Albert Einstein Resources

The Albert Einstein Archives
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Department of Manuscripts & Archives
The Jewish National & University Library
POB 34165 Jerusalem 91341, Israel
Tel: + 972-2-6585781; Fax: + 972-2-6586910
Email: aearequests@savion.cc.huji.ac.il
Website: http://www.alberteinstein.info/ Einstein Papers Project: http://www.einstein.caltech.edu/
Staff: Dr. Roni Grosz, ronigr@savion.huji.ac.il,  the Bern Dibner Curator

This is the primary depository for all Einstein archival material, comprised of manuscripts of scientific and non-scientific articles, speeches, lectures and poems; scientific and non-scientific correspondence; personal documents; lecture notebooks, travel diaries, reprints, and newspaper clippings. The Archives includes approximately 50,000 items. The archival material has subcollections as well such as: photographs, sound recordings, film footage, diplomas, medals, and Einstein's own private library.

Albert Einstein Duplicate Archives
At Princeton University in the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of Firestone Library, there is a duplicate copy of the manuscript collection from the original Jerusalem Archives.
Contact: Meg Rich
Tel: 609-258-3184
Email: msrich@princeton.edu
Website: http://www.princeton.edu/~rbsc

Fantova Collection on Albert Einstein
In the Rare Books and Special Collections Department of Firestone Library at Princeton University there is a collection of 28 letters and 15 poems from the late 1940s by Einstein to Hanna Fantova, all in German. In addition, there are 57 undated, mostly black-and-white photographs of Einstein, and a few other unidentified people and places. Most of the Einstein photographs were taken later in life.
Contact:Meg Rich
Tel: 609-258-3184
Email: msrich@princeton.edu

American Institute of Physics
The Niels Bohr Library of the American Institute of Physics holds a number of Einstein photographs. In 1979, they put out a publication entitled, Images of Einstein: A Catalog of photographs and film footage available through their library as well as from other sources. AIP also did an information exhibit on Einstein that is available on the web at: http://www.aip.org/history/einstein
For further information contact AIP directly at:
One Physics Ellipse
College Park, MD 20740-3843
Tel: 301-209-3100; Fax: 301-209-0843
Email: aipinfo@aip.org

The California Institute of Technology
The Einstein Papers Projectis a publication that is ongoing at Caltech. For further information contact:
Prof. Diana Kormos Buchwald: (GeneralEditor & Director,  The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein)
Office address: Einstein Papers Project
California Institute of Technology 20-7
Pasadena, CA 91125
Tel: 626-395-8044
Email: epp@einstein.caltech.edu
Website of The Einstein Papers Project: http://www.einstein.caltech.edu/

Corbis
The Corbis (previously Roger Richman Agency) represents Hebrew University in the United States for granting licensing for the use of Einstein's image in print, television and film. Anyone seeking permission to use images of Einstein, other than for scholarly publication, should be referred to this agency. Corbis/Roger Richman website
Roger Richman Agency 9777 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
phone: (310) 276-7000 - fax: (310) 276-8023

The following resources have photographs and/or film footage: