Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory legal papers, 1903-1938.
This collection consists of material relating to the founding, construction, and operation of the institution dating from 1903 to 1939. The bulk of the papers are legal documents: deeds, leases, utility contracts, and permits. Two folders contain documents relating to legal actions taken against Mount Wilson and the Carnegie Institution. Also included are three letters from John D. Hooker, a Los Angeles industrialist, philanthropist, and founder of the California Academy of Science, announcing his donation to fund the 100" telescope that would bear his name. Other participants include: George Ellergy Hale, Walter S. Adams and Francis G. Pease. The papers are arranged alphabetically according to the person, company, or institution that created them.
Founded in December 1904 by George Ellery Hale and funded by the Carnegie Institution, the Mount Wilson Observatory quickly became one of the 20th century's major astronomical research centers. The observatory's 60" telescope completed in 1908 was the largest then in existence. In 1917, another Mount Wilson telescope, 100" in diameter, claimed that title.
Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956
Hale, George Ellery, 1868-1938
Hooker, John D. (John Daggett), 1838-1911
Pease, F. G. (Francis Gladheim), b. 1881
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Mount Wilson Observatory
Mount Wilson Observatory -- History.
Astronomical observatories.
Astronomy
Telescopes -- Design and construction.
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