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Franklin Literary Society (Pittsburgh, Pa.). Minutes of the Franklin Literary Society, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906-1921.

Title: Minutes of the Franklin Literary Society, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1906-1921.

The minutes of the Franklin are found within two bound volumes, arranged chronologically. Included within the minutes is a brief history of the Pittsburgh Chapter, from its early days to its re-formation in 1906. No meeting entries are recorded for the period of late 1906 to late 1908. Lists of members and meeting attendees, elections of officers, bookkeeping notes, and motions passed are kept in handwritten form through 1910, at which time the entries are typewritten. For the most part, a brief overview of topics presented at meetings and the ensuing discussion is noted, though occasionally, greater detail of the papers presented at the meetings is given. The volumes also contain assorted notes of thanks, artwork, newspaper clippings, and copies of letters written by members of the Franklin. It appears that shortly after founding member Thomas H. Davis's death in late 1921, meetings occurred less frequently. The Franklin disbanded at some time in 1922, and the minutes reflect sporadic meetings and membership decline for that year.

ArchivalResource: 2 vol.

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Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920. John Alfred Brashear papers 1872-1915.

Title: John Alfred Brashear papers 1872-1915.

Papers include a detailed autobiographical letter, ten pages in length, written by John Brashear to Mrs. John Patterson and several letters of correspondence surrounding the Historical Society's acquisition of this letter. Also included are clippings from Pittsburgh and Scottish newspapers relating to Dr. Brashear's career and travels and programs from a dinner given in honor of his 75th birthday in 1915.

ArchivalResource: .05 linear ft.

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Allegheny Observatory. Allegheny Observatory records, 1850-1967.

Title: Allegheny Observatory records, 1850-1967.

The records contain correspondence and letterpress books belonging to eight of the observatory's directors, directors' miscellany, notes, articles, and correspondence. Records also include administrative files, notebooks, drawings, mechanical drawings, photographic prints and negatives, news releases, news clippings, a scrapbook, and historical documents and articles written about the Observatory. Additional notes and information are located at the series level including brief biographies of Directors. Series I (Correspondence of Directors and Acting Directors); Series II (Letterpress books of Directors and Acting Directors); and Series IV (Correspondence of affiliated astronomers) have been microfilmed. A detailed unpublished index to items in those series appear in Indexes to the Microfilmed Correspondence of Directors, Acting Directors and Selected Astronomers Among the Records of the Allegheny Observatory held by the Archives. In addition a large portion of the correspondence and letterpress books of Director Frank Schlesinger were microfilmed by the Center of History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics and the Archives of Industrial Society. The Schlesinger correspondence, ranging from 1905 through 1941, which was held by both the Archives of Industrial Society and the Center of History of Physics, Yale University Library was microfilmed as part of the project, "Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics."

ArchivalResource: 40.0 linear ft.

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Helen Wright Collection on George Ellery Hale, 1887-1972

Title: Helen Wright Collection on George Ellery Hale, 1887-1972

The working papers, correspondence, publications, photos and biographical materials of George E. Hale (1868-1938) form the collection known as the Helen Wright Collection on George Ellery Hale in the Archives of the California Institute of Technology. Not only was Hale the foremost solar astronomer of his day, but he was also exceedingly energetic in the organization and promotion of the enterprise of science, both at home and abroad. The materials in the collection reflect both aspects of his career, as well as his other interests and personal life.

ArchivalResource: 6 linear feet

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Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938. Mount Wilson Director's papers, 1901-1925.

Title: Mount Wilson Director's papers, 1901-1925.

The collection consists of the Director's papers of George Ellery Hale (1868-1938) during his tenure at the Mount Wilson Observatory.

ArchivalResource: 25 boxes.

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Brashear Association. Records of the Brashear Association, 1891-1978.

Title: Records of the Brashear Association, 1891-1978.

The material in the collection fall into three distinct groups: records and publications of the Brashear Association, papers of and pertaining to John Alfred Brashear, the individual in whose memory the Brashear Association was founded, and papers relating to the South Side's history and social conditions.

ArchivalResource: 5 cubic ft.

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Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937. Papers, 1853-1955.

Title: Papers, 1853-1955.

