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Harvard University. Chest of 1900.

Title: Chest of 1900.

ArchivalResource: 8 document boxes and 11 envelopes of photographs (2.7 cubic feet)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/77063199 View

Harvard University. Chest of 1900 photographs, 1899-1900.

Title: Chest of 1900 photographs, 1899-1900.

These photographs record the appearance of various parts of Cambridge, Massachusetts, ca. 1900. Included are views of many Cambridge streets, private homes of Harvard professors, and Harvard University buildings. There a very few images that include people or activities.

ArchivalResource: 11 envelopes of photographs in 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57603294 View

United States Naval Observatory Records, 1830-1900

Title: United States Naval Observatory Records 1830-1900

Official correspondence and administrative records of offices of the Naval Observatory, located in Washington, D.C., including of the superintendent, , librarian, and the superintendent of compasses and instruments, concerning activities of the observatory and tracing its development from its origin in the Depot of Charts and Instruments. Nautical Almanac

ArchivalResource: 8,000 items; 29 containers plus 1 oversize; 12 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011184 View

Records of the Harvard College Observatory Director Edward C. Pickering, 1854-1926

Title: Records of the Harvard College Observatory Director Edward C. Pickering, 1854-1926

Edward Charles Pickering (1846-1919), a physicist and astronomer, was the director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1876 to 1919, as well as, Phillips Professor of Astronomy and Geodesy (1876-1887) and Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy (1887-1919). Pickering’s records as Observatory Director, consisting chiefly of correspondence, document the research activities and administration of the Harvard College Observatory from 1854 to 1926. During Pickering’s administration, the Observatory's principal areas of research included programs in photometric, photographic, and spectroscopic stellar investigations. Pickering built an extensive library of photographic plates at Harvard, established an observing station in Arequipa, Peru, to achieve worldwide coverage of the sky, and employed women to carry out the Observatory's photographic and spectroscopic programs.

ArchivalResource: 168 containers.

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua43018/catalog View

Correspondence and other records from the Administrative Officer of the Observatory, 1953-1985 (inclusive).

Title: Correspondence and other records from the Administrative Officer of the Observatory, 1953-1985 (inclusive).

Includes general administrative records of R.G. Reed, Administrative Officer, and of the Administrative Assistant of the Observatory. For more detailed information about records, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.

ArchivalResource: 12 containers.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990019673780203941/catalog View