, the latter by subject. Folders are numbered sequentially within each series. Documents were originally assigned six-digit item numbers, also sequentially within each series, with the first two digits corresponding to series designation. Thus, item 11013 is the thirteenth item in Series XI. Envelopes used by Gödel to organize his papers have been assigned the same number as the item they contained (or the first item among the items they contained). On folder labels, Gödel's own designations are enclosed in quotation marks, while dates in square brackets refer to citations of Gödel's own works in Dawson's bibliography (see the reference list at the end of the preceding biographical sketch). With the publication of a new standard bibliography in the Oxford edition of Gödel's Collected Works, pencil annotations were added to folder labels in accordance with the citations of the new bibliography (Volume III, pp. 487-491). The finding aid, revised in 1997, follows the new bibliography with publication dates in italics.
The correspondence in Series I bulks between 1950 and 1975, but includes earlier items from such correspondents as Paul Bernays, Rudolf Carnap, Jacques Herbrand, Arend Heyting, Karl Menger, Emil Post, Oswald Veblen, John von Neumann, and Ernst Zermelo. Other major correspondents include William Boone, Paul J. Cohen, Georg Kreisel, Oskar Morgenstern, Abraham Robinson, Paul A. Schilpp, Dana Scott, Gaisi Takeuti, and Hao Wang. Approximately two-thirds of the correspondence is incoming. Family correspondence is virtually absent, but about 1000 pages of Gödel's letters to his mother are preserved in the Neue Stadtbibliothek, Vienna.
Early records in the collection include patent correspondence of Gödel's father, birth and baptismal certificates, and Gödel's notebooks and report cards from elementary and secondary schools. Some university course notebooks are also preserved, but there are no enrollment or grade records from the University of Vienna.
Financial records (Series IV) are quite detailed for the period 1930-1939 but are totally absent after Gödel's emigration in 1940. They include account books, canceled checks and deposit slips, ledgers, and various bills and receipts.
Gödel's personal notes and notebooks (Series III, V, and VI) span most of his life. They are largely in Gabelsberger shorthand, as are also some drafts of letters and lectures (Series I and IV). However, there are often longhand headings in German and English, and where mathematics and logic are involved, computational or symbolic notes make some material accessible to readers who cannot read the shorthand. Manuscript items are are almost entirely in pencil.
An assortment of loose manuscript notes and memoranda (also largely in Gabelsberger Shorthand) comprise series V and VI, including reading notes, library request slips, bibliographic memoranda, computation sheets (especially concerning Gödel's work in relativity theory), and personal notes on diverse subjects, including American history, languages, philosophy, and theology. Especially prominent are voluminous notes on the works of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz.
Smaller categories include medical records (Series X), photographs (Series XI), and ephemera (Series XII). A few folders of correspondence from other sources have also been incorporated as addenda.
Ancillary materials include the books from Gödel's library, now shelved at the Institute for Advanced Study. A list of the books is available at the Historical Studies Library of the Institute, and includes a record of journals received by Gödel (not annotated and thus not slated for retention). Assorted preprints and offprints sent to him by others have been segregated into three groups for retention: presentation copies, items accompanied by correspondence, and items bearing annotations or with accompanying notes. Items within each of these groups are filed alphabetically by author but are not numbered or otherwise indexed.
A few non-documentary items, donated with the papers, have been transferred for safekeeping to the Director's office at the Institute for Advanced Study. They include Gödel's briefcase, door plate, and National Medal of Science (medallion and lapel pin).
References Dawson, John W., "The Published Work of Kurt Gödel: An Annotated Bibliography," Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 24 (1983), 255-284; Addenda and corrigenda Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic, 25 (1984), 283-287. Dawson, John W., "Kurt Gödel in Sharper Focus," The Mathematical Intelligencer, 6:4 (1984), 9-17. Dawson, John W., Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Gödel, Wellesley, Mass.: A. K. Peters, Ltd., 1997. Gödel, Kurt, Collected Works, edited by Solomon Feferman, editor-in-chief; prepared under the auspices of the Association for Symbolic Logic: Vol. I, "Publications 1929-1936," edited by Solomon Feferman, John W. Dawson, Jr., Stephen C. Kleene, Gregory H. Moore, Robert M. Solovay, and Jean van Heijenoort, 1986; Vol. II, "Publications 1938-1974." edited by Soloman Feferman, John W. Dawson, Jr. [et al], 1990; Vol. III, "Unpublished Essays and Lectures: Selections from the Nachlass," edited by Solomon Feferman, John W. Dawson, Jr., [et al], New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994. Kreisel, Georg, "Kurt Gödel, 1906-1978, elected For. Mem. R.S. 1968," Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 26 (1980), 148-224; corrigenda, 27 (1981), 697; further corrigenda, 28 (1982), 697.
