Rare TLS signed “Edwin P. Hubble,” one page, 6 x 8, Athenaeum letterhead, January 19, 1933. Letter to James H. Wayland, in full: “As a candidate for the doctor’s degree you are eligible for regular membership in the Athenaeum and it gives me pleasure to send you the enclosed card to replace the continuing guest card which you now hold.” In fine condition.
Hubble served on the governing board of The Athenaeum, Caltech’s faculty club, handling membership issues and helping to organize lectures by professors and intellectuals from around the world—in 1931, Albert Einstein had addressed the group upon arriving for his visiting professorship at the institute. The recipient, then a PhD student, would go on to have a distinguished career as a pioneer in biomedical engineering by developing the intravital microscope. Wayland eventually became a professor at Caltech himself, and founded the Athenaeum Apicians, a gourmet dining club that met at Caltech's Athenaeum beginning in 1964. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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