Frederick Brasch letters to his family from Harvard, 1902.

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Frederick Brasch letters to his family from Harvard, 1902.

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Four long letters totalling some 183 pages written from the Harvard Observatory on Nov. 16, 20, 25, and 29, 1902. Not having found a permanent position by age 27, Brasch left his temporary work as a bookbinder at Stanford University Press and traveled across country by train in hopes of working at an observatory. His plan was successful and he started at Harvard College Observatory in an unpaid position; later being promoted to the salaried position of assistant observor. The letters cover the story of the train trip and the beginning of his Harvard stay.

4 folders.

Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives

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Brasch, Frederick E. (Frederick Edward), 1875-1967

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Frederick E. Brasch was educated at Stanford University (1899), the University of California (1901), and Harvard (1916). He worked as a librarian at Stanford, in Chicago, St. Paul, MN, and in Washington, D.C. before becoming chief of the Library of Congress scientific collection in 1925. He served as corresponding secretary of the history of science section of the American Association for the Advancement of Science from 1920 through 1928. Brasch died in 1967. From the description of ...