Catalogue of the papers of the IMU

June 1996

Below is a list of the papers of the IMU deposited at the Central Archives of the University of Helsinki, POB 3 (Fabianinkatu 33), FIN-00014 University of Helsinki. The Deposit Contract sets forth the conditions of their use.

The material is divided into numbered sections as follows:

  1. The old IMU
  2. Foundation of the new IMU
  3. General Assemblies
  4. Executive Committees
  5. (National) Adhering Organizations
  6. Correspondence (President and Secretary)
  7. International Congresses of Mathematicians
  8. Program (Consultative) Committees
  9. Fields Medals
  10. Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes
  11. Union Lectures
  12. IMU Conferences
  13. IMU Bulletins
  14. International Commission on Mathematical Instruction
  15. Exchange Commission
  16. Commission on Development and Exchange
  17. Travel Grants and Special Development Fund
  18. History of Mathematics
  19. World Directory of Mathematicians
  20. Projects
  21. Human rights
  22. Finances
  23. International Council of Scientific Unions
  24. Other organizations
  25. Tapes, films, photographs
The papers of each section are stored in boxes designated by capital letters. In each box separate files are numbered (and provided with a title). Thus a file is identified by a three part code indicating the section, the box and the file.

1. The old IMU

A. IMU Statutes 1919 and 1920 2. L'Enseignement mathèmatique, extracts 1920, 1924, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936 3. American Mathematical Society, 1921- 1939 4. Koenigs (Gispert) 5. J. C. Fields (J. L. Synge) 6. W. H. Young (G. H. Hardy)

B. Young's correspondence (University of Liverpool): 1. 1920-1928 2. 1929 3. 1930-1932

C. International Research Council: 1. General Assemblies 1925 and 1926 2. Young's papers (University of Liverpool)

2. Foundation of the new IMU

 The use of the material in A 1 and A 3 requires permission from Brown University.

A. 1. Stone 1947-1948 (Brown University) 2. US Policy Committee 1948-1950 (Jessen) 3. Stone 1949-1950 (Brown University) 4. New York Convention 1950 5. Jessen 1951 6. ICSU-Unesco 1950- 1952 (Jessen) 7. Bulletin AMS 1948, 1950, 1951

3. General Assemblies (GA)

 A. 1. 1st GA 1952 Rome 2. 2nd GA 1954 The Hague 3. 3rd GA 1958 St. Andrews 4. 4th GA 1962 Saltsjöbaden 5. 5th GA 1966 Dubna 6. 6th GA 1970 Menton

B. 1. 7th GA 1974 Harrison Hot Springs. 8th GA 1978 Otaniemi: 2. Meeting 3. Proposals 4. Delegates 5. Correspondence

C. 9th GA 1982 Warsaw: 1. December 1981 and GA 2. Lions and GA 3. Participants 4. Rules of procedure

D. 9th GA 1982 Warsaw: 1. New members 2. Slates 3. Project for report 4. Financial 5. Correspondence 1981-1983

E. 10th GA 1986 Oakland: 1. Meeting 2. Delegates 3. Nominations 4. Correspondence 5. Statutes 1950-1987

F. 11th GA Kobe (1-7): 1. Meeting 2. Delegates 3. ICMI 4. Elections 5-6 Correspondence 7. Printed material 8. 12th GA 1994 Lucerne.

4. Executive Committees (EC)

 Each meeting forms a separate file. The numbers of a meeting and of its file are the same.

A. 1-17. Meetings (excl. 3) 1953-1962

B. 18-34. Meetings 1963-1974

C. 35-39. Meetings 1975-1978

D. 40-45. Meetings 1979-1982

E. 46-50. Meetings 1983-1986

F. 51-55. Meetings 1987-1990

G. 56-60. Meetings 1991-1994

H. Postal ballots: 1. 1979-1982 2. 1983-1986 3. 1987-1990

5. (National) Adhering Organizations ((N)AO)

 A. 1950-1955: 1. General 2. Argentina 3. Australia 4. Austria 5. Belgium 6. Brazil 7. Canada 8. Cuba 9. Denmark 10. Eire 11. Finland 12. France 13. Germany 14. Great Britain 15. Greece 16. Iceland 17. India 18. Israel 19. Italy 20. Malaya-Singapore 21. Mexico 22. Netherlands 23. Norway 24. Pakistan 25. Peru 26. Portugal 27. Spain 28. Sweden 29. Switzerland 30. United States 31. Yugoslavia 32. Countries invited to join

B. 1. Lists of NAOs 1953-1970 2. NAO Circulars 1958-1964. 1956-1967: 3. Australia 4. Austria 5. Belgium 6. Brazil 7. Bulgaria 8. Canada 9. China (Peking) 10. China-Taiwan 11. Costa Rica 12. Cuba 13. Czechoslovakia 14. Denmark 15. East Germany 16. Finland 17. France 18. Germany 19. Great Britain 20. Greece

C. 1956-1967: 1. Hungary 2. Iceland 3. India 4. Ireland 5. Israel 6. Italy 7. Japan 8. Malaya-Singapore 9. Mexico 10. Netherlands 11. North Korea 12. Norway 13. Pakistan 14. Poland 15. Portugal 16. Romania 17. South Africa 18. South Korea 19. Spain 20. Sweden 21. Switzerland 22. Turkey 23. United States 24. USSR 25. Yugoslavia 26. Circulars 1972-1974

D. 1975-1982: 1. General 2. Countries A-C 3. Countries D-I

E. 1975-1982: 1. Countries J-P 2. Countries R-Y

F. 1983-1990: 1. Committees for Mathematics 2. Letters to all NAOs 3. Countries A-C 4. Countries D-I

G. 1983-1990: 1. Countries J-P 2. Countries R-Y

H. China: 1. 1972-1979 2. 1980-1981 3. 1982 4. 1983 5. 1984 6. 1985-1986

I. Ballots 1. 1967-1974 2. 1975-1978

J. Ballots 1. 1979-1988

6. Correspondence (Presidents and Secretaries)

A. 1. Stone - Bompiani 1952-1955

B. Bompiani: 1. EC 1952 2. ICSU and IUTAM 1952 3-4. ICSU 1953 5. EC 1953-1955 6. ICSU 1954 7. ICSU 1955 8. Hopf 1954-1956 9. Hopf 1955-1956 10. Other Unions 1953-1956 11. International Mathematical News (IMN) 1952-1956

C. Three books containing lists of the letters sent by the Secretary in 1952-1953 (Bompiani), in 1953-1955 (Bompiani) and 1955-1958 (Bompiani and Eckmann), respectively

D. Eckmann: 1. EC 1956-1957 2. EC 1958 3. EC 1959 4. NAO Circulars 1956-1961 5. IMN 1956-1961 6. ICSU 1956 7. ICSU 1857-1958 8. ICSU 1959 9. ICSU 1960 10. EC 1960-1961 11. NAO Circulars 1961 12. ICSU Review 1961

E. Chandrasekharan: 1. Nevanlinna 1958-1962 2. Bombay-Zürich 1961-1963 3. EC 1961-1966 4. IMN 1961-1967 5. ICSU-Unesco 1962-1963 6. Bombay-Zürich 1964-1967

F. Frostman: 1. EC 1966-1967 2. de Rham 1966-1973 3. Cartan 1966-1972 4. Chandrasekharan 1966-1975

G. Lions: 1. Montgomery 1974-1979 2. EC 1974 3. EC 1975 4. EC 1976-1978 5. Miscellaneous 1975 6. EC Ballots

H. Lions: 1. EC 1976-1982 2. Miscellaneous 1976-1984 3. Carleson 1980-1982 4. Helsinki 1978-1986 4. Incoming 1981-1982 5. Helsinki (Theis) 1981-1988

I. Lehto: 1. EC 1983-1986 2. EC 1987-1990

J. Lehto: 1. Moser 1983-1986 2. Faddeev's presidency 3. Carleson 1983-1986 4. Miscellaneous 1983-1990 5. Faddeev 1984-1990 6. Moser 1987-1989 7. Canberra Circular & IMU 1986-1990

