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U -- Miscellaneous

Description

U.S. Printing Office, Superintendent of Documents (1)

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1933-1937
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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