Series I (ca. 60,000 items) is currently being processed (1996). Series II (size unknown) is currently being processed (1996). Series III (3.5 linear ft.) contains legal documents, reports, specifications on inventions and patents, blueprints, programs for scientific meetings and events, and materials relating to Thomson's industrial research and personal interests. Series IV (1.5 linear ft.) contains autograph and typescript drafts, notes, comments, and page proofs on the subjects of electrical systems, welding, astronomy, and optics, among others. Series V (1 linear ft.) contains school papers, autobiographical essays, poetry, short papers on ideas and inventions, and any works that were not identified as published. Series VI (1 linear ft.) contains manuscript and typescript drafts of speeches, lectures, papers, and addresses given by Thomson at meetings of various professional scientific organizations and societies. Series VII (2 linear ft.) contains the manuscript and typescript drafts and transcripts of works by Thomson's colleagues and others, including papers, reports, journal articles, speeches, and radio addresses. A large portion of the series is biographical, produced by Thomson's friends and colleagues after his death and originally stored in two boxes labeled "Biographical Material." The complete, original manuscript of David O. Woodbury's "Elihu Thomson, Beloved Scientist" (1944) is preserved in this series as well. There are several manuscript and typescript translations of historical works in the field of optics. Produced for Thomson's friend and fellow amateur telescope maker, George Wattson Hewitt, by Florence C. and Emil P. Albrecht, these translations date ca. 1901 and focus on the works of S. Czapski, J.J. Littow, and L. Schuppmann. Series VIII (2 linear ft.) contains Thomson's high school notebooks from classes taken as a student, some industrial research notebooks, genealogy notebooks, and trip journals. Series IX (1 linear ft.) contains pencil sketches of inventions and mechanical apparatus on individual sheets of assorted shapes, sizes, and types of papers. Several files of sketches by E.W. Rice, Jr., fellow inventor and business associate of Thomson, exist in a general chronological arrangement. Series X (2 linear ft.) contains Thomson's manuscript comments and notes on his patents. Thomson describes and evaluates each invention, often detailing the slight variations and improvements in newer versions. Series XI (1.5 linear ft.) contains black and white photographs in various sizes of Thomson, family members, professional associates, events, places, and Thomson's inventions and mechanical apparatus. Series XII (.5 linear ft.) contains certificates that recognize Thomson's membership or election to many professional scientific organizations. Also in this series are three patent certificates issued to Thomson by the U.S. Patent Office. Series XIII (.5 linear ft.) contains individual clippings arranged alphabetically by subject and scrapbooks of collected clippings. The clippings include obituaries (of Thomson and colleagues), wedding announcements for Thomson's second marriage, and biographical information on Thomson and his career. The scrapbooks contain newspaper clippings and a small amount of memorabilia and photographs. Series XIV (.5 linear ft.) contains a variety of miscellaneous items collected by Thomson, his wife, and the original organizers of this collection at the APS. Several items in this series date from Thomson's youth, including his birth certificate (1853) and his Philadelphia Central High School commencement program (1870). Series XV (ca. 1937-1943) is comprised of two subseries. Subseries A contains correspondence generated during the APS Library's attempt to collect Thomson letters from his colleagues after his death. Subseries B holds inventories of manuscripts that were produced as the papers were donated.

ArchivalResource: 18.5 linear ft.

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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.

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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.

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Brashear Settlement (Southside (Pittsburgh, Pa.)). Records 1926-1935 [mansucript].

Title: Records 1926-1935 [mansucript].

Records include a single copy of the newsletter, Telescope (1926), program from a 1932 benefit in Zelionople (Butler Co.), Pa and a report by John Harpster on the Brashear Settlement House, 1935. These items provide limited though interesting documentation of a settlement and mueums in Pittsburgh in the 1920s and 1930s.

ArchivalResource: .05 linear ft.

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Crew, Henry, 1859-1953. Papers [microform], 1833-1967, (bulk 1880-1940)

Title: Papers [microform], 1833-1967, (bulk 1880-1940)

Collection is primarily professional correspondence (1880s-1930s) between Crew and physicists, astronomers, and other colleagues documenting his work as a professor and scientist. The largest portion of the correspondence reflects his professional social obligations: letters of introduction, invitations to conferences, notes of recognition and thanks for the same. There is also much correspondence on the current state of a particular scientific inquiry with discussions of experiments in solar research and instrumentation, collaborative work in publishing texts and sharing materials, and opinions solicited and given on candidates for various academic and administrative posts. Also contains some family correspondence mainly between Crew and his sister Caroline, and Crew and his son William Henry, on a wide range of domestic and family matters; and a small amount of clippings and printed matter. Correspondents include Joseph Sweetman Ames, John Alfred Brashear, George Ellery Hale, Albert Abraham Michelson, Robert Andrews Millikan, Henry A. Rowland, Ernest Rutherford, Arthur Gordon Webster, and Robert William Wood.

ArchivalResource: 3 microfilm reels.

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Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920. Plate glass negatives.

Title: Plate glass negatives.