K. Lions - Palis: 1, 1991 2. 1992 3. 1993

7. International Congresses of Mathematicians (ICM)

A. 1. 1897 Zürich 2. 1900 Paris 3. 1904 Heidelberg 4. 1908 Rome 5.1912 Cambridge UK 6. 1920 Strasbourg 7. 1924 Toronto 8. 1928 Bologna 9. 1932 Zürich 10. 1936 Oslo

B. 1. 1950 Harvard 2. 1954 Amsterdam 3. 1958 Edinburgh 4. 1962 Stockholm 5. 1966 Moscow 1970 Nice. 1974 Vancouver: 7. Site Committee 8. Congress

C. 1978 Helsinki: 1. Site Committee 2. Organizing Committee 3. Personnel 4. Donations Financial

D. 1978 Helsinki: 1. Correspondence with members, A-L 2. Correspondence with members, M-Z 3. General Correspondence 4. Miscellaneous Correspondence

E. 1978 Helsinki: 1. Scientific program 2. One-hour speakers 3. Invited speakers in sections

F. 1978 Helsinki: 1. Speeches 2. Social program 3. Book exhibition 4. Proceedings

G. 1978 Helsinki: 1. Registration

H. 1978 Helsinki: 1. Printed material

I. 1978 Helsinki: 1. Films

J. 1978 Helsinki: Proceedings (2 volumes)

K. 1983 Warsaw: 1. Site Committee 2. ICM 82/83

L. 1986 Berkeley: 1. Site Committee 2. Correspondence with Helsinki Secretariat 3. General 4. Speeches

M. 1986 Berkeley: 1. Minutes of the Steering Committee 2. Correspondence Gleason - Mesirov 3. Printed material

N. 1990 Kyoto: 1. Site Committee 2. Correspondence 3. General 4. Scientific activities 5. Printed material

8. Program (Consultative) Committees

Confidential files are marked with an asterisk (*)

A. 1. ICM-62 ICM-66: *2. (Nevanlinna) *3. (Borel) ICM-70: *4. (Hörmander) *5. Panel (Borel)

B. ICM-74 Vancouver: 1. Preliminary Correspondence *2. Correspondence (Hörmander) *3. Panel proposals (Hörmander) *4. Minutes (Hörmander) 5. Miscellaneous

C. ICM-78 Helsinki: 1. Meeting in 1976 and correspondence

D. ICM-78 Helsinki: *(1-3) Correspondence and reports (Borel) *(4-5) Correspondence (Lehto)

E. 1* ICM-82

F. *1. ICM-86 *2. Panel (Borel)

G. *1. ICM-90 (Kuiper)

9. Fields Medals

 Confidential files are marked with an asterisk (*)

A. 1. Correspondence with Toronto 1932-1994 *2. ICM-54 (H. Cartan) 3. ICM-62 4. Tata Prize 1964-1966 5. ICM-70 (Hörmander et al) *6.ICM-70 Reports *7. ICM-70 (H. Cartan) 8. ICM-74

B. 1. ICM-78 *2. ICM-78 (Montgomery)

C. 1. ICM-82 *2. ICM-82 (Carleson)

D. 1. ICM-86 *2. ICM-86 (Moser)

E. 1. ICM-90 *2. ICM-90 (Faddeev)

F. 1. ICM-94 *2. ICM-94 Candidates

10. Rolf Nevanlinna Prizes

 Confidential files are marked with an asterisk (*)

A. 1. Correspondence 1981-1982 *2. ICMs 1982 and 1986 3. ICM-94

11. Union Lectures

A. 1. Lists 1971-1988 and published lectures 1971-1986 2. Correspondence 1971-1979 3. Correspondence 1980-1987 4. Arnold

12. IMU Conferences

A. 1. Colloquia 1953-1955 2. Colloquia not sponsored 1952-1954

B. 1956: 1. Mexico 2. Bombay (Education) 3. Bombay (Zeta function) 1957: 4. Tübingen 5. Helsinki 6.Nice 1959: 7. Utrecht 8. Warsaw 9. Miscellaneous correspondence

