Series 1. Colonial Science
Colonial Science: general
General
- John Winthrop
- Cotton Mather
- Increase Mather
- Early astronomical & mathematical work at Harvard and William and Mary
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re:
- Science at Colonial Harvard
- John Winthrop
- Newton
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re:
- Colonial surveying and navigation as applied Science
- Newtonian Scientific influence
- Science and the colonial mind
- Political philosophy of the Declaration of Independence
- 17th c. Science & research at Wilham and Mary.
FEB notes and drafts for articles (AMs/TMs) re: early science at Yale and Columbia (King's College)
- article re: W.S. Johnson, first pres. of Columbia.
- notes re: Science at colonial yale
- notes re: Ezra Stiles, 18thc Yale Newtonian. (see E. S. Mss, Box 1)
- notes articles re: Samuel Johnson, 18th c. pres. of King's College.
Isaac Greenwood, 18th c. Harvard mathematician
- I.G. A Philosophical Discourse concerning the Mutability changes of the Material World. 1731. (photostat)
- I.G. correspondence (photostat)
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re: Newtonian epoch of colonial science: mathematics from FEB article, The Newtonian Epoch in the American Colonies 1636-1738
FEB note (AMs/TMs) re: Winthrop study of the transits of Mercury and Venus (1740-1769)
Count Rumford, American scientist (1753-1814),
FEB notes (AMs) re:
- History of nationalism & experimentism
- J. Winthrop and colonial scientific Thought, esp. at Harvard
- Colonial almanacs
- Cotton Mather
- Thomas Robie (1689-1729)
Cadwallader Colden (1769-1834), biographer and friend of Robert Fulton
- Autographed copy of Philosophical Transactions, 1714.
- Page from the Transactors of the Royal Society of London, v. 49 (1755) w/ CC's letter to P. Collinson describing earthquake in N. Y. (Nov. 13, 1755).
- Photostats of other letters from CC to Collinson.
- Misc. articles and notes re: CC.
- Ms description of CC's Ms copy book.
Science in New York colony page from New York Chronical diagram of Venus' transit (1769)
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re: colonial science, particularly Harvard's role
Articles re: Jeremiah Horrox, minister and astronomer (1619-1641)
Thomas Jefferson
Articles about Jefferson, including FEB's Thomas Jefferson, the Scientist
Transcriptions and photostats of Jefferson letters, FEB notes (AMs) re: Jefferson
FEB correspondence re: copy of a Jefferson portrait
George Washington
Articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reproductions of pictures
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re: Washington as a scientist
Washington, D.C.
- tour pamphlets
- articles re: planning & building
Benjamin Franklin
Misc. articles, photostats of letters, photos of Franklin's scientific equipment, FEB correspondence re: acquisition of Franklin materials
Massachusetts History
Articles & booklets
Lodge, H.C. The Pilgrims of Plymouths 1921
Towne, E.C. Studies in Pilgrim History 1905
Articles & clippings re: Harvard
Joseph Lovering (1813-1892), American scientist
Boston & Science
John Winthrop (1714-1779) and the Colonial Newtonists
FEB's article, The Royal Society of London & its Influence upon Scientific Thought in the American Colonies
- drafts (FEB AMs/TMs)
- related articles
- related correspondence
Science text (AMs) written by Chas. Morton (Colonial Harvard scientist)
- correspondence re: location of Ms.
- FEB transcription of parts of text.
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re: early Harvard tutor
Celestial almanacs: notes and lists
FEB transcription (AMs/TMs) of earliest known catalog of Harvard library 1764
FEB correspondence re: acquisition of Winthrop
FEB drafts (AMs/TMs) of various books & articles re: John Winthrop & David Rittenhos
- The Mathematical Studies of J.W.
- America's first Astronomer, J.W.
- Life & Work of J.W.
- The History of Astronomy in America
- David Rittenhouse (1732-1796) & the American Philosophical Society.
- Notes & Impressions relating to the Tercentenary Celebration of the Birth of Isaac Newton
FEB drafts (AMs/TMs) of America's First Astronomer & the Science of his period, J.W. (1714-1779)
FEB draft (AMs) of History of Astronomy in America
FEB drafts (TMs) of Medical Men in Mathematics, Astronomy, & Physics
Misc. articles re: J.W.
