Harvard College Observatory.
Harvard College Observatory records of W.P. Gerrish, 1887-1939.
Collection includes letterbooks and correspondence of Willard Peabody Gerrish concerning the Boyden Station and other subjects.
Willard Peabody Gerrish was an American astronomer. He was an observer at the Blue Hill Observatory and an assistant professor of astronomy at Harvard College Observatory.
The Astronomical Observatory was established in 1839, and is now known as the Harvard College Observatory. The Massachusetts stations are in Cambridge and the George R. Agassiz Station (Oak Ridge) in Harvard, Mass. The Boyden Station of the Observatory was originally located in Arequipa, Peru until 1927 when it was transferred near Bloemfontien in the Orange Free State, South Africa. This station closed about 1966.
Gerrish, Willard P., 1887-1939.
Harvard College Observatory.
Boyden Observatory (South Africa)
Astronomy
Gerrish, Willard P., 1887-1939.
AIP-ICOS
Harvard University. Archives. Pusey Library. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.