C. 1960: 1. Jerusalem 2. Zürich 1961: 3. Prague 4. London 5.Portugal 1963: 6. Italy 7. Hungary 1964: 8. Manchester 9. Bombay 1965: 10. Madrid 11. Rome, Sussex, Bulgaria 12. Erevan, Canberra, Moscow 13. Not supported 1964-1965

D. 1967: 1. Varna, Bulgaria 2. Bucharest 3. Spain 4. Bonn 1968: 5. Bombay 6. Dubrovnik 7. Hungary 8. Warsaw 9. Jerusalem 1969: 10. Gothenburg 11. Dublin 12. Rio de Janeiro 13 Tokyo 14. Plans sur Bex, Switzerland 1971: 15. Cork, Ireland 16. Moscow 17. Prague

E. 1972: 1. Moscow 2. Israel 3. Strasbourg 4. Bulgaria 1973: 5. Hungary 6. Cambridge, UK 7. Bombay 8. Tokyo 9. Australia 1974: 10. Poland 11. Vancouver 1975: 12. Paris 13. Kyoto 14.Sweden 15. Marseille 16. Not supported

F. 1976: 1. Canberra 2. Bonn 3, Tbilisi 4. Prague 5. Not supported 1977: 6. Uppsala 7. Kyoto 8. Yugoslavia 9. Zürich 10. Rome 11. Sao Paulo 12. Ibadan, Nigeria 13. Hungary 14. Canberra 15. Prague 16. Leipzig 17. Not supported 18. Correspondence 1976-1977

G. 1978: 1. Bordeaux 2. Novosibirsk 1979: 3. Bombay 4. Edinburgh 5. Lausanne 6. Hungary 7. Moscow 8. Prague 9. Correspondence 1978-1979

H. 1980: 1. Zürich 2. Dakar, Senegal 3. Hong Kong 4. Penang, Malaysia 5. Brasilia (ELAM) 6. Poland 7. Moscow 8. Budapest 1981: 9. Rio de Janeiro 10. Brasilia (ELAM) 11. Sydney 12. Singapore 13. Spain 14. Marseille 15. Berlin 16. Prague 17. Moscow 18. Miscellaneous 1979-1982

I. 1982: 1. Saudi Arabia 2. Leningrad 3. Barcelona 4. Cameroon (CDE) 1983: 5. Leipzig 6. Berlin, DDR (Euler) 7. Toronto (History) 8. Boulder, Colorado 1984: 9. Rio de Janeiro 10. Nigeria (CDE) 11. Moscow-Leningrad (Steklov) 12. Bombay 13. Venezuela (ELAM) 14. Calcutta 15. Lists 1983-84 1985: 16. Rio de Janeiro (ELAM) 17. Zürich (Weyl) 18. Kent State, Ohio 19. Brno, Czechoslovakia 20. Warsaw 21. Not supported 1985 1986: 22. Mexico 23. Marseille

J. 1987: 1. Cuba 2. Ivory Coast 3. Nigeria 4. Canberra 5. Seville 6. Joensuu, Finland 7. Baku, USSR 8. Prague (Equadiff) 9. Prague (Potential theory) 10. Burundi 1988: 11, Swansea, Wales 12. Montevideo 13. Santiago de Chile (ELAM) 14. Dakar, Senegal 15. Bombay

K. 1989: 1. Kent State, Ohio 2. Israel (Ring Theory) 3. Israel (Automorphic forms) 4. Israel (Piateski-Shapiro) 5. Nantes 6. Canberra 7. Paris (Chandrasekharan) 8. Joensuu (Nevanlinna) 9. Prague (Equadiff) 10. Novosibirsk 11. Bucharest 12. Linz, Austria 1990: 13. Mexico 14. Burundi 15. Hong Kong 16. Singapore/Beijing 17. Bombay 18. Madras 19. Marseille

L. 1991: 1. Leipzig 2. Argentina (ELAM) 3. Prague 4. Barnaul, Altai, Russia 5. Minsk 6. Novosibirsk 7. Kenya 8. Not supported