Transcription of J.W.'s, Lecture on Earthquake
Correspondence re: an FEB Winthrop article primarily critiques
Correspondence Phi Beta Kappa
Photos of scientific instruments
FEB notes re: article, Brown University & Benjamin West (Colonial astronomer)
Photostats of printed J.W. matter
- Aberration & Transit of Venus (1769)
- Observations of the Transit of Venus [1765] 2 articles
- Observations of the Transit of Mercury (17--) 2 articles
- Remarks upon a passage in Castilliano's Life of Sir Isaac Newton (1773)
- Correspondence: John Adams & J. W. (1775)
Articles & notes re: colonial science (esp. J.W.), Puritans
Re: J.W. & colonial science
- FEB notes
- newsclippings
- book catalogues
- photos of J.W. descendents, grave, scientific apparatus
J.W. AMs, FEB notes
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re:
- J.W. & colonial science in general
- History of Astronomy in America
Articles re: J.W., early Colonial chemists, medicine
Articles (TMs) by C.A. Browne re: J.W.
Observations of the solar eclipse of by John Fran September 17, 1811
Photostats:
- early printed copy of Euclid
- correspondence of John Clayton, Cadwatha Colden
FEB drafts (TMss) of The History of Astronomy in America 1621-1783
FEB drafts (AMs/TMs) of various works on colonial science, esp. J.W.
FEB drafts (AMs/TMs) of article, History of Harvard Observatory. Other drafts of articles re: modern science, books review
David Rittenhouse
- articles
- matter pertaining to functions of Ritten house Society
Colonial Science: John Winthrop & The Colonial Newtonists John Winthrops LL.D: 1714-1779. Professor of Mathematics & Natural Philosophy, Harvard College, 1738-1779. Folio scrapbook compiled by FEB containing articles, photos, photostats related to JW. (1932),
Series 2. Isaac Newton
Influence of the Principia
FEB's article on James Logan, colonial mathematician & the first to bring Newton's Principia to the colonies
David Rittenhouse & John Ewing
FEB's attempts to determine provenance of an annotated copy of the Principia located at William & Mary. Primarily correspondence
Results of FEB's research re: the William & Mary Principia in the form of notes for lectures
Matter re: location of all copies of Principia in America
FEB tracking down Australian copy of the Principia. correspondence & photostats
Isaac Newton (1642-1727): Bicentenary of his death 1927
FEB drafts (AMs/TMs) of lecture delivered at bicentenary, John Winthrop: America's First Astronomer & the First Critical Disciple of Sir Isaac Newton in the Colonies
Matter re: bicentenary
- programs
- announcements
- plans
- FEB's address
FEB correspondence re:
- securing participant lecturers
- publication of the bicentenary lectures
FEB correspondence with the Williams & Wilkins Company, publishers of FEB's edited work, Sir Isaac Newton stemming from the bicentenary
FEB correspondence primarily re: acquisition of Newton material
Reprint of Newton etching 1831
Isaac Newton & his contemporaries
Newton tercentenary of his birth celebrated by Royal Society, attended by FEB 1946
- clippings
- corresponce
- programs
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) on Newtonian topics
Correspondence of Newton and Edmond Halley, compiled by Eugene Fairfield MacPike. Bibliography, articles, (TMs), and photostats of letters
Mss of Alexander M. Fisher's Study of Gravitation at Yale College 1815-1822
- photostats of Fisher Mss. Selected pages from the William & Mary copy of Principia.
- FEB correspondence w/ Yale library re: Fisher Mss.
FEB notes (AMs) re: Robert Boyle's Sceptical Chemist (1661, 1680 editions)
Book lists: Newton & Kepler works, FEB correspondence with dealers
Short reviews of FEB's compilation of Newton portraits
FEB correspondence re: H. W. Robinson's The Diary of Robert Hooke.. primarily between FEB and Eugene F. MacPike 1672-1680,
FEB notes (AMs) re: Newton's early years
FEB draft of letter describing his Newton Collection (1960)
Photostats of:
- a portion of biography of Benjamin West (1738-1820).
- a letter from a John Winthrop, Jr. to his son at Harvard, 1672.
- description of picture of Winthrop's transit instrument (no picture here).
