Title:
William Henry Knight papers, 1862-1981 (bulk 1868-1935)
Creator/Contributor:
Knight, Wm. Henry (William Henry), 1835-1925, creator
Abstract:
Contains correspondence, subject files, writings, clippings, tributes, and ephemera. Correspondence includes letters to wife
Ella, daughter Stella Knight Ruess, and other family members and some professional correspondence including some while working
for H.H. Bancroft and Co. Subject files include items on Astronomy, Edward Everett Hale, and the Commonwealth Party (Progressive
Party). Also includes correspondence regarding Knight's accident and death, an incomplete manuscript of the biography on Knight,
letters regarding donation of biography and correspondence of Waldo Ruess concerning works of his grandfather.
Date:
1868 (issued)
Subject:
Knight, Wm. Henry (William Henry) -- 1835-1925 -- Archives
Knight, Ella -- d. 1918 -- Correspondence
Ruess, Stella Knight -- b. 1879 -- Correspondence
Hale, Edward Everett -- 1822-1909
Ruess, Waldo -- Correspondence
H.H. Bancroft and Company.
Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
Astronomy -- History
Note:
Collection processed at folder level in 2006.
William Henry Knight papers, 1862-1981 (bulk 1868-1935) BANC MSS 2006/232, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
In English.
Related collection: William Henry Knight papers, 1855-1889 (BANC MSS 76/116).
Physical Description:
print
2 boxes (.6 linear feet)
Language:
English
Origin:
California