Aleksanders Janek papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: IHRC1115

Staff Only

Abstract

Collection consists of personal and professional correspondence, research notes, drafts of articles, and lectures on chemistry, philosophy, and linguistics.

Dates

Creation: 1945-1970

Creator

Janek, Aleksanders (Person)

Language of Materials

Materials in Latvian, English, German, and French.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS

Open for use in the Elmer L. Andersen Library reading room.

OWNERSHIP & LITERARY RIGHTS

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HISTORICAL SKETCH

Aleksanders Janek was born on November 28, 1891 in Latvia. He studied in St. Petersburg, and at the University of Riga. He immigrated to the United States in 1950 as a displaced person. He settled in Three Rivers, Michigan, and became a professor at the Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He taught chemistry as well as western civilization clasess. Retired in 1963. Died in 1970 (on 21st October).