Harvard College Observatory observations, logs, instrument readings, and calculations
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over 2500 logbooks and notebooks produced by the Harvard Computers and early Harvard astronomers, many of which feature datasets and processing observations relating to the HCO’s collection of astronomical glass plate photographs. The Harvard Computers were a team of women who worked for the Harvard College Observatory under the supervision of Director Edward Charles Pickering (1877-1919). Notable women include: Annie Jump Cannon, Williamina Fleming, Antonia Maury, Henrietta Leavitt, and Florence Cushman. Other historic logbooks feature the work of early HCO Directors, including both William Cranch Bond and George Phillips Bond, as well as the work of observatory assistants Richard Bond, Truman Henry Safford, Philip Sidney Coolidge, Charles W. Tuttle, Horace P. Tuttle, and Asaph Hall. The entire collection spans more than a century, with the earliest materials dating to the mid-19th century and the latest materials dating to the early 1970s.
Dates
- Creation: 1848-1973
Creator
- Harvard College Observatory (Organization)
Language of Materials
English
Extent
120 cubic feet (120 boxes)2531 Volumes
Cultural context
Geographic
Topical
Creator
- Harvard College Observatory (Organization)
- Title
- Harvard College Observatory observations, logs, instrument readings, and calculations: an inventory
- Status
- under_revision
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- wol00001
Repository Details
Part of the Wolbach Archives, Wolbach Library, Harvard University Repository
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street
Cambridge MA 02138 United States