Guide to the Frederick E. (Frederick Edward) Brasch Papers , 1745-1963
Guide to the Frederick E. (Frederick Edward) Brasch Papers , 1745-1963
Collection number: M0275
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- Asst. observer, Harvard College Observatory, 1903-1904.
- Computer, Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, CA. 1905
- Asst. at Stanford Library, 1912-16.
- Asst. reference librarian, John Cresar Library, Chicago. 1917-21.
- Reference librarian, James Jerome Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, Minn. 1921-22
- Bibliographic research, National Research Council, Wash., D.C. 1922-3.
- Librarian, Dept. of Terrestrial Magnetism, carnegie Institution, Wash. 1923-4
- Secretary of the history of science section, A.A.A.S. 1920-28.
- Secretary of Isaac Newton commemoration, 192-
- Chief of Scientific Collection, Library of congress. 1925-43.
- Consultant in history of science, 1944-8.
- Consultant in bibliography, Stanford Univ., 1948-67.
- American Assn for the Advancement of Science
- Royal Astronomical Society
- History of Science Society
- International Astronomical Union
- Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- American Astronomical Society
- American Antiquarian Society
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Sigma Xi
- Unitarian Church
- Boxes 2-8. Colonial Science: general
- Boxes 9-13. Colonial Science: John Winthrop and the colonial Newtonists
- Boxes 14-23. Isaac Newton and his contemporaries
- Boxes 24-25. Albert Einstein
- Boxes 26-35. T. J. J. See (Navy astronomey; opposed to Einstein's Theory of relativity)
- Boxes 36-38. Lick Observation
- Boxes 39-54. FEB and his involvement in science: articles, societies, projects, scientist acquaintances
- Boxes 55-72. Card catologues (prepared by FEB)
- Boxes 73-76. FEB and the Library of Congress
- Boxes 77-78. Science catalogs and bills for individual items of Newton collection
- Boxes 79-86. FEB correspondence: specific parties
- Boxes 87-95. FEB correspondence: misc.
- Boxes 96-97. FEB memorabilia
- Boxes 98-99. College catalogues
- Boxes 100-102. Studies in English literature and philology
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Collection gems (extracted 8/75)
Sewall, Stephen, An Oration Delivered at the Funeral of the Hon. John Winthrop. Boston, 1779.
Winthrop, James.
Scope and Content Note
- 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. n.d.
Stiles, Ezra (1727-1795; president of Yale)
Scope and Content Note
Atwater, Noah, (senior tutor at Yale)
Copernicus, Nicolaus. Copy of engraving, 1654.
Pierce, Benjamin. (Harvard Math. Prof., fl. 1850's)
Scope and Content Note
- ALS Pierce to a colleague. Cambridge 1854.
- Photo of Pierce.
Bowditch, Nathaniel
Scope and Content Note
- 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 mode 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.
Scope and Content Note
- 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)
Scope and Content Note
- 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.
American Academy of Sciences. Founding articles, Aug 15, 1865.
Boyle, R.O. Several letters to/from. 1679-85.
The First Book of Euclid's Elements
Scope and Content Note
Misc photocopies of 18 th c printed matter.
Rouse-Ball, W. W. Newton's Principles.
Russell, Bertrand. Application card to History of Science Society. Approved 4/20/27 by FEB.
Poincare, Excerpts from address on the future of mathematics. 1908.
Holden, Edwards. (Lick Observatory) Memorandum on the Preparation of a Catalogue from the Washington Zones, 1846-50. Lick Obs., 1896.
Erick, John Francis (1791 -).Biographical article (fragment).
Lecat, Maurice (C. E. Louvain) Business card w/annot. 1924
Cajori, Florian (univ. of Calif., Berkeley) A Century of American Geodesy HSS mtg, Durham, 1929.
Eliot, C. W., TLS 9/28/20 CWE (Mainc) to FEB re: B.Pierce.
Whitmore, James ALS 2/22/20 JW (New Haven) to FEB ve: B. Pierce.
Johnson (Senator) Ms draft of statement re: Naval observatory deterioration of standards [1948?]Fragment.
de Bois-Raymond, Paul. Extract of an address at Tubingen 1874.
Colonial Science: general
Scope and Content Note
- John Winthrop
- Cotton Mathev
- Increase Mathev
- Early astronomical & mathematical work at Harvard and William and Mary.
