Finding Aid for the Edward Williams Morley Family Papers 1828-1922
- Series 1. Sardis Brewster Morley (1804-1889) Letters and Papers
- Series 2. Edward Williams Morley Letters and Papers
- Series 3. Frank Gibson Morley Correspondence with Parents
- Series 4. Treat Family Letters and Papers (Edward Morley's mother's family)
- Series 5. Edward Williams Morley Reprints and Miscellaneous Papers
Series 1. Sardis Brewster Morley (1804-1889) Letters and Papers
Subseries 1. Letters to Sardis Brewster Morley (father of Edward Williams Morley)
Beckwith, B. B. 1829 Feb
Beckwith, B. B. 1830
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Beckwith, B. B. 1831
Beckwith, B. B. 1832
Beckwith, B. B. 1833
Beckwith, B. B. 1834, 1841
Bidwell, W. H. 1832 Jan 26, 1833-1834
Brown, James F. 1829-1830
Bulkley, Hiram 1829-1830
Calhoun, S. H. 1830-1831
Kellogg, Giles B. 1829
Kellogg, Giles B. 1830
Kellogg, Giles B. 1831
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Warner, S. 1830-1831
Miscellaneous letters to Sardis B. Morley
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- Benedict, W. U. 1859
- Lane, James P. 1875
- Root, Marvin 1832
- Stanley, S. M. 1858
- Welles, Henry 1864
Sardis B. Morley, miscellaneous papers on Morley family ca. 1860s, 1887, 1919, undated
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Sardis B. Morley, miscellaneous personal papers 1865-1885, 1889
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Subseries 2. Correspondence of Sardis B. Morley and Anna Clarissa Treat (later Mrs. Morley)
Letters 1830 Mar
Letters 1830 Apr
Letters 1830 May
Letters 1830 Jun
Letters 1830 Sep
Letters 1830 Dec
Letters 1831 Jan
Letters 1831 Feb
Letters 1831 Mar
Letters 1831 Apr
Letters 1831 May
Letters 1831 Jun
Letters 1831 Jul
Letters 1831 Aug
Letters 1831 Oct
Letters 1831 Nov
Letters 1831 Dec
Letters 1832 Jan
Letters 1832 Feb
Letters 1832 Mar
Letters 1832 May
Letters 1832 Jun
Letters 1832 Jul
Letters 1832 Aug
Letters 1832 Oct
Letters 1832 Nov
Letters 1832 Dec
Letters 1833 Jan
Letters 1833 Feb
Letters 1833 Mar
Letters 1833 Apr
Letters 1833 May
Letters 1833 Jun
Letters 1833 Jul
Letters 1833 Aug
Letters 1833 Sep
Letters 1833 Dec
Letters 1834 Jan
Letters 1834 Feb
Letters 1834 Mar
Letters 1834 May
Letters 1834 Jun
Letters 1834 Jul
Letters 1834 Nov
Letters 1835 Mar
Letters 1835 May
Letters 1835 Jun
Letters 1836 Mar
Letters 1836 Jun
Letters 1836 Jul
Letters 1836 Aug [?]
Letters (1) 1837 Apr
Letters (2) 1837 Apr
Letters 1838 Apr
Letters 1839 Sep
Letters 1854 Jul
Letters 1855 Jul
Letters 1855 Oct
Letters 1856 Oct
Letters 1857 Apr, Jun
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Letters 1857 Aug
Letters 1858 Jan
Letters 1858 Feb
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Letters 1858 Mar
Letters 1858 Apr
Letters 1859 Mar-Apr
Letters 1865 Mar
Letters 1865 Apr
Letters 1865 May
Letters 1865 Jun
Letters 1866 Apr
Letters 1866 May
Letters 1866 Jun
Letters 1866 Aug
Letters 1866 Sep
Letters 1866 Oct
Letters 1866 Nov
Letters 1867 Apr
Letters 1867 May
Letters 1869 Nov-Dec
Letters 1871 Oct
Letters 1873 Sep
Letters 1874 Sep
Letters 1875 Oct
Letters 1878 Sep
Letters 1878 Oct
Letters 1878 Nov
Letters 1878 Dec
Letters 1879 Sep
Letters 1880 Oct
Letters (1) undated
Letters (2) undated
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Series 2. Edward Williams Morley Letters and Papers
Subseries 1. Letters to Edward Williams Morley from his family
Letters to Edward at Attleboro 1859 Aug
Letters to Edward at Andover 1861 Sep
Letters to Edward at Andover 1861 Oct
Letters to Edward at Andover 1861 Nov
Letters to Edward at Andover 1861 Dec
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Jan
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Feb
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Mar
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 May
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Jun
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Jul
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Sep
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Oct
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Nov
Letters to Edward at Andover 1862 Dec
Letters to Edward and Lizzie at Andover 1864 Jan
Letters to Edward and Lizzie at Andover 1864 Feb
Letters to Edward at Fort Monroe 1864 Oct
Letters to Edward at Fort Monroe 1864 Nov
Letters to Edward at Fort Monroe 1864 Dec
Letters to Edward in army 1865 Mar
Letters to Edward in army 1865 Apr
Letters to Edward in army 1865 May
Letters to Edward in army 1865 Jun
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1866 May
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1866 Jul
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1866 Sep
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1866 Oct
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1866 Nov
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1866 Dec
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Jan
