Heber Doust Curtis papers, 1889-1890, 1900-1908, and 1921-1942.

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Heber Doust Curtis papers, 1889-1890, 1900-1908, and 1921-1942.

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Personal correspondence, mainly copies of letters to family, describing various astronomical expeditions to Chile and Sumatra; also speeches; photographs and photograph albums. One letter, July 19, 1925, concerns the controversy over the teaching of evolution and the Scopes trial including comments about Clarence Darrow and WIlliam Jennings Bryan.

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Curtis, Heber Doust, 1872-1942

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Heber Doust Curtis was born June 27, 1892 in Muskegon, Michigan. He received his A.B. (1892) and A.M. (1893) degrees from the University of Michigan. Prior to receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, Curtis taught Latin at Napa College (1894-1897) and mathematics and astronomy at the University of the Pacific, 1897-1900. He came to the University of Virginia as Fellow in Astronomy, 1900-1902; then became Assistant, 1902-1904. From 1904 to 1910, Curtis was in Santiago, Chile, as assis...