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UC BerkeleyLick Observatory Massive Archive of the Family of Edward Singleton Holden Including Letters Photographs Family Memoir and Printed Material 1880’s-1960’s

1593UC BerkeleyLick Observatory Massive Archive of the Family of Edward Singleton Holden Including Letters Photographs Family Memoir and Printed Material 1880’s-1960’s Collection includes over 800 photographs over 330 manuscript letters plus a variety of printed material and family ephemera. The letters generally are in very good condition with the exception of maybe 10% of them which apparently were nibbled on by critters with some loss of content. Despite this the majority are intact and fully legible. The photos and albums range from very good to poor condition. Perhaps 50% of the photo material received ill-suited non-archival taping which is now brittle and yellow. Many of the photos and albums are annotated. The photo albums are mostly 20th century and appear to be from Edward Holden's daughters Mabel and Mildred. Edward Singleton Holden 1846-1914 was an American astronomer fifth president of the University of California and first director of the Lick Observatory. In 1901 he became the librarian of the United States Military Academy at West Point where he remained until his death. In 1873 he became professor of mathematics at the US Naval Observatory where he made a favorable impression on Simon Newcomb. On August 28 1877 a few days after Asaph Hall discovered the moons of Mars Deimos and Phobos he claimed to have found a third satellite of Mars. Further analysis showed large mistakes in his observations. He was director of Washburn Observatory at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 1881 to 1885. He was elected a member of the American National Academy of Sciences in 1885. He discovered a total of 22 NGC objects New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars abbreviated NGC during his work at Washburn Observatory. He was the fifth president of the University of California from 1885 until 1888 and the first director of the Lick Observatory from 1888 until the end of 1897. He resigned as a result of internal dissent over his management among his subordinates. While at the Lick Observatory he was the founder of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific and its first president 1889–1891. Edward Singleton Holden was the son of Jeremiah Fenno and Sarah F Singleton Holden of St. Louis. Missouri. Edward would marry Mary Chauvenet in 1871. Mary was the daughter of William Chauvenet a professor of mathematics astronomy navigation and surveying who was instrumental in the establishment of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis Maryland and later the second chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis. Together Edward and Mary would have four children including William who died at birth Mabel 1873-1961 Mildred 1875-1932 and Edward Ned 1877-1956. In 1880 Edward and Mary would separate leaving Mary to raise the three children living with her mother and their grandmother Catherine in St. Louis. Mary's father passed away in 1870. This separation unusual for the time colors many of the letters in this archive and is highlighted in Mabel's typed memoir. "Between utter loyalty to my mother whom I adored and my father whose brilliant intellect and fascination and great scholarship drew me to him while at the same time he deserted me and never asked me to be his all again.I was aghast at the life of agony in my mother's heart for she never ceased to love my father." Later prior to one of Edward's business trips to the east Mabel requests he visit "No I will not come! I am convinced that I do not ever want to see your mother again and so I cannot come to see you." This tension between Mabel and her father manifests itself in the many letters he wrote Mabel's sister Mildred. Many times Edward would ask Mildred about Mabel or request Mildred pass letters on to Mabel likely indicating an estrangement. Similarly Mildred was a conduit for her father to her little brother Ned whom Edward felt was lazy and unmotivated. Throughout the several hundred letters from Edward Singleton to Mildred we sense the sternness of a parent with parental pride of her accomplishments. He rarely lets us with fatherly advice and suggestions on how she live her life. "at any rate you will make a mistake if you run counter to what I ask you in this masterful fashion." The archive includes a number of genealogical documents with Holden emphasizing how important good social standing is. He insists in a series of letters that both Mabel and Mildred join the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Dames "recollect that membership in this society makes you at once accepted by the very people in America." 