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Box MS-024 Box 13

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Contains 41 Results:

Swedish Newspaper clipping, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 32
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-32
Scope and Contents

"Stålfarfar slog rekord på Liseberg. 66-åringen sjunger in sin visa på grammofon"- Steel grandfather set a record at Liseberg. The 66 year old sings his song into a gramophone.

Dates: Undated

Sub-Series 3: Biographical Materials and Tributes

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-024-5-3
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. 

Dates: 1876 - 2000

High School admission form, 4 July 1914

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 33
Identifier: MS-024-5-3-13-33
Scope and Contents

Copy of the high school admission form of K S Krishnan.

Dates: 4 July 1914

Biographical Notes on K S Krishnan, bulk: 1953, November 1961, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 34
Identifier: MS-024-5-3-13-34
Scope and Contents

i) Some Persons and Personalities at Bow Bazar Science Association 1925- 1930 by C Mahadevan, ii) Biographical Memoir of Fellows of the Royal Society- Volume 13- Kariamanikkam Srinivasa Krishnan, iii)Krishnan, Friend and Philosopher, iv) Abstract from a talk delivered by Dr J H Van Vleck on Dangerous Gulfs: Some Reflections on the Social Implications of Computing Machines.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1953, November 1961, Undated

60th birthday -- Invitations, bulk: 1958

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 35
Identifier: MS-024-5-3-13-35
Scope and Contents

i) National Physical Laboratory- Felicitations to Prof. K S Krishnan FRS on his 60th birthday-Brochure, invitation, poem, ii) K S Krishnan's 60th birthday Celebration Committee- Accounts and Programme Schedule, iii) Shastiabdipoorthi celebration by Shree Vaishnava Siddhanta Sabha, New Delhi, iv) List of things to do on 60th birthday by K s Krishnan, v) A letter from D S Kothandaraman wishing success to the K S Krishnan 60th birthday committee.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1958

60th birthday -- Addresses and Tributes, bulk: 1958

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 36
Identifier: MS-024-5-3-13-36
Scope and Contents

Addresses by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri and others.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1958

60th birthday -- Souvenirs, bulk: 1958

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 37
Identifier: MS-024-5-3-13-37
Scope and Contents

i) Dr K S Krishnan's 60th Birthday Celebrations-Programme Booklet, ii) Dr K S Krishnan's 60th Birthday Souvenir-1958 issued by Dr K S Krishnan's 60th birthday celebrations committee.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1958

60th birthday -- Publications, bulk: Circa 1958

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 38
Identifier: MS-024-5-3-13-38
Scope and Contents

i) Work carried out under the auspices of the Indian National Committee for IGY 1957-58 issued on the occasion of the sixtieth birthday of K S Krishnan, ii) Professor K S Krishnan FRS- article reproduces with kind permission from the Souvenir Volume published by Dr K S Krishnan's Sixtieth Birthday Celebrations Committee of the Tamil Sangam, New Delhi.

Dates: Majority of material found in Circa 1958

Wedding Invitations., bulk: 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1957

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 8
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-8
Scope and Contents

Wedding Invitations that sent to Krishnan.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1947, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1957

Royal Society of Arts, bulk: 1949, 19 October 1951

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 9
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-9
Scope and Contents

It contains i)a booklet by the Royal Society of Arts titled "List of Fellows and Associates - 196th Session - 1949-1950". The booklet includes a list of fellows with their election dates to the society. On the cover of the brochure is an annotation by K S Krishnan with the date "19 October 1951", ii) A Schedule for the Newton Tercentenary Celebrations.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1949, 19 October 1951

Convocation Invitations and Schedules, bulk: 28 January 1949, 18 December 1955, 25 December 1958

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 10
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-10
Scope and Contents

i) Convocation Invitations and Schedules from Lucknow University, Banaras Hindu University, Jadavpur University, ii) A congregation schedule for conferring honorary degrees at the University of Cambridge.

