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Portraits of University of California individuals and groups, ca. 1850-[ongoing]

Title: Portraits of University of California individuals and groups, ca. 1850-[ongoing]

The collection consists of identified individuals and groups connected to the University of California, primarily from the Berkeley campus and the system-wide administration.

ArchivalResource: Ca. 4500 items

http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt438nc76z View

Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938. William H. Wright Papers, ca. 1897-1954.

Title: William H. Wright Papers, ca. 1897-1954.

This collection includes lecture notes and manuscripts.

ArchivalResource: 1 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/76177661 View

Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959. Papers, 1895-1957.

Title: Papers, 1895-1957.

ArchivalResource: Ca. 2 linear ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80181028 View

Van de Kamp, Peter, 1901-. Dedication of McDonald Observatory at Fort Davis, Texas [motion picture] / taken by Peter Van de Kamp.

Title: Dedication of McDonald Observatory at Fort Davis, Texas [motion picture] / taken by Peter Van de Kamp. 1939.

Van de Camp's film of the celebration (including a Texas barbecue) commemorating the dedication of McDonald Observatory in 1939. Among the attendees were: Walter Baade, Bart Jan Bok, Edwin F. Carpenter, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Heber Doust Curtis, Christian Thomas Elvey, Edwin Powell Hubble, Gerald Peter Kuiper, C.A. Robert Lundin, Robert Raynolds McMath, Edward Arthur Milne, Jason John Nassau, Jan Hendrik Oort, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, John Stanley Plaskett, Frank E. Ross, Henry Norris Russell, Jan Schilt, Carl K. Seyfert, Harlow Shapley, Frederick Slocum, Otto Struve, Robert Julius Trumpler, and William Hammond Wright. The film also includes scenes of the town of Fort Davis, Texas.

ArchivalResource: 1 film reel (11 min.) : si., b&w and col. ; 16 mm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78112240 View

Shane, Charles Donald, 1895-1983. Oral history interview with Charles Donald Shane, 1977 February 11.

Title: Oral history interview with Charles Donald Shane, 1977 February 11.

Main topic is Edwin Hubble and his work on variable nebulae, and the magnitudes of the Cepheids as an inspiration for other astronomers (Nicholas Mayall, Shane, Harlow Shapley). Extragalactic nature of spiral nebulae (Hubble) and red shifts discoveries; Shane's interest in galactic distribution, superclusters/clouds and spectral classifications. Briefly mentioned are Shane's directorships of Lick Observatory and Mt. Hamilton and relationships with the University of California, Berkeley Astronomy department. Also prominently mentioned are: Ira Sprague Bowen, Edwin Powell Hubble, Gerald Edward Kron, Armin O. Leuschner, Nicholas Ulrich Mayall, Charles Edward Kenneth Mees, Jerry Mulders, Allan Sandage, Harlow Shapley, Robert Smith, William Hammond Wright; and National Science Foundation (U.S.).

ArchivalResource: Sound recording: 1 sound cassette (ca. 1.0 hr.), 1 session.Transcript: 13 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82694635 View

Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits, ca. 1852-ca. 2004

Title: Harvard University Archives Photograph Collection: Portraits. ca.1852-ca.2004.

Photographs of individuals associated with Harvard University: faculty, students, administrators, staff, honorees, and habitués of Harvard Square. For those whose lives pre-date the era of photography, the contents of the folders are often photographic reproductions of other image types, such as etchings, paintings, or drawings. In a few cases, the images themselves may be original etchings or sketches.

ArchivalResource: 50 cubic ft.; 20,000 photographs; 10,000 folders.

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hua04006/catalog View

Galloway, John Debo, 1869-1943. John Debo Galloway papers, 1920-1940.

Title: John Debo Galloway papers, 1920-1940.

Correspondence, clippings, and miscellaneous promotional material relating to his participation in the Hoover presidential campaigns, and to his efforts to obtain gifts from various sources for the Lick Observatory.

ArchivalResource: .5 linear ft. (1 box).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86093738 View

Bowen, Ira Sprague, 1898-1973. Correspondence to Bowen about gaseous nebulae, 1934.

Title: Correspondence to Bowen about gaseous nebulae, 1934.

Correspondence, primarily to Bowen from W. H. Wright about gaseous nebulae; other correspondencts include Joseph Boyce, Donald M. Menzel, Henry Norris Russell, and Otto Struve. Also includes some of Bowen's notes and calculations.

ArchivalResource: .5 in.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83555049 View

Shane, Mary Lea Heger, 1897-1983. Oral history interview with Mary Lea Heger Shane, 1967 July 15.

Title: Oral history interview with Mary Lea Heger Shane, 1967 July 15.

Family ancestry; orientation of early education; undergraduate at University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D. Lick Observatory, studying under William H. Wright and Heber O. Curtis, recollections of Lick staff, life at Mount Wilson, women as astronomers, mixed roles of mother,student, and faculty wife; evolution of interest in history of astronomy: writing the history of Lick Observatory; comments on the years of husband's (Charles D. Shane) directorship of Lick; involvement with Manhattan Project; recollections of Ernest O. Lawrence and the Radiation Laboratory; comments on astronomers George Gamow, Fred Hoyle, and Henry N. Russell. Also prominently mentioned are: William W. Campbell, Heber D. Curtis, Bertil Lindblad, and Joseph H. Moore.

ArchivalResource: Sound recording: 1 5-inch reel (ca. 2.0 hrs.), 1 session.Transcript: 51 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83103630 View