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Harvard College Observatory.
Harvard College Observatory records of Boyden Station, Bloemfontein, South Africa, 1907-1956.
Records of Boyden Station in Bloemfontein, South Africa consist chiefly of correspondence and reports. Correspondence from South Africa is often addressed from Bloemfontein, South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa, Worcester, Cape Colonyor Hanover, Cape Colony. Correspondents include B. J. Bok and S. I. Bailey.
Harvard's first astronomical observatory was established in 1839 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and became the Harvard College Observatory. Boyden Station was established to allow for observations from the Southern Hemisphere and was originally located in Arequipa, Peru. The Station was moved to a spot near Bloemfontien in the Orange Free State, South Africa in 1927. Harvard stopped direct support of the site around 1966.
Bailey, Solon I. (Solon Irving), 1854-
Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983
Boyden Observatory
Boyden Station (Bloemfontein, South Africa)
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Harvard University. Archives. Pusey Library. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
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