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[Portrait of George Ellery Hale.]

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Description: Portrait of George Ellery Hale, an astronomer, director of the Mount Wilson Observatory, near Pasadena, California, from 1904 until 1923, and a member of the original Board of Trustees of The Huntington Library.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Call number: photPF 20051
Provenance: Provenance unknown, in library as of 2001.
Dimensions: 8 x 51/2 in.
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Photographs of George Ellery Hale

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Two black and white gelatin silver photographs of George Ellery Hale. One image shows a younger George Ellery Hale seated outside with a woman who may be Maude Thomas. A handwritten note on the verso reads, "We would laugh!" The second image shows an older Hale with three other men in suits posing outdoors.

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George Ellery Hale letters

Manuscripts

Group of letters to and from astronomer George Ellery Hale. Five of the letters, all dated 1908, are from Hale to businessman and philanthropist Cleveland H. Dodge; in these letters, Hale writes about telescopes at Mount Wilson Observatory and his recent discoveries about sunspots. The other 15 letters, two are undated and the rest are dated 1902, are to Hale by various prominent scientists, including: Robert S. Ball, Lewellys F. Barker, William Wallace Campbell, Henry S. Carhart, Thomas C. Chamberlin, George C. Comstock, John M. Coulter, Henry Crew, Johann G. Hagen, Arthur R. Hinks, Sir William Huggins, Heinrich Kayser, S. P. Langley, and Jacques Loeb. The topics of these letters vary: astronomy, acknowledgments of invitations or materials, and introductions. Several of these letters have notes with them, written by Hale, with a brief biography of the author of the letter. Accompanying the letters is Hale's folder in which these letters were kept, with notes by Hale, and a note about Sir Arthur Schuster.

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George Ellery Hale manuscripts and photographs

Manuscripts

This small group of material primarily consists of photographs related to George Ellery Hale. Most of the photographs are identified at the back. The earliest photograph of Hale in this collection is at 7-months old. The bulk of the photographs are of Hale, his children and grandchildren. People identified in the photographs include but not limited to: William Ellery Hale; William Brackenridge Hale; Mary Scranton Browne Hale; Arthur A. Noyes; Margaret Hale (Scherer); Eveline Conklin (Hale); Emily Scherer; and Anne Scherer. In addition to the photographs, there are seven short stories and five drawings by Hale. The short stories are entitled: III Rigamarole; Old Santa; The Polar Bear's Watermelons; To Anne and the Girls; Alice and the Prancing Bunny; Alice Goes to Sea; and Jumpety Jack. There are two letters, both written by Hale, to Katherine Williams West Nichols and Margaret Hale (Scherer). Also included is a document about "The George Ellery Hale Ancestry of The Paul Armand and Margaret Hale Scherer Family." Finally, there are two clippings one of "Thomas Hale House, Circa 1640, Newbury" and the other of Hale's solar laboratory.

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Max Farrand letter to George Ellery Hale

Manuscripts

Typewritten copy. Enclosed in: George Ellery Hale letter to Henry E. Huntington, 1927 March 9.

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George Ellery Hale letter to Frederick Jackson Turner

Manuscripts

Enclosed in: letter from George Ellery Hale to Henry E. Huntington, 1927 March 9. Subjects: Huntington Library.

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Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938. "Building the 200-Inch Telescope:" offprint (1929, Nov.). 1 item

Manuscripts

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, printed material and ephemera all related to astronomer Francis Gladheim Pease, his astronomy work, and the telescopes he designed. There are 13 letters by George Ellery Hale as well as a copy of an offprint of "Building the 200-Inch Telescope" by Hale (originally published in Harper's Magazine, November 1929). There is an offprint of "The Spectra of Four of the Temporary Stars" written by Pease and Walter S. Adams (published in Contributions from the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory No. 87 in 1914). The correspondence includes several prominent individuals including: Giorgio Abetti, Walter S. Adams, John A. Anderson, Andrew Carnegie (typed copy), Edward H. Davis, Elmer Grey, George Ellery Hale, Fred E. Harvey, Herbert E. Ives, Thornwell Jacobs, George Wharton James, Helen Keller (photocopy of letter), Albert A. Michelson, Robert A. Millikan, James R. Page, F. E. Wright, and the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company. There is also one letter addressed to Thomas Edison. The manuscripts include several items by F. G. Pease including a "Figuring Book" which contains his work on various telescopes and contains blueprints and a manuscript entitled "Notes on a 25-Foot Reflector."

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Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938. "Building the 200-Inch Telescope:" offprint (1929, Nov.). 1 item