Papers, 1919-1977.

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Papers, 1919-1977.

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Materials, primarily from the period 1945-1964, including correspondence, classroom material, lectures, publications, research notes, newspaper articles, notes from graduate study and trips, a day book, an interview, and general miscellany. Most of the correspondents in this collection are eminent astronomers or laymen with a vital interest in astronomy; they include such people as Giorgio Abetti, Walter Baade, Philip C. Keenan, William W. Morgan, and Harcourt C. Vernon, as well as Sir Edmund Whittaker, F.J.M. Stratton, George Gamow, Harlow Shapley, and the families of the astronomically-minded Cleveland industrialists, Worcester Warner and Ambrose Swasey. There is correspondence and minutes relating to the American Astronomical Society, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, the International Astronomical Union and other associations with which Nassau had relations. The main scientific interests documented are the use of the Schmidt-type telescope with optical refinements for the study of stellar spectra and the study of galactic structure, especially of the Milky Way and its evolution, by means of large, ongoing surveys of the stars, among which studies of stars discernible at either end of the spectrum play a large role. There is nothing from his early years nor about his family, except reminiscences in a 1961 interview conducted by Charles Weiner.

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American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Cleveland Museum of Natural History

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American astronomical society

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Founded in 1899 as the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, in 1914 the name was changed to the American Astronomical Society. Its purpose is the advancement of astronomy and closely related branches of science. The Society became an Associate Member of the American Institute of Physics in 1958, and has been a full Member Society since 1966. It is also affiliated with the International Astronomical Union. From the description of Records of the Education Office, 1962-198...

Nassau, Jason John, 1893-1965

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Morgan, W. W. (William Wilson), 1906-1994

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Received his B.S. (1927) and Ph.D. (1931) from the University of Chicago. Emeritus Professor of Astronomy at the University of Chicago, 1974-1994. Director of Yerkes and McDonald Observatories, 1960-63. Died in 1994. From the description of Oral history interview with William Wilson Morgan, 1987 October 07. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81865422 William Wilson Morgan was born on January 3, 1906, in Bethesda, Tennessee. His father and his mother were both home m...

Abetti, Giorgio, 1882-1982

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International Astronomical Union.

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Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972

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Astronomer (galaxies, photometry, spectroscopy) and administrator. Astronomer, Mount Wilson Observatory, 1914-1921; director, Harvard Observatory, 1921-1952; on the astronomy faculty at Harvard from 1952. From the description of Papers [microform], 1910-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80523781 Harlow Shapley (1885-1972) was an astronomer. Shapley served as director of the Harvard College Observatory and was a professor at Harvard University, eventually he became the Pai...

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...