Asaph Hall
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Manuscript Division staff
Revised by Karen
Linn Femia
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2008
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Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2008
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008080
Title: Asaph Hall Papers
Span Dates: 1837-1983
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1860-1920)
ID No.: MSS24505
Creator:
Hall, Asaph,
1829-1907
Extent: 1,000
items;
7 containers plus 1 oversize;
3.8 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Astronomer.
Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, writings, scientific notebooks,
biographical material, family papers, printed matter, photographs, and other
papers relating to astronomers Asaph Hall (1829-1907) and his son, Asaph Hall
(1859-1930). Documents the career of Asaph Hall (1829-1907) at the United
States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. and to his discovery of the moons of
Mars.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Bell,
Alexander Graham, 1847-1922--Correspondence.
Clark,
Alvan, 1804-1887--Correspondence.
Gould,
Benjamin Apthorp, 1824-1896--Correspondence.
Hall
family.
Hall,
Asaph, 1800-1842 or 3--Correspondence.
Hall,
Asaph, 1829-1907.
Hall,
Chloe Angeline Stickney, d. 1892--Correspondence.
Hall, Mary
Estella Cockrell--Correspondence.
Marsh,
Othniel Charles, 1831-1899--Correspondence.
Struve,
Hermann, 1854-1920--Correspondence.
Organizations
United
States Naval Observatory.
Subjects
Astronomical
observatories--Washington (D.C.)
Astronomy.
Locations
Mars
(Planet)--Satellites.
Related Names
Hall, Asaph, 1859-1930.
Asaph Hall papers.
Occupations
Astronomers.
Educators.
Provenance:The papers of Asaph Hall, astronomer, educator, and discoverer of the
moons of Mars, were given to the Library of Congress by the Hall family from
1969 to 1985.
Processing History:The papers of Asaph Hall were arranged and described in 1972 and 1983.
The papers were expanded and revised in 1997. The register was revised in
2008.
Transfers:Some photographs and slides have been transferred to the Library's
Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Asaph
Hall Papers.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Asaph Hall is
governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Asaph Hall Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Asaph Hall
| Date |
Event |
| 1829, Oct. 15 |
Born, Goshen, Conn. |
| 1856 |
Married Chloe Angeline Stickney (died 1892) |
| 1857-1862 |
Assistant, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge,
Mass.
|
| 1862 |
Aide, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. |
| 1864 |
Professor of mathematics, U.S. Naval Observatory,
Washington, D.C.
|
| 1877 |
Discovered the two moons of Mars |
| 1891 |
Retired from the U.S. Naval Observatory |
| 1897 |
Married Mary Bertha Gauthier |
| 1907, Nov. 22 |
Died, Annapolis, Md. |
Asaph Hall, Jr.
| Date |
Event |
| 1859, Oct. 6 |
Born, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1882 |
A.B., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. |
| 1882-1885 |
Assistant, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. |
| 1885-1889 |
Assistant Astronomer, Yale Observatory, New Haven,
Conn.
|
| 1889 |
Ph.D., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. |
| 1889-1892 |
Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Observatory,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich.
|
| 1889 |
Married Mary Estella Cockrell |
| 1905-1908 |
Assistant, U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. |
| 1908 |
Professor of mathematics, U.S. Navy |
| 1930, Jan. 12 |
Died |
The papers of astronomer Asaph Hall (1829-1907) include papers of his
son Asaph Hall, Jr., also an astronomer, and other family members. The papers
span the years 1837-1983 with the bulk of the material dating from 1860 to
1920. They consist of correspondence, a diary, journal, biographical material,
genealogical papers, scientific notebooks, writings, speeches, and lectures.
Hall's long tenure at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.,
and his discovery of the moons of Mars are documented in the papers.
Correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell, Alvan Clark, Benjamin Apthorp
Gould, Othniel Charles Marsh, and Hermann Struve, as well as family members
including Hall's father (another Asaph, born 1800), Chloe Angeline Stickney
Hall (wife of Hall), and Mary Estella Cockrell Hall (wife of Hall, Jr.).
This collection is arranged into diaries and journals; family
correspondence; general correspondence; speech, article, and lecture file;
miscellany; and oversize, and therein alphabetically.
