Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
George Ellery Hale papers, 1882-1938.
Correspondence and documents (1904-37) relating to Hale's role in planning and developing major observatories in the U. S., including Mt. Wilson, Palomar, Yerkes and Kenwood; in founding the California Institute of Technology and the Huntington Library, in the organization of the National Research Council, and in promoting international cooperation among scientists; correspondence and notebooks (1926-36) relating to Hale's work on the spectrohelioscope; family correspondence, diaries, autobiographical notes, fundraising appeals, and honors. Correspondents include Giorgio Abetti, C. G. Abbot, J. A. Brashear, Gano Dunn, Albert Einstein, E. B. Frost, Herbert Hoover, Sir James H. Jeans, John C. Merriam, A. A. Michelson, R. A. Millikan, Arthur A. Noyes, Ernest Rutherford, Robert S. Woodward, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, California Institute of Technology (1967-1968), International Astronomical Union. Additional donation of a diary written by Hale from the year 1901, with transcription by the donor, Professor Wallace Sargent.
Astrophysicist (stellar spectroscopy). Professor of astrophysics, University of Chicago and director, Yerkes Observatory, 1895-1905; founder and director of the Mount Wilson Observatory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1904-1923.
Abbot, C. G. (Charles Greeley), 1872-1973
Abetti, Giorgio, 1882-1982.
Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920.
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Frost, Edwin Brant, 1866-1935.
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938.
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Jeans, James Hopwood, Sir, 1877-1946.
Michelson, Albert A. (Albert Abraham), 1852-1931
Merriam, John C. (John Campbell), 1869-1945.
Millikan, Robert Andrews, 1868-1953.
Noyes, Arthur A. (Arthur Amos), 1866-1936
Rutherford, Ernest, 1871-1937
Wilson, Edwin Bidwell, 1879-1964.
Woodward, Robert Simpson, 1849-1924.
California Institute of Technology
Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.
International Astronomical Union
Palomar Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory -- Administration.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
National Research Council (U.S.)
Yerkes Observatory.
Astronomy
Astronomical observatories -- Planning -- United States.
Astronomical spectroscopy
Astrophysics
Fund raising.
Scientists -- International cooperation.
Spectrum analysis.
Spectrohelioscope -- Research.
Biography files. aat aat
Diaries lcgft
Notebooks. aat
Astronomers -- Archives.
Astrophysicists -- Archives.
Dunn, Gano, 1870-1953.
Kenwood Observatory.
Palomar Observatory.
AIP-ICOS
California Institute of Technology. Institute Archives. 1201 East California Blvd. (Mail Code 015A-74), Pasadena, CA 91125, USA