The Rise and Fall of Edward S. Holden: Part 2

ESH to M. Kellogg, 4 Dec. 1894, 11 Jan. 1895, ESH to T. G. Phelps, 23 Feb. 1895, ESH to C. D. Perrine, 28 Dec. 1894, [22 Sept.], [4 Oct.], 10 Oct., 13 Oct., 24 Oct., 29 Oct., 11 Nov. 1895, ESH to Dr Becker, 13 Sept. 1895, E. C. Holden to C. D. Perrine, 24 Sept. 1895, C. D. Perrine to C. F. Crocker, 23 Sept. 1895, R. J. Hall to ESH, 16 Dec. 1895, J. J. Miller to ESH, 1 Jan 1896, SLO; ESH to WJH, 1 Oct., 24 Oct. 1895, BHL; ESH to E. W. Hilgard, 6 Sept. 1894, BL; ESH to J. H. C. Bonté, 1 Dec. 1895, UCA.

RHT to MAT, 18 Feb. 1894, SLO; ESH to SPL, 27 Dec. 1895, 15 Jan., 21 Jan., 7 Feb., 18 Mar. 1896, SIA; ESH, The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan AD 1398–AD 1707 (New-York, 1895); ESH, “Mountain observatories in America and Europe”, Smithsonian misc. coll., 1035 (1896), 1–77.

SN to O. Struve, 23 Dec. 1886, LC; ESH to E. F. Hussey, 10 Dec. 1895, BHL; ESH to W. F. Vilas, 2 Mar., 16 May 1896, SHSW; ESH to C. D. Perrine, 10 June 1896, SLO.

WWC, memoranda, 20 Oct. 1896, [∼ 15 July 1897], ESH, memorandum “Sep 12, 1896”, E. W. Hilgard to ESH, 11 Sept., 18 Sept., 24 Sept. 1896, ESH to T. G. Phelps, 23 Oct. 1896, WWC to T. G. Phelps, 23 Oct., 31 Oct. 1896, SLO.

WWC to B. A. Gould, 12 Jan. 1892, SLO; WWC to GEH, 21 Aug. 1893, 5 Sept. 1894, 7 Sept. 1896, YOA.

J. H. C. Bonté to ESH, 12 Jan. 1893, Bonté J. H. C. to Perrine C. D. , 12 Dec. 1895, C. D. Perrine to ESH, 26 Mar., 6 Apr., 9 Apr. 1897; RHT to MAT, 5 Mar. 1900, SLO.

Curtiss R. H. , “William Joseph Hussey”, Popular astronomy, xxxiv (1926), 605–12.

ESH to WWC, 25 May 1891, WWC to WJH, 23 Nov. 1891 (telegram), WJH to WWC, 23 Nov. 1891 (telegram), ESH to T.G. Phelps, 23 Nov., 24 Nov. 1891 (telegram), WJH to ESH, 11 Jan. 1892, SLO.

J. Swain to WJH, 20 Feb., 9 Mar. 1892, WJH to J. Swain, 1 Mar., 16 Mar. 1892, D. S. Jordan to WJH, 22 Mar. 1892, WJH to D. S. Jordan, 4 Apr. 1892, BHL; ESH, “Appointment of Mr. Townley in the Lick Observatory”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, iv (1892), 184.

WJH to A. Hussey, 12 Mar. 1898, WJH to ESH, 7 Feb. 1893, ESH to WJH, 18 Mar., 30 Mar. 1893, WWC to WJH, 1 Feb., 5 Sept. 1894, 19 Jan. 1895, BHL; ESH to M. Kellogg, 11 Mar. 1893, WJH to ESH, 5 Apr. 1895, SLO.

WJH to D. S. Jordan, 8 Dec. 1894, SUA; JAB to Warner and Swasey, 1 Feb. 1898, HL.

Mirrielees E. R. , Stanford, the story of a university (New York, 1959).

AOL to EEB, 9 July 1895, VU; JMS to AOL, 11 June, 28 June, 13 Sept. 1895, EEB to AOL, 11 July 1895, BL; ESH to WJH, 7 June, 14 June 1895, J. H. C. Bonté to WJH, 11 July 1895, BHL.

WJH to JAB, 5 Mar. 1897, BHL.

ESH to WJH, 10 July 1895 (telegram), ESH to Associated Press/United Press, 18 July 1895 (telegram), SLO.

Stone R. P. S. , “The Crossley reflector: A centennial review”, Sky & telescope, lviii (1979), 307–11; F.H.C., Obituary of Gledhill Joseph , Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, lxvii (1907), 232–3; J. Gledhill to ESH, 2 Mar. 1893, E. Crossley to ESH, 22 Feb. 1896, SLO; Gledhill J. to Ranyard A. C. , 22 Jan. 1880, J. Gledhill to W. H. Wesley, 21 Jan. 1892, RAS.

