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Pettit, Edison, 1889-1962. Papers of Edison Pettit, 1920-1969.

Title: Papers of Edison Pettit, 1920-1969.

The correspondence is chiefly with other astronomers in the United States and deals with astronomy in general including Pettit's work at Mount Wilson, telescopes and ultraviolet light research. The rest of the collection is made up of manuscripts, notes, notebooks and printed items. The majority of the manuscripts are by Edison Pettit (two are co-written with Seth Barnes Nicholson and there is one abstract by Harold D. Babcock). The manuscripts deal with astronomy including thermocouples, Pettit's ultraviolet research, the Sun, the Moon and telescope lenses. One notable manuscript is a rather lengthy typed manuscript with handwritten edits (facsimile copy) regarding the moon and which is probably written by Edison Pettit (but never published?). There are also miscellaneous notes related to astronomy in general and more specifically the moon and nebulae including galley proofs for the book Physics and astronomy of the Moon, edited by Zdenĕk Kopal. The twelve Nebular Photometry notebooks in boxes 8 and 9 were kept by Pettit while at work observing the sky. There are also three reprints of articles (one by Pettit). The albums in box 10 include one with photographs (nebulae) but the other three contain handwritten notes and lists kept by Pettit. The collection has several photographs scattered throughout the collection.

ArchivalResource: 3,348 items.10 boxes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/709807680 View

William W. Coblentz Papers, 1883-1960

Title: William W. Coblentz Papers 1883-1960

Author and physicist. Correspondence, diary, writings, bibliography, notes, notebooks, biographical material, awards, photographs, newspaper clippings, printed matter, and other material relating chiefly to Coblentz's work in the fields of infrared spectroscopy and to the application of radiometry to astronomical problems.

ArchivalResource: 350 items; 10 containers; 3 linear feet

http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009045 View

Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966. Addition to papers, 1870-1973 (bulk: 1906-1966).

Title: Addition to papers, 1870-1973 (bulk: 1906-1966).

Includes correspondence, postcards, manuscripts, typescripts, reprints, photographs, diaries, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Subjects include his early life in Clintonville, Wisconsin, and education at Ripon College, University of Wisconsin and Johns Hopkins University; work at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, the Allegheny Observatory, and the National Bureau of Standards; travels for research and recreation; family and relatives; work with professional organizations; conferences and meetings; revisions of the Welch Periodic Chart; early infrared photographic emulsions; and applied spectroscopy. The bulk of the collection dates from 1906-1966. His work in atomic spectroscopy and development of standards of length are well documented. Meggers was active with many organizations including the American Astronomical Society, the American Institute of Physics, the Argonne National Laboratory, Eastman Kodak Company, the International Astronomical Union, the Joint Commission on Spectroscopy, Lick Observatory, Mount Wilson Observatory, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Research Council, the Optical Society of America. Important correspondents include: J.S. Ames, Keivin Burns, W.W. Coblentz, Henry Crew, Taco L. de Bruin, N. Ernest Dorsey, Alfred Fowler, George R. Harrison, Elmer Hutchisson, Heinrich Kayser, C.C. Kiess, Otto LaPorte, Charlotte Moore, Henry A. Rowland, Henry Norris Russell, Frank Schlesinger, Allen. Shenstone, Arnold Sommerfeld, Charles P. Snyder, Toshio Takamine, and John A. Wheeler. Family names related to Meggers with documentation in the collection include Binder, Bleck, Bork, Keske, Meserve, and Raddant.

ArchivalResource: 39 linear feet (84 boxes)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79391414 View

Niels Bohr Library. The Emilio Segrè visual archives, A-D, [ca. 1870]-9999.

Title: The Emilio Segrè visual archives, A-D, [ca. 1870]-9999.

An extensive collection of some 25,000 historical photographs, slides, lithographs, engravings, and other visual materials relating to the history of physics and its allied sciences. The collection focuses on American physicists and astronomers of the twentieth century, but includes many scientists in Europe and elsewhere, in other fields related to physics, and in earlier times. It contains photographs of industrial laboratories, observatories, apparatus, academic physics departments, meetings of scientific societies, etc. This record contains a partial index.

ArchivalResource: ca. 25,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/81895962 View