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1	Creator:	Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956	Requires 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
	Sections:	Background \| Scope and Contents Note \| Administrative Information \| Inventory
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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

2	Creator:	Hale , George Ellery, 1868-1938	Requires 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.

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