Schilt, Jan, 1894-1982.
Jan Schilt papers, 1931-1963.
Collection consists of Schilt's correspondence as chairperson of Columbia's department of astronomy and director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station as well as the Rutherford Observatory at Columbia. The majority of arranged office files are comprised of memoranda, documents, some departmental correspondence, committee reports, course material including material for student laboratory exercises. There is also a small sampling of Schilt's early notes as a student and reports of oo-site testing done under the auspices of the National Science Foundation.
Astronomer and administrator. Schilt was Rutherford Professor Emeritus at Columbia, invented the Schilt photometer, and helped clarify the motions of stars in the Milky Way. He was director of the Yale-Columbia Southern Station in Johannesburg and Canberra, Australia. He served as chairperson of Columbia's department of astronomy from 1936 until 1962.
Columbia University. Observatory.
Columbia University. Dept. of Astronomy.
Astrometry.
Astronomical observatories.
Astronomical observatories -- Administration.
Astronomy
Astrophysics
Photometry
Documents.
Exercises.
Memorandums. aat
Notes. aat
Office files.
Reports. aat
Astronomers. lcsh
College administrators. lcsh
AIP-ICOS
Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Butler Library, 6th Floor East, New York, NY 10027, USA.