Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952.
Richard Hawley Tucker papers, 1879-1939.
This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Richard Hawley Tucker, an astronomer who worked at the Lick Observatory from 1893 to 1926. It includes family letters, professional correspondence, research materials, manuscripts, reprints, memorabilia, and photograph albums showing life on Mount Hamilton around the turn of the century, as well as Tucker's travels in South America.
American astronomer. Tucker graduated from Lehigh in 1879. He was an astronomer at the Lick Observatory in California until his retirement in 1926, and received an honorary Ph. D. from Lehigh in 1922.
Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952.
Lick Observatory
Astronomy
Argentina.
Mount Hamilton (Calif.).
South America.
AIP-ICOS
University of California, Santa Cruz. Mary Lea Shane Archives of the Lick Observatory. University Library, Rm. 359, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA