Inventor Name
Fink, George Adolph
Repository
Iowa State University
Special Collections Department
403 Parks Library
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011-2140
515-294-6672
http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/index.html
Physical Description
13 ft.
Summary
This collection contains correspondence, diaries, notes, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia. These papers relate to Fink's interests in religion, free thinking, atheism, humanism, rationalism, and public affairs. Also included are his inventions and patents, professional writings and research, and his work with the Sam Laboratories of Columbia University for the Manhattan Project. Organizations discussed include the American Humanist Society (Fink was President, 1960-1961) and the Iowa Rationalist Society. Fink also attempted to disprove the general theory of relativity.