Isaac Newton & his Forebears
FEB's proposal for translation of S. I. Vavilov's biography of Isaac Newton, including typed copy of portion of that translation
Misc. matter re: Newton (also Galileo, Kepler, Bacon)
- newspaper & magazine clippings
- catalogues of Newtonia
- programs & announcements for exhibition
18th, 19th, & 20th century encyclopedia articles re: Newton
Edmond Halley
- British reviews of Engene F. Mac Pike's, correspondence & Papers of Edmond Halley
- articles by Mac Pike re: E. Halley
Roger Bacon
- misc. articles
- FEB notes
Articles (TMs) by Raymond J. Seeger
- Galilco Pilgrimage
- On the Role of Galileo in Physics
- Imperatives for Peace
Draft (TMs) of Johan Kepler (1571-1630), a Tercentenary Commemoration of his Life & Work. Series of papers prepared under the auspices of the History of Science Society
Bibliography of J. Kepler on index cards
Miscellaneous
Isaac Newton & the History of Science
Isaac Newton and Science in the 17th & 18th century
FEB's bibliographical projects re: Newton & the Principia
- book catalogues
- FEB notes (AMs)
- correspondence & articles by Henry P. Macomber
Drafts (AMs/TMs) of FEB's address: Henry Zeitlinger (1871-1860) & Newton's Library
Articles re: Newton including fascimile of a Philosophical Transactions article by Newton New Theory about Light & Colors (1672),
Photostats of misc. Newton Mss
Historical eclipses
- Fotheringham, J.K. Historical Eclipses (1921)
- Hodgson, J. Account of some Eclipses (photostat of 1704 edition)
- photostat of Ms providing figures re: eclipse of 1707.
- Cushing, Harvey. An Eclipse Observed over Two Centuries Ago. (1925)
McCollex, Grant. The Seventeenth Century Doctrine of a Plurality of Worlds (TMs)
Isaac Newton: miscellaneous
Photostats of Mss by & about Newton
Photostats of misc. Mss, including:
- Jefferson - Franklin correspondence
- William Currie Mss.
FEB articles
- Report of The...Bicentenary of The Death of Sir Isaac Newton.
- The Royal Society of London & its Influence...
- Rufus Lot Green (Stanford Math. Prof., d. 1932)
- Sir William Herschel, 1738 - 1822
- Report of the Work Accomplished in the Various Libraries & Scientific Institutions of London, Cambridge, & Oxford from July 14 to Aug. 20, 1932
Newton portrait negatives
Misc. Newton matter, primarily re: Newton's home
- newspaper article
- magazine articles
- photostat of articles
Photostats of Newton Mss re: music
Photostats of Newton's optical lectures
Isaac Newton / Albert Einstein
Series 3. Albert Einstein
Einstein portraits etc. scrapbook
FEB correspondence re: proposed relativity bibliography
Theory of relativity
- clippings
- articles
- FEB notes
- Einstein obituaries
Einstein & Abbe G Le Maitre (mentor of the Big Bang theory of the creation of universe)
- clippings
- articles
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See (Navy astronomer)
Biographical sketch of T.J.J. See (printed)
Correspondence between T.J.J. See and John Nelson Stockwell (astronomer, 1832-1920) (192-)
Clippings re: T.J.J. See & the Naval Observatory at Mare Island
Certificate given to See by the Accademia di Scienze Lettere ed Arti de'Zelanti 1915
T.J.J. See draft of biographical notice of J.N. Stockwell
Article re: an eclipse by Stockwell
Clippings re: T.J.J. See
Photo of Newton medal awarded to See
Portraits of T.J.J. See
TLS T.J.J. See to a Navy admiral requesting assignment to special post as an advisor in science for Navy General Board (8 Sept 1942)
T.J.J. See notes (AMs) on cosmical mechanics
TLS TJJ See to Prof. Adams, director of Mt. Wilson Observatory, re: See's challenge to Einstein's theory of relativity 18 Feb 1931
T.J.J. See drafts of comet study
Brief Biographical Notice of T.J.J. See (TMs)
T.J.J. See exams (AMs) from Navy training
List of published papers by T.J.J. See 1889-1902
T. J. J. See article drafts (TMs)
T. J. J. See biographical matter & photographs
- Photo of T. J. J. See
- Webb, W. L. Brief Biography & Popular Account of the Unparalleled Discoveries of T. J. J. See
- moon crater photos
- assorted charts.
