Papers, 1887-1925.

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Papers, 1887-1925.

Correspondence, mss. of writings, photos of astronomical instruments, newspaper clippings on astronomical subjects, publications on Beta Lyrae and U Pegasi (1898), and book advertisements and orders. Includes two photos of Chinese students in a Chungking mission school. No papers dated between 1914 and 1924.

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University of Chicago.

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Most of the records in the collection pertain to the $400,000 raised by the American Baptist Education Society in 1889-1890 in order to obtain a 600,000 grant from John D. Rockefeller for the creation of an endowment for the University of Chicago. The first volume in the inventory, Record of Pledges for the University of Chicago, contains an alphabetical numbered listing of subscribers, amounts pledged, and payments made through 1906. The subscription forms and letters (1:4-13) are numbered to c...

Meyers, George William, b. 1864.

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Professor of mathematics and astronomy, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) and University of Chicago; d. 1931. From the description of Papers, 1887-1925. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28412926 ...

University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus)

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