Outgoing correspondence, 1922-1923

This series contains three bound volumes of copies of outgoing correspondence from 1922 to 1923, written by Harlow Shapley to various individuals and Harvard University departments. The majority of the recipients are astronomers and scientists from the United States and abroad, including Annie Jump Cannon, Solon Irving Bailey, William Henry Pickering, Donald Howard Menzel, and Frank Schlesinger. Topics of discussion include the sharing of scientific information, Shapley's attempts to procure funding for a 60-inch telescope, operations at the Boyden Station Observatory in Arequipa, Peru, the purchasing of books and periodicals and the sharing of Observatory publications with other institutions, particularly the Annals of the Harvard College Observatory, and Observatory budgetary and staffing matters, including the employment of women. Many of the letters from the 1922 volume also refer to Shapley's recent appointment as Observatory director.