Harvard College Observatory finding charts of Small Magellanic Clouds, 1935 and [undated]

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Harvard College Observatory finding charts of Small Magellanic Clouds, 1935 and [undated]

http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990021011110203941/catalog

Contains 17 photographic finding charts of Small Magellanic Clouds. The charts are of varying sizes and many are annotated; some are mounted on board and are in rather poor physical condition. One of the charts is labeled on the back, "Small Magellanic Cloud discovered by Miss [Henrietta Swan] Leavitt." Another chart is inscribed with the names, "M.B. [Marjorie Browning] Leavens;" "P. [Philip] Riggs;" and a third name that is difficult to decipher, possibly referring to Sylvia Mussells Lindsay. The charts were used by Observatory employees, including Cecelia Payne Gaposchkin and Frances Woodworth Wright. Most of the charts are undated, though one is marked 1935.

1 folder

Harvard University Archives.

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8184331

Harvard University Archives.

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Harvard College Observatory

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xj0hx1 (corporateBody)

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...