Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941
Annie Jump Cannon papers, 1863-1978.
Papers document both Cannon's personal and professional activities. They contain diaries, autobiographical writings, personal and professional correspondence, notes, autographs, memorabilia, biographical clippings, speeches and other manuscripts, diplomas and certificates, photographs, and other papers. Includes material relating to Cannon's early schooling as well as her years at Wellesley College, notes, papers and reports on her research and professional activities. Also contains correspondence to and from Margaret Mayall about Cannon. Related publications and reference material available in repository.
Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) was Curator of Astronomical Photographs, 1911-1940, and William Cranch Bond Astronomer, 1938-1940, at Harvard University. She was the first astronomer to systemically classify the stars.
Cannon, Annie Jump, 1863-1941
Mayall, Margaret W. (Margaret Walton)
Harvard College Observatory.
Harvard University.
Harvard University Faculty.
Wellesley College.
Astronomy.
Albums. ftamc
Diaries lcgft
Diplomas. aat
Glass negatives. aat
Negatives (photographic) aat
Photographic prints. aat aat
Scrapbooks. aat
Astronomers. aat
Women astronomers -- Archives.
Lantern slides aat
Harvard University -- Astronomy (Field of study)
Mayall, Margaret W. (Margaret Walton) correspondent.
AIP-ICOS
Harvard University. Archives. Pusey Library. Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.