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Diaries and journals |
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| BOX 1
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Diaries, 1869, 1875 |
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| BOX 1
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Journal of Wladiwostik Party,
transit of Venus,
1874
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| BOX 1
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Family correspondence |
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| BOX 1
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Gauthier, Mary Bertha,
1897-1903
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Humphry, Mary Hall,
1896-1898
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| BOX 1
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Miscellaneous |
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| BOX 1
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1837-1881
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 2
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1882-1929, n.d.
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(15
folders)
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| BOX 3
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General correspondence |
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| BOX 3
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Agassiz, Alexander,
1894
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| BOX 3
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Angell, James B.,
1892
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| BOX 3
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Barnard, Edward E.,
1899
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| BOX 3
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Bell, Alexander Graham,
1885
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| BOX 3
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Clark, Alvan,
1876, 1887
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| BOX 3
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Gould, Benjamin Apthorp,
1892-1893
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| BOX 3
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Hale, Edward E.,
1904-1909
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| BOX 3
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Harvard College, Cambridge,
Mass.,
1887-1899
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| BOX 3
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Hind, John R.
See same container Royal Astronomical
Society |
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| BOX 3
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Institute of France,
1878, 1893, n.d.
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| BOX 3
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Leland, O. M.,
1908
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| BOX 3
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Letterbook,
1864-1869
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| BOX 3
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Lincoln, Robert Todd,
1912
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| BOX 3
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Marsh, Othniel Charles,
1894
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| BOX 3
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McNair, F. V.,
1891
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| BOX 3
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Mitchell, S. Weir,
1890
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| BOX 3
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Navy Department,
1862-1913, 1920-1924
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| BOX 3
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New York Central College,
McGrawville, N.Y.,
1856
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| BOX 3
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Newcomb, Simon,
1901
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| BOX 3
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Patenôtre, Jules,
1896
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| BOX 3
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Peters, Christian H. F.,
1867, 1887
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| BOX 3
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Roosevelt, Eleanor Butler (Mrs.
Theodore, Jr.),
1929
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| BOX 3
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Royal Astronomical Society,
1879
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| BOX 3
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Ruskin, John,
1881
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| BOX 3
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State Department,
1897
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| BOX 3
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Struve, Hermann,
1884, 1892
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| BOX 3
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Tisserand, François F.,
1880
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| BOX 3
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Trouvelot, E. L.,
1878
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| BOX 3
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Walcott, H. P.,
1901
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| BOX 3
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Watson, James C.,
1878
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| BOX 3
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Welles, Gideon
See same container Navy
Department |
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| BOX 3
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Wendell, Barrett,
1901
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| BOX 3
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Yale University, New Haven,
Conn.,
1897
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| BOX 3
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Speech, article, and lecture
file
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| BOX 3
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Articles,
1879, n.d.
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 4
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Lectures,
1896, n.d.
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 5
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School compositions,
1874-1877, n.d.
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| BOX 5
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Scientific notebooks |
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| BOX 5
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General,
n.d.
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| BOX 5
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"On the Computation of Special
Perturbations,"
1859-1860
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| BOX 5
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Speeches,
1874-1893
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| BOX 5
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Miscellany |
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| BOX 5
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Awards, certificates, and
degrees,
1870-1894, 1901, 1908-1912, 1920-1924
See also Oversize |
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| BOX 5
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Biographical papers,
1873, 1887, 1897-1908, 1929-1930,
1947
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| BOX 6
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Hall, Angelo, "Life of Angeline
Hall,"
1896
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| BOX 6
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Hall, Lawrence P., "Ancestors by
the Dozen: Study of collateral lines supplementing the Hall line from John Hall
of New Haven and Wallingford,"
1983
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| BOX 6
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Indexes |
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| BOX 6
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A-Ho |
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 7
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Hu-W |
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 7
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Fan chart |
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| BOX 7
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Notes,
1908, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Photographs, 1879,
n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Printed matter,
1877-1916, 1930, 1943, 1980, n.d.
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| BOX 7
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Trips to Europe,
1912-1913, 1925
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| BOX OV 1
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Oversize |
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| BOX OV 1
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Miscellany |
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| BOX OV 1
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Awards, certificates, and
degrees,
1870-1894, 1901, 1908-1912, 1920-1924
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