The collection consists of the correspondence files of Frederick Hanley Seares. While roughly one half of the papers deal with administrative matters of the Mount Wilson Observatory, the remainder cover his scientific work. There are also some manuscripts, notes and notebooks (Boxes 19-21) related to Seares's research activities.
{Concerns meeting of American section of proposed IAU in March 1919 & preparations for Brussels meeting of proposed IAU on July 18, 1919. Corresp: Joel Stebbins; S. I. Bailey; F. C. Jordan; J. A. Parkhurst; W. W. Campbell}
{Alice H. Farnsworth; Max Farrand; V. L. Fasschel; Anna Mary Felker; Ann Walker [Mrs. James B.] Field; P. H. Field; Howard Finley; John Forsyth; W. E. Forsythe}
