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Einstein
Archives;
(c)
the control number
that
is
assigned
to each
original or copy
in
the Albert Einstein Archives within
square
brackets;
(d)
if
a
text has
already
appeared
in
published
form this
is
pointed
out;
(e)
if
available,
docketed
postmarks
are
described when
two
documents
of
the
same
date
are
presented; (f) an
obscured
or
incomplete
postmark
is
pointed
out and the
contents
of
a
docketed
postmark,
if
available, are
presented
if
the date
cannot
be
established
otherwise.
Archive
numbers
are provided
in all
cases
in
square
brackets.
The
location of
an
original or
of
a photocopy
in the Albert Einstein Archives is noted
by
reel and doc-
ument number
in the
descriptive
note.
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 contains
general
chronological
information which is not available in
specific
documents and
includes all letters written
or
received
by
Einstein that
are
not
presented as
texts,
in
chronological
order and with
provenance.
All entries summarize the contents
of
the
document in
question
(see
the
introductory
paragraph
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
catalogues 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 tran-
scribed 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
reconstructed
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
follow-
ing
the
paper,
then this
presentation
is retained. Both dates
are
noted in the Table
of
Contents,
on
the relevant title
page,
and
in
a
textual
note.
Where
a
document is
enclosed
with
a
letter,
and the letter
serves only
as
a cover
letter
with
no
independent
character of
its
own,
the two items
are presented
together
with
a
common
number.
Where
repetitious
text
fragments or
unrelated text
or
equations occur
in the
orig-
inal of
a
draft,
they
are
omitted in the
presentation
of
the transcribed
text.
An author’s emendation
to
a
text,
made
at
about
the time the document
was
writ-
ten,
is
silently
inserted into the flow
of
the text unless the insertion is
awkward;