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G -- Miscellaneous

Description

William Gaertner & Co. (5); General Electric Co. (7); Warren Kimball Green (2)

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1920-1924
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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    G -- Miscellaneous

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    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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    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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    W -- Miscellaneous

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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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    R -- Miscellaneous

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    R & M Electric Sign, Co. (1); Radio Press Service (1); Paul Rudnick (2); C. F. Rust (7)

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    C -- Miscellaneous

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    E -- Miscellaneous

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    Eastbay Astronomical Association (6); Eastman Kodak Co. (5); Levantia V. Eaton (2); Egyptian Lacquer Manufacturing Co. (1); L. C. Eichner (2); John W. Evans (7); Mrs. Marion H. Evans (1); The Ex-Marine Guards, Inc. [re Lotan S. King] (2)

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