Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957
Henry Norris Russell papers, 1894-1980.
Consists of personal papers of Russell (Princeton Class of 1897), including notes kept by Russell as a student at Princeton (1894-1898) and at Cambridge (1902-1903), as well as lecture notes when a professor at Princeton and working notes on scientific and military problems. In addition, there are manuscripts, typescripst, proofsheets, and galleys of the textbook ASTRONOMY by Russell, Dugan and Stewart, other research papers, book reviews, published lectures, and radio broadcasts. His voluminous international correspondence with colleagues and friends, mostly astronomers and physicists, include such correspondents as Walter S. Adams, E. E. Barnard, Edwin Grant Conklin, Harold W. Dodds, Luther Pfahler Eisenhart, William F. Meggers, Edward C. Pickering, Frank Schlesinger, Harlow Shapley, and Otto Struve.
This collection also contains various documents, such as Russell's honorary degrees, awards and certificates, as well as memorabilia, and printed material. There are many technical photographs of eclipses and the different spectra, and photographs of Russell, McCosh, Meggers, Shapley, Young, and others at Princeton and in their work-related locales.
Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957
Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957
Princeton University. Class of 1897.
Princeton University -- Faculty -- 20th century.
Astronomical observatories -- United States -- 20th century.
Astronomical research -- United States -- 20th century.
Astronomy -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Astronomy -- United States -- 20th century.
Eclipsing binaries.
Lunar eclipses -- 1899.
Lunar eclipses -- 1900.
Navigation (Astronautics).
Solar activity.
Solar eclipses -- 1922.
Solar eclipses -- 1932.
Solar eclipses -- 1937.
Stars -- Structure.
Double stars.
Stars -- Observations.
Stars -- Spectra.
Variable stars.
Faculty papers. aat
Photographic prints. ftamc
Scrapbooks. aat
Astronomers -- 20th century. lcsh
Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney) 1876-1956.
Barnard, Edward Emerson, 1857-1923
Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952.
Dodds, Harold W. (Harold Willis), 1889-1980.
Eisenhart, Luther Pfahler, b. 1876.
Meggers, William F. (William Frederick), 1888-1966.
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles), 1846-1919.
Schlesinger, Frank, 1871-1943
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.
Struve, Otto, 1897-1963.
AIP-ICOS
Princeton University. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections. 1 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA