Records of the Department of Astronomy, 1882-1960.

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Records of the Department of Astronomy, 1882-1960.

Includes records from the chairmanships of A.O. Leuschner, R. Tracy Crawford, Sturla Einarsson, Otto Struve, and Leland Cunningham. Administrative files, correspondence, and research files primarily on comets and minor planets.

42 boxes, 4 oversize volumes, 2 volumes, 2 oversize folders (54 linear feet)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6743203

UC Berkeley Libraries

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Struve, Otto, 1897-1963

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Astronomer (astrophysics of stars, spectroscopy, interstellar studies, origin of universe) and administrator. On the staff of Yerkes Observatory, 1921-1932, director, 1932-1950; editor, ASTROPHYSICS JOURNAL, 1932-1947; on the astrophysics faculty, department chair, and director, Leuschner Observatory, University of California, Berkeley, 1950-1959; and director, National Radio Astronomy Observatory from 1959. From the description of Selected correspondence [microform], 1932-1945. (Unk...

Einarsson, Sturla, 1879-

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University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Astronomy.

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Cunningham, Leland E...

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Leland E. Cunningham, professor of astronomy emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley, died May 31, 1989 at the age of 85. He was an authority on orbit theory and on precise measurements of the orbits of comets, planets, satellites and space probes. Professor Cunningham joined the faculty of Berkeley's astronomy department in 1946. From the description of Leland Cunningham papers, [ca. 1916-1970]. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record id: 122501708 ...

Crawford, R. T. b. 1876.

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Leuschner, Armin O.

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