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Description: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers [re Pettit's involvement with Atomic Bomb Project] (16); U.S. Naval Observatory (2); University of Santa Clara [re Mount Lowe telescope] (2); Albrecht Unsold (2)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1938-1946
Call number: mssPettit papers
Creator: Pettit, Edison (1889-1962)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Deposit; Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Collection, 1988.
Restrictions: According to a note in the papers, all personal correspondence of Edison Pettit (indicated in the contents list as "PETTIT PERSONAL") remains the property of the family and heirs of Edison Pettit. Before the personal property of Edison Pettit may be made available for public research, permission must be obtained from a family member. The Carnegie Observatories, as part of the 1987 letter of agreement, have given the Huntington Library the right to provide permission to publish from the remaining portion of the papers.
Associated people: Abbot, C. G. (1872-1973.); Aitken, Robert Grant, (1864-1951.); Babcock, Harold D. (1882-1968.); Bateson, Frank M. (1895-1967.); Brooks, Frederick A. (1873-1962.); Coblentz, William W. (1866-1935.); Frost, Edwin Brant, (1868-1938.); Hale, George Ellery, (1882-1973.); Joy, Alfred H. (1914-1993.); McMath, Robert Raynolds. (1901-1976.); Kopal, Zdeněk, (1891-1963.); Menzel, Donald H. (1885-1972.); Nicholson, Seth B. (1885-1964.); Shapley, Harlow, (1877-1953.); Stetson, Harlan True,; Wright, F. E.
Associated organizations: American Astronomical Society.; Carnegie Institution of Washington.; International Astronomical Union.; Popular astronomy.
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