E. Dorrit Hoffleit papers, 1847-2006 (inclusive), 1945-2000 (bulk).

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E. Dorrit Hoffleit papers, 1847-2006 (inclusive), 1945-2000 (bulk).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702193415

The materials consist primarily of research notes; materials for presentations and articles; correspondence; photographs; biographical materials, and printed ephemera documenting the career of E. Dorrit Hoffleit in the field of astronomy.

8.5 linear feet (9 boxes)

Yale University Library

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Hoffleit, Dorrit, 1907-2007

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Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit was born on March 12, 1907, on her parents' farm in Florence, Alabama. Her parents, Fred and Kate Sanio Hoffleit, had emigrated from Germany, and her father worked intermittently as a bookkeeper for the Pennsylvania Railroad. While he preferred farm work, it was not possible to support the family this way, and they relocated from Alabama to New Castle, Pennsylvania. Fred Hoffleit later returned to the farm, while his wife opted to remain in New Castle, judging...