Records of the High Altitude Observatory, 1941-1953 (inclusive).
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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...
Harvard University
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Harvard College was founded by a vote of the Great and General Court of Massachusetts on October 28, 1636 that allocated “400£ towards a schoale or colledge.” Subsequent legislative acts established the Board of Overseers, but it was the Charter of 1650 that created the Harvard Corporation as the College's primary governing board and defined its composition and authority. The College Charter became a contentious target for College officials, the Massachusetts Governor and General C...
University of Colorado Chorus
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Fred Hellems, who compiled the two-page list of admission and graduation requirements of U.S. universities, was a Canadian who came to the University of Colorado as a Latin professor in 1898. He served as Dean of Arts and Sciences from 1899 until his death in 1929, and also was acting President in 1927-1928. [Source: A Guide to Manuscript Collections, Western Historical Collections, University of Colorado, Boulder, 2nd ed., c1982, p. 43.]. From the description of Records and correspo...
High Altitude Observatory of Harvard University and University of Colorado.
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Founded as a Harvard University observation station in Climax, Colorado in 1940. Incorporated under the laws of Colorado in 1946, in 1951 it became a separate institution, with trustees appointed by Harvard and the University of Colorado. About 1954, Harvard's official connections with the station were dissolved. From the description of Records of the High Altitude Observatory, 1941-1953 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972595 ...
Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard,), 1901-1976.
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Menzel died in 1976. From the description of Autobiography, 1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80630339 Donald Howard Menzel was an astrophysicist. From the description of Papers concerning UFOs, 1952-1976. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523365 From the description of Autobiography, September 1974. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122624215 From the guide to the Papers concerning U...
Roberts, Walter Orr
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Orr was born in 1915. From the description of Response to History of Modern Astrophysics Survey, 1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77849767 Solar astronomer and geophysicist. Director of High Altitude Observatory, University of Colorado, 1946-1961; Director, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 1960-1968. From the description of Oral history interview with Walter Orr Roberts, 1987 August 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78228351 From the descri...
