Papers of Leo Goldberg, 1933-1987 (inclusive).

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Papers of Leo Goldberg, 1933-1987 (inclusive).

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Contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, grant proposals, preprints, minutes, clippings, appointment books, and other papers, as well as photographs, photograph albums, transparencies, and reel-to-reel film. Includes materials relating to Goldberg's career as a scientist, researcher and university professor. The subject content of the collection concerns especially astronomy, radio astronomy, and astrophysics. Included are materials relating to research; national scientific policy; international cooperation in astronomy and space research; solar research and spectral analysis; space history and research; telescopes and observatories, including Goldberg's directorship of the Harvard College Observatory and the Kitt Peak Observatory; human rights; scientists and scientific societies and organizations, such as the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); professional awards and recognition; and scientific publications, including the Annual Review of Astrophysics and Astronomy, of which Goldberg was an editor.

36 cubic feet of manuscripts in 108 containers

Harvard University Archives.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8184478

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...

Kitt Peak National Observatory

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Goldberg, Leonard D.

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Died 1987. From the description of Oral history interview with Leo Goldberg, 1978 May 16 to 1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79357855 Leo Goldberg (1913-1987), Astronomer. Astronomy Department at the University of Michigan (1946-1960); election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences (1958); chaired the Astronomy Department and Higgins Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University (1960-1971); Director of the Harvard College Observatory (1966-1971); Chair of NASA's Astrono...

International Astronomical Union.

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