MSS 2/0146-06: Memoranda of Mme. Marie Curie, 1898 - 1926
Scope and Contents
This scrapbook, "Memoranda of Mme. M. Curie", contains items
collected by Robert Abbe. Included in the volume are photographs
of Marie Curie (ca. 1903-1920), photographs of Marie and Pierre
Curie using electrometers in their laboratory, photographs and
captions illustrating the production of radium (1898), clippings,
and several letters(1920-1922) from Marie Curie to Robert Abbe
concerning Curie's donation of an electrometer to the College
of physicians of Philadelphia.
In her letter of 16 July 1920, Curie sends Abbe a description
of the "Quartz Piezoelectrique", or electrometer, that she and
her husband used in their early experiments with radium. Curie
writes Abbe again on 2 October 1920 and explains that
she will donate an item to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia;
she makes two suggestions and asks Abbe to choose which gift
would be more appropriate. In her letter of 1 March 1921, Curie
presents the electrometer to Abbe. Also included in the volume
is a personal note from Curie to Abbe (23 June 1921).
Also of interest in the scrapbook is a letter from one of abbe's
colleagues (John Finley?); this colleague, who writes from Warsaw,
Poland, sends Abbe a Polish stamp honoring Marie Curie.
The "Memoranda of Mme. M. Curie" volume was donated to the college
of Physicians of Philadelphia by Robert Abbe on 23 May 1921.
The volume was transferred from the Mutter Museum to the Historical
Collections of the Library on 4 January 1983.
The volume was catalogued in 1992.
Dates
- Creation: 1898 - 1926
Full Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Inventory
5 1. Photograph of Marie Curie
[n.d.] (1 item)
7 2. [Abbe, Robert], 1851-1928.
"Marie Curie, and Radium"
[biographical sketch, n.d.] (1 item)
17 3. Photograph of Marie Curie
[n.d.] (1 item)
19 4. Photograph of Pierre Curie
[n.d.] (1 item)
21 5. Ellis, H. C.
Photograph [copy] of Pierre and Marie
Curie with their daughter, Irene, in the
garden of their home near Paris
[1903] (1 item)
23 6. Photograph of Marie Curie in
her laboratory
[1903] (1 item)
25 7. Petit, Pierre.
Photograph [copy] of Henri
Becquerel (1852-1908), Professor
of Physics at the University of Paris
(as a student, Marie Curie worked
in his laboratory)
[n.d.] (1 item)
27 8. Photograph of the street in Paris
where the Curie laboratory is located
[n.d.] (1 item)
29 9. Postcard with view of Joachimsthal,
the town in Bohemia, Austria, where
Marie Curie first found radium
[n.d.] (1 item)
Page
31 10. "Radium Making 1898"
Photographs and captions illustrating
how radium was made
[1898] (6 items)
43 11. Photograph of Pierre Curie using his
"appareil appele quartz piezo
electrique" (electrometer)
[n.d.] (1 item)
45 12. Photograph of [Jacques?] Danne, Professor
Curie's assistant, using an electrometer
[n.d.] (1 item)
47 13. Photograph of Marie Curie
in her laboratory
[1920] (1 item)
49 14. Photograph of Marie Curie
[1920] (1 item)
52 15. Curie, M[arie], 1867-1934.
Typed letter signed [in French] :
Paris, [France], to
[Robert] Abbe, New York, [N.Y.],
1920 Oct. 2
With envelope (1 item)
55 16. Translation of Marie Curie's letter of
2 October 1920
[n.d.] (1 item)
56 17. Photograph of the electrometer that
Marie Curie donated to the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia
[n.d.] (1 item)
57 18. [Curie, Marie], 1867-1934.
"Quartz Piezoelectrique"
Her description [in French] of the
electrometer
[n.d.] (1 item)
61 19. Curie, M[arie], 1867-1934.
Typed letter signed : Paris, [France], to
Robert Abbe, New York, [N.Y.],
1920 July 16
With envelope and with her description
[in French] of the electrometer (1 item)
63 20. Curie, M[arie], 1867-1934.
Typed letter signed [in French] : Paris,
[France], to
[Robert Abbe, n.p.],
1921 Mar. 10 (1 item)
65 21. Clipping (from the New York Times Book Review)
of a photograph of the Curie laboratory
1924 Jan. 6 (1 item)
66 22. Clipping (from the New York Times) of a
photograph of Marie Curie
1925 July 12 (1 item)
67 23. Clipping (from the New York Times) of a
photograph of Marie Curie with Charles
H. Mayo (1865-1939)
1925 July 12 (1 item)
69 24. Curie, M[arie], 1867-1934.
Autograph postcard signed [in French] : Paris,
[France], to
Robert Abbe, [n.p.],
1921 Mar. 1 (1 item)
69 25. Curie, M[arie], 1867-1934.
Autograph postcard signed : Paris, [France], to
Robert Abbe, [n.p.],
1921 Mar. 1 (1 item)
71 26. Curie, M[arie], 1867-1934.
Autograph postcard signed : New York, [N.Y.], to
Robert Abbe, New York, [N.Y.],
1921 June 23
With envelope (1 item)
73 27. Curie, M[arie], 1867-1934.
Typed letter signed : Paris, [France], to
[Robert Abbe, n.p.],
1922 Apr. 8 (1 item)
75 28. [John Finley?]
Autograph letter signed : Warsaw, Poland, to
Robert Abbe, [n.p.],
1926 May 20
With Marie Curie postage stamp (1 item)
77 29. Photograph of Marie Curie using an
electrometer in her laboratory
[n.d.] (1 item)
79 30. Clipping [in French] celebrating the 25th[?]
anniversary of the discovery of radium
[1923?] (1 item)
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