Dates: Majority of material found in 28 January 1949, 18 December 1955, 25 December 1958

Dinner Plan, bulk: 31 May 1949

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 11
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-11
Scope and Contents

Seating arrangements for dinner participants include Feroze Gandhi, S S Bhatnagar, Joe D Walstrom, John Mathai, Prime Minister, A A Wells, K S Krishnan, Anna Ornsholt, Andrew V Corry, Girja Shankar Bajpai, Loy V Henderson, Indira Gandhi, John K Gustafson, H M Patel.

Dates: Majority of material found in 31 May 1949

Postcards- 1950, bulk: 1950

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 12
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-12
Scope and Contents

Postcards that were sent to K S Krishnan in the 1950s.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1950

Poems written for K S Krishnan, bulk: 29 December 1950, 31 December 1958, 19 January 1960

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 13
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-13
Scope and Contents

i) Dodlings by R. E. Peierls and L. Rosenfeld for the International Conference on "Elementary Particles" at TIFR, Bombay, ii)Homage- A Sonnet by T. A. Thirumelechary, iii) Vishwamitra back from Bombay by H S Rao.

Dates: Majority of material found in 29 December 1950, 31 December 1958, 19 January 1960

Score Card -- Cricket, 1952

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 14
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-14
Scope and Contents

Scorecard with signatures of the players from a cricket match.

Dates: 1952

Sardar Patel Memorial Lectures, 1957

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 15
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-15
Scope and Contents

Sardar Patel Memorial Lectures 1957 by J B S Haldane on " The Unity and Diversity of Life" broadcast by All India Radio (AIR).

Dates: 1957

Soviet Nadu, 24 December 1958

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 16
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-16
Scope and Contents

A Tamil Magazine named Soviet Nadu or Soviet Country- a bi-monthly magazine - The Bulletin of the Soviet Embassy in India.

Dates: 24 December 1958

Indian Literature- Sahitya Akademi, 1959

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 17
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-17
Scope and Contents

Half-yearly journal of Sahitya Akademi- Vol 2, No. 2, April- September 1959.

Dates: 1959

P Kodanda Rao- Writings, Greetings and their schedules, bulk: 1959, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 18
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-18
Scope and Contents

P Kodanda Rao was a Servant of India Society member. It consists of i) Diwali Greetings for 1959, ii) Summary of activities of Mr and Mrs Kodanda Rao in 1958-1959, iii) Some Reminiscences of Mahatma Gandhi by P Kodanda Rao.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1959, Undated

Postcards-1960, bulk: 4 January 1960

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 19
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-19
Scope and Contents

Postcard sent to Krishnan in 1960s.

Dates: Majority of material found in 4 January 1960

The Illustrated Weekly of India, 26 March 1961

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 20
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-20
Scope and Contents

Contains an article titled "Eminent Scientists of India - K S Krishnan" by Jagjit Singh.

Dates: 26 March 1961

Srinivasa Ramanujan, bulk: 1987, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 21
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-21
Scope and Contents

i) Media Clipping- A Meteoric Mathematician by F C da Gama, ii) The Journal of Indian Institute of Science - Ramanujan Special Issue- "Srinivasa Ramanujan: A biographical sketch and a glimpse of his work.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1987, Undated

Appeals, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 22
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-22
Scope and Contents

i) The Bharatiya Sanskritika Sangha (Regd), Delhi- An Appeal, ii) Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose- An Appeal.

Dates: Undated

Brochures, bulk: Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 23
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-23
Scope and Contents

i) A brochure of the Madras Institute of Technology, which contains the history of its genesis, pictures and estimates of funds required to make the opening of the second-year courses possible in July 1950, ii) The National Physical Laboratory of India, Poona, iii) Tamil Encyclopedia brochure, iv) Ceramic Condensers by the million by the National Physical Laboratory.

Dates: Majority of material found in Undated

Contact cards, bulk: Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 24
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-24
Scope and Contents

Contact cards of people from colleagues and contemporaries.

Dates: Majority of material found in Undated

Delhi Gymkhana Club Ltd., New Delhi, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 25
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-25
Scope and Contents

A blank signature card from the Delhi Gymkhana Club.

