CALENDAR 1917
1009
May
25 Chairs session at
DPG,
at which Felix Ehrenhaft lectures
on
subelectrons.
June
4
1-page
TLSC
from the
Imperial Academy
of
Sciences
in
Vienna,
announcing
the award
of
the
Freiherr
von
Baum-
gartner
Prize in the amount
of
3000
crowns,
awarded to Ein-
stein and De Haas for Einstein 1916d
(Vol. 6,
Doc.
28).
Enclosed is
a
blank
receipt.
The
Academy
confuses the
paper
with Einstein’s
joint
effort
of
the
previous year,
Ein-
stein
and
De
Haas
1915a
(Vol.
6,
Doc.
13).
Provenance:
AVAW,
Baumgartner-Preis,
1917.
[83 662].
June
8
Walther Rathenau dedicates
a copy
of
Rathenau 1917b:
"Dem Pathen
Albert
herzlich R
8. 6. 17."
Provenance:
IsJHU.
[74 433].
June
14
1-page
ALS to the
Imperial Academy
of
Sciences in
Vienna,
with
thanks,
also in the
name
of
De
Haas,
for the
award
of
the
Baumgartner
Prize.
To
the
pleasure
of
carrying
out
the
experiment
is
now
added that
of
receiving
such
acknowledgment.
Provenance:
AVAW,
Baumgartner-Preis,
1917.
[83 661].
June 26 Attends
meeting
of
Koppel-Foundation representatives
and
Senate
of
KWG,
at which it is decided
to
establish KWI
on
October
1
with
Einstein
as
Director.
June 29
Departs
for
summer
vacation in Switzerland with
a
lecture
in
Frankfurt
and
a
visit
to
his mother in Heilbronn.
July-October
2-page printed
letter from the Central
Organization
for
a
Durable Peace
(CODP),
The
Hague.
The
presidents
of
two
study
commissions and other officials
of
the
organization
request
distribution
of
a
questionnaire
on
the self-
determination
of
minorities, as
part
of
a plan
for
a
postwar
League
of
Nations.
The
enclosed
questionnaire
and
text,
"Avant-projet
d’un traité international
relatif
aux
droits des
minorités nationales
et
aux
transferts de
territoires,"
drawn
up by
the
two commissions,
are
not
available. Provenance:
IsJHU.
[28 097].
Einstein’s
response
is
published as
Vol. 6,
Doc.
45a,
in
Vol. 7.
July
6
Adolf
von
Harnack
reports on
June
26
meeting
on
the
founding
of
the
KWI,
October
1.
Deliberations
of
June 26
are approved by
the Senate
of
the KWG. The KWG
grants
50,000
marks
annually.
Einstein is
appointed
Director
with
a
remuneration
of
5000
marks
annually.
The
organization
of