LECTURES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO, 3–5 MAY 1921,
AND AT THE FRANCIS PARKER SCHOOL, CHICAGO, 4 MAY 1921
The text of three lectures at the University of Chicago [90 542, 90 544, and 90 545] and of
one lecture at Chicago’s Francis Parker School [90 543] presented below is based on a
typed transcript of unavailable shorthand notes. The typescript is preserved at the Wiscon-
sin Historical Society, Madison, WI (WiMaHS), Anita McCormick Blaine Papers, Series
1E, Box 237. The typescript was prepared by a Miss Zimmerman, apparently on behalf of
Mrs. Emmons Blaine, née McCormick (see Edgar J. Goodspeed to Emmons Blaine, 12
May 1921, WiMaHS, Anita McCormick Blaine Papers, Box 273) [90 631].
According to reports in several dailies, e.g., the Chicago Daily Tribune of 2, 3, and 4 May,
the Chicago Daily News of 4 May, the Daily Maroon of 3 and 4 May, and the Examiner of
4 May, the three lectures at the university were given on 3, 4, and 5 May 1921. Both the
Chicago Daily Tribune of 4 May and the Examiner of 4 May also mention the lecture at the
Francis Parker School for that day. In contradiction to the dates provided by these newspa-
pers, the transcripts, apparently in error, give the dates of the lectures as 4, 5, and 6 May.
The 28 pages of transcripts for the four lectures were paginated sequentially, with typewrit-
ten numbers in the center of the top margins. The first page of each typescript was not num-
bered. The page numbers of the original are indicated below in the margin; page numbers
that do not appear in the original are in square brackets.
VORTRAG
DES
HERRN P
ROF
. DR. ALBERT EINSTEIN ,
CHICAGO, 4. MAI 1921, M
ANDEL
H ALL.
Es ist mir eine grosse Freude, ueber die mich interessierenden Dinge vor Ihnen sprechen zu
koennen, und es waere mir eine noch groessere Freude, wenn ich es tun koennte in Ihrer
eigenen, gewohnten Sprache auf englisch. Weil es mir aber nicht gegeben ist englisch zu
sprechen, so muss ich Ihnen leider zumuten, dass Sie neben der Schwierigkeit des
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