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Maria Mitchell Papers

Title: Maria Mitchell Papers

Correspondence, manuscripts, research material, and photographs relating to Mitchell's work as an astronomer and member of the faculty of Vassar College.

ArchivalResource: 12 cubic feet (55 boxes, 9 microfilm reels, 1 OV folder)

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Harwood, Margaret, 1885-1979. Papers of Margaret Harwood, 1891-1971 (inclusive).

Title: Papers of Margaret Harwood, 1891-1971 (inclusive).

Collection consists of college memorabilia, astronomy problems and correspondence of Harwood. Also included are the papers of Arthur Searle, professor of astronomy at Harvard, who taught at Radcliffe from 1895 to 1912, consisting of lecture notebooks, autobiographical sketch, astronomy problems, and final exams.

ArchivalResource: 1.5 linear ft. (2 boxes).

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Papers, 1853-1974, 1853-1889 (bulk).

Title: Papers, 1853-1974, 1853-1889 (bulk).

These papers reflect her professional life and include thirty-one notebooks of astronomical observations; observatory photographs; manuscripts, notes, and drawings; letters regarding the Nautical Almanac computations, 1853; notes for preparing Vassar College Astronomy Dept. reports, 1871-1886; and correspondence, 1861-1889, including her letters to Benson J. Lossing, Ann Eliza Morse, John H. Raymond, Mrs. John H. Raymond, Cyrus Swan, and James Monroe Taylor, and letters from James Edward Oliver, Arthur Searle, Rufus Babcock, Charles Farrar, Nathan Bishop, and Vassar College Presidents John H. Raymond and James M. Taylor. Other items include research correspondence about Mitchell, 1907-1974; excerpts from Vassar College Trustee minutes and copies of correspondence regarding the Astronomy Dept., the Observatory, and Mitchell's salary, 1862-1872; publications by Mary W. Whitney, Mary King Babbitt, and others about Mitchell; and letters from Helen Wright concerning her biography of Mitchell, ca. 1949.

ArchivalResource: 4 cubic ft.

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