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TLS signed “Robert Oppenheimer,” one page, 8.5 x 11, The Institute for Advanced Study letterhead, March 12, 1962. Letter to mathematician Tapio Klemola, in full: "On the recommendation of the Faculty in the School of Mathematics, I am pleased formally to offer you a membership in the Institute for Advanced Study for the academic year 1962–63. We can make available to you a grant-in-aid of $6,500 to defray the expenses of your sojourn in Princeton. We all look forward with pleasure to having you with us for a visit." In very good to fine condition, with some light creasing and two short fold splits. Accompanied by a letter from Mrs. Ruth W. Barnett, an assistant general manager at the Institute for Advanced Study, advising Klemola that his address will be "89 Einstein Drive." Also includes "The Princeton Community Directory" for 1963, listing addresses and phone numbers for the likes of Oppenheimer, Kurt Gödel, Vladimir K. Zworykin, C. N. Yang, and other notables.
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