ESH to J. Gledhill, 10 Feb. 1893, J. Gledhill to ESH, 2 Mar., 3 Mar. 1893 (telegram), ESH to A. Carnegie, 30 Mar. 1893, ESH to D. O. Mills, 21 Apr. 1893, E. Crossley to ESH, 21 Oct. 1893, 22 Jan. 1894, ESH to A. S. Hallidie, 20 Apr. 1893, SLO.

A. Carnegie to ESH, 12 Apr. 1893, D. O. Mills to ESH, 17 May 1893, ESH to E. Crossley, 9 Oct. 1893, 13 Feb., 17 Feb. 1894, SLO.

J. Gledhill to ESH, 7 Jan.,20 Feb. 1895; ESH to J. Gledhill, 8 Mar. 1895; ESH to E. Crossley, 8 Mar. 1895, SLO.

E. Crossley to ESH, 6 Apr., 19 May, 22 Aug., 28 Sept. 1895, SLO, ESH to A. S. Hallidie, 17 Apr., 23 Apr. 1895, ESH to E. Crossley, 23 Apr. 1895, UCA; ESH, “Notices from the Lick Observatory”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vii (1895), 197–219.

San Francisco Chronicle, 1 May 1895; UC Regents' resolution, 30 Apr. 1895, E. Crossley to ESH, 16 Sept. 1895, SLO; C. F. Smurr to ESH, 4 May 1895, ESH to A. S. Hallidie, 16 May, 31 May 1895, UCA.

H. Grubb to RSF, 23 Feb., 9 Mar. 1877, 18 Mar., 29 July, 18 Oct. 1879, 25 Feb. 1880, D. Gill to RSF, 18 Sept. 1876, SN to F. Ward, 14 Oct., 4 Dec., 14 Dec. 1875, SLO; Grubb H. , “On great telescopes of the future”, Proceedings of the Royal Dublin Society , i, part 1 (1877), 1–3.

SWB, “Small vs large telescopes”, Sidereal messenger, iv (1885), 193–200.

ESH to WJH, 6 June 1895, BHL.

ESH to WJH, 4 Sept., 3 Dec., 6 Dec. 1895, BHL; WJH to ESH, 4 Dec. 1895, SLO.

ESH, “Program of work at the Lick Observatory during the year 1896”, [∼ 1 Oct. 1895], SLO; EEB to GD, 26 May 1897, BL; JEK, “The Crossley reflector of the Lick Observatory”, Astrophysical journal, xi (1900), 325–49.

WJH to Jordan D. S. , 9 Mar. 1896, J. C. Branner to WJH, 5 Aug. 1896, WJH to ESH, 4 July 1896, BHL.

Hussey E. F. , “Mens aequa in arduis”, 1 Apr.–18 Sept. 1897, BHL. This is the “diary” of Mrs Ethel F. Hussey, which she began on 1 April 1897. However, it goes back to 24 Feb. 1897, and contains references to many events previous to that date. It was not actually written day by day, but often weeks after the fact. Parts of it were written by Mrs Hussey, parts by Hussey himself. They intended it as a record of Holden's “misdeeds”. Many of the statements and thoughts attributed to Hussey and his wife throughout the remainder of this chapter, as well as factual statements of events on Mount Hamilton, are taken from this source if not otherwise referenced.

WWC to JAB, 18 May 1895, ESH to JAB, 6 Mar. 1896, 19 Feb. 1897, SLO.

ESH to Editor [San Jose] Mercury, 4 Apr. 1895, SLO; ESH to C. A. Young, 27 Dec. 1895, DCL.

F. R. Ziel to ESH, 31 Jan. 1897, GD to WJH, 19 Feb., 3 Mar., 30 Mar. 1897, E. J. Molera to WJH, 27 Feb., 14 Mar. 1897, A. L. Colton to WJH, 22 Mar. 1897, BHL.

ESH to WJH, 31 Mar. (two letters), 3 Apr. 1897, WJH to ESH, 31 Mar., 3 Apr., 5 Apr. 1897, SLO.

WJH to ESH, 10 Apr. 1897, BHL.

RHT to MAT, 4 Oct., 25 Oct. 1897, SLO.

ESH, “The Holden family of Cranbrook, Kent, England”, New England historical and geneological register, li (1897), 214. ESH, A primer of heraldry for Americans (New York, 1898). P. A. Hearst to ESH, 16 Mar. 1896, ESH to P. A. Hearst, 26 Mar. 1896, SLO; ESH to SN, 27 Nov., 11 Dec. 1896, 10 Feb., 24 Feb. 1897, LC.

