Alexander Smakula (1900-1983) was a physicist, crystallographer, and inventor. He taught at Göttingen University and then headed the optical laboratory at the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute in Heidelberg, and the research laboratory at the Carl Zeiss Optical Co in Jena, Germany. In the United States, he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he organized and headed the Laboratory of Crystal Physics. The papers contain biographical material, correspondence from family members in Dobrovody, Ukraine, and circulars and other printed matter from professional organizations in the United States to which Smakula belonged, such as the Ukrainian Engineers’ Society of America, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and the Ukrainian American Association of University Professors.
Scope: 1962-1979
Size: 1 linear ft., 2 boxes
See also: Special Collection