Struve, Otto, 1897-1963. Otto Struve selected correspondence [microform], 1932-1945.

Struve, Otto, 1897-1963.

Otto Struve selected correspondence [microform], 1932-1945.

This correspondence with major astronomers and prominent University of Chicago physicists and administrators is a selection from the total correspondence covering the period 1932 to 1947 when Struve was director of the Yerkes Observatory and chairman of the department of astronomy at the University of Chicago. During this time, Struve also founded the McDonald Observatory in Texas and was editor of the Astrophysical Journal. Topics include theoretical and observational astrophysics, stellar spectroscopy, double stars, stellar rotation, novae, spectral classification, interstellar medium, the Stark Effect, variable stars, and World War II. Correspondents include Walter S. Adams, Bart J. Bok, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Christian Thomas Elvey, Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin, Jesse L. Greenstein, Gerhard Herzberg, Robert Maynard Hutchins, Philip C. Keenan, Gerard P. Kuiper, Willem Jacob Kuyten, Donald H. Menzel, Henry Norris Russell, Harlow Shapley, Joel Stebbins, Bengt Strm̲gren, Polydore Swings, and Albrecht Unsl̲d as well as the International Astronomical Union, the National Academy of Sciences, and the University of Chicago.

Astronomer (astrophysics of stars, spectroscopy, interstellar studies, origin of universe) and administrator. On the staff of Yerkes Observatory, 1921-1932, director, 1932-1950; editor, ASTROPHYSICS JOURNAL, 1932-1947; on the astrophysics faculty, department chair, and director, Leuschner Observatory, University of California, Berkeley, 1950-1959; and director, National Radio Astronomy Observatory from 1959.

Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956.

Bok, Bart J. (Bart Jan), 1906-1983

Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995

Payne-Gaposchkin, Cecilia, 1900-1979

Greenstein, Jesse L. (Jesse Leonard), 1909-2002

Herzberg, Gerhard, 1904-1999

Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977

Keenan, Philip C. (Philip Childs), 1908-

Kuiper, Gerard P. (Gerard Peter), 1905-1973

Menzel, Donald H. (Donald Howard), 1901-1976

Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957

Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.

Strm̲gren, Bengt, 1908-1987

Swings, P. (Polydore), 1906-1983-

Unsl̲d, Albrecht, 1905-

International Astronomical Union

McDonald Observatory

National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)

University of Chicago

Yerkes Observatory

Astrophysical journal.

Astrophysics

Interstellar matter.

Physics literature.

Spectrum analysis

Spectrum analysis -- Classification.

Stark effect.

Double stars.

Stars, New.

Variable stars.

Stars -- Rotation.

Stars -- Spectra.

World War, 1939-1945

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College administrators. lcsh

Elvey, Christian Thomas.

Kuyten, Willem Jacob.

Stebbins, Joel, 1878-1966