Papers, 1952-1980.

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Papers, 1952-1980.

Collection consists of Chamberlain's scientific correspondence and covers his institutional career at the U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Center, the Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, the Kitt Peak National Observatory, the Lunar Science Institute, and Rice University.

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Lunar Science Institute

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Yerkes Observatory

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Yerkes Observatory, located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, is a facility of the University of Chicago's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. The observatory opened in 1897 as the joint creation of three founders: William Rainey Harper, the first president of the University of Chicago; Professor George E. Hale, the observatory's first director; and Charles T. Yerkes, a wealthy Chicago businessman who provided funds for the erection of the observatory building. Known as the home of the last of t...

Chamberlain, Joseph W. (Joseph Wyan), 1928-2004

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Physicist and astronomer. From the description of Papers, 1952-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122610052 Joseph W. Chamberlain was born in Boonville, Missouri on August 24, 1928. He attended the University of Missouri from 1945-1949 where he received his A.B. and A.M. in physics. He then went on to the University of Michigan and gained his M.S. and Ph. D. in Astronomy in 1952. Soon afterward, he became a professor at the University of Chicago from 1955-1962. Dr. Chamber...

Air Force Cambridge Research Center (U.S.)

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Kitt Peak Ntional Observatory.

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Rice University.

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Rice University's Office or Research and Graduate Studies oversees research and graduate programs. From the guide to the Research and Graduate Studies office records UA 130., 1996-2001, (Rice University Archives, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University) William Marsh Rice University (commonly called Rice University and opened in 1912 as The William Marsh Rice Institute for the Advancement of Letters, Science and Art) is a private, comprehensive research uni...