Edwin FrancisCarpenter papers, 1917-1963

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Edwin FrancisCarpenter papers, 1917-1963

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Papers, 1917-1963 (bulk 1930-1960), ofastronomer Edwin F. Carpenter, 1898-1963. Includes biographical materials,correspondence, publications and appearances, printed materials, andphotographs. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence documentinghis professional activities, and photographs documenting the building andinstrumentation of Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona, and KittPeak National Observatory in the Quinan Mountains, west of Tucson, Arizona.Selected correspondents include Bart Bok, Raymund Dugan, Stuve Holm, KnutLundmark, Otto Struve, Harlow Shapley, and Edwin Hubble.

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Carpenter, Edwin Francis, 1898-1963.

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Astronomer. Faculty member of University of Arizona from 1925, and director of Steward Observatory, 1938-1963. From the description of Papers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84317686 Biographical note: Astronomer, director of the Steward Observatory and head of the astronomy department at the University of Arizona; Carpenter arrived in Arizona in 1925 to teach astronomy at the University. From the description of Carpenter photograph collection, 1925-1929. (Arizon...