Oral History interview with Margaret W. Mayall, 1986 August 11 and September 12

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Oral History interview with Margaret W. Mayall, 1986 August 11 and September 12

1986

https://libserv.aip.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!28323!0&profile=rev-icos

In this interview, Mayall discusses her childhood and early interest in astronomy; undergraduate years at Swarthmore College; work at Harvard College Observatory in the 1920s; the role of women at Harvard College Observatory, and in astronomy in general; memories of Edward Pickering; and the relationship between the American Association of Variable Star Observers and Harvard College Observatory. Mayall details her work with Annie Jump Cannon, including Cannons's personality and work habits, her skills in socializing, her work with variable start and her relationship with Cecilia Payne. Other contacts discussed include Antonia Maury, Cecilia Payne, Harlow Shapley, Donald Menzel, Adelaide Ames, Solon Bailey, and McGeorge Bundy.

Transcript: 28 pages.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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