M. 1992: 1. List of supported conferences 2. Linz 3. Beijing 4.Timisoara, Romania 5. Mons, Belgium 6. Paris (ECM 1) 7. Bombay 8.Venezuela 9. Nigeria 10. ICME Budapest 11. Not supported

N. 1993: 1. List of supported conferences 2. Mexico (ELAM) 3. Krasnoyarsk (Russia) 4. Timisoara, Romania 5. Havana, Cuba 6. Brazil 7. Benin 8. South Africa 9. Chile 10. Ascona, Switzerland 11. Hungary

O. 1994: 1. List of supported conferences 2. Czechoslovakia 3. Tokyo 4. Paris 5. Warwick, UK 6. Novosibirsk 7. South Korea

13. IMU Bulletins

A. 1. International Mathematical News: 5-12 (1949-1950), 17-20, 23/24 (1952), 27-30 (1953), 33-36 (1954), 39-42 (1955), 45-79 (1956-1965), 81-86 (1965-1967), 89-93 (1968-1969), 95-99 (1970-1971) 2. IMU Bulletin: 1-38 (1971-1994)

14. International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI)

 A 1. 1952-1954 2. 1955-1957 3. 1958-1960 4. 1961-1966 B 1. 1967-1974 2. IMU Secretariat 1975 3. 1975-1979 4. 1980 C 1. 1981 2. 1982 D 1. 1983 2. 1984 3. 1985 E 1. 1986 2.1987 3. 1988 4. 1989 5. 1990-1991 6. 1991-1993 (Palis) 7. ICME-84 Adelaide 8. ICME-88 Budapest

F. 1. ICMI Bulletins: 1-5 (1972-1975), 7-11 (1975-1978), 13-29 (1983-1990), 34 (1993) 2. Miscellaneous printed material

G. 1. Books: 1. ICMI Study Series 1985-1986 2. Studies in Mathematics Education (1984-1987)

15. Exchange Commission

A. 1. 1952-1960 2. 1961-1974 3. 1974-1978 (Coleman's correspondence) 4. 1976-1978 5. Fellowships

16. Commission on Development and Exchange (CDE)

A. 1. Reports and Minutes 1978-1990 Correspondence: 2. 1978-1979 3. 1980-1982 4. 1983-1985 5. 1986-1988 6. 1989-1990 7. 1991-1993

B. 1. Scientific activities 1978-1982 2. ICOMIDC 1983-1990 3. African Mathematical Union & PACOM 1985-1991 4. CIMPA & Unesco, Nice 1987

C. 1. Printed material: 1. African Mathematical Union 1986-1991 2. Mathematics and Development 1985-1988

17. Travel Grants and Special Development Fund

A. 1. 1966 and 1970 2. Vancouver 1974 3. Helsinki 1978 4. Warsaw 1983 5. Special Development Fund 1975-1982

B. 1. Berkeley 1986 2. Kyoto 1990 3. Special Development Fund 1983-1990

18. History of Mathematics

A. 1. 1972-1991 2. 1992-1994

19. World Directory of Mathematicians (WDM)

A. 1. 1952-1954 2. 1955-1956 3. 1957-1959 4. 1960-1961 and 1965-1966

B. 1. 1976-1980 2. 1981-1982 3. 1983-1985 4. 1986-1987 5. 1988-1993

C. WDM: 1. 1958 2. 1961 3. 1966

D. WDM: 1. 1970 2. 1974 3. 1979

E. WDM: 1. 1982 2. 1986

20. Projects

A. 1. Scientific publications 1952-1958 2. Mathematical Symbols 1952-1954 3. Computation Centre 1956-1960 4. IFIPS 1959-1960 5. Reviewing 1965-1972 6. Centres of Information (Correspondence of Frostman and Neumann) 1971-1973

