The Lars Onsager Archive is deposited at the NTNU Library - Gunnerus Library in Trondheim. 

Lars Onsager (1903-76), Norwegian-American chemist and physicist. Born in Oslo, Ch.E. degree from Norges Tekniske Høiskole, Trondheim, in 1925. Emigrated to the USA and became an American citizen in 1945. J. Willard Gibbs Professor at Yale University. Received the 1968 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for work done in 1931 on irreversible thermodynamics.
 

Using the Archive
The archive is open to researchers, except for two boxes of sensitive material. If you want to inspect the archive material, please give notice at least one day in advance to allow the relevant boxes to be available. It is also possible to order copies of material. Please feel free to contact the library at e-mail spesialsamlingene@ub.ntnu.no or fax +47 73 59 09 60. Opening hours: 8 AM to 3.30 PM. Location: Erling Skakkes gate 47c (entrance from Kalvskinnsgaten) Address: NTNU Library, Gunnerus Library, N-7491 Trondheim, Norway 

Contents

Biographical note

Note on provenance and arrangement

Correspondence

Research material
 
 

Dielectrics Electrolytes Ice Irreversible processes Thermal diffusion Ising model Metals and semiconductors Liquid helium Hydrodynamics Surface tension Origin of life Mathematics Colloids Unclassified

Writings by Onsager
 

Publications Prepublication material and unpublished manuscripts Lecture series

Conferences. Guest lectures
 

Conferences from which some Onsager text exists Conferences with no Onsager text

Projects and institutions

Awards and honours

Biographical material

Writings of others

Restricted material

Private correspondence. Photos.

Miscellanea

Oversize material