General files, 1950-1973.

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General files, 1950-1973.

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Includes a small amount of fairly routine files dealing with the department; course materials; correspondence, notes, and other material dealing with meetings and business of several professional organizations; referee reports for the Astrophysical Journal, 1963-1971; general correspondence, including correspondence concerning professional work, meetings, and job recommendations; small amount of personal material; and course notes taken by Osterbrock while a student at the University of Chicago, Princeton, and Yerkes Observatory.

9 boxes.

American Institute of Physics

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Osterbrock, Donald E.

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Chairman, Astronomy Department, University of Wisconsin, 1969-1972; director and professor of astronomy, Lick Observatory, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1972-. From the description of General files, 1950-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155004605 Osterbrock was born in 1924. From the description of Further links in the California-Wisconsin Astronomical connection, 1981. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84317753 From the description of The Cal...