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Feb
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Mar
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 May
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Jun
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Jul
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Sep
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Oct
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Nov
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1867 Dec
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1868 Jan
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1868 Feb
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1868 Mar
Letters to Edward at South Berkshire Institute, New Marlboro, MA 1868 Apr
Letters to Edward at Twinsburg, Ohio, from parents 1868 Sep
Letters to Edward at Twinsburg, Ohio, from parents 1868 Oct
Letters to Edward at Twinsburg, Ohio, from parents 1868 Nov
Subseries 2. Letters to Edward and Belle Morley (wife) at Western Reserve from parents
Letters 1869 Jan
Letters 1869 Feb
Letters 1869 Mar
Letters 1869 Apr
Letters 1869 May
Letters 1869 Jun
Letters 1869 Sep
Letters 1869 Oct
Letters 1869 Nov
Letters 1869 Dec
Letters 1870 Jan
Letters 1870 Feb
Letters 1870 Mar
Letters 1870 Apr
Letters 1870 May
Letters 1870 Jun
Letters 1870 Aug
Letters 1870 Sep
Letters 1870 Oct
Letters 1870 Nov
Letters 1870 Dec
Letters 1871 Jan
Letters 1871 Feb
Letters 1871 Mar
Letters 1871 Apr
Letters 1871 May
Letters 1871 Jun
Letters 1871 Aug
Letters 1871 Sep
Letters 1871 Oct
Letters 1871 Nov
Letters 1871 Dec
Letters 1872 Jan
Letters 1872 Feb
Letters 1872 Mar
Letters 1872 Apr
Letters 1872 May
Letters 1872 Jun
Letters 1872 Jul
Letters 1872 Aug
Letters 1872 Sep
Letters 1872 Oct
Letters 1872 Nov
Letters 1872 Dec
Letters 1873, May-Jun, Sep
Letters 1874 Jan-Jun
Letters 1874 Sep-Dec
Letters 1883 Feb-Apr
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Letters 1883 May-Jun
Letters 1883 Oct-Nov
Letters 1883 Dec
Subseries 3. Letters to Edward and Belle Morley from his sister Lizzie Morley
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1861 Oct-Dec
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Jan
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Feb
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Mar
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 May
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Jun
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Jul
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Sep
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Oct
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Nov
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1862 Dec
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1863 Jan
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1863 Feb
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1863 Mar
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1863 May
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1863 Jun
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Mt. Holyoke 1863 Jul
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Lexington 1866 Apr-May
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Lexington 1866 Jun-Jul
Letters to Edward from Lizzie at Lexington 1866 Sep-Nov
Letters to Edward and Belle from Lizzie at Pittsfield 1869
Letters to Edward and Belle from Lizzie at Pittsfield 1870
Letters to Edward and Belle from Lizzie at Pittsfield 1874
Subseries 4. Letters to Edward and Belle Morley from his brothers Frank Gibson Morley and John Henry Morley
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1864 Apr, 1865 May-Jun
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Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1865 Sep, Nov-Dec
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1866 Jan-Sep
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1867 Jan-Mar
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1867 May-Dec
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1868 Jan-May
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1869
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Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1870-1871
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1872
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1873
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley 1874
Letters to Edward from Frank Gibson Morley undated
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Letters to Edward in army from John Henry Morley 1864 Aug
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Letters to Edward in army from John Henry Morley 1865 Apr
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Magnolia, Iowa 1866 Dec
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Magnolia, Iowa 1867 Jan-Jun
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Magnolia, Iowa 1867 Jul-Dec
