Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory)
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory records, 1884-1960.
This collection contains general office files and correspondence of Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory directors, including Alexander McAdie, Charles Franklin Brooks, and Richard M. Goody. Also includes library correspondence and building plans, drawings, and related records, and photographs of buildings and expeditions.
The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory was established by Abbott Lawrence Rotch in 1885 to investigate weather patterns and maintain weather records. The administration of the Observatory was combined with that of Harvard University's Division of Engineering and Applied Physics in 1959, at which time the U.S. Weather Bureau assumed the responsibility for conducting routine weather observations at the Blue Hill station. The University's lease of the Blue Hill facility from the Metropolitan District ceased in 1971.
Brooks, Charles Franklin, 1891-1958
Goody, Richard M.
McAdie, Alexander, 1863-1943
Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory)
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Harvard University. Archives. Pusey Library. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.