Colonial Science: general
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re:
Scope and Content Note
- Science at Colonial Harvard
- John Winthrop
- Newton
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re:
Scope and Content Note
- 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)
Scope and Content Note
- 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.
Matter re: Isaac Greenwood, 18th c Harvard mathematician
Scope and Content Note
- 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 1636-1738.FEB article, The Newtonian Epoch in the American Colonies
FEB note (AMs/TMs) re: Winthrop study of the transits of Mercury and Venus (1740-1769)
Matter re: Count Rumford (1753-1814),American Scientist
FEB notes (AMs) re:
Scope and Content Note
- History of nationalism & experimentism
- J. Winthrop and colonial scientific Thought, esp. at Harvard
- Colonial almanacs
- Cotton Mather
- Thomas Robie (1689-1729)
Colonial Science: general
Matter re: Cadwallader Colden (1769-1834), biographer and friend of Robert Fulton
Scope and Content Note
- 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.
Matter re: science in New York colony page from New York Chronical (1769)diagram of Venus' transit.
Bowdoin, James. ALS (1764)describing and illustrating telescope improvements
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re: colonial Science, particularly Harvard's role.
Articles re: Jeremiah Horrox (1619-1641)minister and astronomer.
Colonial science: matter re: Thomas Jefferson
Misc. articles about Jefferson, including FEB's, Thomas Jefferson, the Scientist.
a) Transcriptions and photostats of some Jefferson letters
b) FEB notes (AMs) re: Jefferson
c) FEB correspondence re:
Scope and Content Note
- various Jeffersonian functions
- acquisition of Jefferson materials
* Copy of a Jefferson portrait
Colonial Science: matter re: George Washington
Misc. articles, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reproductions of pictures
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re: Washington as a scientist.
Matter re: the city of Washington
Scope and Content Note
- tour pamphlets
- articles re: planning & building
Journal of American History 4: 1 (1910)
Scope and Content Note
Colonial Science: matter re: Benjamin Franklin
Misc. articles, photostats of letters, photos of Franklin's scientific equipment, FEB correspondence re: acquisition of Franklin materials.
Colonial Science: matter re: Massachusetts history
Misc. articles & booklets
a) Lodge, H.C. The Pilgrims of Plymouths. (1921)
b) Towne, E.C. Studies in Pilgrim History (1905)
Misc. articles & clippings re: Harvard
a) Matter re: Joseph Lovering (1813-1892), American Scientist.
b) Boston & Science
Colonial Science: John Winthrop (1714-1779) and the colonial Newtonists
Matter re: FEB's article, The Royal Society of London & its Influence upon Scientific Thought in the American Colonies.
Scope and Content Note
- drafts (FEB AMs/TMs)
- related articles
- related correspondence
Matter re: a science text (AMs) written by Chas. Morton (Colonial Harvard Scientist)
Scope and Content Note
- correspondence re: location of Ms.
- FEB transcription of parts of text.
a) FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re: early Harvard tutor
b) Matter re: celestial almanacs: notes and lists.
FEB transcription (AMs/TMs) of earliest know catalogue of Harvard library, 1764
FEB correspondence re: acquisition of Winthrop
Colonial Science: John Winthrop and the colonial Newtonists
FEB drafts (AMs/TMs) of various books & articles re: John Winthrop & David Rittenhos
Scope and Content Note
- 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.
a) Misc. articles re: J.W.
b) transcription of J.W.'s, Lecture on Earthquake
a) correspondence re: an FEB Winthrop article primarily critiques
b) misc. correspondence W/ Phi Beta Kappa
c) photos of scientific instruments
FEB notes re: article, Brown University & Benjamin West (Colonial astronemer).
Colonial Science: John Winthrop & the colonial Newtons
Photostats of printed J.W. matter.
Scope and Content Note
- 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)
Photostats of printed J.W. matter.
Scope and Content Note
- An Account of a Meteor (1760)
- An Account of an Earthquake... (1755)
- Transit of Mercury (1742)
- Letter to the Boston Gazette (1756)
- Letter from Cromwell Mortimer to J.W. (1741)
Articles & notes re: colonial science (esp. J.W.), Puritans.
