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Department of Astronomy Records, 1880-1917.

Title: Department of Astronomy Records, 1880-1917.

The Department of Astronomy and the Observatory Records document the origins of the modern astronomy department and the construction of the early observatories at Columbia University. The correspondence and writings of faculty members illustrate the growth of the department in its formative years and highlight contemporary scholarly interests within the field.

ArchivalResource: 5 linear ft. (4 record storage cartons, 2 document boxes)

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Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957. Correspondence [microform], 1890-1950.

Title: Correspondence [microform], 1890-1950.

The correspondence spans Russell's entire career, including his student years at Princeton University and Cambridge University. Primarily professional correspondence, the collection reflects his work with the International Astronomical Union on stellar spectra, with the American Astronomical Society, the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Ordnance Ballistic Advisory Committee, the Meteor Crater Exploration and Mining Company, and Ginn and Company. Topics include virtually all aspects of stellar astronomy, from binary and variable star systems to stellar atmospheres and interiors. Much of the correspondence with Otto Struve and Edwin Frost constitutes Russell's reviews of papers submitted to the Astrophysical Journal of a broad range of topics in astronomy, spectroscopic astrophysics and theoretical astrophysics. Correspondents include Walter S. Adams, Robert G. Aitken, Edward E. Barnard, William W. Campbell, Theodore Dunham, Edwin B. Frost, George R. Harrison, Albert G. Ingalls, Arthur S. King, Zdenek Kopal, Willem Jacob Luyten, William F. Meggers, Donald H. Menzel, John E. Merrill, Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Edward C. Pickering, Alexander G. Russell, Gordon M. Russell, Frederick Albert Saunders, Frank Schlesinger, Frederick H. Seares, Harlow Shapley, Charlotte Moore Sitterly, Joel Stebbins, and Otto Struve.

ArchivalResource: 41 microfilm reels.

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Mitchell, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1874-1960. Papers of Samuel Alfred Mitchell [manuscript], ca.1898-1945.

Title: Papers of Samuel Alfred Mitchell [manuscript], ca.1898-1945.

Papers concerning stellar parallaxes, solar eclipses, college notes, war correspondence. Collection includes correspondences, notebooks, slides, and photographs. Also an engraving plate for a photograph of Mitchell.

ArchivalResource: 2500 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647972932 View

Adams, John Couch, 1819-1892,. Astronomy autographs collected by Samuel A. Mitchell, 1924, 1928, 1954, n.d.

Title: Astronomy autographs collected by Samuel A. Mitchell, 1924, 1928, 1954, n.d.

The collection contains a brief note from J.C. Adams, discoverer of Neptune, to a Captain Gibson, n.d. Indian scientist Meghnad Saha thanks Mitchell for a book, 1924 August 26. Dutch amateur astronomer G. Van Den Bergh inquires about the limits of an eclipse and errors he may have detected in the works of Mitchell and E. and B. Strömgren. Fragments of an untitled speech, 1928, possibly by Mitchell, appear to discuss astronomical knowledge and the creation story, which he does not find denied by modern science.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70833549 View

Schlesinger, Frank, 1871-1943. Allegheny Observatory correspondence [microform], 1905-1920.

Title: Allegheny Observatory correspondence [microform], 1905-1920.

Collection consists of Schlesinger's director's correspondence and scientific correspondence from the Allegheny Observatory. Topics include the astrometry of high precision accomplished by photographic means, and the International Union for Solar Research. Correspondents include Robert G. Aitken, Harold L. Alden, Benjamin Boss, William W. Campbell, Annie J. Cannon, Raymond S. Dugan, Philip Fox, Edwin Frost, George Ellery Hale, R.T.A. Innes, Frank C. Jordan, Armin Otto Leuschner, John A. Miller, Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Edward C. Pickering, Frank E. Ross, Henry Norris Russell, Harlow Shapley, and Joel Stebbins, as well as the Brashear Company.

ArchivalResource: 10 microfilm reels.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80601819 View

Mitchell, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1874-1960. Wise family correspondence and clippings [manuscript] 1934-64.

Title: Wise family correspondence and clippings [manuscript] 1934-64.

Correspondence of Jane Wise and Lucy Smith Wise. Clippings chiefly regarding Sir Harold Spencer Jones, Dr. Samuel Alfred Mitchell and Sir J. Ashley Sparks. Of interest is a letter from Samuel Alfred Mitchell seeking financial help for attendance at an International Astronomical Union conference in Zurich, 1948.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647948964 View

Clark, Champ. Oral history interview of Joseph L. Vaughan [manuscript], 1973, 2000.

Title: Oral history interview of Joseph L. Vaughan [manuscript], 1973, 2000.

In an interview conducted in 1973, Vaughan recalls Pesident Alderman and his influence; William Mynn Thornton; John Lloyd Newcomb; the University during World War II; Edward R. "Butch" Slaughter; Copeley Hill housing; Colgate Darden; Clinch Valley College; Frank Hartman;Joseph C. Smiddy; Edgar F. Shannon; James M. Page; Samuel A. Mitchell; Milton W. Humphreys; and traditions and the University of Virginia way.

ArchivalResource: Index.2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647916077 View

Edmondson, Frank K. (Frank Kelley), 1912-. Selected papers [microform], 1936-1948.

Title: Selected papers [microform], 1936-1948.

Primarily correspondence of Edmondson, or collected by him, relating to the cooperative use of observatories, specifically the McDonald Observatory in Indiana, and the origins of the American national astronomical observatories. Correspondents include Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Otto Struve, and A. N. Vyssotsky.

ArchivalResource: 409 items on 1 microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/80927787 View

Mitchell, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1874-1960,. University Christian Association miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1939-1943.

Title: University Christian Association miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1939-1943.

Letters from the chairmen of the University Christian Association, William R. Smithey and S.A. Mitchell, 1939-1940, in reference to sending copies of the Association Records for several years, a solicitation letter from Mitchell, 1943, and a pledge card, undated. Included is a notice about University of Virginia group hospitalization insurance from E. I. Carruthers, probably sent to all faculty and staff.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/402570341 View