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Hubble (Grace Burke) Correspondence
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Contributing Institution:
The Huntington Library
Title: Grace Burke Hubble correspondence
Creator:
Hubble, Grace Burke, 1889-1980
Identifier/Call Number: mssHubble
Physical Description:
0.25 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1935-1983
Abstract: A collection of material related to
Grace Burke Hubble.
Language of Material: Materials are in
English.
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[Identification of item]. Grace Burke Hubble correspondence, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Anne Crotty, July 2003.
Grace Burke Hubble (1889-1980) was the wife of famed astronomer Edwin Powell Hubble
(1889-1953). The couple first met on Mount Wilson, California, in 1921. They later married
in a private ceremony on February 26, 1924, in Pasadena, California. She passed away in
1980.
This small collection consists primarily of letters from Grace Burke Hubble to Ida Crotty.
Grace writes about her travels throughout Europe, Edwin Powell Hubble's lectures, social
life and daily activities such as fishing. There are quite a few letters where Grace writes
from Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland, in the 1940s. In 1944, she describes obtaining
a clearance from the Rocket Laboratory to ships firing anti-aircraft guns. There is a letter
dated August 4, 1949, after Hubble's heart attack in Colorado, where Grace thanks Ida for
sending him French editions of Vogue, which he enjoys very much while recuperating. The
folder of miscellaneous items contains The Foothill Guide of the California Institute for
Cancer Research membership list, notes, invoices, and a Report of the Library Committee.
Processed by Gina C Giang in 2017; in March 2024, Gayle M. Richardson created the finding
aid.
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.)
Europe -- Description and
travel
United States -- Intellectual life
United States -- Social life and
customs
Letters (correspondence)
Crotty, Ida, 1910-2000
Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953