Allegheny Observatory correspondence [microform], 1905-1920.

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Allegheny Observatory correspondence [microform], 1905-1920.

Collection consists of Schlesinger's director's correspondence and scientific correspondence from the Allegheny Observatory. Topics include the astrometry of high precision accomplished by photographic means, and the International Union for Solar Research. Correspondents include Robert G. Aitken, Harold L. Alden, Benjamin Boss, William W. Campbell, Annie J. Cannon, Raymond S. Dugan, Philip Fox, Edwin Frost, George Ellery Hale, R.T.A. Innes, Frank C. Jordan, Armin Otto Leuschner, John A. Miller, Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Edward C. Pickering, Frank E. Ross, Henry Norris Russell, Harlow Shapley, and Joel Stebbins, as well as the Brashear Company.

10 microfilm reels.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8248071

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Jordan, Frank Craig, 1865-1941

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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...

Frost, Edwin Brant, 1866-1935

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Astronomer. Dartmouth College, A. B. 1886; A. M. 1889; D. Sc. 1911; D. Sc. (hon.) Cambridge University, 1912; studies physics and astonomy, Princeton, Strassburg (Germany), Astrophysical Observatory, Potsdam, Germany. Taught physics and astronomy at Dartmouth, 1887-1898; professor of astrophysics, University of Chicago, 1898- (and director of observatory, 1892); director of Yerkes Observatory, 1905-1932, emeritis. From the description of Papers, 1899-1904; 1908, 1923-1924. (Unknown)....

Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938

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Mitchell, S. A. (Samuel Alfred), 1874-1960

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University of Virginia professor of Astronomy; director of the McCormick Observatory. From the description of Papers of Samuel Alfred Mitchell [manuscript], ca.1898-1945. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647972932 ...

Leuschner, Armin O.

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Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919

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Epithet: Director, Harvard Astronomical Observatory British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000342.0x0000b9 Pickering (Harvard, S.B., 1865) taught astronomy at Harvard and was director of the Harvard College Observatory. From the description of Papers of Edward Charles Pickering, 1850-1918 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 76972845 ...

Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938

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George Ellery Hale was an astrophysicist. He was the organizer and director of the Mount Wilson Observatory of the Carnegie Institute of Washington, 1904-1923, and was honorary director until his death in 1938. His principal scientific researches were made in stellar spectroscopy. From the description of Papers, 1903-1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82798019 From the description of Papers, 1882-1937. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523501...

Fox, Philip, 1878-1944

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Astronomer. Professor of Astronomy, Northwestern University and director, Dearborn Observatory, 1909-1929; director, Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum, 1929-1937; director, Museum of Science and Industry, 1937-1942. From the description of Adler Planetarium and Astronomical Museum of Chicago: an account of the optical planetarium and a brief guide to the museum, 1933. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81192693 Philip Fox was born on March 7, 1878, in Manhat...

Schlesinger, Frank, 1871-1943

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Astronomer (modern astrometry) and administrator. Head, International Latitude Observatory, 1899-1903; astronomer, Yerkes Observatory, 1903-1905; director, Allegheny Observatory, 1905-1920; and head, Department of Astronomy, Yale University, 1920-1941; and director, Yale Observatory, 1920-1941. From the description of Allegheny Observatory correspondence [microform], 1905-1920. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80601819 Astronomer (modern astrometry) and administrator. Head, In...

International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research.

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Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957

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Astronomer (stellar evolution, astrophysics of stars, double stars) and administrator. On the astronomy faculty at Princeton University from 1905, director of the observatory, 1912-1947; research associate at Mt. Wilson Observatory, 1922-1942; and at Harvard College Observatory, 1947-1952. From the description of Manuscript of article, The probable distance of Orion, and letter to Russell from Edwin B. Frost, editor of the Astronomical Journal, rejecting the manuscript for publicatio...

Dugan, Raymond Smith, 1878-1940

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Boss, Benjamin, 1880-

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Boss (1880-1970). American astronomer (determination of star positions and motions). A.B. Harvard University, 1901. Assistant, Dudley Observatory, 1901-1905; U.S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C., 1905-1906; U.S. Naval Observatory, Tutuila, Samoa, 1906-1908; Secretary, Department of Meridian Astronomy, Carnegie Institution, Washington, D.C., 1908-1912; Acting Director, 1912-1915; Acting Director, Dudley Observatory, 1912-1915; Director, Department of Meridian Astrometry, Carnegie Institution,...

Allegheny Observatory

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The appearance of the comet known as "Donati's Comet", discovered in Florence by Giovanni Donati on June 2, 1858, gave the initial stimulus to the founding of the observatory. Interest in the comets appearance caused a group of men (professional and business) to form the Allegheny Telescope Association. This group, among whom the most prominent were Professor Louis Bradley, Josiah King and Harvey Childs, met in Bradley's home on February 15, 1858, and resolved not only to found the A.T.A. but al...