Harvard College Observatory.
Harvard College Observatory records from scientific conferences and meetings, 1910-1975.
This collection consists of records relating to scientific conferences and meetings including the International Astronomical Union meeting in 1932 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Collection includes programs from conventions and meetings, including: meeting of the Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, at Cambridge; Solar Union meeting at Pasadena; photographs of members of the American Association of Variable Star Observers at the 1915 meeting held at the Observatory; International Astronomical Union meeting in Cambridge, September 1932; Agassiz Station radio astronomy meeting, June 6, 1956; audio tape recordings, probably from the Conference on Radio Noise, April 22, 1958; Harvard visit of a delegation representing the Scientific and Technical Association of the Peoples Republic of China in 1975; audiotapes of Menzel Symposium, undated.
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.
Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard), 1901-1976
American Association of Variable Star Observers.
American Astronomical Society
George R. Agassiz Station.
Harvard College Observatory.
International Astronomical Union
Zhongguo ke xue ji shu xie hui
Astronomical observatories.
Astronomy
Radio astronomy
AIP-ICOS
Harvard University. Archives. Pusey Library. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.