Manuscripts
PETTIT -- PERSONAL
- Description
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)
- Date
- 1920-1924
- Call number
- mssPettit papers
- 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.
