Selected papers [microform], 1936-1948.

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Selected papers [microform], 1936-1948.

Primarily correspondence of Edmondson, or collected by him, relating to the cooperative use of observatories, specifically the McDonald Observatory in Indiana, and the origins of the American national astronomical observatories. Correspondents include Samuel Alfred Mitchell, Otto Struve, and A. N. Vyssotsky.

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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 ...

Struve, Otto, 1897-1963

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Astronomer (astrophysics of stars, spectroscopy, interstellar studies, origin of universe) and administrator. On the staff of Yerkes Observatory, 1921-1932, director, 1932-1950; editor, ASTROPHYSICS JOURNAL, 1932-1947; on the astrophysics faculty, department chair, and director, Leuschner Observatory, University of California, Berkeley, 1950-1959; and director, National Radio Astronomy Observatory from 1959. From the description of Selected correspondence [microform], 1932-1945. (Unk...

Vyssotsky, A. N. (Alexander N.), 1888-

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Edmondson, Frank K. (Frank Kelly), 1912-

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Astronomer (stellar motions, asteroids, faint stars) and administrator. On the astronomy faculty at Indiana University from 1937, including department chair, 1944-1978, and observatory director, 1945-1978; research associate, McDonald Observatory from 1941; and vice president and president, Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, 1957-1965. From the description of History of AURA : interviews and documentation, 1978-1991. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80524711 ...

Kitt Peak National Observatory

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McDonald Observatory

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