Archival material related to Jakob Nielsen


Jakob Nielsen papers

A collection of Jakob Nielsen papers is located in the Archive, Institute for Mathematical Science, University of Copenhagen. An inventory of the papers is accessible in Danish and English at the homepages of the Archive. The Nielsen papers are a collection of mathematical reprints, which Nielsen received during his career from various mathematicians. In some cases there are also press clippings related to a person (mainly the Danish mathematicians) or correspondence (see below). There may also be manuscripts (see below), but mainly manuscripts by others than Nielsen.

Archive no. 6036 at The National Archives, Copenhagen is material from Nielsen from the period 1945-57. There are 3 boxes deposited in 1982. They are inaccessible after the 50 years rule (application needed to get access) and have not been registered. The content is: correspondence, summary of meetings etc. from Nielsen's activities at UNESCO.



Jakob Nielsen manuscripts

The following manuscripts written by Nielsen are in the Jakob Nielsen papers (box numbers refer to that collection).
  1. The handwritten manuscript on 7 pages for Nielsen's lecture about Harald Bohr in the radio 22 April 1947. Box 49.
  2. The typed manuscript on 2 pages of Nielsen's lecture in the radio about Harald Bohr 22 January 1951. Box 49.
  3. The typed manuscript (with handwritten corrections) on 4 pages to Nielsen's memorial words about Harald Bohr 6 April 1951. Box 49.
  4. Typed manuscript on 7 pages titled Harald Bohr 22. april 1887 - 22. januar 1951 written by Nielsen. Box 49.
  5. Typed manuscript on 17 pages for Nielsen's memorial address and obituary at the Academy of Sciences:Johannes Hjelmslev 7. april 1873 - 16. februar 1950. Furthermore the second proof of the article from May 1950. Box 54.


Nielsen correspondence

Below is a table of Nielsen's major correspondents. Below the table some of the minor correspondents are mentioned.

Correspondent Letters from Nielsen Letters to Nielsen Location
Period # Period #
Alexandroff, Paul 1927-29 3 Box 45, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Arley, Niels 1945-46 2 1945-46 3 Box 26, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Baer, Reinhold 1924-28 12 Box 45, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Bohr, Ulla 1951 2 Box 49, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Brouwer, L. E. J. 1919-20 10 Box 3, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Dehn, Max 1916-31 24 Box 4, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Fenchel, Werner 1939-59 12 12 Box 1, Werner Fenchel Papers.
Hecke, Erich 1921-40 11 E. Hecke Nachlass, Math. Seminar Hamburg.
Heegaard, Poul 1935-47 5 Box 9, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Correspondent Letters from Nielsen Letters to Nielsen Location
Period # Period #
Hjelmslev, Johannes 1931-45 3 Box 54, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Hjelmslev, Louis 1950 1 1950 1 Box 54, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Hopf, Heinz 1926 2 1926-40 5 Box 55, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Jessen, Břrge 1926-78 62 1926-78 9 Břrge Jessen Papers, the Archive, IMS, Copenhagen.
Kérékjárto, B. de 1923-35 22 Box 11, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Kneser, Hellmuth 1920-29 13 Box 59, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Ostrowski, Alexander 1919-24 13 Box 68, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Schieldrop, Edgar B. 1931-33 7 Box 19, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Todd & Taussky 1946 1 1946 1 Box 23, Jakob Nielsen Papers.
Veblen, Oswald 1931-46 6 1935-47 6 Box 9, O. Veblen Papers, Library of Congress.
Weier, Josef 1955-58 5 Box 78, Jakob Nielsen Papers.

Nielsen's minor correspondents includes the following, which all have sent 1 letter to Nielsen (the date of the letter and where it is located in the Nielsen papers in parenthesis): H. S. M. Coxeter (1955 - Box 28), D. van Dantzig (1930 - Box 29), W. L. Edge (1955 - Box 28), Engelund (1946 - Box 26), David Fog (1928 - Box 7), Ragnar Frisch (1949 - Box 53), Lilly Hjelmslev (1950 - Box 54), Pylarinos (1941 - Box 38), R. E. H. Rasmussen (?? - Box 39), Karl Reinhardt (1929 - Box 18), J. Séguier (1921 - Box 21), Andreas Speiser (1929 - Box 21) and John A. Wheeler (1944 - Box 44).

Nielsen is also the subject of several other letters of O. Veblen's correspondence (in the Veblen Papers, Library of Congress).

See also the search results, which have reference to further correspondence at the National Archives and the Royal Library, Copenhagen.

Last updated: 2008.10.15, 2000.07.12, 1998.11.15