Papers, 1931-1963.

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Papers, 1931-1963.

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Collection consists of Schilt's correspondence as chairperson of Columbia's department of astronomy and director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station as well as the Rutherford Observatory at Columbia. The majority of arranged office files are comprised of memoranda, documents, some departmental correspondence, committee reports, course material including material for student laboratory exercises. Thers is also a small sampling of Schilt's early notes as a student and reports of oo-site testing done under the auspices of the National Science Foundation.

23.5 linear ft (ca.13,500 items in 27 boxes).

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Schilt, Jan, b. 1894.

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Astronomer and administrator. Schilt was Rutherford Professor Emeritus at Columbia, invented the Schilt photometer, and helped clarify the motions of stars in the Milky Way. He was director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station in Johannesburg and Canberra, Australia. He served as chairperson of Columbia's department of astronomy from 1936 until 1962. From the guide to the Papers of Jan Schilt, 1931-1963, (Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library, ) ...

Columbia University. Observatory.

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Columbia University. Dept. of Astronomy.

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