Oral history interview with Douglas Carryl Aitken, 1977 July 23.

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Oral history interview with Douglas Carryl Aitken, 1977 July 23.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/79356761

Experiences as a child on Mount Hamilton (Lick Observatory) just after the turn of the century; schooling on Mount Hamilton; father's (Robert Grant Aitken) observing with 36-inch refractor; Lick public observing nights; general life on Mount Hamilton; Mrs. Phoebe Hearst's support for private schooling; father's recollections about Lick astronomers; World War I. Also prominently mentioned are: S.W. Burnham, William W. Campbell, Sturla Einarsson, E.S. Holden, James Keeler, Joachim Murietta, Richard H. Tucker; and Copernicus Peak.

Sound recordings: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 2.0 hr.), 1 session.Transcript: 44 p.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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