Matter re: J.W. & colonial science
Scope and Content Note
- FEB notes
- newsclippings
- book catalogues
- photos of J.W. descendents, grave, scientific apparatus
* a) J.W. AMss.
b) FEB notes
a) FEB notes (AMs/TMs) re:
Scope and Content Note
- J.W. & colonial science in general
- History of Astronomy in America
b) Misc. articles re: J.W., early colonial chemists medicine.
c) articles (TMs) by C.A. Browne re: J.W.
* d) Observations of the solar eclipse of Sept. 17 1811by John Fran.
Colonial Science: John Winthrop & the Colonial Newtonists
Photostats:
Scope and Content Note
- 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 be colonial science, esp. JW
FEB drafts (AMs/TMs) of article, History of Harvard Observatory. Other drafts of articles are: modern science, books review;,
Matter re: David Ritten house:
Scope and Content Note
- articles
- matter pertaining to functions of Ritten house Society
Matter re: David Ritten house (1732-96):
Scope and Content Note
- FEB draft (TMs) of article, D. R. & his contemporaries in The Royal Society of London.
- article from Science News Letter, 1932
- matter re: Walter Minto, math. prof. at Princeton (1787-96: contemporary of Rittenhouse).
- FEB notes (AMs)
- photostats of letters
- Minto Ms Leaf
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 (1932),containing articles, photos, photostats related to JW.
Isaac Newton: the influence of the Principia
a) Matter re: FEB's article on James Logan, colonial mathematician & the first to bring Newton's Principia to the colonies.
b) Matter re: David Rittenhouse & John Ewing.
Matter re: FEB's attempts to determine provenance of an annotated copy of the Principia, located at William & Mary. Primarily correspondence.
a) Results of FEB's research re: the William & Mary Principia in the form of notes for lectures.
b) Matter re: location of all copies of Principia in America.
Matter re: FEB's tracking down of an 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
Scope and Content Note
- programs
- announcements
- plans
- FEB's address
FEB correspondence re: Bicentenary, re:
Scope and Content Note
- securing participant lecturers
- publication of the bicentenary lectures
FEB correspondence w/ the Williams & Wilkins Company, publishers of FEB's edited work, Sir Isaac Newton, stemming from the bicentenary.
a) FEB correspondence primarily re: acquisition of Newton material.
* b) reprint of Newton etching, 1831.
Isaac Newton & his contemporaries
Matter re: Newton Tercentenary (of his birth) celebrated by Royal Society in 1946, &attended by FEB.
Scope and Content Note
- clippings
- corresponce
- programs
FEB notes (AMs/TMs) on Newtonian topics, perhaps from Tercentenary.
Matter re: correspondence of Newton and Edmond Halley, compiled by Eugene Fairfield MacPike. Bibliography, articles, (TMs), and photostats of letters.
Matter re: Mss of Alexander M. Fisher's Study of Gravitation at Yale College, 1815-1822.
Scope and Content Note
- photostats of Fisher Mss. Selected pages from the William & Mary copy of Principia.
- FEB correspondence w/ Yale library re: Fisher Mss.
a) FEB notes (AMs) re: Robert Boyle's Sceptical Chemist (1661, 1680 editions).
b) book lists: Newton & Kepler works. FEB correspondence w/ dealers
c) short reviews of FEB's compilation of Newton portraits
d) FEB correspondence re: H. W. Robinson's The Diary of Robert Hooke... 1672-1680,primarily btwn FEB and Eugene F. MacPike
e) FEB notes (AMs) re: Newton's early years
f) FEB draft of letter describing his Newton Collection (1960)
Misc. photostats of:
Scope and Content Note
- 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 and his forbears
Matter re: 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)
Scope and Content Note
- newspaper & magazine clippings
- catalogues of Newtonia
- programs & announcements for exhibition
* Selection of 18th, 19th, & 20th century encycloped articles re: Newton
Matter re: Edmond Halley
Scope and Content Note
- British reviews of Engene F. Mac Pike's, correspondence & Papers of Edmond Halley
- articles by Mac Pike re: E. Halley
Matter re: Roger Bacon
Scope and Content Note
- misc. articles
- FEB notes
Articles (TMs) by Raymond J. Seeger
Scope and Content Note
- 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. A series of papers prepared under the auspices of the History of Science Society.
Bibliography of J. Kepler on index cards
Misc. matter
Isaac Newton & the History of Science
Scope and Content Note
Isaac Newton & the History of Science
Scope and Content Note
Isaac Newton & the History of Science
Scope and Content Note
Isaac Newton and Science in the 17th & 18th century
Matter re: FEB's bibliographical projects re: Newton & the Principia.
