Part 1 - The Institute Libraries - Institute for Advanced Study

Foundation for Scientific Research, with chairs for research in mathe-
matics, mathematical physics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, and biology,
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ete. Another department of real strength was Art acd Archaeology, which
Flexner as Director of Studies had helped with funds for various explora-
tions, particularly those of the Agora, which he perscaded John D. Rocke-
feller Jr., to undertake to finance. In econonics and finance there had
been lurninar5es also there. From Flexner's vantage point, Princeton was
almost made to order for the Institute's background.
But whether this had been the case or not =as almost irrelevant.
The Founders were determfned that the instftution they were financing
must be located in New Jersey, and it required a major effort on the part
of their advisers to get their permission to recognize Princeton as being
within the State when their hopes were so concentrated on dignifying
Newark. The decision was Dr. Flexner's, and it was a vise one -- the
only one possible in a?.l the circumstances. But it was clear that the
Director had to remain in the background, and the major responsibility
fell upon Messrs. Leidesdosf and Maass to bend the iron will of Mr. Bm-