Conditions Governing Access
Biographical / Historical
Related Materials
Scope and Contents
Conditions Governing Use
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Institute of Technology Archives and Special Collections
Title: Helen Wright Collection on George Ellery Hale
creator:
Wright, Helen, 1914-1997
creator:
Hale, George Ellery, 1868–1938
Identifier/Call Number: 10175-MS
Physical Description:
6 linear feet
Date (inclusive): 1887–1972
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers by appointment at the Caltech Archives.
Biographical / Historical
Helen Wright, the daughter of George Ellery Hale's colleague Frederick Wright, was born in 1914. The National Academy of Sciences
commissioned Wright to pen the work a biography of Hale 1951, and she published the book, entitled
Explorer of the Universe, in 1966. Six years later, Wright co-authored
The Legacy of George Ellery Hale.
Related Materials
The major collection of related material is the George Ellery Hale Papers, located at Caltech and the Huntington Library and
available on the web at hale.archives.caltech.edu.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of material collected by Helen Wright in the course of writing her 1966 biography of George Ellery
Hale,
Explorer of the Universe. It includes copies of documents which can also be found in the George Ellery Hale Papers, but also documents from other
sources and Wright's transcripts of some handwritten letters, particularly those from Hale to his wife and daughter.
Conditions Governing Use
Unpublished works created by George Ellery Hale are in the public domain and may be reproduced freely. Copyright to works
by others, and to Hale's publications, may be held by their respective creators, those creators' heirs, or their publishers.
If you wish to quote or reproduce such works beyond the extent of fair use, please contact the copyright holder to request
permission.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Astronomical observatories
Spectrohelioscope
Astrophysics
Astrophysicists