Scope and Content Note
- 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.
Misc. articles re: Newton including fascimile of a Philosophical Transactions article by Newton (1672), New Theory about Light & Colors
Photostats of misc. Newton Mss
Matter re: historical eclipses
Scope and Content Note
- 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: misc.
Photostats of Mss by & about Newton
Photostats of misc. Mss, including:
Scope and Content Note
- Jefferson - Franklin correspondence
- William Currie Mss.
FEB articles
Scope and Content Note
- 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 bibliography
Isaac Newton / Albert Einstein
Misc. Newton matter, primarily re: Newton's home
Scope and Content Note
- newspaper article
- magazine articles
- photostat of articles
Photostats of Newton Mss re: music
Photostats of Newton's optical lectures
Newton portrait negatives
Einstein portraits
Albert Einstein
a) FEB correspondence re: proposed relativity bibliography
Matter re: theory of relativity
Scope and Content Note
- clippings
- articles
- FEB notes
- Einstein obituaries
Albert Einstein
Misc Matter re: Einstein & Abbe G Le Maitre (mentor of the Big Bang theory of the creation of universe)
Scope and Content Note
- clippings
- articles
Thomas Jefferson Jackson See (Navy astronomer)
a) biographical sketch of T.J.J. See (printing)
b) correspondence btwn T.J.J. See and John Nelson Stockwell (astronomer, 1832-1920) apparently re: See's proposed biography of Stockwell. correspondence continues after latter's death with other Stockwell family members (E.A. and J.W.) re: the project, copy of finished product: Histories Notice of John Nelson Stockwell of Cleveland (192-)
a) Misc. clippings re: T.J.J. See & the Naval Observatory at Mare Island.
b) Certificate given to See by the Accademia di Scienze Lettere ed Arti de'Zelanti, 1915.
a) T.J.J. See draft of biographical notice of J.N. Stockwell.
b) article re: an eclipse by Stockwell.
a) clippings re: T.J.J. See
b) photo of Newton medal awarded to See
Portraits of T.J.J. See
a) TLS (8 Sept 1942)T.J.J. See to a Navy admiral requesting assignment to special post as an advisor in science for Navy General Board.
b) T.J.J. See notes (AMs) on Cosmical mechanics
c) TLS (18 Feb 1931)TJJ See to Prof. Adams, director of Mt. Wilson Observatory, re: See's challenge to Einstein's theory of relativity
d) T.J.J. See drafts of comet study
T.J.J. See: printed articles
Reprints of T.J.J. See article series, New Theory of the Aether.
Bound edition of the above.
Reprints of various T.J.J. See articles re: astronomy
T.J.J. See: printed articles
Scope and Content Note
T.J.J. See
a) Brief Biographical Notice of T.J.J. See (TMs)
b) T.J.J. See exams (AMs) from Navy training.
c) List of published papers by T.J.J. See (1889-1902).
T. J. J. See article drafts (TMs)
T. J. J. See biographical matter
Scope and Content Note
- 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
Photographic history of T.J.J., See & family
T. J. J. See: photos Framed photos (or prints) of:
Scope and Content Note
- David Starv Jordon (original photo)
- Ben Franklin (print)
- S. Newcomb (print)
T. J. J. See: photos
photos, prints, maps, charts of geological phenomena
Photos & prints of astronomical equipment & phenomena.
Photos & prints of scientists, including: Charles Darwin, Champ Clark, George H. Darwin, * J. N. Stockwell (1868),Cadwallader Coldon, William Herschel, Isaac Barrow, Edmond Halley, A. A. Michelson, various See family members.
Photos continued: * Richard Brayar, * Stanford graduates of 1900, * Addie L. Hamilton & Bertha Mary shaw (class of 1901), Cornelius Bol, Franklin Wolff, Edwin Hubble, Léon Foucault, Isaac Newton Frederick E. Wright, Ainsworth R. Spoffor
Prints of Copernicus
Prints of science-related works of art.
T.J.J. See: printed articles
Reprints of T.J.J. See astronomy articles
Letters to T.J.J. See re: Webb's biography (see B29-F3)
T.J.J. See & Kenneth Albert
Scope and Content Note
Arrangement
Record of court martial proceeding (TMs) re: Kenneth Albert.
correspondence: 1924
correspondence: 1925
correspondence: 1926
T.J.J. See: correspondence
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.
