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Willard P. Gerrish papers (Ms.2005.80)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Tel: 401-863-2146
email: hay@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Willard P. Gerrish correspondence and papers, 1874-1937
Box 1, Folder 1-34

Scientific writings by W.P. Gerrish, 1896-1918
Box 1, Folder 1-3

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 1 Albany Building records
 1905
Box 1, Folder 2 Japan Expedition
Contents Note: Includes ms. of Journal of the Voyage of the Coronet.
 1896
Box 1, Folder 3 Miscellaneous short papers
 1906-1918

Personal documents, 1893-1895
Box 1, Folder 4

Correspondence, 1874-1919
Box 1, Folder 5-7

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 5 Correspondence
 1874-1899
Box 1, Folder 6 Correspondence
 1900-1909
Box 1, Folder 7 Correspondence
 1910-1919

Household receipts, 1907-1937
Box 1, Folder 8-23

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 8 Receipts
 1899
Box 1, Folder 9 Receipts
 1907
Box 1, Folder 10 Receipts
 1908
Box 1, Folder 11 Receipts
 1909
Box 1, Folder 12 Receipts
 1910
Box 1, Folder 13 Receipts
 1911
Box 1, Folder 14 Receipts
 1912
Box 1, Folder 15 Receipts
 1913
Box 1, Folder 16 Receipts
 1914
Box 1, Folder 17 Receipts
 1915
Box 1, Folder 18 Receipts
 1916
Box 1, Folder 19 Receipts
 1917
Box 1, Folder 20 Receipts
 1918
Box 1, Folder 21 Receipts
 1919
Box 1, Folder 22 Receipts
 1920
Box 1, Folder 23 Receipts for service: Warren Merton Walkup (driver)
 1929-1937

Miscellaneous writings, notes and clippings, 1889-1920
Box 1, Folder 24

Photographs and specifications of telescopes, mounts and other apparatus, 1900-1905
Box 1, Folder 25-34

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 25 6-8 in. and 12 in. Clark refractors
Box 1, Folder 26 16 in. Cincinnati telescope
Box 1, Folder 27 24 in. Harvard College Observatory reflector
Box 1, Folder 28 60 in. reflector
 1905
Box 1, Folder 29 6 in. mount
Box 1, Folder 30 15 in. equatorial mount
Box 1, Folder 31 18 in. Amherst equatorial mount
 1904
Box 1, Folder 32 Electrical connection plan for 135 ft. Harvard College Observatory telescope
 1900
Box 1, Folder 33 Pickering Polaris attachment report and blueprints
Box 1, Folder 34 Miscellaneous photographs

Series 2. Gerrish family papers, 1879-1929
Box 1, Folder 35-41

Mary Wylie Gerrish
Box 1, Folder 35

Isabel F. Gerrish, 1889-1891
Box 1, Folder 36-38

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 36 Daybook, ledger, cashbook
 1889
Box 1, Folder 37 Copybooks: Science and mathematics
Box 1, Folder 38 Copybooks: Humanities

Mary L. Gerrish copybooks, 1879-1886
Box 1, Folder 39-40

Container Description Date
Box 1, Folder 39 Copybooks
 1879-1886
Box 1, Folder 40 Copybooks
 undated

William H. Gerrish estate papers, 1917-1929
Box 1, Folder 41