| Herbert Alonzo
Howe Collection
Special Collections & Archives
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| Biographical Sketch |
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Papers (1875 – 1925)
| Folder |
Contents |
| ff #1 |
Correspondence: April 1875 – December 1883
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| ff #2 |
Correspondence: March 1884 – April 1888 |
| ff #3 |
Correspondence: May – August 1888 |
| ff #4 |
Correspondence: September – December 1888
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| ff #5 |
Correspondence: January – March 1889 |
| ff #6 |
Correspondence: April – June 1889 |
| ff #7 |
Correspondence: July – August 1889 |
| ff #8 |
Correspondence: September – December 1889
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| ff #9 |
Correspondence: January – December 1890 |
| ff #10 |
Correspondence: January – December 1891 |
| ff #11 |
Correspondence: January – December 1892 |
| ff #12 |
Correspondence: January – December 1893 |
| ff #13 |
Correspondence: January – December 1894 |
| ff #14 |
Correspondence: January – December 1895 |
| ff #15 |
Correspondence: January – December 1896 |
| ff #16 |
Correspondence: January 1897 – December 1899
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| ff #17 |
Correspondence: circa 1890s (undated, arranged
by author) |
| ff #18 |
Correspondence: February – December 1900
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| ff #19 |
Correspondence: March 1901 – December 1908
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| ff #20 |
Correspondence: March 1912 – December 1917
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| ff #21 |
Correspondence: January – March 1918 |
| ff #22 |
Correspondence: April – May 1918 |
| ff #23 |
Correspondence: June – November 1918 |
| ff #24 |
Correspondence: 1919 – 1925 |
| ff #25 |
Herbert A. Howe – "The Earth's Shape" in
The Denver Republican, October 23, 1893, on the occasion
of the Mission of Colonel Defforges in 1893. |
Family Correspondence; Observatory
Materials
| Folder |
Contents |
| no folder |
Loose Envelopes |
| no folder |
Envelope from Nautical Almanac Office to
Professor Howe labeled "Observation Contracts," containing handwritten
sheets |
| no folder |
Lesson plans book (Mathematics) |
| ff #26 |
Chamberlin Observatory specifications, contracts
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| ff #27 |
Articles, pamphlets, clippings |
| ff #28 |
Chamberlin Observatory blueprints, drawings
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| ff #29 |
Family correspondence 1881, 1887, 1910 -
1915 |
| ff #30 |
Thesis on Kepler's problem, by H.
A. Howe, October - November, 1883 (handwritten); Three approximate
solutions of Kepler's problem, by H.A. Howe, 1883? (printed by
the Cincinnati Society of Natural History) |
| ff #31 |
Chamberlin Observatory bills, receipts, correspondence
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| ff #32 |
H.A. Howe's recitation book from the University
of Chicago, 1871-1872 school term |
Diaries and Class Record Books
Box #1: Daily Diaries
| Item |
Contents |
| Diaries 1-17 |
Years 1880-1896 |
| Diaries 18-24 |
Years 1898-1904 |
Box #2: Daily Diaries and Class Record Books
| Item |
Contents |
| Diaries 25-35 |
Years 1905-1915 |
| Book 1 |
Class record book, 1880-1881 |
| Book 2 |
Class record book, 1882-1883 |
| Book 3 |
Class record book, 1882-1884 |
| Book 4 |
Class record book, 1884-1886 |
| Book 5 |
Class record book, 1886-1888 |
| Book 6 |
Class record book, 1888-1889 |
| Book 7 |
Class record book, 1890-1892 |
| Book 8 |
Class record book, 1892-1896 |
| Book 9 |
Class record book, 1896-1900 |
| Book 10 |
Class record book, 1896-1904 |
| Book 11 |
Class record book, 1900-1903 |
| Book 12 |
Class record book, 1905-1908 |
| Book 13 |
Class record book, 1908-1911 |
| Book 14 |
Class record book, 1911-1913 |
| Book 15 |
Class record book, 1914-1916 |
| Book 16 |
Class record book, 1916-1920 |
| Book 17 |
Class record book, 1920-1924 |
| Book 18 |
Class record book, 1924-1925 |
Box #3: Diary transcriptions, Howe history
| Item |
Contents |
| Book 1 |
Journal, including newspaper clippings, July
1909 - January 1912 |
| Book 2 |
A labor of love: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver by Herbert Julian Howe
(H.A. Howe's grandson), 1997. Covers the years 1858-1888. |
| Book 3 |
A labor of love: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 3, Chamberlin Observatory
by Herbert Julian Howe, 1997. Covers 1888-1894. |
| Book 4 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 3, Chamberlin Observatory
by Herbert Julian Howe, 1998. Covers 1888-1894. Revised edition of
book 3 above. |
| Book 5 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 4, Hard times
by Herbert Julian Howe, 1998. Covers 1895-1902. |
| Book 6 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 5, Growing paines
by Herbert Julian Howe, 1999. Covers 1903-1912. |
| Book 7 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 6, Years of war.
Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1913 diary, edited and transcribed by Herbert
Julian Howe. |
| Book 8 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 6, Years of war.
Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1914 diary, edited and transcribed by Herbert
Julian Howe. |
| Book 9 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Continuation of chapter 6,
The War Years. Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1915 diary, edited and
transcribed by Herbert Julian Howe. |
| Book 10 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Continuation of chapter 6.
Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1916 diary, edited and transcribed by Herbert
Julian Howe. |
| Book 11 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Continuation of chapter 6.
Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1917 diary, edited and transcribed by Herbert
Julian Howe, 2000. |
| Book 12 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver Transcript of H.A. Howe's
1918 diary, edited and transcribed by Herbert Julian Howe, 2000. |
| Book 13 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver Transcript of H.A. Howe's
1919 diary, edited and transcribed by Herbert Julian Howe, 2000. |
| Book 14 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 7, Twilight years
Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1920 diary, edited and transcribed by Herbert
Julian Howe, 2000. |
| Book 15 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 7, Twilight years
(continued) Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1921 diary, edited and
transcribed by Herbert Julian Howe, 2000. |
| Book 16 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 7, Twilight years
(continued) Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1922 and 1923 diaries,
edited and transcribed by Herbert Julian Howe, 2000. |
| Book 17 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 7, Twilight years
(continued) Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1924 and 1925 diaries,
edited and transcribed by Herbert Julian Howe, 2000. |
| Book 18 |
Pioneer astronomer: the story of Herbert
Alonzo Howe at the University of Denver: Chapter 7, Twilight years
(continued) Transcript of H.A. Howe's 1926 diary, edited and
transcribed by Herbert Julian Howe, 2000. |
| ff 1 |
Diaries - Notes by Herbert Julian Howe |
| Book 19 |
The life and times of Julian Osgood Howe
by Herbert Julian Howe, 1992. Biography of H.A. Howe's son. |
Box #4: Daily Diaries, Expense books, miscellaneous
notebooks
| Item |
Contents |
| Diaries 36-46 |
Years 1916-1926 |
| Book 1 |
1908 diary, given to Howe by H.A. Buchtel
for Christmas, 1907 |
| Book 2 |
Howe expense book, 1879-1894 |
| Book 3 |
Howe expense book, through 1913 |
| Book 4 |
Howe expense book, 1913-1926 |
| Book 5 |
Howe family expense book, 1884-1891 |
| Book 6 |
Howe family expense book, 1893-1915 |
| Book 7 |
Howe family expense book, 1916-1926 |
| Book 8 |
Fannie Howe's expense book, 1885-1926 |
| Book 9 |
Howe's diary for 1876, when he was a graduate
student in astronomy at Mt. Lookout in Cincinnati |
| Book 10 |
Howe's meeting notes, mostly religious |
| Book 11 |
Howe's meeting notes, mostly religious |
| Book 12 |
1st part of book: Alonzo J. Howe's diary
from 1856 at the University of Rochester; 2nd part: Herbert Howe's
Greek workbook at the University of Chicago, 1869 |
Chamberlin Observatory: Observation Books
Box #1 (1881 – 1900)
| Item |
Contents |
| Book 1 |
Transit observations, 1881 |
| Book 2 |
1885-1886 |
| Book 3 |
Notes on Saegmuller telescope, 1890, 1894
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| Book 4 |
Transit observations, October 1892-October
1893 |
| Book 5 |
Transit observations, October 1893-August
1895 |
| Book 6 |
Observation Book : June 1892-November 1894,
January 1897 |
| Book 7 |
Observation Book : September 1894-September
1895 |
| Book 8 |
Observation Book : September-November, 1895
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| Book 9 |
Observation Book : November 1895-September
1896 |
| Book 10 |
Observation Book : September-October 1896
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| Book 11 |
