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Title: Frank P. Brackett Collection
Creator:
Brackett, Frank P.
Dates: 1887-1953
Quantity: 7 feet (14 boxes)
Repository:
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library.
800 N. Dartmouth Ave.
Claremont University Consortium
Libraries of the Claremont Colleges
Claremont, California 91711
Abstract: The Frank P. Brackett collection include his manuscript for Granite and Sagebrush and the History of Pomona Valley; documents
about the Belgium Relief Fund; his students' papers, tests, and homework with the syllabi for the classes he taught at Pomona
College; pamphlets written by and about Professor Brackett and the Brackett observatory; meteorological, weather, and sun
observations recorded for the U.S. Weather Bureau at the Brackett Observatory on the Pomona College campus; maps; and catalogs
for astronomical equipment; 52 wood blocks used for an article about astronomy observations.
Collection Number: h2008.3
Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English
Physical location: Special Collections. Honnold/Mudd Library.
This collection is open for research.
Property rights resides with Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. For permission to reproduce or to publish, please
contact Special Collections staff.
[Identification of item], Frank P. Brackett Collection. Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library, Claremont University Consortium.
Gift given from Allison Howell, 2004.
Arranged and processed by Russell Michalak
No additions to the collection are anticipated.
For more information on Frank P. Brackett please refer to the Frank P. Brackett Papers, h073.
Biography of Frank P. Brackett
Dr. Brackett graduated from Dartmouth College in 1887. After he graduated he moved to California. He taught astronomy, mathematics,
and Latin at Pomona College from 1892 to 1932. In 1912, he took a sabbatical. He travelled to Algeria to conduct experiments.
During World War I, he took another leave of absence from teaching, to participate in the Belgium Relief Fund (also known
as the Commission for Belgian Relief. Also, at that time, he worked closely with Captain A. W. Stevens in Los Angeles on the
Selective Service during World War I. Brackett joined the R.O.T.C. at Angel Island, in the San Francisco harbor, during the
1920s. From 1892 to 1932 Dr. Brackett, his colleagues and his students, as well as members of the community observed climatical,
meteorological, and solar observations at the Brackett Observatory on the Pomona College campus for the United States Department
of Agriculture and later the Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collection includes astronomy equipment catalogs; student homework assignments, tests, and syllabi for a couple of courses
from 1926 to 1932 and professional publications; government documents from the U.S. Weather Bureau from 1892 to 1949; scientific
observations of the Leonid meteor, Perseid meteor, and sun spot observations; 52 wood blocks used for an article; a manuscript
about the Brackett Observatory; maps of ranches in Los Angeles County California and celestial maps; catalogs from astronomy
equipment companies; selective service documents from World War I; correspondence between Captain A. W. Stevens and himself;
a biographical history of early pioneers of the Claremont area; lecture and class notes; and World War I documents.
Series 1 Astronomy Equipment Catalogs
Series 2 Pomona College
Subseries 2.1 Astronomy students' homework
Subseries 2.2 Astronomy curriculum
Series 3 Meteor and Solar observations
Subseries 3.1 Leonid and Perseid observations
Subseries 3.2 Solar observations
Series 4 Government documents
Subseries 4.1 Los Angeles Flood Control,
Subseries 4.2 U.S. Agricultural Department, Weather Bureau, Meteorological record, 1893-1945
Series 5 Copper and lead printing blocks
Series 6 Photographs
Series 7 Correspondence
Series 8 Walter T. Whitney
This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms
Brackett, Frank Parkhurst, b. 1865-1951
Watson, Fletcher G. (Fletcher Guard)
Whitney, Walter T.
Pomona College (Claremont, Calif.)
Astronomy
Claremont, California. Climatological publications. Solar energy series
United States Department of Agriculture. Weather Bureau. (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Brackett Observatory (Pomona College, Calif.)
Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories.
astronomy catalogs