Wigner Correspondence
- Scope and content:
The Wigners and the Diracs carried on a lively correspondence for over forty years, roughly from the 1940's to the 1980's. During these years the world experienced tumultuous events that the Wigners and the Diracs commented on almost as sidelights. The principals in these letters are the following: Ernest Wigner (Jeno, Hungarian for Eugene); Mary Wigner; Martha (their daughter); David (their son); Patricia Eileen Hamilton (Eugene's third wife); Paul Dirac; Margit Dirac (Manci or Manilyn), Gabriel (Margit's son by 1st marriage); Judy (Margit's daughter by 1st marriage); Mary (Paul and Margit's daughter); Monica (Paul and Margit's daughter); Biri (sister of Ernest and Margit) Ernest (Biri's husband). Many letters written to Margit Dirac address her as "Manci," which she was called in the physics community.
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Access and use
- Parent restrictions:
- Family medical records relating to living persons are closed to researchers in consideration of their privacy.All other materials in the Paul A. M. Dirac Collection are available to all researchers.
- Parent terms of access:
All requests for permission to quote, publish, broadcast or otherwise reproduce from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Associate Dean for Special Collections Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Florida State University Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Copyrights held by Margit Dirac were transferred to Florida State University by deeds of gift in 1986, 1989, 1992, and 1996, including those held by Paul A.M. Dirac at the time of his death.
Copyright in unpublished works by Paul Dirac will expire on January 1, 2055.
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
