Manuscripts

B -- Miscellaneous

Description: 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)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1925-1929
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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B -- Miscellaneous
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Louis C. Barail (1); Barber-Colman Co. (1); Pierre Basmaison (6); Mars Baumgardt (1); Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. (8); Nels August Bengtson (1); Biographical Encyclopedia of the World (1); Anna Jean Blackstad [Pomona College] (1); The Blakiston Co. (2); Harold Francis Blum (2); John S. Bordner (1); Braun Corp. (1); J. Stanley Brode (1); Frederick Augustus Brooks (18); Charles E. R. Bruce (5); Harris L. Burnett (2); Vannevar Bush (2)
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B -- Miscellaneous
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Bell & Howell Co. (1); Nels August Bengston (3); H. E. M. Bernhard (1); Walter E. Bernheimer (2); Charles A. Bothamley (2); J. Staley Brode (4); Gertrude Brownell [Randal] (2); Herbert Brownell (2); M. M. [Mrs. Herbert] Brownell (3); S. M. Brownell (2); L. V. Burton (7); Julio Bustos Navarrete (3); Byrd Antarctic Expedition II (2)
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Ren J Bache (3); Lloyd C. Bagby (4); Baker & Co., Inc. (3); George Banta Publishing Co. (1); Edward Emerson Barnard (1); Storrs Barrows Barrett (7); Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. (10); James G. Biddle (17); Paul Biefeld (4); Herbert Brownell (2); S. M. Brownell (1); Bertram Borden Boltwood (1); John A. Brashear & Co. [see J. B. McDowell Co.]; The Braun Corporation (1)
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M -- Miscellaneous
Manuscripts
G. Kent McCauley (2); Duncan E. Macdonald (2); Mrs. Elizabeth McGaffey (2); McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc. (2); Andrew McKellar (1); Robert Raynolds McMath (19); The MacMillan Co. (3); Mrs. Allison Marti (1); L. A. Matheson (1); John Campbell Merriam (2); Meteorological Ofice, South Kensington, London (1); Meteorological Office, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire (1); William Ferdinand Meyer (1); John T. Middleton (2); George Wilber Moffitt [re Optical Society of America] (8); Mrs. A. T. Monk (2); Paul Mooney (1); William D. Morgan (7)
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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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K -- Miscellaneous
Manuscripts
M. E. Kahler (1); Kay & Burbank Co., Inc. (1); Keese Engineering Co. (1); Norton Adams Kent (2); Herbert Harvey Kimball [American Geophysical Union] (10); P. J. Kipp & Zonen [includes J. J. van Oortmerssen] (5); Alfred Brooker Klugh (6); H. Kobold (1); Harry I. Krakeur [sp.?] (1); Jakob Kunz (3)
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