Lick Observatory
Pamphlet, magazine descriptions & histories of Lick Observatory
Newspaper clippings re: Lick Obs.
Publications & programs of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (centered at Lick Obs.,)
Lick Observatory
Photos & printed matter re: Lick Obs. astronomer
a) Photos of Lick Obs.
b) Astronomical photos
a) Publications re: Lick Obs.
b) Publications by Lick Obs. astronomers
Matter re: American Astronomical Society
FEB drafts (TMs) of A Phantasy: Isaac Newton's visit to Lick Observatory (the City of Seven Domes).
FEB correspondence re: Lick Obs. and its astronomers.
Lick Observatory
FEB correspondence with Nicholas u. Mayall, Lick Obs. astronomer. Also articles by, and newspaper clippings about, Mayall.
Ditto re: Charles Donald Shane, Lick Obs. astronome
Ditto re: Joel Stebbins, Lick Obs. astronomer
Ditto re: Ferdinand J. Neubauer, Lick Obs. astronomer
Brief biographical sketches and obituaries re: Lick Obs. astronomers
Pamphlets re: other observatories
FEB and contemporary science
Misc. FEB notes (AMs) and articles re: astronom
FEB notes, articles, photos re: spiral nubulae
Matter re: the Nantucket Maria Mitchell Assn
Photos of Scientists, including: George Sarton, Henry Lerew, R.C. Archibald, Edgar F. Smith, Charles Albert Brown, W. Carl Rufus, George Ellery Hale
Matter re: George Ellery Hale (1868-1938), American scientist
Scope and Content Note
- articles
- obituaries
Misc. scientist photos, contemporary & historical.
Matter re: William Bond & the chronometer
Note
FEB and contemporary science
Matter re: FEB's attempt to prepare a biographical sketch of Dr. John L. E. Dreyer, historian of astronomy (f 1926).
Matter re: quaternary celebration of Copernicus' death (1943).Particulary FEB's correspondence w/ various involved organizations
a) FEB correspondence with C. K. Bolton of the Library of Boston Atheneum
b) Matter re: FEB's showing of Newton art at Stanford Art Gallery (1950)
c) Clippings of Royce Brier articles re: Soviet Union
d) Bulletin of the Univ. of Minnesota
e) List of History of Science Society members
f) Misc. FEB notes
Note cards evidently used to describe scientific equipment in an exhibit
* Computation of the orbit of a comet, 1897by W. J. Hussey.
Misc. clippings re: modern scientific discoveries
FEB and Contemporary Science
Journal articles re: the Royal Society
Drafts (TMs) of The Exponential Theory of Gravitation by A. J. Schneiderov. Correspondence btwn Schneiderov and FEB re: submission of article to the American Philosophical Society
Matter re: Sir Oliver Lodge, scientist
Scope and Content Note
- newspaper clippings.
- articles by Lodge.
Matter re: Harry Elmer Parnes, scientist
Matter re: American Astronomical Society
Scope and Content Note
- photo of members
- notes
FEB and Contemporary Science
FEB drafts of reports presented to a History of Science Society meeting (1923.)Related journal articles. Correspondence with Society.
FEB correspondence with the Society re: his proposal for a scientific institute sponsored
Misc. articles re: history of Science
FEB notes, articles, & correspondence re: astronomical spirals
Dr. Wartensleben, A Basal Error in Chemical Practice (TMs).
Articles (TMs)
Scope and Content Note
- 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.
a) Matter re: 1957Gravity Research Fndn. Awards for essays on gravity.
b) Correspondence & articles (TMss) on gravity
Matter re: International Astronomical Union
Scope and Content Note
- 1961 issues of IAU News Bulletin
- 1961 issues of IAU information bulletins
- programs for various functions
Misc. matter re: modern astronomy
FEB and Contemporary Science
Matter re: American Assn. for the Advancement of Science (of which FEB was assistant secretary in the 1920's)
Scope and Content Note
- programs
- reports
- correspondence
FEB and Contemporary Science
Papers of George k. Lawton (astronomer), including charts of orbit of satellites.
