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Goethe Link Observatories.
Goethe Link Observatory records of the director, 1935-1941.
Collection consists of records from the Director of the Goethe Link Observatory, spanning 1935-1941, primarily concerning the construction of the observatory. The incumbent during this period was Victor E. Maier. Included in the collection are financial ledgers, correspondence, as well as information on construction materials and astronomy.
Built by Dr. Goethe Link, the Goethe Link Observatory was donated to Indiana University in 1948. Link received his M.D. from Indiana University (IU) in 1902 and was a prominent thyroid surgeon in Indianapolis. A man of varied interests, in 1937 he began the construction of an observatory near Brooklyn, Indiana to aid in his study of astronomy. Construction took two years and in 1939 the observatory housed one of the most accurately figured telescopic mirrors ever made at that time. Today the observatory is jointly operated by IU and the Indiana Astronomical Sociaty.
Link, Goethe, 1879-1980.
Maier, Victor E.
Goethe Link Observatories.
Astronomy -- Indiana.
Astronomical observatories -- Design and construction.
Astronomical observatories -- Indiana.
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Indiana University. Office of University Archives and Records Management. Bryan Hall 201, 107 South Indiana Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
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