Here is a short biographical booklet, on-line in its entirety, of the famous Pittsburgh astronomer and telescope-maker John A. Brashear. It was produced by the Brashear Association, which maintains a small John Brashear museum attached to their main building:

< http://johnbrashear.tripod.com/Brashearphotobio.htm#BIO >

This booklet was given to interested visitors at both the Brashear Association and at the astronomical observatory of Pittsburgh's original Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science.

gaw

Glenn A. Walsh, Project Director,
Friends of the Zeiss < http://friendsofthezeiss.org >
Electronic Mail - < [log in to unmask] >
SPACE & SCIENCE NEWS, ASTRONOMICAL CALENDAR:
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com/#news >
Author of History Web Sites on the Internet --
* Buhl Planetarium, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://buhlplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Adler Planetarium, Chicago:
  < http://adlerplanetarium.tripod.com >
* Astronomer, Educator, Optician John A. Brashear:
  < http://johnbrashear.tripod.com >
* Andrew Carnegie & Carnegie Libraries: 
  < http://andrewcarnegie.tripod.com > 
* Duquesne Incline cable-car railway, Pittsburgh: 
  < http://incline.pghfree.net >
* Public Transit:
  < http://andrewcarnegie2.tripod.com/transit >


--- On Thu, 3/12/09, SBC Museum <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: SBC Museum <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [MUSEUM-L] Info Request-Museum Publications
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 2:20 PM
> Dear friends,
> 
> This is a followup to my recent posting about biographies
> of children...and thank you again to all who responded!
> 
> Does your historic site or museum have a booklet featuring
> someone important to it--for instance, about those who
> founded the museum, or who were central to a specific
> historic site?
> 
> If anyone would be willing to share examples of short, soft
> cover, site-specific biographies that have been produced for
> sale in your bookshop, I would like to hear more about it.
> 
> I'm looking for a good model publication for my student
> who is producing a short
> biography of someone central to our museum collections.
> 
> Please provide details about it, and include contact
> information for possible purchase. You may respond directly
> to me at [log in to unmask]
> 
> Many thanks in advance for your assistance!
> 
> All best,
> Christian Carr
> Director, Sweet Briar Museum
> Sweet Briar College
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