Records / a. 1852-1958.

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Records / a. 1852-1958.

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Includes Dudley Observatory account books, annual reports, clippings, correspondence, deeds, drawings, glass plates, journals, ledgers, logs, manuscripts, memorandums, notebooks, observational data [complete, except for observing cards, for which, only a sampling was retained], pamphlets, payroll records, photographs, prints, publications, and receipts in the following series: Administrative Records; Financial Records; Organizational Records; Library Records; Observational Records; Apparatus and Buildings; and Lewis Boss and Benjamin Boss.

ca. 26 linear feet (38 boxes and 17 oversized folders)

American Institute of Physics

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Dudley Observatory

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The 'Astronomical Journal', the first technical astronomical periodical in the United States, was established by Benjamin A. Gould in 1849. After Gould's death in 1896, his long-time associate Seth Chandler took over the editorship. In 1909, in ill health, Chandler persuaded assistant editor, Lewis Boss to become editor of the Journal. The Dudley Observatory became the publisher. After Boss's death in 1912, his son Benjamin Boss became editor, holding this position until 1941, when he arranged f...

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,...