- photos of scientists
History of T.J.J. See & family, including photographs and printed material
T.J.J. See printed articles
Bound edition of the above
Reprints of various T.J.J. See articles re: astronomy
Reprints of T.J.J. See astronomy articles
T. J. J. See photos
Portraits - personal and scientists
Magazine clippings re: astronomy
Prints of science-related works of art
Prints of Copernicus
T.J.J. See & Kenneth Albert
Record of court martial proceeding (TMs) re: Kenneth Albert 1920
correspondence 1924
correspondence 1925
Correspondence 1926
T.J.J. See correspondence
Letters to T.J.J. See re: Webb's biography
Correspondence from See to W. L. Webb, author of Brief Biography & Popular Account of the Unparalleled Discoveries of T.J.J. See Autumn 1913-Summer 1914
Series 5. Lick Observatory
Pamphlet, magazine descriptions & histories of Lick Observatory
Newspaper clippings, postcards, etc.
Publications & programs of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (centered at Lick)
Lick photographs (mostly portraits) & printed matter
Publications
FEB drafts (TMs) of A Phantasy: Isaac Newton's visit to Lick Observatory (the City of Seven Domes)
FEB correspondence re: Lick and its astronomers
FEB correspondence with Nicholas U. Mayall, Lick astronomer. Also articles by and newspaper clippings about Mayall
Correspondence with Charles Donald Shane, Lick astronomer
Correspondence with Joel Stebbins, Lick astronomer
Correspondence with Ferdinand J. Neubauer, Lick astronomer
Brief biographical sketches and obituaries re: Lick astronomers
Pamphlets re: other observatories
Series 6. FEB and Contemporary Science
FEB notes (AMs) and articles re: astronomy
FEB notes, articles, photos re: spiral nebulae
Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association
George Ellery Hale (1868-1938), American scientist
- articles
- obituaries
Scientist photos, contemporary & historical
FEB's attempt to prepare a biographical sketch of Dr. John L. E. Dreyer, historian of astronomy f 1926
Quaternary celebration of Copernicus' death, FEB's correspondence with various organizations 1943
FEB correspondence with C. K. Bolton of the Library of Boston Atheneum
FEB's showing of Newton art at Stanford Art Gallery (1950)
Clippings of Royce Brier articles re: Soviet Union
Bulletin of the University of Minnesota
List of History of Science Society members
Misc. FEB notes
Note cards evidently used to describe scientific equipment in an exhibit
Computation of the orbit of a comet, by W. J. Hussey 1897
Clippings re: science & astronomy
FEB drafts of reports presented to a History of Science Society meeting Related journal articles. Correspondence with Society 1923
FEB correspondence with the Society re: his proposal for a scientific institute
Articles re: history of science
FEB notes, articles, & correspondence re: astronomical spirals
Dr. Wartensleben, A Basal Error in Chemical Practice (TMs)
Articles (TMs)
- Clark, A. H and L. F. The Background of the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science.
- Rufus, W. Carl. Atmospheric Pulsation of the Stars (1924) and Outline of the Exhibit regarding the Origin of a New Method of Attacking the cepheid problem.
Gravity Research Foundation Awards for essays on gravity, correspondence & articles (TMs) on gravity 1957
International Astronomical Union
- 1961 issues of IAU News Bulletin
- 1961 issues of IAU information bulletins
- programs for various functions
Modern astronomy
American Association for the Advancement of Science (FEB was assistant secretary in the 1920s)
- programs
- reports
- correspondence
FEB's article, History Activities of the USSR Academy of Sciences During the Past Twenty-Five Years, Science99 (1944)
- drafts
- correspondence
FEB notes articles re: history of Harvard
FEB book reviews & notes (AMs)
- Percual Lowell: an After low
- Einstein the Searcher
- Watchers of the Sky
FEB drafts (TMs): Sir William Herschel (1738-1822)
FEB drafts (AMS)
- Outline of Syllabus of Leatures in the History of Science (1910)
- Hegel's Philosophy of History
- An Outline of Modern Naturalistic though with Special Reference to the Philosophy of ernst Haechel.