The papers of Kurt Gödel (1906-1978) were bequeathed by him to his wife Adele, who donated them to the Institute for Advanced Study in his memory prior to her death in 1981. Under terms of her will, literary rights to the papers are also vested in the Institute for Advanced Study. In 1985, the papers were placed on deposit in Princeton University Library.
Note on the 1998 Preservation Microfilm:
In 1998, the Kurt Gödel Papers were microfilmed for the purpose of preservation. Funded by the Sloan Foundation Grant (95-10-14) in support of the Collected Works of Kurt Gödel, Oxford University Press, the preservation microfilm includes the entire collection, excepting only a few items which are listed below. These items are largely photocopies of original material from other collections, preserved by other institutions. Also omitted are Gödel's collection of the preprints and offprints of his colleagues' work, and a small collection of cancelled checks, stubs and debits, most blank and physically difficult to film. The microfilm reels of Kurt Gödel's papers are available at the Historical Studies Library of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, and in the Special Collections Department of Princeton University's Firestone Library. The preservation microfilm does not constitute a microfilm edition, and is subject to the same copyright restrictions as the original material.
Portions not Filmed: Only the following items have been omitted from the 1998 filming of the Kurt Gödel Papers:
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IV -- 7a -- 3 -- TMs [photocopy] of the final typescript of Gödel's doctoral dissertation, [1929]. Original is deposited at Universität Wien.
IX -- 13b -- 12 -- Cancelled checks, stubs, and debits.
XIII -- 15 -- 6 -- LsS [photocopies] from the Gödel/Paul Bernays correspondence. Originals are stored at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zurich.
XIII -- 15 -- 8 -- LsS [photocopies] from the Gödel/Arend Heyting correspondence. Originals are stored at the Heyting Archief, Entschede.
XV -- 17-23 -- Gödel's collection of the preprints and offprints of his colleagues' work (the entirety of Series XV).
Prior to its arrangement in 1983-84, the collection was stored in filing cabinets and moving cartons in the basement of the Historical Studies Library of the Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.). Gathered together after Gödel's death, most of the items were found in envelopes labeled by Gödel himself; on that basis, an attempt has been made to retain/restore his original order. The Papers were placed on deposit by the Institute for Advanced Study in 1985.
Files of Dr. Philip Erlich relating to Kurt Gödel were the gift of Gloria Erlich in May 2011.
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This collection was processed by John W. Dawson, Jr. in 1984. Finding aid written by John W. Dawson, Jr. in 1984. Revised by Rebecca Schoff in 1997.
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- Logic, Symbolic and mathematical
- Mathematical physics
- Mathematics -- Problems, exercises, etc
- Mathematics -- Research -- New Jersey -- Princeton. -- 20th century
- Mathematics, German
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- John W. Dawson, Jr.; Rebecca Schoff
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- 1998
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Collection Inventory
Incoming letters, and copies of outgoing letters, with friends and scientific colleagues; also letters of recommendation. Virtually no family correspondence. Major correspondents include Paul Bernays, William Boone, Paul J. Cohen, Gotthard Günther, Arend Heyting, Georg Kreisel, Karl Menger, Oskar Morgenstern, Abraham Robinson, Paul A. Schilpp, Dana Scott, Gaisi Takeuti, Jean van Heijenoort, John von Neumann, and Hao Wong.
Filed along with correspondence are notes taken by Gödel during oral discussion with some correspondents. They are indicated separately as "discussion notes" under the name of the correspondent. Some short preprints related to accompanying correspondence are also filed here.
Boxes 1a-3c. Incoming and outgoing correspondence filed together, alphabetically by correspondent, and therein chronologically. Unidentified correspondents at end of series.
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(See also Series VI: Folder 33 under "M" for AMs draft of memorial letter)
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(See also Series XIV: Folder 1)
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Includes requests for biographical information, charitable solicitations, lecture invitations, editorial correspondence, honors bestowed, internal correspondence of the Institute for Advanced Study, literary solicitations, offprint and permissions requests, and correspondence with professional societies. Also includes unsolicited correspondence from cranks and autograph seekers.