WJH to D. S. Jordan, 31 Mar., [∼ 29] Apr., 5 May 1897, D. S. Jordan to WJH, 2 May, 7 May 1897, BHL.

WJH to ESH, 29 Apr., 7 May 1897, ESH to WJH, 7 May 1897, SLO.

San Jose Mercury, 22 May 1897; San Francisco Chronicle, 22 May, 23 May 1897; San Francisco Examiner, 24 May 1897.

W. W. Payne to GD, 6 Apr. 1897, GD to WJH, 12 Apr. 1897, WJH to GD, 14 Apr. 1897, WJH to W. W. Payne, 14 Apr. 1897, BHL; GD to SWB, 29 May 1897, GD to EEB, 7 June 1897, VU.

Phelps T. G. Crocker C. F. and C. W. Slack to the Honorable the Board of Regents of the University of California, 15 June 1897, UCA.

WJH to D. S. Jordan, 18 June, 21 June 1897, SUA.

WJH to M. Kellogg, 5 July 1897, ESH to M. Kellogg, 6 July 1897, C. F. Crocker to ESH, 9 July 1897, SLO; WJH to M. Kellogg, 7 July 1897, BHL.

GD to WJH, 22 Apr. 1897, D. S. Jordan to WJH, 3 July 1897, WJH to E. L. Campbell, 7 July, 11 July 1897, E. L. Campbell to WJH, 8 July, 14 July 1897, BHL.

A. L. Colton to WJH, 21 July 1897, A. L. Colton, Memoranda, 13 June 1894, 1896, 3 May 1897, [WW]C to [WJ]H, 1 Aug. 1897, WJH, Statement of conditions at Lick Observatory prepared for information of Attorney E. L. Campbell, [∼ 1 Aug. 1897], WJH to E. L. Campbell, 1 Aug. 1897, BHL.

WJH to Lick Observatory Committee of the Regents, 10 Aug. 1897, BHL.

WJH to E. L. Campbell, 13 Aug. 1897, BHL.

J. H. C. Bonté to ESH, 30 June 1892, SLO; A. L. Colton to EEB, 10 June 1893, 4 Aug. 1896, VU; A. L. Colton to WJH, 6 Sept. 1894, 4 Mar. 1895, WJH to D. S. Jordan, 6 Sept. 1897, BHL; O. C. Mohler to author, 19 Dec. 1977.

JHC Bonté to ESH, 30 June 1892, SLO; A. L. Colton to EEB, 10 June 1893, 4 Aug. 1896, VU; A. L. Colton to WJH, 6 Sept. 1894, 4 Mar 1895, WJH to D. S. Jordan, 6 Sept. 1897, BHL; O. C. Mohler to author, 19 Dec. 1977.

Colton A. L. to President and Board of Regents of the University of California, 18 Aug. 1897, ESH to T. G. Phelps, 18 Aug. 1897, SLO; A. L. Colton to EEB, 22 Aug. 1897, VU; ESH to C. Burckhalter, 18 Aug. 1897, CO.

E. L. Campbell to WJH, 1 Sept. 1897, WJH to E. L. Campbell, 7 Sept. 1897, GD to WJH, 7 Sept. 1897, A. L. Colton to WJH, 1897, BHL; A. L. Colton to EEB, 3 Sept. 1897, GD to EEB, 7 Sept. 1897, VU.

WJH to E. L. Campbell, 11 Sept. 1897, E. L. Campbell to H. S. Foote, 11 Sept. 1897, E. L. Campbell to WJH, 13 Sept. 1897, BHL; ESH to E. Edwards, 10 Sept. 1897, SLO.

San Francisco Chronicle, 26 May 1897; W. A. McKowen to ESH, 28 May 1897, SLO; ESH to C. Burckhalter, 5 July 1897, CO.

ESH to SN, 7 July 1897, LC; ESH to W. F. Vilas, 8 July 1897, SHSW; ESH to E. C. Pickering, 14 July, 28 July, 5 Aug. 1897, E. C. Pickering to ESH, 29 June, 8 July, 19 July 1897, Pickering E. C. to Williams F. H. , 19 July 1897, HCO.

E. L. Campbell to WJH, 15 Sept. 1897, BHL; San Francisco Call, 15 Sept. 1897.

WJH to E. L. Campbell, 16 Sept., 18 Sept. 1897, WJH to D. S. Jordan, 18 Sept. 1897, BHL.

