EDITORIAL METHOD l v i i
inal that affect a reading of the text—whether it is cropped, perforated, obscured,
or incomplete—follows the designation of provenance. If a source from which one
or more texts are drawn (e.g., a notebook or an official report) contains additional
material, that material is briefly described at this point; such omitted material may
be published elsewhere in the edition. Textual features such as original pagination
and instructions to turn a page are silently omitted. The address and postmark of
origin of a letter or postcard are given, if available.
The following information is given in the descriptive notes following each doc-
ument in the Correspondence series: (a) the descriptive symbol; (b) the location
symbol indicating where the original can be found if it is not located in the Albert
Einstein Archives; (c) a note if a text has already appeared in published form; (d)
the control number that is assigned to each original or copy in the Albert Einstein
Archives, within square brackets; (e) if available, a description of docketed post-
marks when two documents of the same date are presented; (f) a note in the case of
an obscured or incomplete postmark, and a note about the contents of a docketed
postmark, when available, if the date cannot be established otherwise.
An Alphabetical List of Texts is presented in the back matter, while references
to texts in the Writings series are placed chronologically in the Calendar.
The Calendar in the back matter of the Correspondence series includes all letters
written or received by Einstein that are not presented as texts, in chronological or-
der and with provenance. It also contains general chronological information that is
not available in specific documents, as well as significant interviews. All entries
summarize the contents of the document in question (see the introductory para-
graph in the Calendar for a more detailed description).
Where the original or a copy of the original is not available, transcriptions of text
fragments from dealer or auction catalogs are presented, if available, together with
interspersed editorial comments, in the same font size as endnotes. Where
coherent, unfragmented excerpts, such as partial facsimiles or extensive transcribed
material, serve as the source of a text, they are presented in the same font size as
the texts of Einstein’s correspondence. Some texts can only partially be recon-
structed by presenting the transcription of a substantial text fragment or a
substantial quotation together with editorial commentary or fragmented excerpts.
In these cases the visual distinctiveness between the font sizes pointed out above is
preserved.
In the case of Einstein’s reviews, the original title of the article or book under
review is given.
If an original text of a later supplement to a paper is printed immediately
following the paper, then this presentation is retained. Both dates are noted in the