Details
Title

Frederick L. Chase papers 1882-1945 (bulk 1889-1906)

Date

1882-1945

Call Number

BHS 265

Contents

1 box (28 folders).

Description

This collection comprises family and professional papers of Frederick L. Chase, astronomer, whose father George F. Chase was a Boulder pioneer.

Summary

The papers include financial records and correspondence of Frederick, articles relating to his astronomical research, and biographical files on members of his extended family.

History

George F. Chase arrived in Boulder, Colorado, in July 1859. He was one of the first settlers of the town. He and his wife Augusta had five children; only their son Frederick survived them. Frederick had a successful career as an astronomer at Yale University, before moving back to Boulder to be with his family.

Terms of Use

RIGHTS: The historic photographs and documents, with the Source BHS, belong to the Boulder Historical Society/Museum of Boulder and require attribution when used. These items are on permanent loan to the Carnegie Library for Local History. No duplicated materials may be deposited, or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Format

Clippings.
Correspondence.
Documents.

Author

Chase, Frederick Lincoln 1865-1933

Subjects

Chase family
Chase, George F, 1837-1918
Chase, Frederick Lincoln, 1865-1933
Pioneers--Colorado--Boulder--Biography
Boulder (Colo.)--Biography

Acquisition Note

Donor: unknown Date unknown

Ownership Note

The Paddock Collection of Chase family photographs and papers was brought to the Boulder Public Library's Carnegie Branch Library from the Boulder Daily Camera on 24 July 1985.

Note

This collection is on permanent loan from the Boulder Historical Society.

Pages

Frederick L. Chase certificate 1882 June 7
Frederick L. Chase certificate 1882 June 7
Call Number 265-1-1
Date 1882
Contents 1 item.
Description This folder contains a certificate which declares that Frederick L. Chase, having completed the classical course, is prepared to enter the freshman class of the University of Colorado.

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Chase financial papers 1889-1928
Chase financial papers 1889-1928
Call Number 265-1-2
Date 1889-1928
Contents 18 items.
Description This folder contains various personal financial papers of Frederick L. Chase.

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Chase family correspondence 1889-1928
Chase family correspondence 1889-1928
Call Number 265-1-(3-9)
Date 1889-1928
Contents 7 folders.
Description This folder contains various incoming personal correspondence of Frederick L. Chase. Most of the early letters are from his mother, Augusta Chase. Much of the correspondence ca. 1893-1899 is from colleagues in the scientific community, congratulating Chase on his astronomical research at Yale University. The folder for 1902-1907 contains numerous letters of condolence regarding the heroic death of Chase's brother Harry in Telluride, Colorado., The folder for 1908 contains a letter to Chase from the French Academy of Science, informing him that he had been awarded part of the Lalande prize.

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Calling cards and invitations 1890-1910
Calling cards and invitations 1890-1910
Call Number 265-1-10
Date 1890-1910
Contents 14 items.
Description This folder contains calling cards of a number of individuals, and three wedding invitations, presumably of people with whom Chase was acquainted.

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Church pamphlets 1891-1899
Church pamphlets 1891-1899, Wheaton Vespers, Story of the year 1899
Call Number 265-1-11
Date 1891-1899
Contents 3 items.
Description This folder contains a list of church meetings, a Wheaton vespers song book by the Congregational Sunday-School and Publishing Society, and a pamphlet entitled The Story of the Year 1899 published by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions.

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Greeting cards 1893-1910
Greeting cards 1893-1910
Call Number 265-1-12
Date 1893-1910
Contents 19 items.
Description This folder contains Christmas cards, Easter cards, postal cards, poems on cards, etc., sent to Chase.

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Frederick Lincoln Chase letters from Europe 1896 July - Dec
Frederick Lincoln Chase letters from Europe 1896 July - Dec
Call Number 265-1-13
Date 1896
Contents 1 folder.
Description This folder contains letters Chase wrote to his mother from Holland, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, France, and England.

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Astronomical journal 1898 Dec. 12
The Astronomical journal 1898 Dec. 12, Elements and ephemeris of comet j 1898 from a measurement of the photographic plates taken at the Yale observatory
Call Number 265-1-14
Date 1898
Contents 1 item.
Description This issue of The Astronomical Journal, published in Boston, Mass., by S. C. Chandler, contains a number of scholarly articles about the Leonid meteor shower of 1898 and Chase's discovery of a comet on 21 November 1898. Chase wrote one of the articles, and his name is mentioned numerous times in the other articles.

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Geselliger abend der alten herrn 1898 Dec. 22 In German
Geselliger abend der alten herrn 1898 Dec. 22 In German
Call Number 265-1-15
Date 1898
Contents 1 item.

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Clippings 1898-1945 (bulk 1898-1910)
Clippings 1898-1945 (bulk 1898-1910)
Call Number 265-1-16
Date 1898-1945
Contents 1 folder.
Description This folder contains clippings about the life and work of Frederick Chase, who discovered a comet in 1898.

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Bicentennial songs and receipt 1900-1901
Bicentennial songs and receipt 1900-1901
Call Number 265-1-17
Date 1900-1901
Contents 2 items.
Description Professor Chase subscribed $25 to the Yale Bicentennial Fund, and received an acknowledgement from the Yale University treasurer. The other item in this folder is a booklet of Yale Bicentennial Songs for a gathering on 22 October 1901.

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Poems 1900-1926
Poems 1900-1926
Call Number 265-1-18
Date 1900-1926
Contents 1 folder.
Description This folder contains written and printed poems that possibly were written or collected by Frederick Chase, professor at Yale University.

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