Harvard College Observatory.
Harvard College Observatory records, letters of condolence to Edward Charles Pickering regarding the death of Willamina Paton Fleming, 1911.
Consists of 20 letters of condolence addressed to Edward C. Pickering, director of the Harvard College Observatory, following the death of Williamina Fleming in May 1911. The letters from colleagues throughout the United States and abroad recount interactions with Fleming and offer support to Pickering and his staff at the Harvard College Observatory. Selected senders include Jacobus Kapteyn, Luis G. Len̤, Abbott Lawrence Rotch, Henry Norris Russell, Elihu Thomson, and Sarah Frances Whiting.
The Astronomical Observatory was established in 1839, and is now known as the Harvard College Observatory. The Massachusetts stations are in Cambridge and the George R. Agassiz Station (Oak Ridge) in Harvard, Mass.
Fleming, Williamina P., 1857-1911
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919.
Harvard College Observatory.
Women in astronomy
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Kapteyn, J. C. (Jacobus Cornelius), 1851-1922
Len̤, Luis G., 1866-
Rotch, Abbott Lawrence, 1861-1912.
Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957
Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937
Whiting, Sarah Frances
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Harvard University. Archives. Pusey Library. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA