Papers, 1890-1997 (inclusive).

Harvard College Observatory

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In 1839, the Harvard Corporation appointed William Cranch Bond the first Astronomical Observer to the University, thereby taking the first step in establishing the Harvard College Observatory, after which the first telescope was installed in 1847. Scholars and students had studied astronomy at Harvard since the seventeenth century, but it wasn’t until a large comet sparked public interest in 1843 that donors began donating funds to build an observatory. During the tenure of the Harvar...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory

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Division 1 Business Division 2 Buildings and Maintenance Division 3 Personnel and Shops Division 4 Research Division 5 Transmitter Components ...

Hoffleit, Dorrit, 1907-2007

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Ellen Dorrit Hoffleit was born on March 12, 1907, on her parents' farm in Florence, Alabama. Her parents, Fred and Kate Sanio Hoffleit, had emigrated from Germany, and her father worked intermittently as a bookkeeper for the Pennsylvania Railroad. While he preferred farm work, it was not possible to support the family this way, and they relocated from Alabama to New Castle, Pennsylvania. Fred Hoffleit later returned to the farm, while his wife opted to remain in New Castle, judging...

Radcliffe College. Class of 1928

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Raytheon Manufacturing Company

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Shaplow, Harley, 1885-1972.

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Yūseishō Denpa Kenkyūjo (Japan)

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The Radio Research Laboratory was established in 1942 to develop countermeasures to radar. It was operated by Harvard University during World War II under contract with the U.S. Office of Scientific Research and Development. Frederick Emmons Terman was the laboratory's director. From the description of Records of the Radio Research Laboratory, Harvard University, 1942-1946. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972625 The Radio Research Laboratory (RRL) was established...

Thomas, Helen Meriwether Lewis.

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Helen Meriwether Lewis Thomas (1905-1997) received her A.B (1928) in astronomy and Ph.D (1948) from Radcliffe College. She was the first woman and second American to earn a Ph.D in History of Science. Employed first at the Harvard College Observatory, she worked during World War II at the Radio Research Laboratory at Harvard and then at the Radiation Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was senior engineer at Raytheon (1947-1954), and editor, later head of publications, at MI...

Sarton, George, 1884-1956

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Historian of science, George Alfred Leon Sarton was born on August 31, 1884, in Ghent, Belgium. He studied the natural sciences at the University of Ghent, and received his D.Sc. in 1911. Escaping to England before World War I, Sarton then came to the United States in 1915. After spending some time in lecturing positions, Sarton came to Harvard University in 1920, was made a full professor there in 1940 and retired in 1951 when he was made professor emeritus. He was founder of th...

Trans world airlines

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Trans World Airlines, formerly Transcontinental & Western Air, was founded in 1930 by a merger of Pittsburgh Aviation Industries, Western Express, and T.A.T.- Maddox Airlines (founded in 1929 by Charles Lindbergh). Trans World Airlines began all-air coast to coast commercial service in 1930-1931 and was built into an aviation giant by Howard Hughes. TWA merged with American Airlines in 2001. From the description of Trans World Airlines records, 1929-1982 (bulk 1944-1970). (Univer...

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics.

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