Center for History of Physics (American Institute of Physics)

This oral history project was undertaken by the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics, beginning in about 1976. The American Philosophical Society Library is a designated repository for the archive, which includes photocopies of typed manuscripts of the interviews, and microfilm and microfiche of certain manuscript collections of astrophysicists. These include the papers of Robert D'E Atkinson, Seth Chandler, Theodore Dunham [The American Philosophical Society has received a separate Dunham collection that has not yet been cataloged (Ms. Coll. #40).], Frank Edmondson, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Edwin Hubble, George Cunliffe McVittie, Jan Hendrik Oort, Frank Schlesinger, Harlow Shapley, Otto Struve, Polydore Swings, and Charles A. Young.

From the description of History of Modern Astrophysics Archives, 1976-1979. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122474028

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