Yerkes Observatory.
Yerkes Observatory records, 1897-2007.
The archival records of Yerkes Observatory document the scientific work of many notable astronomers associated with Yerkes, including George E. Hale, Edwin B. Frost, John A. Parkhurst, Edward E. Barnard, Edwin Hubble, George Van Biesbroeck, Otto Struve, Bengt Stromgren, S. Chandrasekhar, William W. Morgan, and Gerald P. Kuiper. In addition, Yerkes observation log books, a set of hundreds of chronologically arranged handwritten volumes, record the systematic observations of Yerkes astronomers from the 1890s onward. Among the most significant visual materials in the Yerkes collection are more than 4,800 documentary photographs. These depict the construction of the main observatory building and the installation of instruments, the work of astronomers and staff, astronomical expeditions to sites including Sumatra and Catalina Island, and important visitors, among them Albert Einstein.
Yerkes Observatory opened in Williams Bay, Wisconsin in 1897. It was the center of University of Chicago astronomical and astrophysical research for more than a century. Its 40-inch refracting telescope, which was first exhibited at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893, is still in operation today and retains its original mount and mechanical systems.
Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995
Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
Frost, Edwin Brant, 1866-1935.
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953
Kuiper, Gerard P. (Gerard Peter), 1905-1973
Morgan, W. W. (William Wilson), 1906-1994
Parkhurst, John Adelbert, 1861-1925.
Strm̲gren, Bengt, 1908-1987
Struve, Otto, 1819-1905
Van Biesbroeck, George, 1880-1974
Yerkes Observatory -- Documentation.
Astronomy -- United States.
Astronomical observatories -- United States.
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