- Title
- Records of Director Edward C. Pickering, 1864-1926 (inclusive), series E, E2. UAV 630.14.5., series E, E2. UAV 630.14.5.
- Harvard College Observatory, creator
- Massachusetts
- Materials include letterbooks, and incoming correspondence with eminent astronomers and Harvard officials, and financial records. Pickering was Director from 1876-1919. For more information about records, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.
- 168 containers
- English
- Diaries.
Letterpress copybooks. - Books and documents
- Holden, Austin
Gilman, D. C
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles)
Douglas, H. E
Bond, George Phillips
Bruce, Catherine W
Bruce, M. W
Harvard College Observatory.
American Astronomical Society.
Harvard University.
United States Naval Observatory.
Astronomy--Research
Meteorology--Research - Access may be restricted. Details available at the repository.
CLOSED THROUGH FEBRUARY 2020 FOR PROCESSING.
Finding aid available in repository. - The Astronomical Observatory was established in 1839, and is now known as the Harvard College Observatory. The Massachusetts stations are in Cambridge and the George R. Agassiz Station (Oak Ridge) in Harvard, Mass. The Boyden Station of the Observatory was originally located in Arequipa, Peru until 1927 when it was transferred near Bloemfontien in the Orange Free State, South Africa. This station closed about 1966.
- Collections of the Harvard University Archives
- Harvard University Archives
- 990019666470203941_HUL.ARCH:2742348
- Title
- Records of Director Edward C. Pickering, 1864-1926 (inclusive), series E, E2. UAV 630.14.5., series E, E2. UAV 630.14.5.
- Creator / Contributor
- Harvard College Observatory, creator
- Place of Origin
- Massachusetts
- Description
- Materials include letterbooks, and incoming correspondence with eminent astronomers and Harvard officials, and financial records. Pickering was Director from 1876-1919. For more information about records, see Harvard Archives LOCATION below.
- Extent
- 168 containers
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Diaries.
Letterpress copybooks. - Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Holden, Austin
Gilman, D. C
Pickering, Edward C. (Edward Charles)
Douglas, H. E
Bond, George Phillips
Bruce, Catherine W
Bruce, M. W
Harvard College Observatory.
American Astronomical Society.
Harvard University.
United States Naval Observatory.
Astronomy--Research
Meteorology--Research - Notes
- Access may be restricted. Details available at the repository.
CLOSED THROUGH FEBRUARY 2020 FOR PROCESSING.
Finding aid available in repository. - Biographical / Historical Note
- The Astronomical Observatory was established in 1839, and is now known as the Harvard College Observatory. The Massachusetts stations are in Cambridge and the George R. Agassiz Station (Oak Ridge) in Harvard, Mass. The Boyden Station of the Observatory was originally located in Arequipa, Peru until 1927 when it was transferred near Bloemfontien in the Orange Free State, South Africa. This station closed about 1966.
- Series
- Collections of the Harvard University Archives
- Repository
- Harvard University Archives
- Record ID
- 990019666470203941_HUL.ARCH:2742348
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