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SNAC: Social Networks and Archival Context
revised2015-09-18machineCPF merge programMerge v2.0revised2016-08-18T11:55:58machineSNAC EAC-CPF ParserBulk ingest into SNAC Databaserevised2016-08-18T11:55:58humanSystem Service (system@localhost)created2024-03-29machineSNAC EAC-CPF SerializerSNAC Identity Constellation serialized to EAC-CPFpersonShane, Mary Lea Heger, 1897-1983.presumed18971983Astronomical observatoriesAstronomyAstrophysicsManhattan Project (U.S.)TelescopesWomen in scienceAstronomersCampbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938.Gamow, George, 1904-1968.Hoyle, Fred, Sir.International Astronomical Union.Lawrence Radiation Laboratory.Lick Observatory.Mayall, N. U. (Nicholas Ulrich), 1906-1993.Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949.Palomar Observatory.Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957.Shane, Charles Donald, 1895-1983.University of California, Berkeley.Wright, Helen, 1914-1997,Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959.Shane, Mary Lea Heger, 1897-1983. Letters to Nicholas and Kay Mayall.Shane, Mary Lea Heger, 1897-1983.Letters to Nicholas and Kay Mayall.American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr LibraryShane, Mary Lea Heger, 1897-1983. Oral history interview with Mary Lea Heger Shane, 1967 July 15.Shane, Mary Lea Heger, 1897-1983.Wright, Helen, 1914-1997,Oral history interview with Mary Lea Heger Shane, 1967 July 15.Sound recording: 1 5-inch reel (ca. 2.0 hrs.), 1 session.Transcript: 51 p.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. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr LibraryShane, Mary Lea Heger, 1897-1983. Oral history interview with Mary Lea Heger, 1966 November 7 to 1967 August 1.Shane, Mary Lea Heger, 1897-1983.Oral history interview with Mary Lea Heger, 1966 November 7 to 1967 August 1.3 sessions;Transcript: 245 p.Childhood; years at Berkeley; life on Mount Hamilton in 1919; early years of marriage. Workings of the Lick Observatory in 1919: the apparatus, the astronomers, the duties of graduate assistants; and such subjects as food, lodging, water supply, and health care. Comments and anecdotes on the history of the Mount Hamilton road; the various telescopes; mountaintop living in 1919 and in the post-1945 period. Description of her husband's career (Charles D. Shane) prior to 1945, and a discussion of former directors of the Observatory. The years 1945 to 1958, when Dr. Shane was Director of the Observatory; administrative and technical problems at the Observatory. Various visitors to Mount Hamilton; her work with the Lick Archives; the International Astronomical Union meeting at Berkeley in 1961. American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library