21. Human Rights

A. 1. 1975-1978 2. Massera 1978-1983 3. Soviet refuseniks 1981-1983 4. Free circulation of scientists Warsaw ICM 1982/83) 5. World Directory of Mathematicians 1982-1983 6. International Campaign 1984-1985 7. Free circulation of scientists and human rights 1980-1990 8. DDR 1986 9. Correspondence Moser-Sobolev 1986 10. Correspondence Moser-Clemens-Henkin 1986-1988 11. ICSU et al 1986-1990 12. Japan (ICM-90)

22. Finances

A. 1. IMU Executive Committee Reports 1952-1970 2. Financial Reports 1952-1953 and 1958-1970 3. Correspondence 1951-1962 4. Cash Book 1956 5. Miscellaneous 1956-1965 (Eckmann) 5. Committee on Dues 1973-1974 6. Budget 1975-1978 7. Accounts 1977-1989

B. 1. Finances 1983-1990 (Accounts, Auditors' Reports etc.) 2. Office Secretary and the Finnish Ministry of Education 1982-1991 3. Switzerland 1983-1984 (Taxes and Schweizerische Kreditanstalt) 4. Chase Manhattan Bank 1983-1984

C. Dues 1975-1982: A 1. Argentina-Japan

D. Dues 1975-1982: A 1. Korea-Yugoslavia

E. Dues 1983-1990: A 1. Argentina-Ivory Coast

F. Dues 1983-1990: A 1. Japan-Yugoslavia

23. International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU)

A. General Assemblies: 1. Oslo 1955 2. Washington 1958 3. London 1961 4. Athens 1978 5. Amsterdam 1980 6. Cambridge, UK 1982 7. Ottawa 1984 8. Bern 1986 9. Beijing 1988 10. Sofia 1990 General Committees: 11. Warsaw 1983 12. Munich 1985 13. Rome 1987 14. Lisbon 1989

B. Executive Boards: 1. Amsterdam 1952 2. Strasbourg 1953 3. Naples 1954 4. Oslo 1955 5. BagnÅres-de-Bigerre 1956 6. Brussels 1957 7. Washington 1958 8. The Hague 1959 9. Lisbon 1960 10. London 1961

C. Correspondence ICSU-IMU: 1. 1950-1952 (Jessen) 2. 1961-1963 (CTS) 3. 1966-1968 4. 1974-1975 5. 1976 6. 1977 7. 1978 8. 1979

D. Correspondence ICSU-IMU: 1. 1980 2. 1981 3. 1982 4. 1983-1990

E. 1. IMU Reports to ICSU 1974-1990 and 1992-1993

F. Applications for subventions 1974-1983 2. CTS 1978 and 1983-1990 3. Financial 1981-1983 4. Costed 1980-1981 5. Costed 1982-1990 6.Cospar 1983-1990 7. Codata 1984-1989 8. IGBP 1988 9. IGBP 1989

G. 1. ICSU 1992

H. 1. ICSU 1993

I. 1. ICSU 1994 2. CTS 1992 3. IAU and IUGG 1992 4. Costed 1993 5. Costed 1994 6. CIMPA 1993 7. Cospar 1994

J. 1. Year Books and other printed material 1956-1991

24. Other Organizations

A. 1. Unesco 1960-1990 2. Unesco 1992 3. IMU/IUTAM 1975-1982 4.International Society for the Interaction of Mechanics and Mathematics (ISIMM) 1975-1981 5. International Federation of Applied Mathematicians (IFAM) 1976 6. ICTP (Trieste) 1978-1988 7. International Center of Pure and Applied Mathematics (ICPAM) 1979 8. International Association of Mathematical Physics (IAMP) 1987-1990 9. Others

25. Tapes, Films, Photographs

 The use of A 1 requires permission from Brown University.

A. 1. Microfilms of Stone's papers 1947-1954 (Brown University) 2.Tape recordings of the General Assemblies 1978 and 1982

B. 1. Tape recording of the 1978 General Assembly

C. 1. Tape recordings of the Executive Committee Meetings 1975-1978, except for the 37th (1977)

D. 1. Tape recordings of the Executive Committee Meetings 1978-1979

E. 1. Tape recordings of the Executive Committee Meetings 1980-1982

F. 1. Photographs


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