Maria Mitchell papers, ca. 1825-1887

Mss.H.S.Film.9

Date: Circa 1825-1887 | Size: 9 microfilm_reel(s)
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Abstract

The manuscripts of father William Mitchell and daughter Maria Mitchell are not easily separated, and are treated here together. The collection includes William Mitchell's autobiography, his memoir of Judge Walter Folger of Nantucket, astronomical and meteorological observations, lectures, family and other correspondence.

Background note

Maria Mitchell and her father William Mitchell were astronomers. In 1869, Maria Mitchell was one of the first women elected into the American Philosophical Society.

Collection Information

Physical description

9 microfilm reels.

Provenance

Purchased from Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket, MA, and accessioned, 03/12/1965 (1965 372mf).

Location of originals:

Originals in Nantucket Maria Mitchell Association, Nantucket, MA. Five items are from Nantucket Atheneum Library.

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Indexing Terms


Genre(s)

  • Autobiographies.
  • Clippings.
  • Diaries.
  • Genealogies.
  • Lectures.
  • Microfilm Collection
  • Poems.

Geographic Name(s)

  • Europe -- Description and travel.
  • Jupiter (Planet)
  • Moon.
  • Rome (Italy) -- Description and travel.
  • Saturn (Planet)
  • Southern States -- Description and travel.
  • Soviet Union -- Description and travel.
  • West (U.S.) -- Description and travel.

Personal Name(s)

  • Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892
  • Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867
  • Clark, Alvan, 1804-1887
  • Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895
  • Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
  • Folger, Walter, 1765-1849
  • Gould, Benjamin A. (Benjamin Apthorp), 1787-1859
  • Hale, Edward Everett, 1822-1909
  • Henry, Joseph, 1797-1878
  • Herschel, John F. W., Sir (John Frederick William), 1792-1871
  • Howe, Julia Ward, 1819-1910
  • Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
  • Kendall, Phoebe Mitchell
  • Kendall, William Mitchell
  • Maury, Matthew Fontaine, 1806-1873
  • Mitchell, Maria, 1818-1889
  • Mitchell, William, 1791-1869

Subject(s)

  • Astronomy.
  • Comets.
  • Meteorology -- Observations.
  • Solar eclipses -- 1831.
  • Women scientists.