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Magnolia, Iowa 1868
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Magnolia, Iowa 1869 Jan-May
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Sioux City, Iowa 1869 Jun-Dec
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Sioux City, Iowa 1870
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Sioux City, Iowa 1871
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Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Sioux City, Iowa 1872
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Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Sioux City, Iowa 1873
Letters to Edward from John Henry Morley at Sioux City, Iowa 1874
Letters to Edward and Belle from John and Edith at Minneapolis, Minnesota 1895-1896
Letters to Edward and Belle from John and Edith at Minneapolis, Minnesota 1898-1904
Subseries 5. Letters to Edward Morley from Isabella Elizabeth Ashley Birdsall (Belle, later Mrs. Morley)
Letters 1867 Aug-Dec
Letters 1868 Mar-Jun
Letters 1868 Jul-Sep
Letters 1868 Oct-Dec
Letters 1869 Jul-Aug
Letters 1870
Letters 1871 Jan-Mar
Letters 1871 Jul-Aug
Letters 1871, undated
Letters 1872 Jul-Aug
Letters 1873 Jul-Aug
Letters 1874 Jul-Aug
Subseries 6. Edward Williams Morley, miscellaneous correspondence and papers
Letters to Edward from Aunt A. T. P. Treat and Uncle S. B. Treat 1861-1862, 1864, 1868-1869
Letters to Edward from Dio Lewis Oct 1866
Edward Morley holographs: Letter to Belle; letter to his father Sardis B. Morley; statement regarding his father's house in Pittsfield, Massachusetts Aug 1869, undated
Honors: Paper given at American Philosophical Society; honorary degree, University of Pittsburgh; appointment as representative of American Chemical Society--Director of Industrial Preparedness, State of Connecticut 1910, 1914, 1916
Honors: White House reception 1912
Honors: Willard Gibbs Medal, American Chemical Society 1917
Williams College material 1910, 1922
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Letters to Edward and Belle from Frank and Clara Morley (John Henry Morley's children) 1896-1906
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Miscellaneous letters to Edward and Belle Morley 1905, 1922
Series 3. Frank Gibson Morley Correspondence with Parents
Letters 1856, 1858
Letters 1864 Jan-Feb
Letters 1864 Mar-May
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Letters 1864 Jun-Jul
Letters 1864 Aug-Sep
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Letters 1864 Oct-Nov
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Letters 1864 Dec
Letters 1865 Jan-Feb
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Letters 1865, Mar, May-Jun
Civil War letters undated
Letters 1865 Sep-Dec
Letters 1866 Jan-Jul
Letters 1866 Sep-Dec
Letters 1867 Jan-Mar
Letters 1869
Letters 1871
Letters 1872 Jan-Jun
Letters 1872 Jul-Dec
Letters 1873
Letters 1874
Letters 1875
Series 4. Treat Family Letters and Papers (Edward Morley's mother's family)
Two letters of Selah Treat, Anna Clarissa Treat to Morley's father; from Niagara Falls with message from Clarissa to her children attached 1856 Dec, undated
Miscellaneous letters to A. Clarissa Treat Morley 1828, 1830 [?], 1854, 1868
Letters from S. B. Treat (Clarissa's brother) to Sardis B. and A. Clarissa Treat Morley 1834, 1856-1857
Letters from S. B. Treat (Clarissa's brother) to Sardis B. and A. Clarissa Treat Morley 1858
Letters from S. B. Treat (Clarissa's brother) to Sardis B. and A. Clarissa Treat Morley 1859
Letters from S. B. Treat (Clarissa's brother) to Sardis B. and A. Clarissa Treat Morley 1860
Letters from S. B. Treat (Clarissa's brother) to Sardis B. and A. Clarissa Treat Morley 1861
Letters from S. B. Treat (Clarissa's brother) to Sardis B. and A. Clarissa Treat Morley 1862
Letters from S. B. Treat (Clarissa's brother) to Sardis B. and A. Clarissa Treat Morley 1863, undated
Compositions by Anna Clarissa Treat: "The Character of Man," "Religion the only Source of True Fortitude and Dignity of Character," "On the Disadvantages of Novel Reading," "A Description of Monte-Video." "Rules of the North Sabbath School" Hartford, 1829 (printed) 1828, undated
Compositions on religious subjects by Anna Clarissa Treat undated
Series 5. Edward Williams Morley Reprints and Miscellaneous Papers
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Address delivered before the class of 1874-1875 of Cleveland Medical College undated
"Measurements of Möller's Diatomaceen-Probe-Platten," Monthly Microscopical Journal, vol. 14 1876
"On the Probable Error of Micrometric Measurements," American Quarterly Microscopic Journal 1879 Jan
"Remarks on Tables for the Reduction to Zero of the Measured Volumes of Gases," Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 29 (Boston meeting) 1880 Aug
"Method for Accurate and Rapid Analyses of Air," American Chemical Journal, vol. 3 1881-1882
"The Amount of Moisture which Sulphuric Acid Leaves in a Gas," American Journal of Science, vol. 30 1885
