Asaph Hall papers
Contributors: Hall, Asaph, 1859-1930
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1000
Subjects: Correspondence; Astronomical observatories; United States Naval Observatory; Astronomy; Satellites
Description: 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.  Correspondents include Alexander Graham Bell, Alvan Clark, Benjamin A. Gould, Asaph Hall (1800-1842 or 3), Chloe Angeline Stickney Hall, and Mary Estella Hall, Othniel C. March, and Hermann Struve.
Notes: Open to research.

Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material.

Gifts and deposits converted to gifts, Hall family, 1969-1985.

transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Astronomer and educator.

Collection material in English.

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