Papers, 1909-1915.

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Papers, 1909-1915.

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These files are comprised of Comstock's professional correspondence relating to official duties in several astronomical organizations, as, for example, his chairmanship of the Comet Committee of the Astronomical Society of America (1909-1915) and his chairmanship of the Committee on Mathematics and Astronomy of the National Academy of Science (1909-1915), as well as one folder of family records.

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Comstock, George C. (George Cary), 1855-1934

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