FEB and Contemporary Science
Matter re: FEB's article, History Activities of the USSR Academy of Sciences During the Past Twenty-Five Years, Science 99 (1944)
Scope and Content Note
- drafts
- correspondence
FEB notes articles re: history of Harvard
a) FEB book reviews (AMs)
Scope and Content Note
- Percual Lowell: an After low
- Einstein the Searcher
- Watchers of the Sky
b) FEB notes (AMs)
Scope and Content Note
- select bibliography for outline of science
- Copernicus address
FEB drafts (TMs): Sir William Herschel (1738-1822).
FEB drafts (AMS):
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- 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 (1911).also magazine articles other matter re: the same.
FEB studies (AMs) of the history of cosmogony
FEB & Contemporary Science
Misc. science articles (reprints) re:
Scope and Content Note
- early american science
- contemporary astronomical discoveries
- scientific progress in general
Stephen Alexander, Statement & exposition of Certain Harmonies of the Solar System (Washington, 1875)
Astronomical papers prepared for the use of the American Ephemeris & Nautical Almanac (Washington, 1912)
a) Obituaries re: Arthur Compton, physicist
b) Phi Beta kappa handbook
c) Clippings re: George Washington University
* a) Portrait of Denison Olmsted (1859)
* b) Address commemorating D. Olmstead (1852)
c) Misc., partial FEB notes
FEB & Contemporary Science
Obituaries re: W.W. Rouse Ball, English Mathamatician (1850-1925)
Misc. astronomy article reprints by
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- Edward S. Holden (1880's)
- W. Carl Rufus (1940's)
- Benjamin Apthorp Gould, Jr (1850)
Transactions of the American Mathematical Society, 1 (1900)
Matter re: Florian Cajori (astronomer), including article reprints re: Newton
FEB & Contemporary Science
FEB drafts & correspondence re: his reviews of
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- 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 P.P.I. Exposition Illustrating the Progress of Science in the Last Decade.
FEB draft, of The History of Science & its bearing on Philosophy.
Matter re: a philosophy course:
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- syllabus
- FEB lecture notes (AMS)
Matter re: FEB's statistical study, The present status of the Teaching of the History of Science in our Universities, Colleges & Technical Schools.
Matter re: George Washington University midwinter convocation, 1928
Scope and Content Note
- correspondence
- news clippings
- info. re: university president C. H. Marria
Misc. news clippings
FEB & Contemporary Science
Matter re: FEB's Newton portfolio project
Matter re: display of FEB Newton collection at Stanford, 1962.
Matter re: the publication of Marco polo's travels in 1930's
Matter re: FEB's project involving a history of science mural
Matter re: Senate proposal for federal support of scientific research
FEB and Contemporary Science
Matter re: FEB's study The Present status of the Teaching of history in Science... (see also B48, F6-10)
Scope and Content Note
- correspondence
- drafts
- catalogues
Matter re: proposal for an institute for history of science & civilization
Misc. matter re: History of Science Society
Scope and Content Note
- reports
- projects
FEB and Contemporary Science
a) Article photostats re: some Newton letters.
b) FEB, The Portrait Medals of Sir Isaac Newton
c) Reprint of Nature (1927)article series re: Newton
Reprints of 40 FEB articles & reviews, many in multiple copies. Broad range of topics in colonial and modern science
FEB and Contemporary Science
Matter re: A.S. Eddington, astronomer.
Scope and Content Note
- article reprints
- clippings
a) Article re: Halley's comey
b) Robbins, Frank. The Radcliffe Observatory, Oxford.
Matter re: John Couch Adams, 19th cent. astrom
Ritehey, G. W. L'Evolution de l'astrophographie et les grands telescopes de l'avener (1929)
Misc. matter re:
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- Samuel E. Morison
- Senator Harry F. Byrd
- Leon Campbell
- Philip Fox
a) The practical observing of variable stars (1918 pamphlet)
b) William & Mary Historical Magazine, 1896, 192-issues.
FEB and Contemporary Science
Matter re: Sir James Jeans, astronomes
Scope and Content Note
- reprints of articles
- clippings
FEB and Contemporary Science
Scope and Content Note
- Misc. issues of ISIS (science journal), 1948, 1949, 1961-3.
- Tijdschrift voor Economie, 3 (1960)
- Briggs, W.D. Dr. Flügel as a Scholar
- Kansan - Taloudellinen Aikakauskirja, 4 (1959)
- reprints of articles on English grammar, philology
Card index: science & astronomy
Card index: Science & astronomy
Card index: library reference cards
Card index: A - Z
Card index: Brasch Collection
Card index: drafts of FEB's proposed catalogues of Stanford Newton collection.
