Awards/Nobel Peace Prize, 1954-09-01 - 1991-03-01
Scope and Contents
Correspondence from the Nobel Committee inviting nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize and correspondence about nominations made by the University, correspondence about the arrangements for a lunch involving 10 Nobel Prize laureates held at the University on 16 July 1990, and a copy of a list of Nobel prizewinners from the University between 1902 and 1984. Also includes an exchange of letters in 1954 between Professor Max Born (Nobel Prize for Physics 1954) and Sir Edward Appleton (Nobel Prize for Physics 1947) about whether any tax would be payable on Professor Born's Nobel Prize award.
Dates
- Creation: 1954-09-01 - 1991-03-01
Creator
- From the Sub-subfonds: University of Edinburgh. Secretary (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
A number of files are subject to closure periods and these are clearly identified. Files not subject to closure are still subject to normal Data Protection procedures and a form will be require to be signed before access is granted.
Full Extent
From the Series: 1 volume
Language of Materials
From the Series: English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Part of accession Acc.2013/020
Repository Details
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