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Grace Burke Hubble correspondence
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Grace Burke Hubble correspondence
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This small collection consists primarily of letters from Grace Burke Hubble to Ida Crotty. Grace writes about her travels throughout Europe, Edwin Powell Hubble's lectures, social life and daily activities such as fishing. There are quite a few letters where Grace writes from Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), Maryland, in the 1940s. In 1944, she describes obtaining a clearance from the Rocket Laboratory to ships firing anti-aircraft guns. There is a letter dated August 4, 1949, after Hubble's heart attack in Colorado, where Grace thanks Ida for sending him French editions of Vogue, which he enjoys very much while recuperating. The folder of miscellaneous items contains The Foothill Guide of the California Institute for Cancer Research membership list, notes, invoices, and a Report of the Library Committee.
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Roberta Nixon photographs and letter regarding Grace Burke Hubble
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This group of items, which belonged to Roberta Nixon, includes 6 photographs and 1 letter. The photographs include: 1 photograph of young Grace Hubble, 1901; 1 photograph of Edwin and Grace Hubble, and Betty Baldwin in Arizona, 1937; 1 photograph of an unidentified man and possibly Ida Crotty, 1969; and 3 photographs of Roberta Nixon, 1977-2019. In the thank you letter from Ida Crotty to Roberta Nixon dated 1980 March 29, Crotty reveals Nixon was the only person with Grace Hubble when she passed away in 1980.
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Grace Burke Hubble standing in the site of their future home in San Marino, California
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Grace (Burke) Hubble standing in the grass where the Hubble's house was later built. A dog and horses are barely visible behind her. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "1340 Woodstock Road--before the house was built."
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Grace Burke Hubble and Ida Crotty notes
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These are notes compiled by Grace Hubble, Ida Crotty, and others, were attempts at telepathic communication. A person would take an object such as a piece of jewelry, a photograph, or a pebble, and describe what they felt about that item. For example, on the evening of July 28, 1959, the third object selected were two fishing rods in an aluminum case. A woman named Maria ----- describes "Somebody holding something between the hands, an Indian sitting on the ground, -something stretched between two hands. An owl, -I see its big eyes, big beak." These notes span from 1959 through 1967.
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Grace Burke Hubble and her dog in the field where the Hubble's home was later built, in San Marino, California
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Grace Burke Hubble and a dog in the grass where the Hubble's house was later built. Note in unknown hand: "This is the picture I took of you and Mono that day--on your lot. Isn't it lovely? Don't destroy it." Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "1340 Woodstock Road".
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Grace Burke Hubble standing outside her home in San Marino, California
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Grace Burke Hubble standing in front of the Hubble's house on Woodstock Road. Note in the hand of Grace (Burke) Hubble: "Grace, 1340 Woodstock Rd. San Marino, Calif.".
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