Card index
Card index
FEB and the Library of Congress
Pamphlets & booklets re: LC
Scope and Content Note
- library guides
- commemorations of librarians
- exhibit catalogues
Matter re: Harriet Wheeler Pierson, friend of FEB at LC:
Scope and Content Note
- correspondence (HWP to FEB)
- HWP articles re: LC.
FEB & the Library of Congress
LC material (mid-1920s to mid-1940s):
Scope and Content Note
- annual reports of Smith division
- misc. correspondence
- pamphlets & articles re: LC
- news clippings re: LC, esp. obituaries
- programs & invitations re: LC functions
* speech of Mr. Bell of Tennessee on the message of the President of the U.S. delivered in House of Representatives, Dec. 26, 1838.
Science Catalogues
Scope and Content Note
- 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
Newton collection bills
Bills for items acquired by FEB for Newton collection, Includes
Scope and Content Note
- book orders
- correspondence with dealers
FEB correspondence
a) correspondence from Leon Campbell
b) Pamphlets & articles re: American Assn. of Variable Star Observers (Leon Campbell, President)
Matter re: Carnegie Institute
Scope and Content Note
- programs & invitations
- correspondence
- clippings
correspondence with Edgar F. Smith (1854-192-) prof. of chemistry at Univ. of Penn. 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)
FEB correspondence
correspondence (1909-30)with Florian Cajori, math. prof. at Colorado College & Berkeley.
correspondence (1921-1944)with Fernando Sanford, head of Stanford physics dept.
correspondence with medical doctors, including:
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- Henry E. Sigerist (Johns Hopkins): 1931-5
- J.F. Fulton (Yale): 1933-45
- Harvey Cushing (Yale): 1924-35
a) correspondence (1946-54)with T.J.J. See
* b) Photo of J.N. Stockwell with a letter from E.A. Stockwell to T.J.J. See. (see B26, F1)
correspondence (1935-56)with William D. Morgan, amateur astronomer & friend of FEB
FEB correspondence
Corres. (1930s - 1950s)with George Sarton; editor of Isis.
Corres. (1920s - 1930s)with R.C. Archiba prof. at Brown Univ. and fellow member of the History of Science Society.
Corres. (1920s - 1930s)with prof. Philip Fox, astronomer assoc. with Adler planetarium (Chicago).
Corres. with those whose surnames begin with letter N.
Corres. (1920s - 1940s)with Eugene F. MacPike member of History of Science Society.
Corres. (1940s - 1950s)with G. Findlay Shirras, prof. of economics, Univ. of Illinois.
FEB correspondence
Drafts of FEB biographical sketch of W.
Corres. with W. Carl Rufus
Misc. FEB Corres.
FEB correspondence
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FEB correspondence
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FEB correspondence
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FEB correspondence
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FEB correspondence
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- Christmas cards
- Unitarian Church matter
FEB correspondence
Scope and Content Note
- Christmas cards
- Corres. re: library positions, acquisition of science materials (1910s-1930s)
FEB Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
FEB correspondence
Corres. (1927-8)
Corres. (1931)
FEB correspondence
Corres. (1938-41)
Corres. (1941)
FEB correspondence
Corres. (1939-42)
Corres. (1939-45)
FEB correspondence
Corres, (1910s-1940s)
Corres. (1910s-1920s)
Corres (1910s-1930s)with Lynn Thorndike historian at Columbia.
FEB Memorabilia
Misc. memorabilia
Photos:
Scope and Content Note
- FEB
- FEB's residences
- Scientific equipment
Memorabilia re: England (esp. postcards)
* correspondence (1863, 1865, 1905, 1910)found by FEB in various commentaries on Newton's
FEB Memorabilia
Scope and Content Note
- photo of Parthenon
- prints of early Harvard
College Catalogues: Harvard
Scope and Content Note
- 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
College Catalogues: William & Mary Univ.
Scope and Content Note
- William & Mary catalogues (1895, 1837, 1909, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1935, 1950)
- Articles re: Virginia
- Univ. of Chicago catalogues
Studies in English Literature & Philology
Scope and Content Note
- Tudor / Stuart literature
- English linguistics & Philology
- Science articles (e.g., Milton the Telescope)