Dates: Undated

Invitation cards, bulk: Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 26
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-26
Scope and Contents

Invitations to Krishnan for cultural programmes like concerts, performances, mathematics exhibitions, etc.

Dates: Majority of material found in Undated

Ivy Superiority, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 27
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-27
Scope and Contents

An article by Henry Morton Robinson.

Dates: Undated

Photographic plates., Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 28
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-28
Scope and Contents

A photographic plate of Józef Wierusz-Kowalski.

Dates: Undated

Postcards- Undated, bulk: Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 29
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-29
Scope and Contents

Postcards sent to Krishnan from peers and friends from around the world.

Dates: Majority of material found in Undated

Proposal for Nobel Prize in Literature for Sri Aurobindo, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 30
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-30
Scope and Contents

Letter to the President of the Svenska Akademien, Stockholm, Sweden, proposing the Nobel Prize in Literature award to Sri Aurobindo.

Dates: Undated

Stamps, bulk: Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 31
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-31
Scope and Contents

A collection of stamps cut from envelopes.

Dates: Majority of material found in Undated

Series 5: Personal and Ephemera

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-024-5
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. 

Dates: 1876 - 2000

Sub-Series 2: Ephemera

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MS-024-5-2
Content Description From the Collection:

This collection contains material related to the life and work of K S Krishnan, a physicist and scientific administrator. The papers have been arranged into nine series - notes and notebooks, scientific research, administration and teaching, talks and writings, photographs, personal and ephemera, correspondence, material related to Krishnan collected by Krishnan family, material about Krishnan collected by D C V Mallik, and Tamil documents - spirituality and literature. 

Dates: 1876 - 2000

Postcards- 1930, bulk: 1930

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 1
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-1
Scope and Contents

Postcards sent to K S Krishnan in the 1930s.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1930

Souvenirs, bulk: 28 February 1935, 5 February 1935, 26 September 1953

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 2
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-2
Scope and Contents

i) A Souvenir booklet for the Silver Jubilee of S. Krishna Iyengar, Headmaster, Hindu High School, Srivilliputtur; ii)Booklet from Srivilliputtur Hindu High School Old Students' Association- The Great Trio- Birth Centenarians - Alumni, iii) Centenary Souvenir - Gurugnanasambandar Hindu Higher Secondary School, Srivilliputtur, iv) Souvenirs from an International Conference of the Theoretical Physicists, Hiroshima, Japan.

Dates: Majority of material found in 28 February 1935, 5 February 1935, 26 September 1953

Media Clippings, bulk: 19 July 1936 - February 1955, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 3
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-3
Scope and Contents

i) Indian Institute of Science, ii)Einstein's New Theory, iii) New Theory of Gravitation, iv) letter with an attached media clipping about Krishnan taking over the Directorship of Scientific and Industrial Research, v)The S I Factor?- on Southern India producing high proportion of India's top mathematicians and scientists, vi)High German honour for Indian woman, vii) The Eligibility of Women for Admission into the fellowship of the Royal Society.

Dates: Majority of material found in 19 July 1936 - February 1955, Undated

Travel File, bulk: 1937,1960, Undated

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 4
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-4
Scope and Contents

Hotel bills and brochures from Krishnan's travels.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1937,1960, Undated

Postcards- 1940, bulk: Circa 1940

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 5
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-5
Scope and Contents

Postcards that were sent to K S Krishnan in the 1940s.

Dates: Majority of material found in Circa 1940

Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal, bulk: 31 December 1940

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 6
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-6
Scope and Contents

Contains a booklet by the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal titled "List of Patrons, Officers, Council Members, Members, Fellows, and Medallists of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal".

Dates: Majority of material found in 31 December 1940

Viceroy's Tour of Tribal Area, bulk: 18 November 1946

 File — Box: MS-024 Box 13, Folder: 7
Identifier: MS-024-5-2-13-7
Scope and Contents

Information Cables from the Government of India Information Services, Washington 8, D. C., on the Viceroy's tour of tribal area in the North West Frontier.

Dates: Majority of material found in 18 November 1946