Harvard College Observatory
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Annie Jump Cannon
The collection documents both the personal and professional life of Annie Jump Cannon, the first astronomer to systematically classify the stars. It contains diaries, autobiographical writings, correspondence, manuscripts, and photographs, relating to her life and career.
Papers of Leo Goldberg, 1933-1987
Leo Goldberg (1913-1987) was an American astronomer with appointments to the University of Michigan, Harvard, the United States National Observatory at Kitt Peak, and the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Materials document Goldberg's career, chiefly post-1960.
Harvard College Observatory Blueprints from Oak Ridge Observatory
Collection Identifier: hsi-00002The Harvard College Observatory was founded in 1839 in Cambridge, MA. During the 20th century research expanded with observatories in New Mexico, Peru, and South Africa using telescopes ranging from 1” to 61” in diameter. This collection contains technical drawings collected at Oak Ridge Observatory relating to many of the observatory buildings and telescopes.
Harvard College Observatory observations, logs, instrument readings, and calculations
Collection Identifier: KG11365-6Records of Harvard College Observatory Director Joseph Winlock
Records of the Harvard College Observatory Chronometric Expedition
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director George Phillips Bond
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond
Records of the Harvard College Observatory Time Service
Margaret Mayall personal archive
Papers of Donald Howard Menzel, 1931-1986
Papers of Dorrit Hoffleit, 1906-2005
Papers of Dorrit Hoffleit, astronomer at Harvard and Yale Universities and at the Maria Mitchell Observatory in Nantucket.
Photographs of Boyden Station in South Africa
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- Astronomy -- Research. 6
- Astronomers -- United States. 5
- Astronomy. 5
- Harvard University -- Astronomy 5
- Telescopes. 5
- Astronomy -- 19th century. 4
- Correspondence. 4
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 4
- Photographs 4
- Time measurements. 4
- Astronomical observatories -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. 3
- Astronomy -- History. 3
- Chronometers. 3
- Diaries 3
- Financial records. 3
- Solar eclipses -- Observations. 3
- Amateur astronomy. 2
- Astronomical clocks -- United States. 2
- Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction. 2
- Astronomical photography. 2
- Astronomical photometry. 2
- Astronomy -- Observations. 2
- Boyden Station (Bloemfontein, South Africa) 2
- Chronograph. 2
- Manuscripts (documents) 2
- Observatories. 2
- Occultations. 2
- Photoprints. 2
- Scientific apparatus and instruments. 2
- Stars -- Clusters. 2
- Surveying -- Geodetic. 2
- Variable stars. 2
- Women astronomers--United States 2
- Women in astronomy -- History. 2
- Aberdeen Proving Ground (Md.) 1
- Account books. 1
- Aging--United States 1
- Albums. 1
- American Association of Variable Star Observers. 1
- Annual reports. 1
- Asteroids--Orbits. 1
- Asteroids. 1
- Astrometry 1
- Astronomers 1
- Astronomers -- Archives. 1
- Astronomers. 1
- Astronomical observatories -- South Africa. 1
- Astronomy 1
- Astronomy -- Societies, etc. 1
- Astronomy -- Study and teaching. 1
- Astrophysics. 1
- Auroras--Spectra. 1
- Auroras. 1
- Autobiographies 1
- Autobiographies. 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Black-and-white photographs. 1
- Comets--Orbits. 1
- Comets. 1
- Contracts. 1
- Cryptography. 1
- Diplomas. 1
- Donati comet. 1
- Drawings 1
- Eclipses, Solar -- 1973. 1
- Emigration and immigration 1
- Geodesy -- Observations 1
- Geodesy. 1
- Glass plate negatives 1
- Harvard College Observatory (Cambridge, MA) 1
- Harvard College Observatory -- Photographs. 1
- Harvard University -- Finance. 1
- Harvard University -- Women. 1
- Horology. 1
- Immigrants' writings, German 1
- Lantern slides. 1
- Lecture notes 1
- Letterpress copybooks. 1
- Letters (correspondence) 1
- Letters. 1
- Magnetic fields -- Measurement 1
- Magnetic fields. 1
- Magnetism. 1
- Maine. 1
- Manuscripts for publication 1
- Maps 1
- Medals 1
- Memoirs 1
- Meteorology 1
- Meteorology -- Observations 1
- Meteorology. 1
- Meteors -- Orbits 1
- Meteors. 1
- Mothers and daughters--United States 1
- Motion pictures. 1
- Nantucket (Mass.) 1
- Nebulae. 1
- Negatives. 1
- Obituaries 1
- Older women--United States 1 ∧ less