FEB draft (AMs) of "Wilhelm Ostwold, Scientist Philosopher," magazine articles, other matter 1911
FEB studies (AMs) of the history of cosmogony
Science articles (reprints) re:
- early american science
- contemporary astronomical discoveries
- scientific progress in general
Astronomical papers prepared for the use of the American Ephemeris & Nautical Almanac (Washington, 1912)
Obituaries re: Arthur Compton, physicist
Phi Beta kappa handbook
Clippings re: George Washington University
Portrait of Denison Olmsted (1859)
Address commemorating D. Olmstead (1852)
Misc., partial FEB notes
Obituaries re: W.W. Rouse Ball, English Mathamatician (1850-1925)
Astronomy article reprints by
- Edward S. Holden (1880's)
- W. Carl Rufus (1940's)
- Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Jr (1850)
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society 1900
Florian Cajori (astronomer), including article reprints re: Newton
FEB drafts & correspondence re: his reviews of
- Noyes, Alfred. Watchers of the Sky (N.Y., 1922)
- Hale, G.E. The New Heavens (N.Y., 1922)
- Bailey, S.I. The History & Work of Harvard University, 1832-1927 (N.Y., 1931)
- Wolf, A. A History of Science, Technology, & Philosophy in the 18th Century (N.Y., 1936)
FEB notes & drafts (AMs) re: The Science Exhibit at the Panama Pacific International Exposition Illustrating the Progress of Science in the Last Decade
FEB draft, of The History of Science & its Bearing on Philosophy
Philosophy course
- syllabus
- FEB lecture notes (AMS)
FEB's statistical study, The present status of the Teaching of the History of Science in our Universities, Colleges & Technical Schools
George Washington University midwinter convocation 1928
- correspondence
- news clippings
- info. re: university president C. H. Marria
Misc. news clippings etc.
FEB Newton portfolio project
Display of FEB Newton collection at Stanford 1962
Publication of Marco Polo's travels in 1930s
FEB project involving a history of science mural
Senate proposal for federal support of scientific research
FEB study The Present Status of the Teaching of History in Science...
- correspondence
- drafts
- catalogues
Proposal for an institute for history of science & civilization
History of Science Society
- reports
- projects
Article photostats re: Newton letters
FEB, The Portrait Medals of Sir Isaac Newton
Reprint of Nature article series re: Newton (1927)
Reprints of 40 FEB articles & reviews, many in multiple copies. Broad range of topics in colonial and modern science
A.S. Eddington, astronomer
- article reprints
- clippings
Article re: Halley's comet
Robbins, Frank. The Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford
John Couch Adams, 19th century astronomer
Ritehey, G. W. L'Evolution de l'astrophographie et les grands telescopes de l'avener (1929)
Misc. matter re:
- Samuel E. Morison
- Senator Harry F. Byrd
- Leon Campbell
- Philip Fox
The practical observing of variable stars (1918 pamphlet)
William & Mary Historical Magazine issues 1896, 192-
Sir James Jeans, astronomer
- reprints of articles
- clippings
Reprints and other publications (mostly ISIS)
Series 8. Card Indices
Card index: science & astronomy
Card index: library reference cards
Card index: A - Z
Card index: Brasch Collection
Drafts of FEB's proposed catalogues of Stanford Newton collection
Card index
Series 9. FEB and the Library of Congress
Pamphlets, booklets, programs
Correspondence etc. 1924-1929
Correspondence etc. 1940-1942
Correspondence etc. 1942-1943
Correspondence etc. 1944
Correspondence, etc. 1945-1947, 1951, 1956
Reports, undated
Reports 1924-1929
Reports 1932-1946
Programs and invitations
Information Bulletins
Einstein acquisitions 1944-1945
Correspondence, articles & booklets re: Harriet Wheeler Pierson, Francis Henry Parsons, Herbert Putnam, A.V. Babine, other librarians
Flugel correspondence 1912-1926
Miscellaneous ephemera, notes, photograph
Publications, etc.
