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Papers of Leo Goldberg, 1933-1987
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: HUGFP 83
Overview:
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.
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director Joseph Winlock
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Harvard University Archives
Collection Identifier: UAV 630.10
Overview:
Joseph Winlock (1826-1875) was an astronomer and mathematician who served as the third director of the Harvard College Observatory from 1866 until his death on June 11, 1875. The records document Joseph Winlock's tenure as director, and primarily consist of Winlock's incoming and outgoing correspondence files. The letters relate to Observatory publications, relationships with other scientific institutions, and discussions of astronomical and meteorological information. The records also...
Records of Harvard College Observatory Director William Cranch Bond
FOUND IN:
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...
Photographs of Boyden Station in South Africa
FOUND IN:
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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- Creator
- Goldberg, Leo, 1913-1987. 1
- Harvard College Observatory 2
- Smith, Elske v. P. , (Elske van Panhuys), 1929- 1
- Subject
- Astronomy -- Research. 3
- Telescopes. 3
- Astronomical observatories -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge. 2
- Correspondence. 2
- Financial records. 2
- Harvard University -- Astronomy 2
- Photographs 2
- Account books. 1
- Amateur astronomy. 1
- Annual reports. 1
- Asteroids. 1
- Astronomers -- United States. 1
- Astronomical clocks -- United States. 1
- Astronomical instruments -- Design and construction. 1
- Astronomical observatories -- South Africa. 1
- Astronomical photography. 1
- Astronomical photometry. 1
- Astronomy -- 19th century. 1
- Astronomy -- History. 1
- Astronomy. 1
- Astrophysics. 1
- Auroras. 1
- Black-and-white photographs. 1
- Boyden Station (Bloemfontein, South Africa) 1
- Chronograph. 1
- Chronometers. 1
- Comets. 1
- Diaries 1
- Geodesy. 1
- Harvard University -- Finance. 1
- Horology. 1
- Letterpress copybooks. 1
- Letters. 1
- Longitude -- Measurement -- History. 1
- Magnetic fields. 1
- Magnetism. 1
- Meteorology 1
- Meteorology. 1
- Meteors. 1
- Motion pictures. 1
- Nebulae. 1
- Observatories. 1
- Occultations. 1
- Photoprints. 1
- Planets. 1
- Radio astronomy. 1
- Science -- Societies, etc. 1
- Science and state -- Government policy. 1
- Scientific apparatus and instruments. 1
- Solar eclipses -- Observations. 1
- Space sciences -- International cooperation. 1
- Spectroscopy. 1
- Stars -- Clusters. 1
- Sun -- Research. 1
- Surveying -- Geodetic. 1
- Telegraph. 1
- Time measurements. 1
- Variable stars. 1 ∧ less
- Names
- United States Coast Survey 2
- Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 1
- Bond, George Phillips, 1825-1865. 1
- Bond, William Cranch, 1789-1859 1
- Bowditch, Jonathan Ingersoll, 1806-1889 1
- Boyden, Uriah A. (Uriah Atherton), 1804-1879 1
- Goldberg, Leo, 1913-1987. 1
- Harvard University -- Astronomy. 1
- Harvard University -- Meteorology. 1
- Harvard University -- Study and teaching. 1
- International Astronomical Union. 1
- Kitt Peak National Observatory. 1
- Paraskevopoulos, J. S. 1
- Smith, Elske v. P. , (Elske van Panhuys), 1929- 1
- U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey. 1
- United States Naval Observatory 1
- United States. Army. Corps of Topographical Engineers. 1
- United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 1
- Winlock, Joseph, 1826-1875 1
- Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908 1 ∧ less
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