Boxes 4a-5a. Incoming and outgoing correspondence filed together, alphabetically by subject or type of correspondence.
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Includes school exercise books, university course notes, vocabulary notebooks, notes for Gödel's lectures at Vienna and Notre Dame, and several series of notebooks on mathematical logic, philosophy, and current events. Among the notebooks are sixteen "Arbeitshefte" (mathematical workbooks), fourteen labelled "Allgemeine Bildung," nine history notebooks, six designated as "Logic and foundations" and four as "Results on foundations," and fifteen philosophical notebooks including material from before May 1941 until the end of Gödel's life. The philosophical notebooks are designated as "Max 0-XV," of which volume XIII is missing; the second of three theological notebooks is also lost.
Many of the notebooks were filled from both directions, with one subject or sequence beginning on the first page and proceeding toward the back of the notebook and another beginning on the last page and proceeding toward the front of the notebook. These notebooks are designated in the finding aid as written both directions. Gödel also habitually filed separate pages with notebooks in three different manners described in the finding aid as follows:
- Intercalated: Placed within the notebook, apparently with some attention to a meaningful sequence, often numbered in sequence with the pagination of the notebook.
- Inserted: Placed inside the notebook (usually inside the front or back cover) without obvious attention to sequence
- Loose: Simply filed in a folder with the notebook
Boxes 5b-7a. Filed alphabetically by subject or by Gödel's title (as indicated in the finding aid). Mostly in Gabelsberger shorthand.
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A set of notebooks labelled "Allg. Bild.," numbered, and dated by Gödel as given below. The notebooks contain notes (apparently intended to contribute to Gödel's "general education") on political and cultural issues. There are entries on major "newsmakers" of the period, ranging from politicians to icons of popular culture. Headings are in German or English, notes are in Gabelsberger shorthand.
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written both directions. Backward direction is labelled "Diff. Geom. Engl. Vok., Org. Chemie II, 1937" and contains mathematical computations and work using symbolic chemistry notation.
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plus one loose sheet
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One notebook, headings in English, notes in English and Gabelsberger shorthand
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Set of notebooks labelled "Arb. H." and numbered 1-16 by Gödel. Any additional labelling is given below in quotes. These "mathematical workbooks" contain theorems, definitions, proofs, and computations with headings in German.
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(re: angular orientation of nebulae, etc.)
(See also Physics: "Physik 1935")
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(See Loose-leaf Notebook, and Physics: "Lit Physik")
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(See "Allgemeine Bildung": II, and School: Geography, Geology, Chemistry)
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Notebooks numbered 1-9 by Gödel. Additional labelling appears below in quotes. Headings of historic dates, figures, and works in German, Latin, and English with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand
(See also American History)
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: One notebook containing notes in Gabelsberger shorthand with English and German headings, and budget tables, plus 3 loose pages
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One notebook containing transcriptions in Italian, plus three loose pages inserted in front.
(For other language practice, see School: Latin Practice; and Vocabulary: English, Latin, Dutch.)
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Set of notebooks, each labelled "Logik und Grundlagen" and numbered by Gödel as given below. Gödel's pagination is continuous throughout the set as listed below. The notebooks contain work written in symbolic logic notation and entries in Gabelsberger shorthand.
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Mostly bibliographic notes in English, German, and Gabelsberger shorthand
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Various notebooks containing mathematical work, labelled by Gödel as quoted below. In the absence of designation by Gödel, some physical description of the notebook is offered.
(See also Arbeitshefte; History: No. 9; Philosophy: "[Heinrich] Gomperz;" and School: Geography, Latin Practice, Mathematics)
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Mathematical computation with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, written both directions
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Mathematical computation (re: the axiom of choice) with notes in German and Gabelsgerger shorthand, written both directions
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Mathematical computation, notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, written both directions, plus two loose pages
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Notes filed by Gödel with "Amerika 1935" notebooks, notes in English and Gabelsberger shorthand, with mathematical computation, total 21 loose sheets
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Notes on Institute for Advanced Study lectures, in Gabelsberger shorthand with mathematical computation, plus 3 intercalated pages, and 3 pages inserted in back
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Lecture notes on Hermann Weyl, Institute for Advanced Study lectures [Autumn 1940], theorems and definitions, in mathematical notation, notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, written both directions
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Notes on Institute for Advanced Study lectures, in mathematical notation; lectures given by Carl Ludwig Siegel and Guido Fubini
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Notes on mathematical literature, headings in German and English, notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, plus 3 loose pages and 2 inserted cards
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Mathematical computation with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand (taken while in Aflenz, Austria?), written both directions, plus 4 loose pages
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Mathematical computation with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, written both directions
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Mathematical computation
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Mathematical computation with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand
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Mathematical computation, written both directions
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Set of notebooks labeled and dated by Gödel as quoted below (names of months have been translated from abbreviations), containing notes on philosophical "maxims" in Gabelsberger shorthand with headings in German or English
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(see note in "Phil. XIV")
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Philosophy course notes (in Gabelsberger shorthand with German headings) on the history of European philosophy, written both directions. Backward direction: Mathematical notes
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Philosophy course notes, written in both directions. Backward direction: Mathematical notes
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: Various notebooks containing notes on physics, labelled by Gödel as quoted below. Where left undesignated, notebooks are distinguished by content.
