Carpenter, Edwin F.
Edwin Francis Carpenter papers, 1917-1963 (bulk 1930-1960).
Includes biographical materials, correspondence, publications and appearances, printed materials, and photographs. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence documenting his professional activities, and photographs documenting the building and instrumentation of Steward Observatory at the University of Arizona, and Kitt Peak National Observatory in the Quinan Mountains, west of Tucson, Arizona. Selected correspondents include Bart Bok, Raymund Dugan, Stuve Holm, Knut Lundmark, Otto Struve, Harlow Shapley, and Edwin Hubble.
Astronomer. Education: A.B. and A.M., Harvard; Ph. D, University of California at Berkeley. Professional experience: University of Arizona, professor (1925), head of the Astronomy Department (1936); Steward Observatory, Director (1938); Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. (AURA), Board of Directors.
Kitt Peak National Observatory.
University of Arizona.
Astronomical observatories -- Construction.
Administrative records. aat aat
Photographs. aat
Astronomers. lcsh
AIP-ICOS
University of Arizona. Library. Special Collections. Tucson, AZ 85721, USA