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Truman H. Safford (1836-1901) Papers, 1850-1871

Title: Truman H. Safford (1836-1901) Papers 1850-1871

Astronomer Truman Safford was the first director of the Dearborn Observatory (in its old location on the South Side of Chicago, before it was moved to Northwestern). The records consist mainly of notebooks in which he recorded observations, calculations and notes. Materials include Safford's teaching files from the Chicago University, astronomical observations, computations regarding celestial objects, extracts from astronomical catalogs and two manuscripts. One file contains biographical material.

ArchivalResource: 2.00

http://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/catalog/inu-ead-nua-archon-276 View

Herbert Govert Keppel Journals, 1892-1898

Title: Herbert Govert Keppel Journals 1892-1898

Two journals kept by Keppel when he was a student at Clark and an instructor at Northwestern University.

ArchivalResource: 0.2 Linear feet; 1 box

http://www.library.ufl.edu/spec/archome/MS3.htm View

Cleveland Abbe Papers, 1850-1954, (bulk 1850-1916)

Title: Cleveland Abbe Papers 1850-1954 (bulk 1850-1916)

Astronomer and meteorologist. Correspondence, diaries, and other papers relating mainly to Abbe's career with the Weather Service of the Army Signal Corps, his participation in the West African Eclipse Expedition (1880s), and his career in the United States Weather Bureau.

ArchivalResource: 9,500 items; 31 containers plus 3 oversize; 12.4 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010272 View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua04006/catalog View

Keppel, Herbert Govert, 1866-1918. Journals, 1892-1898.

Title: Journals, 1892-1898.

The collection consists of two journals kept by Keppel when he was a student at Clark and an instructor at Northwestern University. They include lecture notes from classes taught by Henry Taber and T. H. Safford. There is also a report on teaching mathematics from the Committee of Ten.

ArchivalResource: .2 linear ft. (1 box)

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Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, oversize, ca. 1829-1985

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, oversize, ca. 1829-1985

Oversized photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 8 cubic feet; 34 boxes; 880 photographs

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua01009/catalog View

Papers of Truman Henry Safford, ca. 1865-1866 (inclusive).

Title: Papers of Truman Henry Safford, ca. 1865-1866 (inclusive).

Consists of correspondence and other papers.

ArchivalResource: 1 container.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990006043680203941/catalog View

Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939. Papers, 1862-1939

Title: David Peck Todd papers 1862-1939

Correspondence, writings, records of astronomical expeditions, diaries, notebooks and scrapbooks of David Peck Todd, astronomer and teacher at Amherst College from 1881 to 1917. Between 1882 and 1914 Todd conducted nine expeditions to various parts of the world to study solar eclipses. The notes, photographs, drawings and memorabilia of these expeditions make up a significant portion of the papers. He was also a fertile inventor, and plans and drawings for many devices, some related to solving technical problems encountered on his expeditions are included in the papers.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear feet (124 boxes, 1 folio)

http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.0496b View

Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939. David Peck Todd papers, 1862-1939 (inclusive).

Title: David Peck Todd papers, 1862-1939 (inclusive).

Correspondence, writings, records of astronomical expeditions, diaries, notebooks and scrapbooks of David Peck Todd, astronomer and teacher at Amherst College from 1881 to 1917. Between 1882 and 1914 Todd conducted nine expeditions to various parts of the world to study solar eclipses. The notes, photographs, drawings and memorabilia of these expeditions make up a significant portion of the papers. He was also a fertile inventor, and plans and drawings for many devices, some related to solving technical problems encountered on his expeditions are included in the papers. As an early enthusiast of aviation, he made a balloon ascent in 1910 and advocated aerial photography for recording eclipses. In Amherst he raised funds to build a new observatory in 1905 and records of this project and of his teaching career are very well documented. Her letters to her husband during her lecture tours provide an insight both into her character and into female social life of the period. The 368 letters that she wrote between 1878 and 1922 are in themselves a significant section of the papers. Todd's correspondents include astronomers and scientists from all over the world as well as public figures in the United States. In 1922 he was declared incompetent and spent his remaining years in institutions. His writings include three textbooks on astronomy and a wide range of scientific and popular articles, copies of which are in the papers. His wife, Mabel Loomis Todd, who was the first to transcribe and publish Emily Dickinson's poems, was an active social force in Amherst andtheir family correspondence offers a vivid picture of the life of the town as well as a remarkably frank picture of their personal relationship. She also lectured extensively, basing her talks on observations made during the eclipse expeditions.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear ft. (124 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702153565 View

