Harvard College Observatory
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Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 630.2
Overview:
The Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond document the founding, growth, and scientific research of the Harvard College Observatory primarily from 1840 to 1859. Also chronicled is the Observatory’s participation in advances made in astronomy, stellar photography, meteorology, continental exploration, and technological improvements in astronomical instruments in the early nineteenth century. William Cranch Bond (1789-1859), American astronomer and instrument...
Margaret Mayall personal archive
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUM 294
Overview:
Margaret Walton Mayall (1902-1995) was an American astronomer. After receiving her MA from Radcliffe College in 1928, she began working at the Harvard College Observatory. This collection contains 35 black and white photographs, which depict the Harvard College Observatory staff camping in southeastern Maine to watch the total solar eclipse on August 31, 1932. Also includes Mayall’s 1957 G. Bruce Blair Award and a copy of Mayall’s 1970 Manual for Observing Variable...
Photographs of Boyden Station in South Africa
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUY 178
Overview:
Boyden Station was established by Harvard University in 1889 to allow for observations from the Southern Hemisphere. The observatory was originally located in Arequipa, Peru, but was relocated to a spot near Bloemfontien in the Orange Free State, South Africa in 1927 due to better weather. The collection includes 182 photographs, which probably date from the 1930s to 1950s. The images depict Boyden Station, as well as its surrounding areas, including employees, equipment, and local South...
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- Harvard University -- Astronomy 2
- Solar eclipses -- Observations. 2
- Account books. 1
- Amateur astronomy. 1
- American Association of Variable Star Observers. 1
- Annual reports. 1
- Asteroids. 1
- Astronomers -- United States. 1
- Astronomical clocks -- United States. 1
- Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction. 1
- Astronomical observatories -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. 1
- Astronomical observatories -- South Africa. 1
- Astronomical photography. 1
- Astronomical photometry. 1
- Astronomy -- 19th century. 1
- Astronomy -- History. 1
- Astronomy. 1
- Auroras. 1
- Black-and-white photographs 1
- Black-and-white photographs. 1
- Boyden Station (Bloemfontein, South Africa) 1
- Chronograph. 1
- Chronometers. 1
- Comets. 1
- Correspondence. 1
- Diaries 1
- Financial records. 1
- Geodesy. 1
- Harvard College Observatory -- Photographs. 1
- Harvard University -- Women. 1
- Horology. 1
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 1
- Magnetic fields. 1
- Magnetism. 1
- Maine. 1
- Medals 1
- Meteorology 1
- Meteorology. 1
- Meteors. 1
- Nebulae. 1
- Occultations. 1
- Planets. 1
- Scientific apparatus and instruments. 1
- Stars -- Clusters. 1
- Surveying -- Geodetic. 1
- Telegraph. 1
- Time measurements. 1
- United States Naval Observatory -- Photographs. 1
- Variable stars. 1
- Women astronomers--United States 1
- Women in astronomy -- History. 1 ∧ less
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