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Kinetic theory of matter, course notes in mathematical notation (From the lectures of Friedrich Kottler?)
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Notes on statistical mechanics and optics in mathematical notation with diagrams and headings in German
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Mathematical computation with diagrams and headings in German, written both directions, plus 3 loose pages
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Mathematical computation with headings in German, written both directions
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Includes section titled "Astronomische Zahlen," mathematical computation with headings in German, written both directions, plus one page intercalated
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Mathematical computation with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand and headings in German and English, written both directions
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Mathematical computation with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand
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Loose notes filed with physics notebooks by Gödel (examination excerpts), mathematical computation
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Mathematical computation and extensive notes in English, plus one loose sheet
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Mathematical computation, plus one loose page
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Mathematical computation with headings in German, written in both directions, plus one loose page
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Notebook on literature in Physics and accompanying loose bibliographic notes, in both German and Gabelsberger shorthand
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One notebook labelled "Prot." by Gödel. Contains notes on conversations and lectures, etc., in Gabelsberger shorthand with German and English headings.
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A set of notebooks, each labelled "Resultate Grundlagen" and numbered by Gödel as listed below. Gödel's pagination throughout the set is continuous, as shown. Notebooks contain work written in symbolic logic notation and notes in Gabelsberger shorthand with German headings.
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Set of notebooks from Gödel's schooling, ranging from grade school to high school.
The notebooks are arranged below with the earliest three listed first, and thereafter alphabetized by subject.
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Practice writing numerals and sums
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Practice writing alphabet
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Essays in German, plus one loose page
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Essays in German
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Three notebooks, undesignated, distinguishable by physical characteristics
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Contains practice constructing geometrical figures.
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Contains practice constructing geometrical figures.
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Contains practice constructing geometrical figures, plus three loose sheets.
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One notebook labeled "Mittelschule Geog." and then "org. Chemie 1937," contains notes in German and Gabelsberger shorthand on geography and geology, and notes in German on chemistry. Written both directions, backward direction includes some mathematical calculations.
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Practice essays in Latin, Algebra practice pencilled in back
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Contains exercises in symbolic logic notation.
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Set of notebooks covering Gödel's early education in mathematics, grouped chronologically, with undated material at end
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Labeled "Mathematische Schularbeiten," contains mathematical schoolwork with teacher's comments in German
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Labeled "Geom. Hausübungen," contains geometry "homework," including the construction of figures.
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Labeled "Mathematische Schularbeiten," contains schoolwork with algebraic and trigonometric functions, and calculus, with teacher's comments in German.
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Unlabeled, contains pencilled practice in calculus.
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Labeled "Gödel Kurt," contains mathematical computation with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, written both directions.
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Inside cover labeled "Algebra," contains mathematical computation with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, written both directions.
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Unlabeled, contains pencilled practice in mathematical computation and notes on German language, history, and culture in German and Gabelsberger shorthand.
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One notebook labeled "Naturgeschichts Heft.," contains notes in German with hand-drawn diagrams.
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Two notebooks from Gödel's early schooling in Physics, labeled by Gödel as quoted below
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From Staatsrealgymnasium in Brünn, contains diagrams, notes in German, and mathematical computation, written both directions.
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From Staatsrealgymnasium in Brünn 1921-1922 contains diagrams, notes in German, and mathematical computation, plus 10 loose pages.
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A set of two notebooks, labeled and numbered by Gödel as below. Numbering suggests a third notebook, #2, now missing.