Observation Book : October-December 1896
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| Book 12 |
Observation Book : 1888-1899 |
| Book 13 |
"Working List," 1897-1900 |
| Book 14 |
Table of Parallax Factors, 1900
(handwritten) |
Box #2 (1898 – 1899)
| Item |
Contents |
| Book 1 |
Observation Book : February – April 1898
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| Book 2 |
Observation Book : April – July 1898 |
| Book 3 |
Observation Book : July – September 1898
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| Book 4 |
Observation Book : September – October 1898
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| Book 5 |
Observation Book : October – December 1898
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| Book 6 |
Observation Book : December 1898-February
1899 |
| Book 7 |
Observation Book : February – April 1899
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| Book 8 |
Observation Book : April – July 1899 |
Box #3 (1899 – 1900)
| Item |
Contents |
| Book 1 |
Observation Book : July-September 1899 |
| Book 2 |
Observation Book : September-November 1899
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| Book 3 |
Observation Book : November 1899-January
1900 |
| Book 4 |
Observation Book : January-February 1900
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| Book 5 |
Observation Book : February-May 1900 |
| Book 6 |
Observation Book : May – June 1900 |
| Book 7 |
Observation Book : June – September 1900
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| Book 8 |
Observation Book : September – October 1900
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Box #4 (1900 – 1906)
| Item |
Contents |
| Book 1 |
Observation Book : October – November 1900
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| Book 2 |
Observation Book : November – December 1900
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| Book 3 |
Observation Book : December 1900 – October
1902 |
| Book 4 |
Observation Book : October 1902 – February
1903 |
| Book 5 |
Observation Book : February 1903 – December
1904 |
| Book 6 |
Observation Book : December 1904 – April
1905 |
| Book 7 |
Observation Book : May 1905-April 1906 |
Box #5 (1906 – 1912)
| Item |
Contents |
| Book 1 |
Observation Book : April 1906-August 1907
|
| Book 2 |
Observation Book : August 1907 – February
1908 |
| Book 3 |
Observation Book : February 1908 – November
1909 |
| Book 4 |
Observation Book : November 1909 – April
1910 |
| Book 5 |
Observation Book : April-July 1910 |
| Book 6 |
Observation Book : July 1910 – August 1911
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| Book 7 |
Observation Book : August-November 1911 |
| Book 8 |
Observation Book : November 1911-November
1912 |
Box #6 (1912 – 1955)
| Item |
Contents |
| Book 1 |
Observation Book : November 1912 – November
1914 |
| Book 2 |
Observation Book : November 1914 – February
1915 |
| Book 3 |
Observation Book : February 1915 – December
1917 |
| Book 4 |
Observation Book : April 1918 – December
1924 |
| Book 5 |
Observation Book : December 1924 – March
1925 |
| Book 6 |
Observation Book : April 1925 – October 1925
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| Book 7 |
Observation Book : 1927-1955 |
| Book 8 |
Account of expenditures for the Chamberlin
Observatory from the Special Fund of $400 given by Mrs. H.B. Chamberlin
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| Book 9 |
Expenditures from Special Fund Given
by Matilda Bruce, 1905 |
| Book 10 |
Observatory Accounts, 1904-1925 |
Box #7 (miscellaneous)
| Item |
Contents |
| Book 1 |
A List of Stars for Observations of Latitude
with Approximate Zenith Distances for Chamberlin Observatory, University
of Denver, compiled by Charles Joseph Ling - 1899 (Printed) |
| Book 2 |
A Determination of Latitude at Chamberlin
Observatory, University Park, Colorado, by Charles Joseph Ling
– 1899 (Handwritten) |
| Book 3 |
Eros Computations, 1907 |
| Book 4 |
Blue book, undated |
| Book 5 |
Star listing, 1925 |
| Book 6 |
Miscellaneous, undated |
Unboxed
| 2 scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings |
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