Box 1, Folder 1
Elizabeth Campbell
1891-1961
Scope and Contents note
Includes death certificate; "The Times That Were" by EBT, 1899; "Memorial of The
Rev.James Ballard, 1805-1881", 1881
Box 1, Folder 2
W.W. Campbell
1880-1943
Scope and Contents note
Includes resume 1891-1930; school graduation programs (Hostoria High School 6/4/1880;
Class-Day Exercises, Class of 1886, Literary Department, Univ. of Michigan, June 29,
1886), invitations; booklets (Sea Room; IAU July 1925 Amended Circular; Membership of
the Golden Bear 5/13/1928); "Launching of the S. S. William Campbell 10/29/1943");
Mars 1892 Original Drawings by W.W.C; U.S. Passport / Visa, April 22, 1905; High
School Alumni Association 3/18/1926; Miscellaneous ("Alone" by George O'Byrne, 1908;
[Poem] by Hylda Aitkin, 1918; Joke; "Ye Olde Cock Tavern", 1899).
Box 1, Folder 3
Kenneth Campbell, Wallace Campbell, Douglas Campbell
1914-1982
Scope and Contents note
Kenneth Campbell: Hotchkiss School, Physical Training Dept. Physical, 1917, Marriage
announcement 3/16/1972. Wallace Campbell: Appointment to 2nd Lieutenant, Chemical
Warfare Service, 1/31/1919, Appointment to 1st Lieutenant, Chemical Warfare Service,
1/31/1919. Douglas Campbell: Clipping from John Harvard's Journal "Douglas Campbell:
The man Rickenbacker called 'America's first ace'", March/April 1982.
Correspondence
1891-1963
Scope and Content
This section contains personal correspondence among Elizabeth Campbell, William Wallace
Campbell, and their family members.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Box 1, Folder 4
Correspondence, general
1891-1900
Scope and Contents note
Correspondents include: Harriett (sister); Schuyler (brother); George (brother);
Lizzie (George's daughter); William T. Peters; Nellie (George's daughter); Robert
(George's son); Flora (Wallace's cousin); W. W. Campbell; Emily Purkey (sister); J. R.
Purkey; Lola (sister); Willis (nephew)
Box 1, Folder 5
Correspondence, general
1901-1904
Scope and Contents note
Correspondents include: Annie Foster; Miss Abbott; George (brother); Bessie
(Elizabeth Campbell); Henry Sheets (nephew); Netta Frasier Gorger (cousin); George
Moss (cousin);
Box 1, Folder 6
Correspondence, general
1905
Scope and Contents note
Correspondents include: Dear People (Elizabeth's parents); Douglas (son); Bessie
(Elizabeth Campbell); Kenneth (son); Wallace (son); W.W. Campbell
Box 1, Folder 7
Correspondence, general
1906-1907
Scope and Contents note
Correspondents include: R.H.Tucker (Astronomer); Jane O'Neill (Nanny?); H. E.
Thompson (mother-in-law)
Box 1, Folder 8
Correspondence, general
1908-1910
Scope and Contents note
Correspondents include: Emily Purkey (sister); Robert Bruce
Box 1, Folder 9
Correspondence, general
1911-1915
Scope and Contents note
Correspondents include Schuyler Thompson (EBC's brother)
Box 1, Folder 10
Correspondence, general
1916-1920
Box 1, Folder 11
Correspondence, general
1921-1925
Box 1, Folder 12-14
Correspondence, general
1926-1937
Scope and Contents note
Contains correspondence with Miss Leslie Potwin (Secretary, Mt. Hamilton).
Box 2, Folder 1
Correspondence, general
1938 June
Scope and Contents note
Includes condolences for W.W. Campbell's death (6/14/1938)
Box 2, Folder 2
Correspondence, general
1938 July-December
Scope and Contents note
Includes condolences for W.W. Campbell's death (6/14/1938)
Box 2, Folder 3
Correspondence, general
1939
Box 2, Folder 4
Correspondence, general
1941-1950
Box 2, Folder 5
Correspondence, general
1951-1963
Writings
1892-1940
Scope and Content
These materials include Elizabeth Ballard Campbell's writings during the eclipse
expeditions she attended, as well as mementos and ephemera she collected during her
travels. Also included are diary entries, notes, and manuscripts from other travels.
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Box 2, Folder 6
Eclipse of January 22, 1898: India
1898
Scope and Contents note
Includes "In the Shadow of the Moon - India" (typescript photocopy, 191 pgs).
Box 2, Folder 7-11
Eclipse of August 30, 1905: Spain
1905
Scope and Contents note
Includes manuscript of notes, quotes, & observations; menus and calling cards;
1905 diary; and "In the Shadow of the Moon - Spain, August 30, 1905" manuscript with
corrected copy.
Box 3, Folder 1-8, Box 6, Folder 1
Eclipse of January 3, 1908: Flint Island
1907-1908
Scope and Contents note
Contains mementos and ephemera including dinner decorations, seating charts, guests
lists, menus, ship passenger list, clippings, and quotes; poetry written by Elizabeth
Ballard Campbell and others; diary entries; notes; and talks.
Box 3, Folder 9-11
Eclipse of August 21, 1914: Russia
1914
Scope and Contents note
Includes diary entries and notes by Elizabeth Ballard Campbell; diary of Douglas
Campbell; and short story "The Jewel of the Czars".
Box 3, Folder 12
Diary of Iowa trip
1915-1916
Scope and Contents note
Includes diary of Christmas trip to Iowa, December 1915 - January 1916 (holograph
manuscript pages).
Box 3, Folder 13
Eclipse of June 8, 1918: Washington
1918
Scope and Contents note
Includes two pamphlets entitled "Consecration of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial,
Maryhill, Washington, July 4, 1918" and 1 business card.
Box 3, Folder 14-19
Eclipse of September 21, 1922: Australia
1920-1922
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes, lists, and speeches; diary entries; calling cards, invitations, and
menus; and souvenir photo albums.
Box 3, Folder 20
Notes about W.W. Campbell
circa 1938-1940
Scope and Contents note
Contains "Notes on W.W.C" by Elizabeth Campbell.
Photographs
1898-1922
Arrangement
Materials are arranged in chronological order.
Box 5
Eclipse of January 22, 1898: India
1898
Scope and Contents note
Contains photo album.
Box 4, Folder 1, Box 6, Folder 2
Eclipse of August 30, 1905: Spain
1905
Scope and Contents note
Includes loose photos and photo album.
Box 6, Folder 3, Box 4, Folder 12
Eclipse of January 3, 1908: Flint Island
1908
Scope and Contents note
Includes mounted photographs and pages of photo album.
Box 4, Folder 2-6, Box 6, Folder 4
Eclipse of August 21, 1914: Russia
1914
Scope and Contents note
Includes black and white photos of "Datcha Lavroskavo" and "Lick Observatory Station
at Brovary"; mounted black and white photo of "Schaeberle 40' Camera"; magazine
photographs; postcard souvenirs; and various loose and mounted photos.
Box 4, Folder 7-8
Eclipse of June 8, 1918: Washington
1918
Scope and Contents note
Includes black and white photos.
Box 4, Folder 9-10
Personal
1919 and undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes photos of 1919 trip to European battlefields, loose undated photo "On the
Chicago River", and two unidentified negatives.
Box 4, Folder 11
Eclipse of September 21, 1922: Australia
1922
Scope and Contents note
Includes snapshots of expedition station.