"On the Amount of Moisture Remaining in a Gas after Drying by Phosphorus Pentoxide," American Journal of Science, vol. 34 1887
"Über die Menge von Feuchtigkeit, welche nach dem Trocknen mit Phosphorpentoxyd in einen Gase zurückbleibt," Zeitschrift für analytische Chemie, vol. 27 1888
"On the Relative Motion of the Earth and of the Luminiferous Ether," The Sidereal Messenger, vol. 6 (with Albert A. Michaelson [sic: Albert A. Michelson]) 1887 Nov
"On the Relative Motion of the Earth and Luminiferous Ether," American Journal of Science, vol. 34 (with Albert A. Michelson) 1887 Nov
"On the Method for Making the Wave Length of Sodium Light the Actual and Practical Standard of Length," Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies (with Albert A. Michelson) 1888 (read 1887)
"On the Determination of the Atomic Weight of Oxygen," American Chemical Journal, vol. 10 1888
"The Wave Length of Light as a Practicable and a Feasible Standard of Length," The Sidereal Messenger, vol. 8 (with A. A. Michaelson [sic: Albert A. Michelson]) 1889
"On the Feasibility of Establishing a Light-Wave as the Ultimate Standard of Length," American Journal of Science, vol. 38 (with Albert A. Michelson) 1889
"Carbon an Impurity in Hydrogen Affecting Determinations of its Atomic Weight," American Chemical Journal, vol. 12 1890
"Synthesis of Weighed Quantities of Water from Weighed Quantities of Oxygen and Hydrogen Gases," Proceeedings of American Association for the Advancement of Science, vol. 40 1891
"The Volumetric Composition of Water," American Journal of Science, vol. 41 1891
"Jean Servais Stas," Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 14 1892
"Über das Verhältnis des Atomgewichtes von Wasserstoff und Sauerstoff," Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie, vol. 17 1895
"Value of the Atomic Weight of Oxygen," Western Reserve University Bulletin 1895 Apr
"A Completed Chapter in the History of the Atomic Theory," address as retiring president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Proceedings of AAAS, vol. 45 1896
"Über die Dichten von Sauerstoff und Wasserstoff und über das Verhältnis ihrer Atomgewichte, 1. Teil: Über die Dichte von Sauerstoff," Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie, vol. 20 1896
"2. Teil: Über die Dichte von Wasserstoff" 1896
"3. Teil: Über die volumetrische Zusammensetzung des Wassers;" "4. Teil: Synthese des Wassers aus gewogenen Mengen Wasserstoff und Sauerstoff" 1896
"The Velocity of Light in the Magnetic Field," Physical Review, vol. 7 (with Henry T. Eddy and Dayton C. Miller) 1898
"Memoir of William Augustus Rogers, 1832-1898" read before the National Academy of Sciences 1899 Nov
"Are Further Experiments Needed for Determining the Atomic Weight of Oxygen?" Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 22 1900
"A New Gauge for the Measurement of Small Pressures," American Journal of Science, vol. 13 (with Charles F. Brush) 1902
"Note on the Amount of Moisture Remaining in a Gas after Drying with Phosphorus Pentoxide," Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 26 1904
"Alcohometric Tables, for Each Integral Percentage by Weight, and for Each Degree of the Hydrogen Thermometer from 15 o to 22 o," Journal of the American Chemical Society, vol. 26 1904
"Über den Dampfdruck des Quecksilbers bei gewöhnlichen Temperaturen," Zeitschrift für physikalische Chemie, vol. 49 1904
"On the Theory of Experiments to detect Aberrations of the Second Degree," Philosophical Magazine (with Dayton C. Miller) 1905 May
"Report of an Experiment to detect the FitzGerald-Lorentz Effect," Philosophical Magazine (with Dayton C. Miller) 1905 May
"Report on an Experiment to detect the FitzGerald-Lorentz Effect," Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, vol. 41 (with Dayton C. Miller) 1905
"Note sur la quantité d'humidité laissée dans un gaz par son passage sur l'anhydride phosphorique," Journal de Chimie Physique, vol. 3 1905
"On the Densities of Oxygen and Hydrogen and on the Ratio of their Atomic Weights," Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 980 1895
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Obituaries of Frank G. Morley 1875 Aug
Photographs, including laboratory apparatus of Edward Williams Morley undated
Sound wave trace made by phonodeik apparatus: Words spoken by D. C. Miller, "Edward Morley" 1909 May 18
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Sound wave trace made by phonodeik apparatus: Words spoken by D. C. Miller, "Lord Rayleigh" 1909 May 18
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Sound wave trace made by phonodeik apparatus: "Flute" undated
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Sound wave trace made by phonodeik apparatus: "Case School of Applied Science Photograph by D. C. Miller of Sound from a Bell" undated
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