Newsclippings
Correspondence by name
Antiquarian and scientific instrument catalogs
- History of science book catalogues
- Catalogues of Scientific equipments some of antiquarian interest:
- Amsler & Wirz, Illustrated Catalogue of Mathematical, Optical, & Philosophical Instruments. Philadelphia, 1855
- Jones, W. and S. A Catalogue of Optical, Mathematical, & Philosophical Instruments (London, 1838
Correspondence with medical doctors, including:
- Henry E. Sigerist (Johns Hopkins): 1931-5
- J.F. Fulton (Yale): 1933-45
- Harvey Cushing (Yale): 1924-35
Pamphlets & articles re: American Association of Variable Star Observers (Leon Campbell, President)
R.C. Archiba, professor at Brown University and fellow member of the History of Science Society 1920s - 1930s
Florian Cajori, math professor at Colorado College & Berkeley 1909-30
Leon Campbell
Carnegie Institute
- programs & invitations
- correspondence
- clippings
Philip Fox, astronomer associated with Adler planetarium (Chicago) 1920s - 1930s
Dr. William A. Lacy, professor at Northwestern University
William C. Lane, librarian at Harvard College
Walter Libby, Carnegie Institute
Eugene F. MacPike member of History of Science Society 1920s-1940s
William D. Morgan, amateur astronomer & friend of FEB 1935-1956
Correspondence with those whose surnames begin with letter N
G. Findlay Shirras, professor of economics, University of Illinois 1940s-1950s
Drafts of FEB biographical sketch of W. Carl Rufus
W. Carl Rufus
Fernando Sanford, head of Stanford Physics Department 1921-1944
George Sarton; editor of Isis 1930s - 1950s
T.J.J. See 1946-1954
David Eugene Smith, History of Science Society, professor of mathematics at Columbia University 1910-1945
Edgar F. Smith (1854-1928) professor of chemistry at University of Pennsylvania - also clippings & articles about EFS
Correspondence re: the Edgar F. Smith collection in the history of chemistry, primarily from Eva V. Armstrong (collection curator) and D. Walter Taggart (also associated with the collection)
Charles Singer, professor of medieval history at University of London
Photo of J.N. Stockwell with a letter from E.A. Stockwell to T.J.J. See
Lynn Thorndike, historian at Columbia University. Offprints and typescript (1910s-1930s)
Miscellaneous mailers & ephemera - Boys Scouts, Philosophical Society, Rittenhouse Astronomical Society, American Geographical Society, etc.
Unitarian Church ephemera
Library of Congress invitations
Chronological correspondence
Undated correspondence
Holiday & birthday cards, mostly undated
Correspondence 1897-1902
Correspondence 1908-1913
Correspondence 1914
Correspondence 1915
Correspondence 1916
Correspondence 1917-1918
Correspondence 1919
Correspondence 1920
Correspondence 1921
Correspondence 1922
Correspondence 1923
Correspondence 1924
Correspondence 1925
Correspondence 1926
Correspondence 1927
Correspondence 1928
Correspondence 1929
Correspondence 1930
Correspondence 1931
Correspondence 1932
Correspondence 1933
Correspondence 1934
Correspondence 1935
Correspondence 1936
Correspondence 1937
Correspondence 1938
Correspondence 1938
Correspondence 1939
Correspondence 1940
Correspondence 1941
Correspondence 1942
Correspondence 1943
Correspondence 1944
Correspondence 1945
Correspondence 1946
Correspondence 1947
Correspondence 1948
Correspondence 1949
Correspondence 1950
Correspondence 1951
Correspondence 1952
Correspondence 1953
Correspondence 1954
Correspondence 1955
Correspondence 1956
Correspondence 1957-1963
Series 11. FEB Memorabilia/Personal
Miscellaneous Brasch reprints, clippings, LOC memos, etc.
Brasch/Stanford ephemera
Stanford ephemera, invitations, correspondence (Alumni Association, Science Association, etc.)
Photographs
- FEB
- FEB's residences
- Scientific equipment
Memorabilia re: Newton, England
Correspondence found by FEB in various commentaries on Newton 1863, 1865, 1905, 1910
Harvard University - articles, clippings, etc.
Harvard University - catalogues, publications, clippings, etc.
- Harvard catalogues (1903, 1930, 1932, 1935)
- Annual Report of Harvard Univ. (1828-8)
- Addresses at the Inauguration of Charles William Eliot as President of Harvard College (Cambridge, 1869)
- alumni bulletins & Harvard graduate magazine
- clippings & articles re: Harvard
- matter re: Harvard pres, C. W. Eliot
University of Chicago publications
Studies in English literature & philology
Series 12. Collection Gems Extracted 8/75
Winthrop, James
- An Attempt to settle the magnitude of the Solar System and the distance of the fixed stars. AMsS, n.d.
- Geometric Method of Finding mean proportionals, AMsI, n.d.
- James Winthrop, 1781 autograph signature.
Acta Eruditorium. reviews of Newton, Leibniz, etc.
Atwater, Noah (senior tutor at Yale)
Copernicus, Nicolaus. Copy of engraving 1654
Pierce, Benjamin (Harvard math professor) fl 1850's
- ALS Pierce to a colleague. Cambridge 1854.
- Photo of Pierce.
Bowditch, Nathaniel
- Addition to the memoir on the Solar Eclipse of June 16, 1806. AMs S.
- Observations on the total eclipse of the Sun of June 16, 1806 made at Salem. AMs S.
- Observations of the Comet - 1807 AMs S.
- Chapter II: On the figure of the earth, AMs S.
