Roach, Franklin E. Papers 1931-1994

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Roach, Franklin E. Papers 1931-1994

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The bulk of the Franklin E. Roach Papers contain his notes, drafts, charts, correspondence, photographs, and publications generated from his research in upper-atmospheric physics. The materials also include Roach's lecture notes, his correspondence files from his work on unidentified flying objects, and some biographical papers.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska Polar Regions Collections & Archives

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Roach, Franklin Evans, 1900-

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Franklin E. Roach (1905-1993) began his career as an astronomer working for the Yerkes Observatory while he was a graduate student at the University of Chicago. He was the first astronomer to be stationed at the University of Texas' McDonald Observatory. Roach worked there using a small camera to observe photographic photometry and polarimetry of reflection nebulae. This innovative program was Roach's start in quantitative photometric measurements of large, low surface-brightness ar...

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