Manuscripts

PETTIT -- PERSONAL

Description: See note in Administrative Information section for permission to use material in the Pettit folders. Carnegie Institution of Washington (11); Cranbrook School (2); Lena Freiday-Scott (2); H. Hallenbeck (2); Munger & Munger (1); Nemaha County, Nebraska, Clerk's Office (1); Charles A. O'Connor (1); City of Pasadena (1); Helen Pettit (3); Leonard Pettit (2); Sadler and Holmes (2); Science Service (2); Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (1); Veterans Administration (2); Walter [?] [cousin] (1)
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.
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PETTIT -- PERSONAL

Manuscripts

See note in Administrative Information section for permission to use material in the Pettit folders. The Athenaeum (1); Birmingham Motor Sales, Inc. (1); John L. Blair [New Process Co.] (2); Carnegie Institution of Washington (6); Cranbrook School (1); Crater Lake National Park (1); Crawford-Dawe-Grove Agency (2); T. M. Evans (1); Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange (1); The Fuller Brush Co. (1); Lillian Headley (1); Internal Revenue Service (2); Rena W. Leger (3); Alma Pettit (3); John W. Pettit (2); Leonard Pettit (3); The Robert Phillipps Co. (6); Mabel Raymond (1); San Francisco pamphlet (1); Florence L. Sawyer (2); Title Guarantee and Trust Co. (1); Union Pacific Railroad Co. (2); United States Fire Insurance Co. [Sadler & Holmes Insurance] (1); Katherine Louise Van Wyck [draft of letter to Walter Whitney on back] (1); W. V. Wiegand (1); Wisconsin National Life Insurance Co. (1)

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PETTIT -- PERSONAL

Manuscripts

See note in Administrative Information section for permission to use material in the Pettit folders. Carnegie Institution of Washington (11); The Community Chest of Pasadena (1); First National Bank, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin (20); First Trust and Savings Bank (1); Edward J. Fucik, M.D. (1); "Mother" Pettit (1); William M. Pettit (2); Harriet W. Sheppard (1); Sigma Xi (2); Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association (9); War Risk Insurance (1); Wisconsin National Life Insurance Company (2)

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PETTIT -- PERSONAL

Manuscripts

See note in Administrative Information section for permission to use material in the Pettit folders. Carnegie Institution of Washington (10); H. Hallenbeck [re death of George Pettit] (1); A. N. Marquis & Co. (1); Standard Book Co. (1); Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (3); Title Guarantee and Trust Co. (1); Who's Who in California (2); Wisconsin National Life Insurance Co. (1)

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PETTIT -- PERSONAL

Manuscripts

See note in Administrative Information section for permission to use material in the Pettit folders. Baynham-Bunnell Co. (1); Boston Antique Shop (1); California Men of Prominence, Ltd. (3); Richard F. Carlson Motors' Co. (1); Carnegie Institution of Washington (3); The Casualty Association of America (1); Anne M. Goshen (1); Lillian Headley (4); Mrs. Carrie E. [Preston] Herman (2); Rena Gash Leger (3); Pacific Finance Corp. (1); Parsons & Nelson, Inc. (1); Lee Ad. Richmond (2); Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (2); United States Fire Insurance Co. of New York (1); Walter [?] (1); Wisconsin National Life Insurance Co. (3)

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Edison Pettit Papers

Manuscripts

This collection contains the papers of astronomer Edison Pettit (1889-1962), who was on the staff of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories. The correspondence, containing both incoming and carbons of outgoing letters, is chiefly with other astronomers in the United States and deals with astronomy in general including Pettit's work at Mount Wilson, telescopes and ultraviolet light research. The rest of the collection is made up of manuscripts, notes, notebooks and printed items. The majority of the manuscripts are by Edison Pettit (two are co-written with Seth Barnes Nicholson and there is one abstract by Harold D. Babcock). The manuscripts deal with astronomy including thermocouples, Pettit's ultraviolet research, the Sun, the Moon and telescope lenses. One notable manuscript is a rather lengthy typed manuscript with handwritten edits (facsimile copy) regarding the moon and which is probably written by Edison Pettit (but never published?). There are also Miscellaneous notes related to astronomy in general and more specifically the moon and nebulae including galley proofs for the book Physics and astronomy of the Moon, edited by Zdenĕk Kopal. The twelve Nebular Photometry notebooks in boxes 8 and 9 were kept by Pettit while at work observing the sky. There are also three reprints of articles (one by Pettit). The albums in box 10 include one with photographs (nebulae) but the other three contain handwritten notes and lists kept by Pettit. The collection has several photographs scattered throughout the collection.

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Manuscripts and graphs by Edison Pettit

Manuscripts

The correspondence is chiefly with other astronomers in the United States and deals with astronomy in general including Pettit's work at Mount Wilson, telescopes and ultraviolet light research. The rest of the collection is made up of manuscripts, notes, notebooks and printed items. The majority of the manuscripts are by Edison Pettit (two are co-written with Seth Barnes Nicholson and there is one abstract by Harold D. Babcock). The manuscripts deal with astronomy including thermocouples, Pettit's ultraviolet research, the Sun, the Moon and telescope lenses. One notable manuscript is a rather lengthy typed manuscript with handwritten edits (facsimile copy) regarding the moon and which is probably written by Edison Pettit (but never published?). There are also miscellaneous notes related to astronomy in general and more specifically the moon and nebulae including galley proofs for the book Physics and astronomy of the Moon, edited by Zdenĕk Kopal. The twelve Nebular Photometry notebooks in boxes 8 and 9 were kept by Pettit while at work observing the sky. There are also three reprints of articles (one by Pettit). The albums in box 10 include one with photographs (nebulae) but the other three contain handwritten notes and lists kept by Pettit. The collection has several photographs scattered throughout the collection.

mssPettit papers

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Manuscripts and graphs by Edison Pettit