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Series I. Biographical Material, 1903-1991
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Scope and Content Notes: This series is divided into two subseries representing Hempel’s personal, educational, and professional records.
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Subseries 1. Personal and Educational Records, 1903-1991
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Scope and Content Notes: Hempel’s personal and educational records (subseries 1) feature a few family items, some documents on his and his first wife Eva’s immigration to the U.S., educational documents and certificates such as diplomas and certificates of his high school graduation and teacher certification; his class registrations at the Universities of Göttingen (1923-1924), Heidelberg (1924), Berlin (1924-1928), and Vienna (1929-1930). Included are also student notes on seminars and discussions that cover mostly courses he took with Carnap at the University of Chicago during the years 1937-1939 and his diaries from 1939 to 1966, with some gaps.
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Family Documents, 1903-1905
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Educational Diplomas and Certificates, 1923-1939
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Immigration Documents, 1938-1942
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Seminar Notes Köhler: Ein altes Scheinproblem, 1929
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Seminar Notes Carnap: Research Seminar & Semantik [sic] Meeting, Fall 1937
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Seminar Notes Carnap: Discussion Group, 1937-1938
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Seminar Notes Carnap: Logistik, Fall 1937, Winter 1937-1938, University of Chicago
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Seminar Notes Carnap: Analytic Method in Philosophy (Course 331), Spring Quarter 1938
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Seminar Notes Carnap: Research Seminar Problems in the Logical Foundation of Mathematics, Winter 1938
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Seminar Notes Carnap: Semantics, Spring 1939
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Seminar Notes Carnap: Advanced Logical Syntax, Spring Term 1939
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Notes on Carnap, Santa Fe, 1948
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Two Seminars by Tarski: 1. Syntax of the Sentenial Calculus; 2. Problems of Completeness & Decidability, 1940-1941
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Handwritten Excerpt by Hempel from Tarski’s "Fundamentale Begriffe der Methodologie der deduktiven Wissenschaften I.", 1936
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Unidentified Notes by Hempel, 1944
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Notes Discussion Group: Scientific Method Group (undated),
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Box 2
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Diaries, 1939-1966
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Correspondence Journals, 1949-1976
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Expense Journal, 1948-1950
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Medical Reports [RESTRICTED], 1942-1958
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Interview of Hempel by Richard Nollan: First and Revised Copies and Related Correspondence, 1982-1984
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Subseries 2. Professional Records, 1930-1991
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Scope and Content Notes: His professional records (subseries 2) comprise several curricula vitae in German and English, a 1991 bibliography, biographical sketches; letters of reference, testimonials, and correspondence concerning Hempel’s applications for academic positions in the U.S., e.g. as Carnap’s research associate at the University of Chicago; and an exchange on his appointment to Yale University. Present are also items documenting Hempel’s early professional and academic activities including annual activity reports and newspaper clippings on his public talks and appearances as well as on other events or individuals; statements and correspondence on research projects, grant applications, leave requests; and lecture photographs.
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Curricula Vitae, Bibliographies, and Biographical Sketches, 1932-1991
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Employment Correspondence and Testimonials [RESTRICTED], 1936-1954
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Yale University: Annual Reports of the Department of Philosophy, 1948-1955
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Hempel’s Annual Professional Activity Reports, 1950-1975
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Grants, Research Projects, Leave Requests, and Fellowships, 1952-1975
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Lecture Photographs, 1958-1973
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Permissions to Reprint from Hempel’s Publications, 1978-1982
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Correspondence with Doctoral Candidates, 1962-1973
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Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin: Addresses and Information, 1990
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Newspaper Clippings, 1930-1975
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Articles from the Times Literary Supplement, 1972-1975
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Illustration by Unknown Author (Hansen?) and Unidentified Typescript, undated
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Box 4
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Honarary Doctoral Degree Certificates, 1975-1987
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