Swarthmore College. Astronomy Department.
Swarthmore College Astronomy department records, 1899-1986.
Administrative files, departmental scrapbooks, correspondence, information on symposia and assemblies of the International Astronomical Union, and miscellaneous records. Includes substantial information on eclipses and extensive correspondence with astronomers throughout the world. Correspondants include: Margaret E. Powell, L.J. Comrie, Peter van de Kamp, Sarah Lee Lippincott, James F. Wanner, Harry J. Augensen, J. Francisco Villamediana, John A. Miller, John H. Pitman, Ross W. Marriott, the International Astronomical Union, and many other individuals and institutions.
Swarthmore College offered its first elective course in Astronomy in the mid 1870's. In 1885, the Board reported a proposal to erect an observatory near the east end of the College property. After Professor Susan Cunningham retired in 1906, Dr. John A. Miller was appointed as Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Until 1952, courses were listed under the Department of Mathematics and Astronomy; a separate Department of Astronomy existed until it became the Department of Physics and Astronomy in the mid 1980's.
Augensen, Harry John, 1951-
Comrie, L.J. (Leslie John), 1893-1950.
Cunningham, Susan.
Lippincott, Sarah Lee
Marriott, Ross Walter, b. 1882.
Miller, John Anthony, 1859-1946.
Pittman, John H.
Powell, Margaret E.
Van de Kamp, Peter, 1901-1995
Villamediana, J. Francisco.
Wanner, James F.
Swarthmore College. Astronomy Department.
Astronomy. -- Observations
Astronomical observatories.
Astronomy -- Study and teaching.
Eclipses.
Universities and Colleges -- History -- Pennsylvania -- 20th Century.
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Correspondence. aat ftamc aat
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AIP-ICOS
Swarthmore College. Friends Historical Library. 500 College Avenue Swarthmore, PA, 19081, USA.