Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
Title | Henry S. Pritchett papers, 1876-1967 |
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Span Dates | 1876-1967 |
Bulk Dates | (bulk 1900-1939) |
ID No. | MSS36947 |
Creator | Pritchett, Henry S. (Henry Smith), 1857-1939 |
Extent | 3,700 items |
Extent | 18 containers plus 1 oversize |
Extent | 7.2 linear feet |
Language | Collection material in English. |
Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012078 |
LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm75036947 |
Summary | Astronomer, superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Correspondence, travel diaries and autobiographical fragments, drafts and reprints of writings, speeches, essays, reports, Pritchett's book entitled What is Religion? (1906), and other papers relating to Pritchett's career in science and education. |