Descriptive Summary
Title:
George Ellery Hale papers, 1882-1938
Collection number:
Consult repository
Creator:
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Extent:
80 linear feet
Repository:
California Institute of Technology. Archives.
Pasadena, California 91125
Location of Collection:
Boxes 1-147 and addenda (3 boxes) (Personal Papers), California Institute of Technology,
Institute Archives, Pasadena, CA
Boxes 148-173 (Director's Files), Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
Abstract:
This collection documents George Ellery Hale's role in planning and developing major observatories in the U. S., and in founding the California Institute of Technology and the Huntington Library. The collection also illustrates the role Hale took in organizing the National Research Council, and in promoting international cooperation among scientists. Records relating to Hale's work on the spectrohelioscope are also included.
Language:
English.