- ALS Bowditch to Rev. Joseph Williard. Salem, 1797
- Engraving of Bowditch (1838) from H. I. Bowditch's biography of his father
Perkins, George R. ALS Perkins to N. Bowditch. Boston 1838
Hassler, Ferdinand
- ALS Hassler to Leo Woodbury, Secy. of the Treasury. Washington, 1839
- ALS Hassler to Walter Forward, Secy. of the Treasury. Washington 1842
- ANS Hassler to Secy. of of the Treasury, Washington, 1842
Newcomb, Simon (1835-1909)
- Announcement lectures at John Hopkins University on history of astronomy, 1876-77.
- Outline of a direct and easy method of affecting the development of the pertubative function and its differential coefficient AMs
- Fragmentary lecture notes, AMs
- Engraved portrait Photo
Young, C.A. (Dartmouth) ALS Young to S. Newcomb 1876
Kelvin (Lord) [Sir William Thomas]. AI. C.W. Siemens / with kind regards/ W.T. / Southampton Aug 27, 1882
Unidentified Ms found by FEB in purchased copy of Davidis Gregorii... Astronomiae.... Geneva 1726
Photocopies of 18th c printed matter
Russell, Bertrand application card to History of Science Society, approved 4/20/27 by FEB
Lecat, Maurice (C. E. Louvain) Business card with annotation 1924
Eliot, C. W., TLS 9/28/20 to FEB re: B. Pierce
Whitmore, James ALS 2/22/20 JW (New Haven) to FEB re: B. Pierce
Miscellaneous notes, calculations, typescripts
Series 13. Addenda (Processed 2024)
Brasch outgoing correspondence (accession 1986-085)
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1900-1920
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1921
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1922
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1923
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1924
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1925
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1926
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Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1931
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Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1935
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1936
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1937
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1938
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1939
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1940
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1941
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1942
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1943
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1944
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1945
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1946
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1947
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1948
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1949
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1950
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1951
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1952
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1953
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1954
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1955
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1956
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1957
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1958
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1959
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1960
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1961
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1962
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts 1963
Brasch outgoing correspondence drafts, undated
Brasch correspondence, mostly incoming (accession 1986-085)
Correspondence circa 1906-1910
Correspondence 1911-1913
Correspondence 1914-1916
Correspondence 1917-1920
Correspondence 1921
Correspondence 1922
Correspondence 1923
Correspondence 1924
Correspondence 1925
Correspondence 1926
Correspondence 1927
Correspondence 1928
Correspondence 1929
Correspondence 1930
Correspondence 1931
Correspondence 1932
Correspondence 1933
Correspondence 1934
Correspondence 1935
Correspondence 1936
Correspondence 1937
Correspondence 1938
Correspondence 1939
Correspondence 1940
Correspondence 1941
Correspondence 1942
Correspondence 1943
Correspondence 1944
Correspondence 1945
Correspondence 1946
Correspondence 1947
Correspondence 1948
Correspondence 1949
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Correspondence 1954
Correspondence 1955
Correspondence 1956
Correspondence 1957
Correspondence 1958
Correspondence 1959
Correspondence 1960
Correspondence 1961
Correspondence 1962
Correspondence 1963
Correspondence 1964-1965
Correspondence, papers, articles etc. by name
Bodoni Collection correspondence 1938
C.A. Browne, United States Department of Agriculture
R. Bryan
E.H. De L'Ecluse
Deutsches Museum correspondence circa 1926-1936
Arthur Erickson
Rufus Green material including framed portrait
William F. Henry
History of Science Society
Robert Hooke clippings
Chauncey D. Leake, president of History of Science Society
James Logan material
Charles Morrell letter & paper, other possibly related clippings
Arvid Reuterdahl
Howard Schuyler
T.J.J. See
James Stokly, The Franklin Institute
J. A. Vogelmann
Franklin F. Wolff [Franklin Merrell-Wolff] 1912, 1913, 1917
Society & association meeting ephemera
Newton
Newton ephemera
Johns Hopkins File 7 Program on "Newton, The Man Who Changed the World" 1958-1959
Drafts and notes for Newton bibliography
Newton alchemical manuscript photostats
Astronomy
Yerkes postcards
Brasch bibliography notes etc.
Waldemar Kaempffert - The Zeiss-Planetarium 1933
Harvard images
Armagh Observatory, Ireland
Comet data - George K. Lawton computations
Astronomical Societies (group photographs)
Cartesian Coordinate System Model
Brasch & Newton related articles, press releases, etc.
Correspondence 1938-1941
Correspondence 1942-1943
Correspondence 1944-1945
Correspondence 1946-1948
Annotated typescript drafts of Stanford articles - Memorial Library of Music, Hitchcock east coast library tour report, Van Patten retirement festschrift, etc.
Library of Congress
Reference correspondence circa 1940-1945
Correspondence, memoranda, reports & drafts circa 1939-1945
Booklets, portfolios, other printed material
The American Inventor November 1, 1902 with profile of T.J.J. See
L'Association Russe Pour L'Advancement Des Sciences Phisico-Chimiques, Naturelles Et Biologiques Rapport Aux Congres Internationaux De Moscou Par Anatole Bogdanov [images of Russian scientists]
Superintendents of the Coast and Geodetic Survey portraits
Portraits of Famous Philosophers Who Were Also Mathematicians
A Portfolio of Portraits of Eminent Mathematicians, Edited by David Eugene Smith 1905
A Portfolio of Portraits of Eminent Mathematicians, Edited by David Eugene Smith 1896
Portraits of Eminent Mathematicians, Portfolio 1, Edited by David Eugene Smith 1936
Portraits of Eminent Mathematicians, Portfolio 2, Edited by David Eugene Smith 1938
Portraits of Famous Physicists With Biographical Accounts by Henry Crew 1942
Stradanus "New Discoveries" 1953
Zeichnungen un Tabellen mounted photographs
Solar system maps printed by W. & A.K. Johnston, Edinburgh & London
Mural Paintings Illustrating the History of Mathematics
American Scientists and Inventors (Burndy Library, Connecticut) poster
The Comets Effects: Sun's Variation and Variation of Earthly Phenomena by Mychajlo Oksamytnyj poster
Total Eclipse of the Sun June 8, 1918 from the Painting by Howard Russell Butler (Edward D. Adams, New York))
Photographs, engravings, plates, etc.
Glass plates - Newton-Winthrop Half Tones and Newton slides
Mounted photo of astronomical presentation/meeting, blurry
Astronomy - Discoveries
Astronomy - Photographs of the Heavens
Astronomy - Maps & Diagrams
Astronomy - Instruments
England - Mathematical Bridge Designed by Newton
England - Colsterworth
England - Greenwich Royal Observatory
England - Lincolnshire
England - Westminister Abbey
England - Cambridge, Trinity College
England - Woolsthorpe
Newton Portraits, Sculpture, Death Mask
Newton homes and haunts
Newton portraits [larger]
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. advertisement on board with image of Newton
Larger Newton portraits
Huygens, Christian
Large portrait of Kelvin (Falk Studio, New York 1902)
Piccard, Auguste
Picard, Emile
Plantamour, E.
Poincare, Emile
Poynting, J.H.
Rayleigh, Lord
Rittenhouse, David
Smith, David Eugene [inscribed to Brasch 1932]
Young, Dr. Thomas
Young, Charles Augustus
Young, John Wesley
Miscellaneous portraits, mostly unidentified
Panorama group portraits - American Astronomy Society meetings Cambridge 1918, Harvard Observatory 1933
T.J.J. See photographs, maps and diagrams
Argentina, La Plata National University Observatory 1924
Australia, Melbourne Observatory 1929
Australia, Sydney Government Observatory 1930
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro National Observatory of Brazil
China, Peiping Observatory
Egypt. E.B. Hulbert, Chicago. T.J.J. See, Berlin. HK White, New York [posing on camels in front of the Sphinx] March 14, 1891
France, Paris. Pere Lachaise Cemetery monument of LaPlace
France, Paris Observatory [clipped printed images]
Peru, Argentina
South Africa, Johannesburg Union Observatory
Spain, Cordoba Observatorio Nacional 1868, 1884
T.J.J. See maps and diagrams
T.J.J. See maps and diagrams [unfoldered]
T.J.J. See maps and diagrams
Brasch personal etc.
Brasch school notebooks circa 1894-1915
Brasch school/astronomy notes
Brasch scrapbooks with notes - "Educational Notes Vol.1" & "Astronomy" 1896
Brasch in Library of Congress Bulletins and Quarterly Journal of Recent Acquisitions
Clippings re: Brasch
Sigma Xi
Guggenheim fellowship applications circa 1929-1933
Brasch desk nameplate
Unidentified index
Two bound volumes of Brasch papers & folder of loose reprints
Brasch manuscripts & typescripts
Brasch awards and certificates