Frank P. Brackett papers
Scope and Contents of the Collection
Frank P. Brackett's papers contain professional and personal correspondence, manuscripts, Pomona college documents, Personal documents, Government publications, financial documents, illustrations, ephemera, and newspaper clippings and pamphlets.
Dates
- Creation: 1826-1975
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
For permissions to reproduce or to publish, please contact Special Collections Library staff.
Biography of Frank Brackett
Dr. Frank Parkhurst Brackett was born in Provincetown, Mass. in 1865. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1887. Soon after he graduated he moved to California. In 1887, he taught at the McPherron Academy for boys in Los Angeles. In 1889 he married Lucretia Burdick in Pomona, California. He taught astronomy, mathematics, and Latin at Pomona College from 1892 to 1932. In 1912, he took a sabbatical to travel to Algeria to conduct experiments on government funded research project. During World War I, he took another leave of absence from teaching to participate in the Commission in the Relief for Belgium. At the same time, during World War I, he worked closely with Captain A. W. Stevens in Los Angeles on the Selective Service Act of 1917. Brackett joined the R.O.T.C. and trained at Angel Island, in the San Francisco harbor, during the 1920s. From 1892 to 1932 Dr. Brackett, his colleagues and his students, as well as members of the community observed climatical, meteorological, and solar observations at the Brackett Observatory on the Pomona College campus for the United States Department of Agriculture, which later was renamed to the United States Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Extent
17 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract:
Dr. Frank Parkhurst Brackett was born in Provincetown, Mass. in 1865. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1887. Immediately after he graduated he moved to California. In 1887, he taught at the McPherron Academy for boys in Los Angeles. In 1889 he married Lucretia Burdick in Pomona, California. He taught astronomy, mathematics, and Latin at Pomona College from 1892 to 1932. In 1912, he took a sabbatical to travel to Algeria to conduct experiments on government funded research project. During World War I, he took another leave of absence from teaching to participate in the Commission in the Relief for Belgium. At the same time, during World War I, he worked closely with Captain A. W. Stevens in Los Angeles on the Selective Service Act of 1917. Brackett joined the R.O.T.C. and trained at Angel Island, in the San Francisco harbor, during the 1920s. From 1892 to 1932 Dr. Brackett, his colleagues and his students, as well as members of the community observed climatical, meteorological, and solar observations at the Brackett Observatory on the Pomona College campus for the United States Department of Agriculture, which later was renamed to the United States Department of Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Series Arrangement
Series 1, Correspondence, 1883-1975 and Undated
Subseries 1.1, Correspondence, 1883-1919
Subseries 1.2 Personal correspondence, 1891-1945
Series 2, Manuscripts, 1919-1975 and Undated
Series 2.1, Granite and Sagebrush, 1941-1951 and Undated
Subseries 2.2, More Granite and Sagebrush, 1944 and Undated
Subseries 2.3, History of Pomona Valley, Undated
Subseries 2.4, Biography of Theodore-Roosevelt-Gast, Undated
Subseries 2.5, Armistice Day Orientation, 1927
Series 2.6, Danville Historical Society, 1884
Subseries 2.7, Concerning the observatory and astronomy at Pomona College, Undated
Series 3, Pomona College, 1900-1948
Subseries 3.1, Financial documents, 1899-1948
Subseries 3.2, Business reports, 1894-1948
Subseries 3.3, Social Life, 1911-1947 and Undated
Subseries 3.4, Astronomy expedition, 1923 and Undated
Subseries 3.5, Astronomy department, 1893-1942
Series 4, Personal documents, 1865-1925
SubSeries 4.1. Financial documents, 1867-1925
Subseries 4.2, Legal documents, 1913-1941
Subseries 4.3, Genealogy, 1913-1951
Subseries 4.4, School Catalogues, 1887-1941
Series 5, Government documents, 1917-1949
Subseries 5.1, United States War Department, 1917-1936
Subseries 5.2, Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1916-1936
Subseries 5.3, Reserve Officers Training Corps -- California, 1918-1936
Subseries 5.4, War Department, Air Corps, Material Division, 1917-1933
Subseries 5.5, Department of Commerce, Civilian Aeronautics Administration, 1940-1949
Series 6, Illustrations, Undated
Series 7, Ephemera, 1826-1941
Series 8, Newspaper clippings and pamphlets, Undated
Physical Location
Special Collections, Honnold/Mudd Library. Claremont University Consortium.
Acquisition Information
Gift from Alison Howell in 2004.
Accruals
No addition to the collection is anticipated.
General Physical Description note
no content
Processing Information
Arranged and Processed by Russell Michalak
Subject
- Johnson, Albert (Creator, Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Guide to the Frank P.Brackett Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Finding aid created by Russell Michalak
- Date
- June 4, 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository
800 North Dartmouth Ave
Claremont CA 91711 United States
Email: specialcollections@claremont.edu