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Clayton, Henry Helm, 1861-1946. Papers, 1877-1949 and undated.

Title: Papers, 1877-1949 and undated.

The papers document his career as a meteorologist and weather forecaster and his research on solar variation. They consist mainly of professional and personal correspondence, including a large amount with Charles G. Abbot concerning solar research. Also included are weather forecasts, meteorological data, photographs, newspaper clippings, manuscripts, and related materials on meteorology. The small amount of correspondence and meteorological data that postdates Clayton's death in 1946 was compiled by his daughter, Frances Lindley Clayton.

ArchivalResource: 1.6 lin. meters and oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81121464 View

Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938. Papers [microform], 1882-1938.

Title: Papers [microform], 1882-1938.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks and notes, photographs. Materials documenting all aspects of Hale's life, including his role in the founding of Kenwood, Yerkes, Mount Wilson, and Palomar Observatories, California Institute of Technology, Huntington Library, National Research Council, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, Astrophysical Journal, etc. The collection contains significant amounts of correspondence with individuals including Charles G. Abbot, John Alfred Brashear, Edwin B. Frost, Robert A. Millikan, and with organizations including the International Research Council, National Academy of Sciences, Carnegie Institution of Washington, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Also included are notebooks, drafts of articles, correspondence concerning Hale's spectrohelioscope, diaries, family correspondence, biographical and autobiographical materials, condolences on Hale's death, and the director's files of Mount Wilson Observatory. Other correspondents include Giorgio Abetti, Albert Einstein, Henry Huntington, Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Edwin B. Wilson, and Robert S. Woodward.

ArchivalResource: 100 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79025413 View

Walter Sydney Adams Papers, 1881-1939

Title: Walter Sydney Adams Papers 1881-1939

An expert in stellar spectroscopy, Walter Sydney Adams (1876-1956, APS 1915) made important empirical contributions to the analysis of the physical conditions of stellar and planetary atmospheres, determining the distances to extragalactic objects, and understanding stellar evolution. Adams succeeded his mentor George Ellery Hale as director of the Mount Wilson Observatory, serving in that capacity from 1923 to 1946. The Adams Papers contains approximately 100 letters addressed to the astronomer Walter Sydney Adams, dating primarily from the period after his move to Mount Wilson Observatory in 1904. Much of the correspondence is relatively perfunctory, however a few letters include interesting scientific content, including Harlow Shapley discussing his photometric study of HV 3435 and interest in Alpha Circini, Arthur Compton's comments on Keener's photoelectric method, Svante Arrhenius on the possibilities of constructing a new observatory for the Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Arthur Eddington discussing the implications of the spectrum of the companion to Sirius. Among Adams' other correspondents are J. C. Kapteyn, James H. Jeans, Henry Norris Russell, Elihu Thomson, and Willem de Sitter.

ArchivalResource: 0.25 Linear feet

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.Ad19-ead.xml View

George Ellery Hale papers, 1882-1938

Title: George Ellery Hale papers, 1882-1938

This collection documents George Ellery Hale's role in planning and developing major observatories in the U. S., and in founding the California Institute of Technology and the Huntington Library. The collection also illustrates the role Hale took in organizing the National Research Council, and in promoting international cooperation among scientists. Records relating to Hale's work on the spectrohelioscope are also included.

ArchivalResource: 80 linear feet

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Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973. Charles G. Abbot Papers, 1889-1973, and Records of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

Title: Charles G. Abbot Papers, 1889-1973, and Records of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

These papers consist mainly of records of the Astrophysical Observatory under the directorships of Samuel P. Langley, Charles G. Abbot, and Loyal B. Aldrich.

ArchivalResource: 30 linear meters and oversize.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83659829 View

William W. Coblentz Papers, 1883-1960

Title: William W. Coblentz Papers 1883-1960

Author and physicist. Correspondence, diary, writings, bibliography, notes, notebooks, biographical material, awards, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material relating chiefly to Coblentz's work in the fields of infrared spectroscopy and to the application of radiometry to astronomical problems.

ArchivalResource: 350 items; 10 containers; 3 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009045 View

Charles Greeley Abbot Papers, 1918-1920

Title: Charles Greeley Abbot Papers 1918-1920

This collection consists of records related to the development of gyroscopic apparatus (or early inertial navigation instrument) by General Electric Co. for military use in World War 1. This instrument was invented by Charles G. Abbot, then director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

ArchivalResource:

http://rave.ohiolink.edu/archives/ead/OClW0018 View

Tolman, Ruel Pardee, 1878-. [Tour of art galleries in the Northeastern U.S.].

Title: [Tour of art galleries in the Northeastern U.S.]. 1934.

Typewritten manuscripts in the form of a letter to Charles G. Abbot. Scrapbook of R.P. Tolman's tour of art galleries in the Northeastern U.S. in 1934.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (loose-leaf) illus. 30 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9972551 View

Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973. Intellectual autobiography, 1956, 1962.

Title: Intellectual autobiography, 1956, 1962.

