Newcomb, Simon 1835-1909 creator mixed material monographic eng 46,000 145 8 Correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, articles, reviews, commonplace books, financial records, genealogical material, charts, tables, computations, photographs, and other papers reflecting Newcomb's career in astronomy and mathematics, work as president of the Congress of Arts and Science in 1904, Saint Louis, Mo.; authorship of articles for encyclopedias and other publications; and personal and family affairs. Correspondents include Edward Emerson Barnard, Alexander Graham Bell, Lewis Boss, S.W. Burnham, William Wallace Campbell, James McKeen Cattell, George Davidson, Sir David Gill, Daniel Coit Gilman, Benjamin Apthorp Gould, George Ellery Hale, Asaph Hall, George William Hill, Edward Singleton Holden, S.P. Langley, Othniel Charles Marsh, Benjamin Peirce, Edward C. Pickering, T.J.J. See, Otto Struve, Charles D. Walcott, Carroll Davidson Wright, and Newcomb's wife, Mary Hassler Newcomb. Also includes correspondence with the Alvan Clark & Sons, Carnegie Institution of Washington, National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), Smithsonian Institution, and the periodical, Science. Open to research. Astronomer, mathematician, and economist. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Barnard, Edward Emerson 1857-1923 Correspondence Bell, Alexander Graham 1847-1922 Correspondence Boss, Lewis 1846-1912 Correspondence Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley) 1838-1921 Correspondence Campbell, William Wallace 1862- Correspondence Cattell, James McKeen 1860-1944 Correspondence Davidson, George 1825-1911 Correspondence Gilman, Daniel Coit 1831-1908 Correspondence Sir Gill, David 1843-1914 Correspondence Gould, Benjamin Apthorp 1824-1896 Correspondence Hale, George Ellery 1868-1938 Correspondence Hall, Asaph 1829-1907 Correspondence Hill, George William 1838-1914 Correspondence Holden, Edward Singleton 1846-1914 Correspondence Langley, S. P. (Samuel Pierpont) 1834-1906 Correspondence Marsh, Othniel Charles 1831-1899 Correspondence Newcomb, Mary Hassler 1840-1921 Correspondence Peirce, Benjamin 1809-1880 Correspondence Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles) 1846-1919 Correspondence See, T. J. J. (Thomas Jefferson Jackson) 1866- Correspondence Struve, Otto 1819-1905 Correspondence Walcott, Charles D. (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927 Correspondence Wright, Carroll Davidson 1840-1909 Correspondence Newcomb family Alvan Clark & Sons Correspondence Carnegie Institution of Washington Correspondence National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) Correspondence Smithsonian Institution Correspondence Congress of Arts and Science (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.) Correspondence Arts Congresses Astronomy Mathematics Science Congresses Astronomers Economists Mathematicians mm 79034629 Open to research. DLC 790807 20260227111656.0 mm 79034629