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Lick Observatory
Lick Observatory records, 1821-2014.
Early letters and diaries record the founding, building and equipping of the observatory. In 1876 Captain Floyd, President of the Lick Trust, spent a year in Europe visiting observatories, instrument makers, and astronomers. It was a critical time in the development of the reflecting telescope and the letters of David Gill, Howard Grubb, and William Huggins present the way of thinking of that perod. The correspondence of C. Feil, Alvan Clark, John Brashear, Ambrose Swasey, Simon Newcomb and others documents in detail the planning and construction of the 36-inch refractor. Includes the diary of Thomas E. Fraser (superintendent of construction) written while the Observatory was being built, and correspondence between Lewis Boss, George E. Hale, and W. W. Campbell (members of the Committee on Southern and Solar Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington) and William J. Hussey, relating to their report of 1903. Includes correspondence of early directors of the observatory, E. S. Holden (Director, 1888-1897, 60 vols.); J. M. Schaeberle (Act. Director, 1897-1898, 3 vols.); J. E. Keeler (Director, 1898-1900, 6 vols.); W. W. Campbell, Director, 1900-1904). Also included in the early staff were Richard Tucker, Edward Barnard, and S. W. Burnham. Their letters record the pioneer work of the observatory, such as a meridian circle program, radial velocity work, and nebular photography. Tucker's letters also give interesting accounts of his nine years at the Argentine National Observatory at Cordoba and three years in charge of the Southern Station of the Carnegie Institution at San Luis. Continuing material includes correspondence of Directors Robert G. Aitken (1930-1935), William H. Wright (1935-1942), Joseph H. Moore (1942-1945), C. Donald Shane (1945-1958), and Albert E. Whitford (1958-1968).
Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951
Boss, Lewis, 1846-1912.
Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley), 1838-1921.
Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938.
Floyd, Richard S.
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Holden, Edward S. (Edward Singleton), 1846-1914
Huggins, William, Sir, 1824-1910.
Keeler, James Edward, 1857-1900.
Moore, Joseph Haines [Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949]
Schaeberle, John Martin, 1853-1924.
Lick Observatory. -- History.
Astronomers -- Europe.
Astronomical instruments.
Astronomical observatories -- California.
Astronomical photography.
Astronomy -- United States.
Stars -- Motion in line of sight.
Reflecting telescopes -- History.
Transit-circle.
Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923
Brashear, John A. (John Alfred), 1840-1920.
Clark, Alvan.
Feil, C.
Fraser, Thomas E.
Gill, David, Sir.
Grubb, Howard, Sir, 1844-1931.
Hussey, William Joseph, 1862-1926.
Newcomb, Simon, 1835-1909.
Shane, Charles Donald, 1895-1983.
Swasey, Ambrose, 1846-1937.
Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952.
Argentine National Observatory at Cordoba.
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Committee on Southern and Solar Observatories.
Carnegie Institution of Washington. Southern Station.
Lick Trust.
AIP-ICOS
University of California, Santa Cruz. Mary Lea Shane Archives of the Lick Observatory. University Library, Rm. 359, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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