National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Centennial, 1963

Letters from Debye to Sherry K. Hathaway, and bibliographic material relating to Debye. Also, tapes of lectures by Debye given at Georgia Institute of Technology: "Spotlights on Science in the Early Years of the Century," May 8, 1962, and "Structure Determination by Scattering of Radiation," May 9, 1962. Tape and 13 p. transcript of lecture given by Professor Debye at Cornell, "From the Blue of the Sky to the Inside of the Molecule," April 17, 1963. Includes biographical material. Includes medals awarded to Peter Debye, including the 1936 Nobel Prize medal. Also, first day covers, stamps, and information on the Dutch postage stamps honoring Debye as a Nobel Prize winner.