Records of the Department of Astronomy, 1919-1984 (inclusive).

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Records of the Department of Astronomy, 1919-1984 (inclusive).

Includes correspondence of the Department Chairman Donald H. Menzel (1946-1949), including some course material; minutes of faculty meetings, Committee on Academic Studies, Observatory Council and Committee of Senior Professors; administrative files, 1961-1964, of the Summer Institute of Observational Astronomy; student records; and material relating to Blue HillMeteorological Observatory. For more detailed information about records, see Harvard University Archives LOCATION below.

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Harvard University Archives.

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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...

Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory

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The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory was established by Abbott Lawrence Rotch in 1885 to investigate weather patterns and maintain weather records. The administration of the Observatory was combined with that of Harvard University's Division of Engineering and Applied Physics in 1959, at which time the U.S. Weather Bureau assumed the responsibility for conducting routine weather observations at the Blue Hill station. The University's lease of the Blue Hill facility from the Metropolitan Dist...

Bok, Bart J. 1906-1983.

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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...

Harvard University. Summer Institute of Observational Astronomy.

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Harvard University. Dept. of Astronomy.

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