Harlow Shapley Notebooks, 1921-1943
Dates
- Creation: 1921-1943
Language of Materials
English
Extent
120 cubic feet (120 boxes)2531 Volumes
Biographical / Historical
Harlow Shapley’s (1885 – 1972) completed his PhD on double-star astronomy at Princeton, and soon afterwards, he accepted a position at the Mount Wilson Observatory. In 1918, Shapley published his findings on the dimensions of our Galaxy, and in 1920, he participated in the “Great Debate” against Herbert D. Curtis, where the scale of the universe became a question of public interest. Less than a year later, Shapley accepted the Directorship at the Harvard College Observatory after the death of Edward C. Pickering. During his time at the H.C.O., Shapley helped to modernize the observatory’s equipment, emphasized the importance of public education within the observatory’s mission, and established the graduate school of astronomy at Harvard University. Shapley retired from the position in 1952.
Creator
- From the Series: Harvard College Observatory (Organization)
- From the Series: Fleming, Williamina Paton Stevens, 1857-1911 (Person)
- From the Series: Leland, Evelyn, 1870-1930 (Person)
- From the Series: Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-1931 (Person)
- From the Series: Leavitt, Henrietta Swan, 1868-1921 (Person)
- From the Series: King, Edward Skinner, 1861-1931 (Person)
- From the Series: Breslin, Sarah E. (Person)
- From the Series: Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941 (Person)
- From the Series: Campbell, Leon, 1881-1951 (Person)
- From the Series: Mackie, Johanna C.S. (Person)
- From the Series: Woods, Ida E., 1870-1940 (Person)
- From the Series: O'Reilly, Mollie E. (Person)
- From the Series: Matthews, Genevieve F. (Person)
- From the Series: Locke, Hannah (Smith) (Person)
- From the Series: Block, Dorothy W. (Person)
- From the Series: Applegate, Mary D. (Person)
- From the Series: Gaposchkin, Cecilia Helena Payne, 1900-1979 (Person)
- From the Series: Gaposchkin, Sergei, 1898- (Person)
- From the Series: Mayall, Margaret W. (Margaret Walton) (Person)
- From the Series: Anger, Carol Jane, 1908-1999 (Person)
- From the Series: Hoffleit, Dorrit (Person)
- From the Series: Nail, Virginia McKibben , 1911-1992 (Person)
- From the Series: Ashbrook, Martha Dowse (Person)
- From the Series: Ames, Adelaide (Person)
- From the Series: Boyce, Emily Hughes (Person)
- From the Series: Matthews, Mildred Shapley, 1915-2016 (Person)
- From the Series: Caldwell, Irma W. (Person)
- From the Series: Mohr, Jenka (Person)
- From the Series: Mussells, Sylvia F. (Person)
- From the Series: Brasch, Frederick E. (Frederick Edward), 1875-1967 (Person)
- From the Series: Whipple, Fred Lawrence 1906- (Person)
- From the Series: Budreski, Mattei (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wolbach Archives, Wolbach Library, Harvard University Repository
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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Cambridge MA 02138 United States