Description: The file contains three documents: 1) Abbot's recollections of 67 years at the Smithsonian Institutution, including reminiscences about famous people in the arts, sports, and sciences; work and contacts with the Carnegie Institution and Mount Wilson Observatory; growth of Washington, DC; work of solar observations, solar radiation, meteorology, and rocketry; inventions and patents; and influences and unfulfilled plans; 2)an eight-page biographical sketch prepared in 1956 (by an unknown author) briefly describing Abbot's advanced education (M. Sc.) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early 1890s; his association with Samuel P. Langley at the Smithsonian and their collaboration on the Annals of the Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution; solar eclipse expeditions; measurements of the solar constants of radiation; his invention of pyroheliometers; honorary doctorates received; his interest in solar power, long-range weather forecasting, solar variation periods, and heat distribution in the spectra of brighter stars; patents held; honors and awards received; publications; and society memberships; and 3) responses (by Abbot) to questionnaire sent as part of the AIP Project for the History of Recent Physics in the United States.

ArchivalResource: 36 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84080454 View

Century Company records

Title: Century Company records

The Century Company published the Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, which was widely regarded as the best general periodical of its time, performing a role as cultural arbiter during the 1880s and 1890s. It was founded in New York City in 1881 and also published the children's magazine St. Nicholas, dictionaries, and books. The Century Company records date from 1870 to the 1930s and chiefly contain correspondence with contributors, readers, public figures, and literary agents. A number of manuscripts and proofs in the collection are extensively edited and taken with annotations on letters provide a detailed record of the outlook, standards, and functions of the company.

ArchivalResource: 60.4 linear feet; 151 boxes

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/504 View

George Sarton additional papers, 1901-1956

Title: George Sarton additional papers

Primarily correspondence of historian of science and Harvard professor George Sarton with professional colleagues about the journal Isis.

ArchivalResource: 45 boxes (23 linear ft.)

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou01643/catalog View

Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973. Papers, 1918-1920.

Title: Papers, 1918-1920.

Correspondence with the General Electric Company, Schenectady, N.Y., General Electric internal memoranda, blueprints, and sketches relating to a gyroscopic apparatus (inertial navigation insrument) invented by Abbot and developed by General Electric. Correspondents include L.F. Adams, J.S. Apperson, J.M. Downer, D.B. Rushmore, and J.M. Weed.

ArchivalResource: ca. 200 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78404538 View

Teale, Edwin Way, 1899-1980. Papers, 1799-1995 and undated

Title: Edwin Way Teale Papers undated, 1799-1995

Edwin Way Teale, Connecticut-based naturalist, was the author of thirty-two books. His papers include field notes and drafts for each of his books, early childhood writings, professional writings for magazines, newspapers and book reviews, correspondence- both personal and professional, personal and family documents, scrapbooks, and memorabilia, as well as his photographs (prints, negatives, and transparencies) and his personal library. There is also one box of original John Burroughs material Teale collected over the years.

ArchivalResource: 238.0 Linear feet

http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860134418 View

Pettit, Edison, 1889-1962. Papers of Edison Pettit, 1920-1969.

Title: Papers of Edison Pettit, 1920-1969.

The correspondence is chiefly with other astronomers in the United States and deals with astronomy in general including Pettit's work at Mount Wilson, telescopes and ultraviolet light research. The rest of the collection is made up of manuscripts, notes, notebooks and printed items. The majority of the manuscripts are by Edison Pettit (two are co-written with Seth Barnes Nicholson and there is one abstract by Harold D. Babcock). The manuscripts deal with astronomy including thermocouples, Pettit's ultraviolet research, the Sun, the Moon and telescope lenses. One notable manuscript is a rather lengthy typed manuscript with handwritten edits (facsimile copy) regarding the moon and which is probably written by Edison Pettit (but never published?). There are also miscellaneous notes related to astronomy in general and more specifically the moon and nebulae including galley proofs for the book Physics and astronomy of the Moon, edited by Zdenĕk Kopal. The twelve Nebular Photometry notebooks in boxes 8 and 9 were kept by Pettit while at work observing the sky. There are also three reprints of articles (one by Pettit). The albums in box 10 include one with photographs (nebulae) but the other three contain handwritten notes and lists kept by Pettit. The collection has several photographs scattered throughout the collection.

ArchivalResource: 3,348 items.10 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/709807680 View

Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938. Papers, 1882-1938.

Title: Papers, 1882-1938.

Correspondence and documents (1904-37) relating to Hale's role in planning and developing major observatories in the U. S., including Mt. Wilson, Palomar, Yerkes and Kenwood; in founding the California Institute of Technology and the Huntington Library, in the organization of the National Research Council, and in promoting international cooperation among scientists; correspondence and notebooks (1926-36) relating to Hale's work on the spectrohelioscope; family correspondence, diaries, autobiographical notes, fundraising appeals, and honors. Correspondents include Giorgio Abetti, C. G. Abbot, J. A. Brashear, Gano Dunn, Albert Einstein, E. B. Frost, Herbert Hoover, Sir James H. Jeans, John C. Merriam, A. A. Michelson, R. A. Millikan, Arthur A. Noyes, Ernest Rutherford, Robert S. Woodward, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, California Institute of Technology (1967-1968), International Astronomical Union. Additional donation of a diary written by Hale from the year 1901, with transcription by the donor, Professor Wallace Sargent.