Collection of 51 plate glass negatives illustrating astronomical instrument making by John Alfred Brashear.

ArchivalResource: 1 cu. ft.

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Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920. Letter.

Title: Letter. 1910.

T.L.S. (1910 Feb. 5, Pittsburgh) to Knight concerning Brashear's catalog of astronomical and physical instruments.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 p.)

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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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Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920. Letter [187-?] [Pittsburgh?] to S.P. Langley [Pittsburgh?].

Title: Letter [187-?] [Pittsburgh?] to S.P. Langley [Pittsburgh?].

Concerns fund raising for the [Allegheny?] Observatory.

ArchivalResource: 1 p. Holograph signed.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34368258 View

Boyer, Helen King, 1919-. Helen King Boyer collection, 1800-2001 (bulk 1860-1976).

Title: Helen King Boyer collection, 1800-2001 (bulk 1860-1976).

The Helen King Boyer collection includes the personal papers of Zachariah T. Miller (1847-1913), his daughter Louise Miller Boyer (1890-1976), his granddaughter Helen King Boyer (b. 1919), and other family members. Of particular note are the more than 130 substantive Civil War letters from Z. T. Miller to his family, the more than 250 letters from concert pianist Julie Rivé-King (1854-1937), and the diaries of Helen King Boyer. Significant correspondents include John Taylor Arms, Nathaniel B. Boileau, John A. Brashear, and Elbert Hubbard. Over 1000 photographs provide extensive visual documentation of this distinguished family's history. The portion of the Helen King Boyer collection relating to Z. T. Miller thoroughly chronicles his Civil War experiences and his postwar medical career. Miller's letters to his family, dated 1862 to 1864, trace his unit, the 61st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as it moves from training at Camp Chase in Columbus, Ohio, to the Virginia theater of war, and then to participation in the Atlanta campaign. Moreover, his diaries supplement the letters with additional detail. The letters and diaries are preserved in original, transcript, and photocopy forms. A unique item is a rare published regimental newspaper, The Sixty-First Ohio (vol. 1 no. 1), edited by members of the 61st Ohio and dated Moorefield, Virginia, 14 June 1862. After the war Z. T. Miller went on to become a homeopathic physician, and the collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, speeches, and printed material on this phase of his life. Many photographs of Miller, including some from his Civil War days, are preserved. Documents pertaining to Louise Miller Boyer include her letters to her husband in 1918 discussing her experiences as a screenwriter for Metro Pictures Corporation and correspondence with Dorothy Arms, John Taylor Arms, and John A. Brashear, among others. Manuscripts by and photographs of Louise are included. Files on Louise's husband, Ernest W. Boyer (1885-1949), are also part of the family papers. Of interest are his letters to his wife, articles, drawings, and photographs. Ernest's photographs of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and the Panama-Pacific International Exposition are especially noteworthy. Helen King Boyer's correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, art work, and photographs are also found in the collection. Many other significant individuals numbered themselves members of the Boyer family. Accordingly, the papers contain a wealth of documents by and about Julie Rivé-King, a series of letters to and from Nathaniel B. Boileau and items relating to Louise Klein Miller.

ArchivalResource: 24 linear feet (16 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82503021 View

Elihu Thomson Papers, 1865-1944

Title: Elihu Thomson Papers 1865-1944

An electrical engineer, inventor, and entrepreneur, Elihu Thomson was an innovator in electrification in both a technical and corporate sense. With interests that ranged from the technical (electrical meters, high-pressure steam engines, dynamos, generators) to scientific (fused quartz optics, X-rays), Thomson acquired over 700 patents in his career, and in 1882, founded one of the early electrical corporations in the United States, the Thomson-Houston Company, which merged with the Edison Electric Company in 1892 to form the General Electric Company. The Thomson Papers are a massive and nearly comprehensive collection documenting the wide range of Thomson's scientific and technical interestsm from his electrical experiments, inventions, and patents, to his interests in astronomy, geology, and medicine, as well as his role in the development of two major corporations involved in electrification, the Thomson-Houston Electric Company and General Electric Company. Roughly three quarters of the collection is dated between 1890 and 1920 when Thomson was associated with General Electric, and was active in professional groups such as the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE), International Electrotechnical Commission. His research interests. The balance of the collection is comprised of eight boxes and five volumes relating to Thomson's patents; a series of notebooks kept at Central High School; 43 letterbooks, 1882-1936; diaries of trips to Europe; notebooks on genealogy; scrapbooks of cards, photographs, clippings, and other souvenirs; and 2 vols. of tributes on his eightieth birthday, etc.

ArchivalResource: 65.0 Linear feet; 65 linear feet

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