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Pacific Library Binding Co. (2); Pantechnical Manufacturing Co. (1); Pasadena Defense Council (1); Pasadena Jumior College (1); John Benjamin Penniston [Printed Matter] (1); Robert Methven Petrie (4); William F. Petersen (2); Karl D. Pettit (2); The Pointer (3); Polaroid Corp. (3); Henry Leroy Pugh (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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    P -- Miscellaneous

    Manuscripts

    Pacific Library Binding Co.(2); Pacific Metals Co., Ltd. (1); City of Pasadena (2); Robert Methven Petrie (3); Philippine Islands Weather Bureau (1); Photo Utilities, Inc. (1); Mary Pickford (1); Pickford-Lasky Productions, Inc. (1); H. H. Porter, Jr. (2); Thomas Charles Poulter (2); D. Price (1)

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    W -- Miscellaneous

    Manuscripts

    J. N. Walters (3); Louise Ware (1); Western Hospital and Nurses Review (13); Wheldon & Wesley, Ltd. (1); Helen Whittaker [Wehe] (10); Who's Who Publishing Co. (1); Inez Wilson (3); George Winchester (2); Wollensak Optical Co. (1); Harry Oscar Wood (1); R. M. Wood (2); The World-Herald [with biographical material on Pettit] (2); Frederick Eugene Wright (9); William Hammond Wright (4); Bernard Langdon Wyatt (3)

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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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    PETTIT -- PERSONAL

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    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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    B -- Miscellaneous

    Manuscripts

    J. E. Barnard (1); James Barnes (3); Bart Reflector Co., Inc. (3); L. Bastings (2); Louis Agricola Bauer (12); Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. (4); Louis Berman (2); Frances L. (Mrs. Paul) Blatchford (3); Major J. E. Bloom (2); Boehmke Optical Co. (2); John D. Boon (3); William T. Bovie (1); Jacques Boyer (1); Frederick Sumner Brackett (6); The Braun Corp. (2); Julius Arthur Brown (6); Mrs. Margie Brown (1); Herbert Brownell (6); W. Brunner [includes copy letter from W. E. Bernheimer] (2); E. A. Bryant (3); Albert Alfred Buss (4)

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    G -- Miscellaneous

    Manuscripts

    The Gaertner Scientific Corp.(15); Frederick Lamont Gates (3); General Electric Co., Research Laboratory (6); Kasson Stanford Gibson (1); Gleason-Tiebout Glass Co. (1); Mrs. Lois K. Godfrey (3); Gooding College Forward Movement (1); Herman Goodman (1); A. Gottlieb (1); C. R. Granberry [includes letters to/from D. T. MacDougal] (4); Henry J. Green (2); B. L. Griffing (4); Mrs. H. F. Grigsby (2); Grimes-Stassforth Stationery Co. (1)

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