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Agnes Margaret Gore Browne note to Grace Hubble
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1 of Robert Francis Gore-Browne, Agnes Margaret (Elias) Gore-Browne, Edwin Powell Hubble, and Grace (Burke) Hubble
Manuscripts
The papers of Edwin P. Hubble include manuscripts and reprints of his articles, papers, public lectures, addresses, etc., scientific documentation for his papers, logbooks of photographic plates taken by Hubble at Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, diaries and biographical memoirs of his wife Grace Burke Hubble, professional, personal, and social correspondence, photographs, medals and awards, a scrapbook assembled by Grace Hubble, newspaper clippings, etc.
HUB 1064
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Roberta Nixon photographs and letter regarding Grace Burke Hubble
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This group of items, which belonged to Roberta Nixon, includes 6 photographs and 1 letter. The photographs include: 1 photograph of young Grace Hubble, 1901; 1 photograph of Edwin and Grace Hubble, and Betty Baldwin in Arizona, 1937; 1 photograph of an unidentified man and possibly Ida Crotty, 1969; and 3 photographs of Roberta Nixon, 1977-2019. In the thank you letter from Ida Crotty to Roberta Nixon dated 1980 March 29, Crotty reveals Nixon was the only person with Grace Hubble when she passed away in 1980.
mssHM 83864-83870
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Gore-Browne, Robert Francis. To Grace (Burke) Hubble & Edwin Powell Hubble. 6 A.Ls.S. Description of service with British Intelligence in France before its fall, in North Africa (including Egypt). at the Teheran Conference, and during the invasion of Italy
Manuscripts
The papers of Edwin P. Hubble include manuscripts and reprints of his articles, papers, public lectures, addresses, etc., scientific documentation for his papers, logbooks of photographic plates taken by Hubble at Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, diaries and biographical memoirs of his wife Grace Burke Hubble, professional, personal, and social correspondence, photographs, medals and awards, a scrapbook assembled by Grace Hubble, newspaper clippings, etc.
HUB 292-297
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Grace Burke Hubble correspondence
Manuscripts
This small collection consists primarily of letters from Grace Burke Hubble to Ida Crotty. Grace writes about her travels throughout Europe, Edwin Powell Hubble's lectures, social life and daily activities such as fishing. There are quite a few letters where Grace writes from Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland, in the 1940s. In 1944, she describes obtaining a clearance from the Rocket Laboratory to ships firing anti-aircraft guns. There is a letter dated August 4, 1949, after Hubble's heart attack in Colorado, where Grace thanks Ida for sending him French editions of Vogue, which he enjoys very much while recuperating. The folder of miscellaneous items contains The Foothill Guide of the California Institute for Cancer Research membership list, notes, invoices, and a Report of the Library Committee.
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Grace Burke Hubble correspondence
Manuscripts
This small collection consists primarily of letters from Grace Burke Hubble to Ida Crotty. Grace writes about her travels throughout Europe, Edwin Powell Hubble's lectures, social life and daily activities such as fishing. There are quite a few letters where Grace writes from Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland, in the 1940s. In 1944, she describes obtaining a clearance from the Rocket Laboratory to ships firing anti-aircraft guns. There is a letter dated August 4, 1949, after Hubble's heart attack in Colorado, where Grace thanks Ida for sending him French editions of Vogue, which he enjoys very much while recuperating. The folder of miscellaneous items contains The Foothill Guide of the California Institute for Cancer Research membership list, notes, invoices, and a Report of the Library Committee.
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M. Brown letter to "My Dear Sir,"
Manuscripts
This letter, written from Valparaiso, Chile is dated March 7, 1849. M. Brown wrote it on board the USS Independence to a former shipmate aboard the USS Ohio stationed in San Francisco Bay. In the letter, Brown discusses difficulties in Chile, life aboard Commodore Shubrick's vessel, naval politics and news from the rest of the fleet in the Pacific.
mssHM 81273