ArchivalResource: 80 lin. ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84276268 View

Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973. Oral history interviews with Charles G. Abbot [sound recording] / 1973.

Title: Oral history interviews with Charles G. Abbot [sound recording] / 1973.

These interviews of Abbot by Miriam S. Freilicher cover his scientific career, inventions, and role as a Smithsonian administrator, and include reminiscences of colleagues, notably Joseph G. Cannon, Robert H. Goddard, and Samuel P. Langley.

ArchivalResource: Audiotapes: 2 reels.Transcript: 46 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80630323 View

Schwarzschild, K. (Karl), 1873-1916. Papers.

Title: Papers.

Includes: manuscripts (120 folders). Topics: Zeeman effect, theory of gravitation, spectroscopy, astrophysics, optical instruments, electrodynamics, quantum theory, meteorology, optics, astronomical observations, drafts and calculations; (5 folders) personal notebooks, photos, diploma, childhood, military service; (16 folders) bibliography, reprints of papers; and correspondence (914 folders). Correspondents: Ernest Abbe, Charles Abbot, Ernest Anding, Svante Arrhenius, Leo de Ball, Julius Bauschinger, Ernst Becker, Sergei Belyavskkiy, Otto Birch, Otto Blumenthal, Walther Borsche, Kurt Bottlinger, Martin Brendel, Albert von Brunn, Firtz Cohn, George Darwin, Wladislaw Dziewulski, Gustav Eberherd, Arthur Eddington, Albert Einstein, Robert Emden, Paul Epstein, Edwin Frost, Vladimir Heinrich, Gustav Herglotz, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Felix Klein, Herman Kobold, Peter-Paul Koch, Rudolf Lehmann-Filhes, Samuel Oppenheim, Egon von Oppolzer, Edward Pickering, Ludwig Prandtl, Carl Runge, Adolf Schmidt, Bernhard Schmidt, Hugo von Seeliger, Arnold Sommerfeld, Hermann Struve, Walther Villiger, Alexander Wilkens, Carl Wirtz, among others.

ArchivalResource: 1055 files.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77631649 View

William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.

Title: William B. Provine collection of evolutionary biology reprints, 20th century.

Journal reprints on evolutionary biology.

ArchivalResource:

http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/EAD/xml/dlxs/RMM06776-A.xml View

Weber, Louis Russell, 1901-1989. Biographical sketch of Charles Greeley Abbot, ca. 1973.

Title: Biographical sketch of Charles Greeley Abbot, ca. 1973.

Two-page sketch by Louis Weber describing his meeting with Abbot in 1969 and the working and personal relationship that sprang from that meeting, during which time Weber aided Abbot's work on solar measurements.

ArchivalResource: 2 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79151831 View

Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973. Letter.

Title: Letter. 1908.

A.L.S. (1908 May 25, Mt. Wilson, Calif.) from Abbott to Wm. H. Knight declining speaking engagement.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/9796971 View

American Astronomical Society. Records, 1897-1988, (bulk 1920-1980).

Title: Records, 1897-1988, (bulk 1920-1980).

These records are described in three parts representing four separate accessions. The groups overlap and the same subjects may be covered in all three parts. There are also significant gaps, such as very little correspondence prior to 1915, and large gaps in the records of the treasurer. Most of the surviving documentation on the AAS's founding is in Parts 1 and 2. Membership applications, correspondence, and lists found throughout give details on the growth of the organization. A complete set of minutes (1897-1962) can be found in Part 1, and there is a wealth of information on meetings of the AAS throughout including programs and preliminary announcements, abstracts of papers, meeting attendance signature books, and executive committee minutes. Parts 2 and 3 contain significant records on the founding of the American Section of the International Astronomical Union in 1919 and provide insights into the international relations of the scientific community after World War I. Also included are published versions of constitutions, by-laws, and membership lists, budgets, committee minutes, treasurer's reports, and photographs of groups taken at meetings. Some of the topics include education and employment of astronomers, the organization of scientific personnel in support of the war effort in the 1940s, the participation of women astronomers, UFOs, and George E. Hale on the 100-inch Hooker telescope at Mt. Wilson Observatory. Correspondents include: Charles G. Abbot, Benjamin Boss, Margaret Burbidge, William W. Campbell, Annie J. Cannon, James McKeen Cattell, Goerge C. Comstock, Ralph H. Curtiss, Charles L. Doolittle, Dugan, R.S., Frank Edmondson, Philip Fox, Fredrick, Laurence, Edwin B. Frost, George E. Hale, William J. Hussey, J. Allen Hynek, Harold Jacoby, Albert A. Michelson, John A. Miller, Simon Newcomb, D.B. McLaughlin, George McVittie, Edward C. Pickering, Henry Norris Russell, Frank Schlesinger, Frederick H. Seares, Joel Stebbins, and Herbert C. Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 33 linear ft. (63 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83857685 View