Papers of Milton La Salle Humason, 1930-1952.

California Institute of Technology

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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)

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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a research and development center and NASA field center in Pasadena, California. The JPL is owned by NASA and managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology. The laboratory's primary function is the construction and operation of planetary robotic spacecraft, though it also conducts Earth-orbit and astronomy missions. It is also responsible for operating NASA's Deep Space Network. Among the laboratory's major active projects are the Mars Scien...

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...

Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900-1979

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Celilia Helena Payne Gaposchkin (1900-1979) taught astronomy at Harvard. She earned her AB at Newnham College, Cambridge University in 1923 and a Ph.D. from Radcliffe College in 1925. She began working at the Harvard Observatory in 1923. She was the Phillips Astronomer at the Harvard Observatory in 1938, Professor of Astronomy, 1956-1966, Chair of the Astronomy Department, 1956-1960 (the first female department Chair at Harvard) and Phillips Professor of Astronomy, Emerita, from 1967; at the tim...

Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

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Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1878. Sinclair was an American author, novelist, journalist, and political activist who wrote many books in several genres. He is most well-known for his exposé, The Jungle regarding conditions in Chicago's meat packing plants, which influenced the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Much of Sinclair's writing was related to the economic and social conditions of the early twentieth century. He was heavily in...

Vanderlinden, H.-L. (Henri Louis), 1892-

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Gamow, George, 1904-1968

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George Gamow: physicist, astronomer, and author. Born Georgii Antonovič Gamov. Barbara Merrihew Perkins: editor and translator. From the description of George Gamow and Barbara Gamow papers, 1915-1975 (bulk 1950-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981157 Russian-born American physicist, early advocate of the "Big Bang" theory of the origin of the universe. Professor of Physics at George Washington University, 1934-1956. While a student at the Institute of Theoretical Ph...

Drake University

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Hogg, John Clarence, 1893-

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Hubble, Edwin Powell, 1889-1953

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Edwin Powell Hubble, American observational astronomer, Chairman of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories Research Committee. In 1938, Hubble was elected Trustee of the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. From the description of Papers of Edwin Powell Hubble, 1900-1989. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122551882 Astronomer (extragalactic astronomy and cosmology). Researcher, Yerkes Observatory, 1914-1917; on the...

Scientific American, inc.

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Carnegie Institution of Washington.

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Wald, Edwin

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Los Angeles Astronomical Society.

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Jones, H. Spencer (Harold Spencer), 1890-1960

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Aller, Lawrence H. (Lawrence Hugh), 1913-2003

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Lawrence H. Aller was born Sept. 24, 1913 in Tacoma, WA; BA, astronomy, UC Berkeley; MA and PhD Harvard University; became professor of astronomy at UCLA Dept. of Astronomy, 1962. From the description of Papers, 1928-2001. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 320037653 ...

Lee, Oliver Justin, 1881-1964

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Oliver Justin Lee was born December 16, 1881 in Montevideo, Minnesota. In 1901 he graduated from Augsburg Seminary. He received an AB degree from University of Minnesota in 1907, and a MA (1911) and PhD (1913) from the University of Chicago. From 1910 to 1926 he was an instructor, assistant astronomer and lecturer at Yerkes Observatory, Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Lee came to Northwestern University in 1928 as an assistant astronomer at the Dearborn Observatory. He became C...

Weiss, Frederick U.

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Urey, Harold Clayton, 1893-

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Died in 1981. From the description of Oral history interview with Harold Clayton Urey, 1964 March 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84584513 Epithet: US chemist, Nobel laureate British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x0000b4 Mildred Cohn was a biochemist and biophysicist. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1938 and was a research associate in biochemistry at several univers...

Watson, Fletcher G. (Fletcher Guard)

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Fletcher G. Watson (1912-1997) was both an astronomer and an expert in science education. He was a professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, where he worked to improve standards for teaching science and for preparing science teachers. Watson earned a Ph.D. in astronomy from Harvard University in 1938 and joined the Harvard College Observatory staff. During World War II, Watson served in the Navy, where he expedited the development of the Long Range Navigation (LORAN) syst...

Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

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Aldrich, Loyal Blaine, 1884-1965

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Science illustrated.

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Boston Museum of Science

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Grolier Society

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Krogdahl, Wasley Sven, 1919-2009

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Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949

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Astronomer, astrophysicist, and administrator. From the description of Correspondence, 1942-1949. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82530355 ...

Johnson, Martin, 1896-1983

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Epithet: of Yalding Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000117 ...

Mount Wilson Observatory

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Founded in December 1904 by George Ellery Hale and funded by the Carnegie Institution, the Mount Wilson Observatory quickly became one of the 20th century's major astronomical research centers. Located just north of Los Angeles high atop the San Gabriel Mountains, the observatory took full advantage of Southern California's clear nights and uniquely steady air. The observatory's 60" telescope completed in 1908 was the largest then in existence. In 1917, another Mount Wilson telescope, 100" in di...

Page, Thornton.

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Page was born in 1913. From the description of Response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79980269 ...

Green, Warren K. (Warren Kimball), 1891-

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Astronomy professor at Amherst College. From the description of Papers, 1947-1969. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78060504 ...

Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories

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Popular astronomy.

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Astronomy charted.

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Popular Mechanics Press

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Kreiken, Egbert A.

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Iwanowska, Wilhelminia, 1905-1999

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Fassett, F. G. (Frederick Gardiner), 1901-

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Physics today.

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Elvey, C. T. (Christian Thomas), 1899-1970

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Astrophysicist, on faculty of the University of Chicago and the University of Alaska. He also worked at the Yerkes Observatory and the McDonald Observatory; conducted applied research at California Institute of Technology and the U.S. Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California. From 1952 to 1963 Elvey was Head, Department of Geophysics and Director, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska. From the description of Papers, 1923-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81001336...

Adams, Ansel, 1902-1984

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Ansel Adams, American photographer, was born February 20, 1902 in San Francisco, California. He was tutored privately at home where he studied piano, San Francisco, from 1914 to 1927, then studied photography with the photofinisher Frank Dittman, in San Francisco, in 1916 and 1917. He married Virginia Best in 1928, and had two children, Michael and Anne. Adams began his career as a photographer, 1927, and worked as a commercial photographer, from 1930 to 1960. He was a photography correspond...

Humason, Milton L. (Milton La Salle), 1891-1972

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Milton La Salle (his middle name has also been cited as Lasell) Humason was a staff astronomer for the Mount Wilson & Palomar Observatories throughout his entire astronomical career. Humason is remembered chiefly for his collaboration with Edwin P. Hubble in the field of observational cosmology. Perhaps his most notable accomplishment, however, was his rise from mule-driver and janitor at Mt. Wilson to the position of astronomer with the lack of even a high-school education. It was a feat re...

Skilling, William T. (William Thompson), 1866-

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