Correspondence of George Ellery Hale, 1887-1937.

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Correspondence of George Ellery Hale, 1887-1937.

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The collection consists of correspondence from Hale to his friend, Harry Manley Goodwin, physicist and graduate dean of M.I.T. Subject matter includes: practical and theoretial aspects of astronomical research; information about other scientists (Norman Lockyar, William Whewell, William Jevons, Robert Millikan, Albert Michelson, and Albert Einstein); the administration and finance of scientific research, scientific oragnizations and publications; Hale's own experiments and theories; the Univ. of Chicago, California Institute of Technology, astronomical observatories, the foundation of the Huntington Library; and Hale's private and family life.

152 pieces.3 boxes.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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