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Papers.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/82210846

Bulk of the collection contains correspondence (over 10,000 items) with 2140 correspondents, including Horace W. Babcock (1937-1973), Watson Davis (1934-1958), George H. Herbig (1941-1968), Willem J. Luyten (1940-1973), Nicholas U. Mayall (1937-1966), Harlow Shapley (1933-1959), and John T. Tate (1931-1946). Collection also includes ca. 100 subject files, 100 diaries (often more than one per year), more than 200 manuscripts, and slides, photographs, tapes, etc.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Zwicky, F. (Fritz), 1898-1974

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Internationally reknowned astronomer and physicist at CalTech; then director of research, Aerojet Engineering Corporation. From the description of Report on certain phases of war research in Germany, 1947 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122448303 Astrophysicist (supernovas, galaxies, and intergalactic matter, patents for jet propulsion). Ph.D. 1922 from Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland. Assistant and Associate Professor of Theoretical Physics, 1927-19...

Mayall, N. U. (Nicholas Ulrich), 1906-1993

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Astronomer. Astronomer, Lick Observatory, 1945-1960; director, Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1960-1971. From the description of Nick Mayall talking about AURA's acquiring and developing Cerro Tololo [videorecording] / recorded by W. A. Hiltner; 1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82211153 ...

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...