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Headings in German, French and Latin, with notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, plus 4 intercalated pages
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Headings in German, notes in Gabelsberger shorthand, including tables of content for the Bible
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Set of 16 notebooks containing vocabulary lists and language practice, four of which belonged to Gödel's brother, Rudolf.
Arranged alphabetically by language, with Rudolf's notebooks at the end. Labeled as quoted below.
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Five undated notebooks of Latin vocabulary and language practice, designated as quoted below:
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Four school notebooks belonging to Kurt Gödel's brother, Rudolf, from Staatsrealgymnasium in Brünn
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Drafts, manuscripts and typescript "Reinschriften," galleys and offprints of Gödel's articles, lectures, and reviews, published and unpublished, in English, German, and Gabelsberger shorthand. Important unpublished items includes Gödel's 1951 Gibbs lecture ( *1951), a longer version of Gödel's essay on relativity theory and idealistic philosophy, "Is mathematics syntax of language?" ( *1953/9), (intended for Schilpp 1963), and a revised English version ( 1972) of the Dialectica paper ( 1958).
Published works are designated by italic years of publication as established in the Gödel bibliography published in Volume III of the Oxford edition of Gödel's Collected Works, pp. 487-491.
Boxes 7a-9b. Filed chronologically under titles or descriptive headings.
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(see Correspondence Series I: Heyting, Arend):
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(See also Folder 97 for correspondence re: Gibbs lecture)
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(See "Rotating universes in general relativity theory" (Lecture given to International Congress of Mathematicians, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1950 August 31))
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(See 1972a for galley with autograph corrections)
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(See also Tarski correspondence, Series I, folder 183)
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Diverse notes and memoranda slips, including reading notes, library request slips, bibliographic excerpts and memoranda, and memoranda books. Extensive notes on history, philosophy and theology, especially the works of Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (primary and secondary sources). Largely in Gabelsberger shorthand.
Boxes 9b-11a. Grouped by subject or by Gödel's titles, as indicated by quotation marks in the finding aid, and therein by date (where known). About 250 numbered groups (slips not all separately numbered).
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Includes library request slips
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(See also Bibliographic "Zettel")
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Includes computation sheets, reference lists of formulas, miscellaneous mathematical notes and fragmentary drafts, and notes which once accompanied books and papers of others.
Includes notes on offprints, books or lectures by various author. For notes on works by an individual, see section (in this Series) title "Notes..."
Boxes 11b-12. Filed alphabetically by subject.
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(See also correspondence with Bernays, Paul)
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(see Notes on grammar)
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(see General remarks on mathematical...)
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(See also Series VI: Folder 11 " "Finistismus")
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(See also Series V: Folder 11 and Tarski correspondence, Series I: Folder 183)
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(See also Series XV: Box 21, Preprints and Offprints with accompanying correspondence, "Benacerraf, Paul" for audio tape of proceedings)
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(see "Diskussion einzelner Gruppen")
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Includes elementary and secondary school report cards, course announcements and enrollment slips for courses taught by Gödel, homework graded by Gödel, and administrative correspondence and announcements from the University of Vienna, Notre Dame, and the Institute for Advanced Study.
Box 13a. Filed alphabetically by document type.
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(see Series XIV: Folder 3)
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(see Series XIV: Box 16; Yale University, see Series XIII: Folder 1)
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Includes apartment rental agreements, birth, baptismal, marriage, and citizenship certificates, copyright and publishing agreements, patent documents and correspondence of Gödel's father, passports, and powers of attorney.
Box 13a. Filed alphabetically by document type.
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Includes Identity Card and records of immigration to U.S. via trans-Siberian railroad
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Account books, bank statements, currency exchange vouchers, canceled checks, deposit slips, ledgers, securities transactions, and various bills and receipts.
Box 13b. Filed alphabetically by document type, unclassified items at end of series.
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(See also Legal and political fee/contribution receipts)
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Dosage records, medical and dietary memoranda, lists of doctors, prescriptions, and temperature records.
Box 14a. Filed alphabetically by type of document.
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Snapshots of Gödel alone and with family, friends, and colleagues. Some formal portraits. Photographs of the Gödel home at 145 Linden Lane. Some photographs of Gödel's ancestors and his wife's parents. N.A.S.A. Mars and lunarscape photos.
Boxes 14a, 14b, 15, 16. Filed by print size, and grouped therein by subject.
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Consists primarily of head and shoulder portraits of Kurt Gödel as well as of his family members.
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Consists of wedding portraits and photographs of Kurt and Adele Gödel.
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