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1Creator:  Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956Requires cookie*
 Title:  Walter Sydney Adams Papers     
 Dates:  1881-1939 
 Abstract:  An expert in stellar spectroscopy, Walter Sydney Adams (1876-1956, APS 1915) made important empirical contributions to the analysis of the physical conditions of stellar and planetary atmospheres, determining the distances to extragalactic objects, and understanding stellar evolution. Adams succeeded his mentor George Ellery Hale as director of the Mount Wilson Observatory, serving in that capacity from 1923 to 1946. The Adams Papers contains approximately 100 letters addressed to the astronomer Walter Sydney Adams, dating primarily from the period after his move to Mount Wilson Observatory in 1904. Much of the correspondence is relatively perfunctory, however a few letters include interesting scientific content, including Harlow Shapley discussing his photometric study of HV 3435 and interest in Alpha Circini, Arthur Compton's comments on Keener's photoelectric method, Svante Arrhenius on the possibilities of constructing a new observatory for the Swedish Academy of Sciences, and Arthur Eddington discussing the implications of the spectrum of the companion to Sirius. Among Adams' other correspondents are J. C. Kapteyn, James H. Jeans, Henry Norris Russell, Elihu Thomson, and Willem de Sitter. 
 Call #:  Mss.B.Ad19 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear feet 
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 Subjects:  Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956 | Astronomical spectroscopy. | Astronomy | Mount Wilson Observatory. | St. John, Charles Edward, 1857-1935 | Thomson, Elihu, 1853-1937 | Turner, H. H. (Herbert Hall), 1861-1930 | World War, 1914-1918 
2Creator:  Hale , George Ellery, 1868-1938Requires cookie*
 Title:  George Ellery Hale papers, 1882-1937     
 Dates:  1882-1937 
 Abstract:  Apart from its importance for the study of Hale's personal and professional life, the collection is one of the richest sources for the history of science in the United States in the early twentieth century. It contains a good deal of significant material relating to the theoretical and instrumental development of astrophysics and the history of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories. The collection is of singular importance for the study of science and government, particularly with respect to the affairs of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council. It documents much of the early history of the California Institute of Technology. Finally, it contains substantial material on the general affairs of the scientific community in the United States and Europe [from Kevles 1968]. 
 Call #:  Mss.H.S.Film.31 
 Extent:  100.0 Microfilm reel(s) 
 Sections:   Background  |  Administrative Information

 
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 Subjects:  Astronomers -- United States. | Astronomical instruments. | Astronomical observatories -- United States. | Astronomical spectroscopy. | Astronomy. | Astrophysics. | California Institute of Technology. | Hale , George Ellery, 1868-1938 | Mount Wilson Observatory. | National Academy of Sciences. (U.S.) | National Research Council (U.S.). Committee for Research in Problems of Sex. | Palomar Observatory. | Science -- History -- 20th century. | Science and state -- United States. | Spectroheliograph. 
3Creator:  Center for History of Physics (American Institute of Physics)Requires cookie*
 Title:  History of Modern Astrophysics Collection     
 Dates:  1849-1979 
 Abstract:  During the mid- to late-1970s, the American Institute of Physics sponsored a project to conduct oral history interviews documenting the recent history of astrophysics, eventually accumulating over 400 hours of fully transcribed and edited audio tapes. The project organizers placed a particular emphasis on documenting the various subdisciplines of cosmology and astronomical spectroscopy. The History of Modern Astrophysics Collection is an important resource for the history of astrophysics in the latter half of the twentieth century. The collection is arranged in two series, the first consisting of transcripts of 52 interviews of 46 astrophysicists recorded between 1976 and 1979 by members of the Center for the History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics. The second series consists of 65 reels of microfilm of significant sets of correspondence for individual astrophysicists. The original oral history tape recordings are housed at AIP. 
 Call #:  Mss.Ms.Coll.13 
 Extent:  2.0 Linear feet 
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 Subjects:  Abell, George (George Ogden), 1927-1983 | Aitken, Douglas Carryl | American Institute of Physics. | Astronomical spectroscopy. | Astrophysicists. | Astrophysics | Babcock, Horace W. | Bondi, Hermann | Bowyer, Stuart C. | Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910- | Chang, Y. C. | Conklin, Nanielov Dieter | Cosmology | Cowling, T. G. (Thomas George) | Galaxies--Evolution | Greenstein, Jesse L., (Jesse Leonard), 1909-2002 | Hall, John | Hayes, D. S., (Donald S.) | Herget, Paul, 1908- | Hoffleit, Dorrit | Hogg, Helen Sawyer, 1905- | Huffer, Charles M. (Charles Morse), 1894- | Hulst, H. C. Van de (Hendrik Christoffell), 1918- | Jones, Burton Wadsworth, 1902- | Kharadze, Yevgeny Kirillovich | King, Ivan R. | Kron, Gerald E. | Kron, Richard G. | Leighton, Robert B. | Locanthi, Dorothy Davis | Massevitch, Alla Genrikhovna | Mayall, N. U. (Nicholas Ulrich), 1906- | McCrea, William Hunter | Münch, Guido, 1921- | O'Connell, D. J. K. (Daniel Joseph Kelly) | Oral histories | Plaskett, Harry Hemley, 1893-1980 | Quasars | Radio astrophysics | Rossi, Bruno Benedetto, 1905- | Russell, Henry Norris, 1877-1957 | Salpeter, Edwin E. | Schatzman, Evry L. | Sciama, D. W. (Dennis William), 1926- | Shapiro, Bert | Spinrad, Hyron, 1934- | Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-1997 | Stars--Evolution | Struve, Otto, 1897-1963 | Tinsley, Beatrice | Unsöld, Albrecht, 1905-1995 | Van Agt, Steven | Vassilevskis, Stanislaus | Wesselink, Adriaan Jan, 1909-1995 | Young, Charles Augustus, 1834-1908 
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