Papers, 1804-1917, bulk: 1866-1913.

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Papers, 1804-1917, bulk: 1866-1913.

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82 boxes containing correspondence and a 50-volume diary, 1866-1913 and 41 scrapbooks chronicling Blake's service with the United States Coast Survey (1866-1875), his work as an astronomer with the Darien Exploring Expedition (1870), his determination of differences in longitude between Greenwich, England, and the U.S., and his experiments in physics and electrical communication which led to the development of the Blake transmitter for the Bell Telephone Company. The papers also include extensive records of household expenses; business investments; the construction of his estate, Keewaydin (Weston, Mass.); his photographic interests; and his association with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Thursday Evening Club, the Brookline (Mass.) Country Club, and the town of Weston. (Cont) Also, Blake's personal ledger and trial balance account books; a 5-vol. diary and personal account book of his wife, Elizabeth L. (Hubbard); Blake family genealogy; and papers of the Hubbard, Lane, Sewall, and Trumbull families. Correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell, Charles O. Boutelle, Julius E. Hilgard, Charles F. McKim, and Thomas O. Selfridge. Collection also includes over 100 printed volumes relating to Blake's scientific and photographic interests.

82 boxes and 41 v.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Massachusetts Historical Society

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Weston (Mass.). Selectmen.

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Blake, Elizabeth L. Hubbard.

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Trumbull family.

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Hilgard, J. E. (Julius Erasmus), 1825-1891

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