'I find Mabel is much too lax about this indispensable mark of good breeding & you must not be." The archive also contains Holden's application for membership into the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. Money or the lack thereof is a constant refrain in Edward's letters. He often apologizes for not providing better for his children. Holden was a prolific author and held appointments as UC Berkeley President and Director of Lick Observatory but was always complaining about money. In a February 1899 letter "I have not been idle a moment--but the pay waits until the publication. I want you to understand this--& to know that it is not my fault I have not been appointed to two good places with salaries & shall not try for any more such places. I am tired of fighting slanders 20 years old. It's a pity that the effect of them has to be felt by your girls--but so it is." In a note dated October 1901 Holden writes to Mildred "I've been appointed at West Point in chg. of library & have accepted." Holden's career was filled with controversy and disappointment. For more on his career see "Rise and Fall of Edward S. Holden" by Donald Osterbrock published in 1984 in the Journal of Astronomy. We find relatively little about Edward Singleton Holden's private life with few mentions of friends and no romantic clues. One curiosity arises from January 7 1895 when Holden writes "I shall soon go to spend a while with my old friend Mrs. Jessie Benton Fremont in Los Angeles. I'm not very well & this change is good for me." Fremont 22 years his senior was living on a widow's pension granted by Congress after her husband John C. Fremont died in 1890. Archive Includes the following: --Photo albums with 800 pictures in range from the 1880s to 1960s. --A typed manuscript 88 pages from Edward Singleton Holden's daughter Mabel detailing their relationship and his estrangement from his family the loss of her daughter and the end of her life. --18 letters and other documents all from the astronomer Edward Singleton Holden dealing with his time as a member of several committees at the US Naval Academy in the 1890s. There are several handwritten documents from him and a number of documents signed by various Naval officers and more. There is interesting content throughout. --128 handwritten and signed letters from Edward Singleton Holden to his daughter Mildred. They are from the 1890s and are all written from Mount Hamilton at the Lick Observatory at the University of California. They have good personal content and are in mostly good condition. Many of the letters are quite long. --140 letters to Edward Singleton Holden and his family. These letters are from family and some well-known people to him and his daughters from the 1890s into the 1910s. Some of the authors of the letters include: Alfred Elliott Bates Arthur Twining Hadley Carl William Ackerman Charles Doolittle Walcott Clarence Cary Fitzroy Carrington 2 George Brinton McClellan Jr George Lewis Gillespie Jr George Platt Brett Sr John Shaw Billings Joseph Roswell Hawley Nicholas Murray Butler 2 Peter Smith Michie USMA Rossiter Johnson 2 Talcott Williams 3 --Antique address book. There are many entries as well as blank pages included inside. --Signed handwritten letters to Edward Singleton Holden including sympathy cards received after his death from various people in politics and military. --Mabel Randall-MacIver Mabel Holden Autobiographical Collection: Diary notes 10 pages on legal size paper Autobiographical notes 24 pages on legal size paper Autobiographical notes 8 pages dated July 12th 1946 Autobiographical notes 111 pages dated from November 5th 1949 to July 8th 1951 Autobiographical notes 10 pages dated April 1952. --Fontainebleau Alumni Bulletin April 1952 Complete issue with an article and picture of Mabel Randall-MacIver on the front page. Partial text from the article reads: "This is only a very small part of the story of Mrs. David Randall-MacIver. Her life filled with so many interesting events from childhood to this very day would fill volumes. It is hoped that she will find some time to devote to her autobiography." --Records of Mabel Randall-MacIver: History of Edward Singleton Holden letter 11 Pages dated October 7th 1952 sent from the War Department Library U.S. Military Academy West Point N.Y. - Details of his professional educational and personal accomplishments. --Letter 1 page dated December 22nd 1958. Correspondence sent from Bryn Mawr College President's Office regarding that there are no pictures available of the memorial to Story Kirkbride given by the class of 1922. --Letter 2 pages dated May 17th 1961: Holden family genealogy details. --34 manuscript letters from Catherine Chauvenet mostly to granddaughter Mildred --Handwritten obituary of David Randell Maclver the British-born archaeologist. He is most famous for his excavations at Great Zimbabwe which provided the first solid evidence that the site as built by the Shona people. Also he was an intelligence officer for the American military during WWI and during WWII assisted the US army to preserve historical monuments in Europe. --Letters to Maclver's wife expressing condolences for her loss. --Sympathy letters written to Natalie Tuttle Martin expressing condolences for loss of Mabel/ Mildred Holden-Maclvers --Letter 2 pages dated November 1946 with 97 signatures: National Conservatory of Music and Declamation November 1946 Paris. 'The students of the Conservatory would like to thank the American Mutual Aid to Artists for all the good that has been done to them. They are deeply touched and grateful and will never forget what Americans do for them in hard times.' --3 Vintage Andrea Del Sarto Drawings #8 #58 #63 --1 Vintage Michelangelo Drawing #32 --1 Vintage Sandro Botticelli Drawing #52 A deep dive into the family of influential scientist and writer Edward Singleton Holden. This archive has been privately held by heirs of Edward Singleton Holden and none to our knowledge have been available for scholarship. unknown

Stellar Books & Ephemera, ABAA · États-Unis4 250,00 $US≈ 3 595,93 €

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