San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sept., 23 Sept. 1897, San Jose Mercury, 22 Sept. 1897, San Francisco Express, 24 Sept. 1897; E. L. Campbell to WJH, 21 Sept., 22 Sept. 1897, BHL.

D. S. Jordan to WJH, 20 Sept., 22 Sept. 1897, J. C. Branner to WJH, 23 Sept. 1897, WJH to E. L. Campbell, 23 Sept. (2 letters), 25 Sept., 27 Sept., 8 Oct. 1897, E. L. Campbell to Chairman and Committee Appointed to Investigate Charges against Professor E. S. Holden, 25 Sept. 1897, E. L. Campbell to WJH, 28 Sept. 1897, BHL.

San Francisco Bulletin, 13 Oct. 1897, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Oct. 1897, San Jose Mercury, 13 Oct. 1897; ESH, “Notices from the Lick Observatory”, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, ix (1897), 235–49; E. L. Campbell to WJH, 9 Oct., 14 Oct. (2 letters) 1897, A. L. Colton to the Special Committee of the Board of Regents appointed to consider charges against Dr E. S. Holden, [∼ 9 Oct. 1897], BHL; E. W. Davis to JMS, 12 Oct. 1897, SLO; Herr J. J. to Hallidie A. S. , 28 Oct. 1897, UCA.

WJH to D. S. Jordan, 4 Sept. 1897, D. S. Jordan to WJH, 6 Sept. 1897, WJH to SWB, 2 Apr. 1898, SWB to SDT, 31 May 1898, BHL; A. L. Colton to WWC, 27 Jan. 1901, SLO; GD to EEB, 31 Oct. 1897, A. L. Colton to EEB, 25 July 1900, 13 Dec. 1903, VU.

Prescott S. C. , When M.I.T. was “Boston Tech” 1861–1916 (Cambridge, Mass., 1954). ESH to E. C. Pickering, 10 Sept. 1897, E. C. Pickering to ESH, 10 Sept., 17 Sept. 1897, HCO; GD to EEB, 18 Sept. 1897, VU; GD to WJH, 8 Sept., 1 Oct. 1897, BHL.

T. C. Mendenhall to SN, 11 Apr. 1897, ESH to SN, 10 Sept., 23 Oct. 1897, LC; ESH to E. C. Pickering, 5 Oct., 9 Oct. 1897, HCO.

ESH to SPL, 16 Sept., 6 Nov. 1897, SPL, memorandum, 10 Nov. 1897, SIA; ESH to SN, 8 Nov. 1898, LC.

ESH to E. C. Pickering, 27 Oct., 7 Dec. 1897, E. C. Pickering to ESH, 31 Oct., 5 Dec. 1897, HCO; ESH to D. C. Gilman, 23 Nov. 1897, MEL.

ESH, Elementary astronomy: A beginner's textbook (New York, 1889); ESH, “New light on Omar Khayyam” in Edward Fitzgerald, Rubayait of Omar Khayyam: Rendered into English verse (New York, 1899); ESH, Flowers from Persian gardens: Selections from the poems of Saadi, Hafiz, Omar Khayyam, and others (New York, 1902); ESH, “On the choice of a profession, II. Science”, Cosmopolitan, xxiv (2898), 543–9; [ESH], “What is a gentleman? A lady?”, ibid., xxix (1900), 398–400.

ESH, Elementary astronomy: A beginner's textbook (New York, 1889); ESH, “New light on Omar Khayyam” in Edward Fitzgerald, Rubayait of Omar Khayyam: Rendered into English verse (New York, 1899); ESH, Flowers from Persian gardens: Selections from the poems of Saadi, Hafiz, Omar Khayyam, and others (New York, 1902); ESH , Cosmopolitan, xxiv (1898), 543; [ESH], Cosmopolitan, xxix (1900), 398.

ESH to E. C. Pickering, 7 Jan. 1898, HCO; ESH to SN, 7 Mar. 1898, 3 Oct. 1899, 31 Jan., 2 Apr. 1900, 17 Apr. 1901, LC; ESH to SPL, 1 June 1901, SIA; ESH, The sciences: A reading book for children (Boston, 1903).

A. L. Colton to EEB, 16 Feb., 25 Feb., 17 Apr. 1898, VU; ESH to SN, 11 Feb., 30 Mar. 1898, LC; J. K. Rees to WWC, 22 June 1898, SLO.

ESH (ed.) The centennial of the United States Military Academy at West Point 1802–1902 (Washington, D.C., 1904); Davis E. G. , Army and Navy life, x (1909), 474; ESH to SN, 20 Feb., 24 Oct. 1901, LC.