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Swope, Henrietta Hill, 1902-. Papers of Henrietta Hill Swope, 1923-1979.

Title: Papers of Henrietta Hill Swope, 1923-1979.

The collection contains approximately 2,400 items in 12 boxes. The correspondence (Parts 1 and 2) has been grouped together alphabetically by correspondent. The correspondence includes letters from a variety of astronomers from around the world as well as general astronomy questions from members of the public. The correspondence also deals with women in astronomy and in the Beverly T. Lynds folder is a list of women members of the Astronomical Association of America. The majority of the letters written by Swope are retained copies. The arrangement of her astronomical working papers, however, mirrors that of the collection when it was obtained by the Huntington. The folder titles for the working papers are, for the most part, those of Henrietta Swope herself. The majority of the working papers deal with Swope's research and work on the Milky Way, M31 (Andromeda Galaxy), variable stars, cepheids, Magellanic Clouds, and the Draco System (these folders include notes, photographs and charts.) There are also four black and white photographs that may be of Swope receiving the Annie Jump Cannon Prize in 1968 and several miscellaneous manuscripts, reprints, articles by Swope and others, journals, bulletins, notes, pieces of ephemera and several hundred IBM cards. Notable participants include: Helmut Abt, Gonzalo Alcaino, Joseph Ashbrook, Robert Atkinson, Walter Baade, Horace W. Babcock, Ludwig Biermann, Bart J. Bok, Ira Sprague Bowen, Frederick Brasch, Laszlo Detre, Armin Deutsch, David H. DeVorkin, Laurence Fredrick, Cecilia and Sergei Gaposchkin, Helen Gilberts, Otto Heckmann, Arthur and Helen Hogg, Roberta Humphreys, Alfred H. Joy, Zdenek Kopal, Gerald E. Kron, Arlo U. Landolt, William Liller, Beverly T. Lynds, George C. McVittie, Donald H. Menzel, Delo Mook, Jan Hendrick Oort, L. Plaut, George Preston, Vera Rubin, Allan Sandage, Jan Schilt, T. Schmidt-Kaler, Martin Schwarzschild, Harlow Shapley, Elske Smith, Hyron Spinrad, Sidney Van den Bergh, Alexander Vyssotsky, Merle F. Walker, Sir Richard Woolley, American Institute of Physics, Astronomical Journal, Popular Astronomy, Royal Astronomical Society and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory.

ArchivalResource: Approximately 2,400 items.12 boxes.

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Gold, Thomas. Oral history interview with Thomas Gold, 1978 April 1.

Title: Oral history interview with Thomas Gold, 1978 April 1.

Childhood in Germany and family background; competitive spirit. War years; internment and war work on radar with Herman Bondi and Frederick Hoyle, 1942-1945. At University of Cambridge; development of theory of hearing and steady state theory; at Greenwich Observatory, 1952-1956; research on lunar surface and terrestrial dynamics; positions at Harvard and Cornell Universities; involvement with Arecibo Observatory; involvement with governmental agencies including National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Aeronautic and Space Organization (NASA); changes in government funding. Development and reception of steady state theory. Also contains a 29-page interview conducted by the BBC, and a 56-page appendix, The Pandit Nehru Election Campaign for Chancellor of University of Cambridge, 1950. Also prominently mentioned are: Georg von Békésy, Ken Bowles, Oscar Buneman, Arthur Clarke, George Darwin, Herbert Dingle, Arthur Stanley Eddington, Otto Robert Frisch, Bill Gordon, Fred Hoyle, Harold Jeffreys, E.C. Jordan, William Thomson Kelvin, Hyman Levy, Raymond Lyttleton, Malik, William Hunter McCrea, Charles W. McCutchen, Donald Howard Menzel, Walter Mondale, Gordon Pettengill, R.J. Pumphrey, J.A. Ratcliffe, Martin Ryle, Carl Sagan, R.W. Shaw, Harold Spencer-Jones, Carl Friedrich Weizsäcker, Richard van der Riet Woolley; Cornell University, Great Britain Admiralty, Rationalist Society, Skylab, Trinity College (University. Of Cambridge), University of Cambridge, and Zuoz College.

ArchivalResource: Transcript, 87 p. plus appendices.

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Papers and correspondence of William Hunter McCrea, Knight, mathematician, physicist and astronomer, 1904-1999, 1890-2004

Title: Papers and correspondence of William Hunter McCrea, Knight, mathematician, physicist and astronomer, 1904-1999 1890-2004

ArchivalResource: 186 boxes

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Dunham, Theodore, 1897-1984. Selected papers [microform], 1921-1979, (bulk 1930-1960).

Title: Selected papers [microform], 1921-1979, (bulk 1930-1960).

Correspondence and manuscripts. Chiefly correspondence, mostly professional, with astronomers and other scientists. Topics include optical design and application in astronomical instrumentation for a wide range of purposes, planning for spectroscopic work at Mount Stromlo, suggestions for research at Harvard College Observatory, and application of physical methods to medical research. Also contains selected manuscripts and research proposals, miscellaneous personal items on appointments and awards, and family photographs. Correspondents include Bart J. Bok, E. Arthur Milne, Marcus L. Oliphant, Henry Norris Russell, Harlow Shapley, Lyman Spitzer, Otto Struve, Albrecht Unsöld, and Richard Woolley.

ArchivalResource: 3 microfilm reels.

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Royal Greenwich Observatory. Alan Hunter Papers, 1949-1975.

Title: Alan Hunter Papers, 1949-1975.

Contains: A. Files of loose papers, now taped and boxed. B. Documentation of important topics and events, such as: the celebrations to mark the tercentenary of the founding of the Royal Observatory; the Northern Hemisphere Observatory project (which continued under Hunter's direction). C. The following is a list of the names of correspondents and others as they appear in the handlist to this class of papers in RGO Archives. It must be remembered that this is not necessarily an exhaustive list of names as they appear in the papers themselves. Researchers interested in a particular period are invited to write to the RGO Archivist at the above address if they are interested in particular individuals whose names do not appear below, but who could possibly have been in correspondence with the person or institution responsible for creating the class. Correspondents: R. Atkinson; S. Baliga; Q. Begum; D. Brouwer; D. Browser; Dr. Elliot; Sir H. Ennor; S. Fukushima; T. Gold; F. Graham-Smith; G. Harding; B. Harris; Sir F. Hoyle A. Hunter; C.H. Johns; Y. Kamya; M. Kodama; I. Kondo; P. Marsden; A. Marx; K. McCracken; Y. Miyazak; K. Nagashima; D. Palmer; M.O. Robbins; K. Sen; J. Simoson; R.H. Stoy; T. Thambyahpillai; R. Thompson; E. Wampler; R.L. Waterfield; A. Wolfendale; Sir R. Wooley; S Yoshida; and M. Zverev; among others.

ArchivalResource: 53 pieces.

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