United States Naval Observatory Records, 1830-1900

Title: United States Naval Observatory Records 1830-1900

Official correspondence and administrative records of offices of the Naval Observatory, located in Washington, D.C., including of the superintendent, , librarian, and the superintendent of compasses and instruments, concerning activities of the observatory and tracing its development from its origin in the Depot of Charts and Instruments. Nautical Almanac

ArchivalResource: 8,000 items; 29 containers plus 1 oversize; 12 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011184 View

Safford, Truman Henry, 1836-1901. Astronomical and mathematical memoranda : manuscript, [1846]

Title: Astronomical and mathematical memoranda : manuscript, [1846]

Calculation and mathematical notes for Safford's Youth's almanac for the year 1847.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (48 leaves) ; 18 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612786200 View

Safford, Truman Henry, 1836-1901. Truman H. Safford Papers, 1850-1871.

Title: Truman H. Safford Papers, 1850-1871.

The papers include astronomical observations, computations, comparative star lists, teaching materials, and published articles. Four volumes pertain principally to Safford's teaching at the first University of Chicago. Seven notebooks record primarily astronomical observations made by Safford at the Dearborn Observatory and other facilities in the period 1854-1875.

ArchivalResource: .6 cu. ft. (2 boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122401433 View

General information about Southworth and Hawes daguerreotype of Truman Henry Safford.

Title: General information about Southworth and Hawes daguerreotype of Truman Henry Safford.

May contain pamphlets, press accounts and ephemera.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77071691 View

Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939. David Peck Todd papers, 1862-1939 (inclusive).

Title: David Peck Todd papers, 1862-1939 (inclusive).

Correspondence, writings, records of astronomical expeditions, diaries, notebooks and scrapbooks of David Peck Todd, astronomer and teacher at Amherst College from 1881 to 1917. Between 1882 and 1914 Todd conducted nine expeditions to various parts of the world to study solar eclipses. The notes, photographs, drawings and memorabilia of these expeditions make up a significant portion of the papers. He was also a fertile inventor, and plans and drawings for many devices, some related to solving technical problems encountered on his expeditions are included in the papers. As an early enthusiast of aviation, he made a balloon ascent in 1910 and advocated aerial photography for recording eclipses. In Amherst he raised funds to build a new observatory in 1905 and records of this project and of his teaching career at Amherst are very well documented. His writings include three textbooks on astronomy and a wide range of scientific and popular articles, copies of which are in the papers. His wife, Mabel Loomis Toddd, who was the first to transcribe and publish Emily Dickinson's poems, was an active social force in Amherst and their family correspondence offers a vivid picture of the life of the town as well as a remarkably frank picture of their personal relationship. She also lectured extensively, basing her talks on observations made during the eclipse expeditions. Her letters to her husband during her lecture tours provide an insight both into her character and into female social life of the period. The 368 letters that she wrote between 1878 and 1922 are in themselves a significant section of the papers. Todd's correspondents include astronomers and scientists from all over the world as well as public figures in the United States. In 1922 he was declared incompetent and spent his remaining years in institutions.

ArchivalResource: 46 linear ft. (124 boxes, 1 folio)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122574346 View

Safford, Truman Henry, 1836-1901. Almanacs : manuscript, 1845, 1846

Title: Almanacs : manuscript, 1845, 1846

Printer's manuscript for Safford's Youth's almanace (1845) and Young mathematician's almanac (1846).

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (ca. 200 leaves) ; 36 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612786269 View