Schlesinger, Frank, 1871-1943
Frank Schlesinger Yale University correspondence [microform], 1920-1941.
Collection consists of Schlesinger's correspondence as director of the Yale University Observatory and chairman of the Yale Dept. of Astronomy. Topics include the astrometry of high precision accomplished by photographic means, and the International Union for Solar Research. The correspondence sheds light on the astronomical community worldwide. Correspondents include Harold L. Alden, William Bowie, Heber D. Curtis, Willem de Sitter, Wallace J. Eckert, J.W. Fecker, George W. Klages, James B. McDowell, Charles P. Olivier, Jan Schilt, and R.W. Sellew, as well as the International Astronomical Union and the National Academy of Science.
Astronomer (modern astrometry) and administrator. Head, International Latitude Observatory, 1899-1903; astronomer, Yerkes Observatory, 1903-1905; director, Allegheny Observatory, 1905-1920; head, Department of Astronomy, Yale Observatory, 1920-1941.
Alden, H. L. (Harold Lee), 1890-
Bowie, William, 1872-1940.
Eckert, W. J. (Wallace John), 1902-1971
Olivier, Charles P. (Charles Pollard), b. 1884
Sitter, Willem de.
International Astronomical Union
International Union for Cooperation in Solar Research.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Yale University. Observatory.
Yale University. Dept. of Astronomy.
Astrometry.
Astronomical observatories
Astronomical observatories -- Administration.
Astronomy
Astronomers lcsh
College administrators. lcsh
Curtis, Heber Doust
Fecker, J. W.
Klages, George W.
McDowell, James B.
Sellew, R. W.
AIP-ICOS
American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA