1012 CALENDAR 1917
the
former
and
strictly
scientific for the latter. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep. 1A,
Nr. 1656.
[77 248].
November 30 Commemorates the death
of
Rudolf Fuess. Provenance:
Deutsche
Physikalische Gesellschaft. Verhandlungen 19
(30
December
1917),
nos.
23-24,
p.
290.
December 4 Attends
meeting
of
the
Organization
of
the Like-Minded.
December
5
1-page
AKS to Ernst
Riesenfeld,
Extraordinary
Professor of
Technology
at
the
University
of
Freiburg
im
Breisgau.
Thanks
recipient
for invitation to
speak
at
a meeting,
but is
unable to make the
trip
due to illness. Declares
himself
will-
ing
to
help
in the selection
of
a
substitute. The
postcard
is
addressed "Dr. Ernst Riesenfeld Immentalstr.
13
Freiburg
i.
B.,"
and
postmarked
"Berlin W 30 5.12.17.
3-4N[achmit-
tags]."
Provenance:
SSRAS,
Ms.
Riesenfeld,
E.
[84 206].
December
11
1-page
TDft from Wilhelm
von
Siemens. A
cover
letter
enclosing a
TTrL
instructing
Mendelssohn & Co.
to
deposit
in Einstein’s
account
an
annual
sum
of
5000 marks in
quar-
terly
installments
as
Director’s
salary, beginning January
1,
1918. Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep. 1A,
Nr. 1656.
[77
249.1
&
77
249].
2-page
ADftS from
Schmidt(-Ott)
of
the Prussian
Ministry
of
Education. Notification
of
one-time
financial
support
for
Einstein’s
scientific research
in
the amount
of
3000 marks.
Provenance:
GyBSa, Rep.
76
Vc,
Sekt.
2,
Tit.
23,
Litt.
F,
Nr.
2,
Vol.
14,
p.
216.
[82 197].
December
12
1-page
TLS from
Adolf
von
Harnack
enclosing 2-page
TTrL to Mendelssohn & Co.
of
the
same
date
instructing
the
bank
to
open an
account
for the KWI and
to
transfer the
KWG’s annual contributions
of
50,000
marks
on
October
1
of
each
year, along
with accrued
interest,
and
to
apply
the
director’s first
quarterly salary payment
of
1250 marks
per
instruction
of
September 24, retracting
the
remaining
instructions of
that letter and
naming
Siemens
as
the
authorized
signer.
Provenance:
GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep.
34,
Nr.
2, Mappe
Einstein.
[78
001]; GyBP,
I. Abt.,
Rep., 1A,
Nr. 1656.
[77 250].
1-page
TLC from Ernst Riesenfeld in
Freiburg
im
Breisgau.
Thanks
for
Einstein’s
quick reply.
He has asked Max
von
Laue
whether he is
prepared
to
speak on
theoretical
physics
and the
latter
has
agreed.
Provenance:
SSRAS,
Ms. Riesen-
feld, E. [84
205].