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Loomis, Eben Jenks, 1828-1912

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Eben Jenks Loomis (1828-1912), American astronomer.

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Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Millicent Todd Bingham papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 496D
Abstract:

One-fifth of the papers are devoted to correspondence, books, articles, speeches and research notes relating to her publication of Emily Dickinson's poems in Bolts of Melody (1945) and three subsequent books about Emily Dickinson. Bingham's education as well as her professional life as a teacher of French and as a geographer, particularly of Peru, are thoroughly documented with correspondence, research notes, publications and other papers (1885-1929).

Dates: 1865-1968
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Millicent Todd Bingham papers

Loomis-Wilder Family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 496A
Abstract: Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, drawings, legal and financial papers, published writings, unpublished manuscripts, and memorabilia of the Loomis and Wilder families of Massachusetts, New York, and Virginia. The papers relate principally to Eben Jenks Loomis, astronomer, poet, and nature writer, and to his immediate family, and to his wife, Mary Alden Wilder Loomis and her immediate family, including papers of John Augustus Wilder, Civil War officer and lawyer for the U.S. Army. The Eben...
Dates: 1790-1912
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Loomis-Wilder Family papers

"The Trailing Arbutus", n.d.

 Part of Collection — Box 19: [Barcode: 39002137170289], Folder: GROUP 404, F-1
Call Number: YCAL MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:

Poem, holograph, signed; on Middlebrook, Dover, New Hampshire letterhead, with "[Home of Elizabeth]" written in ink above letterhead in an unidentified hand.

Accompanied by a pressed flower.

Removed from: Eben Jenks Loomis by Millicent Todd Bingham (Cambridge, [Mass.]: Privately printed, Riverside Press, 1913).

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Yale Collection of American Literature manuscript miscellany > L > LOOMIS, EBEN JENKS, 1828-1912

Todd-Bingham picture collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 496E
Abstract: Photographs, albums and scrapbooks, glass negatives, lantern slides, daguerreotypes, tintypes, prints, sketches, and paintings, 1837-1966, relating to the personal and professional lives of members of the Todd-Bingham family. These materials document the lives and careers of Mabel Loomis Todd, David Peck Todd, and Millicent Todd Bingham, in particular. Personal photographs and albums of Mabel Loomis Todd include views of family, friends, and places where she lived and travelled. Amherst,...
Dates: 1837-1966
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Todd-Bingham picture collection

David Peck Todd papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 496B
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, records of astronomical expeditions, diaries, notebooks and scrapbooks of David Peck Todd, astronomer and teacher at Amherst College from 1881 to 1917. Between 1882 and 1914 Todd conducted nine expeditions to various parts of the world to study solar eclipses. The notes, photographs, drawings and memorabilia of these expeditions make up a significant portion of the papers. He was also a fertile inventor, and plans and drawings for many devices, some related to...
Dates: 1862-1939
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > David Peck Todd papers

Mabel Loomis Todd papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 496C
Abstract: The papers consist of correspondence, notebooks, diaries, lectures, financial records, scrapbooks, subject files, and memorabilia documenting the personal life and professional career of Mabel Loomis Todd. Correspondence and diaries detail Todd's personal attitudes and feelings toward her family, her relationship with William Austin Dickinson, her travels with her husband, David Peck Todd, and other matters. Legal and financial papers document court battles over her status as editor of Emily...
Dates: 1863-1948
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Mabel Loomis Todd papers