Main content
Papers of Bernhard Witkop
Notifications
Held at: Science History Institute Archives [Contact Us]315 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Science History Institute Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Bernhard Witkop was born in Freiburg, German on May 9, 1917. He received degrees from the University of Munich (1938, 1940) where he later served as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry. Coming to America in 1947 he became an instructor and lecturer at Harvard. Becoming a U.S. citizen in 1950, he went to work as a chemist in the Civil Service. From 1957 onward he served as Chief of the Laboratory of Chemistry, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases.
For a more detailed inventory, please view this record in our library catalog: https://othmerlib.sciencehistory.org/record=b1046518~S6
The core of the collection is correspondence between Witkop and Julian. Collection also includes recollections collected by Witkop that relate to Paul Ehrlich and Heinrich Wieland.
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized and are availble online in our Digital Collections: https://digital.sciencehistory.org/collections/cj82k734s
Source of acquisition--Bernard Witkop. Method of acquisition--gift;; Date of acquisition--1983..
People
- Witkop, Bernhard, 1917-
- Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915
- Wieland, H. (Heinrich), 1877-1957
- Julian, Percy, 1940-
Organization
Subject
- Publisher
- Science History Institute Archives