The letter is from I. S. Bowen, Director, Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories to M. K. Vainu Bappu, Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge informing that Dr. Vannevar Bush, President of the institution, has approved his appointment as a fellow of the Carnegie Institution of Washington for a period of one year with a grant of $3000.

This letter was about the appointment of M. K. Vainu Bappu as a fellow of the Carnegie Institution of Washington for a period of one year beginning September 1st, 1951.