Manuscripts

F -- Miscellaneous

Description: Federation of Natural Sciences of Southern California (1); R. Y. Ferner Co. (1); Fish-Schurman Corp. (2); Clyde Fisher [Hayden Planetarium] (1); John Adam Fleming (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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F -- Miscellaneous
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Charles Fabry (1); Mary J. Faherty (2); Sampaio Ferraz (2); Fish-Schurmann Corp. (7); John Adam Fleming [American Geophysical Union] (5); William Elmer Forsythe [General Electric Nela Park] (6); The Franklin Institute (2); Edward Elway Free (5); Erwin Finlay Freunldich (1); Julien P. Friez & Sons (1); Edwin Brant Frost (13)
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A -- Miscellaneous
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Giorgio Abetti (5); Adler Planetarium (3); Aircraft Radio Laboratory, War Department (2); Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp. (5); American Association of Scientific Workers (2); American Astronomical Society [Joel Stebbins] (1); "American Defense" [California Institute, Huntington Library, Mount Wilson Observatory Group] (1); American Geophysical Union [Charles Franklin Brooks, letter re C. G. Abbot's proposal --includes carbons of letters from: Helmut Landsberg, Larry F. Page, Harlan True Stetson, Homer Woodworth Clough, & Chaim Leib Pekeris] (10); American Peoples Encyclopedia (11); Clifford Norman Anderson [includes typed manuscript "A Representation of the Sunspot Cycle", copy letter from John Adam Fleming, & copy typed ms. "Solar Radiation and Geomagnetism," by J. Bartels] (6); L. E. Armfield (2); Betty June Arnold (2); Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2); L. d'Azambuja (1)
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Margaret Walker (3); Waltham Watch Co. (2); K. P. Walton (3); Louise Ware (1); Arthur Howard Warner [re E= meeting] (3); Earle Horace Warner (5); Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (1); David Warshaw [includes correspondence with John Adam Fleming] (5); Harold Weaver (1); B. Westermann Co., Inc. (1); Western Electric Co. [re Lewis B. Browder] (2); The Western Union Telegraph Co. (2); Walter Ticknor Whitney (2); John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2); Robley Cook Williams (1); Virginia Lucille Williams (2); George Winchester (2); Leonard William Wing (2); Wisconsin Department of Agriculture (1); Rev. W. Rees Wright (4); Oliver Reynolds Wulf (2); James V. Wyber (1)
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G -- Miscellaneous
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The Gaertner Scientific Corp. (1); Fred M. Garland (2); Girard-Perregaux (1); Glendale Public Library (2); Richard Halsey Goddard (1); Arthur W. Graham, Jr. (2)
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U -- Miscellaneous
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U.S. Radium Corp. (1); Universal Radio & Research Co. (1); University of California, Southern Branch (1); University of Chicago (2)
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The Texas Co., Road Map Division (1); L. R. Tillotson (2); Clyde William Tombaugh (1); James C. Towle (2)
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