American Association of Variable Star Observers.
American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) Archives records, 1872-2004.
The AAVSO Correspondence Collection is all material found filed in letters folders, many of which were found labeled with a specific correspondent's name.
The AAVSO Organization Collection comprises any material pertaining to AAVSO's divisions, committees, minutes, treasurer's files, secretary reports, and so on. These are, in general, any files involving decision-making that were found filed as such, apart from the AAVSO Correspondence files and other collections. This collection also contains anything pertaining to the AAVSO in general which does not fall into any of the other categories.
The AAVSO Administration Collection consists of such items as meeting notices and planning, papers relating to publications and mailings, samples of printed matter, business items, and so on. This is generally any material generated by, or representative of, routine office functions, and which was found stored as such.
Special Collections comprise all material given or bequeathed to the AAVSO, and any internal material that cannot (or should not) be assigned to the AAVSO Correspondence, Organization, or Administration collections; for example, the AAVSO Charts Collection.
The other parts which make up the identifier are self-explanatory: C. box number; D. file unit (usually a folder or group of folders); and E. the item or set of items within a folder. The identifier is used to make up a label on a box or folder, or as a call-number in the catalog. A call-number, for example, would be written: AAVSO Corresp. LC Box 5 McAteer, C. Y.
The American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) is a non-profit worldwide scientific and educational organization of amateur and professional astronomers who are interested in stars that change in brightness--variable stars. The AAVSO was founded in 1911 at Harvard College Observatory to coordinate variable star observations made largely by amateur astronomers. In 1954, the AAVSO became an independent, private research organization, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachuestts. Today, with members in 45 countries and over 12.5 million observations, the AAVSO is the world's largest association of variable star observers.
Campbell, Leon, 1881-1951.
Henden, Arne A.
Mayall, Margaret W. (Margaret Walton)
Mattei, Janet A. (Janet Aky z)
Olcott, Thomas W. (Thomas Worth), 1795-1880.
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919.
Waagen, Elizabeth O.
American Association of Variable Star Observers.
Harvard College Observatory
Astronomy. -- amateur.
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