5 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Astronomers.
Asaph Hall papers, 1837-1983
1,000 items ; 7 containers plus 1 oversize ; 3.8 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Astronomer. Correspondence, diaries, journals, speeches, writings, scientific notebooks, biographical material, family papers, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to astronomers Asaph Hall (1829-1907) and his son, Asaph Hall (1859-1930). Documents the career of Asaph Hall (1829-1907) at the United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C. and to his discovery of the moons of...
George Gamow and Barbara Gamow papers, 1915-1975
8,000 items ; 30 containers plus 1 oversize ; 12.8 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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George Gamow, physicist, astronomer, and author. Barbara Gamow, editor and translator. Correspondence, drafts of speeches, articles, and books, and other papers relating principally to George Gamow's career as an astronomer, physicist and popularizer of science and to Barbara Gamow's personal and literary associations.
Cleveland Abbe papers, 1850-1954
9,500 items ; 31 containers plus 3 oversize ; 12.4 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Astronomer and meteorologist. Correspondence, diaries, and other papers relating mainly to Abbe's career with the Weather Service of the Army Signal Corps, his participation in the West African Eclipse Expedition (1880s), and his career in the United States Weather Bureau.
Henry S. Pritchett papers, 1876-1967
3,700 items ; 18 containers plus 1 oversize ; 7.2 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Astronomer, superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, and president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Correspondence, travel diaries and autobiographical fragments, drafts and reprints of writings, speeches, essays, reports, Pritchett's book entitled What is Religion? (1906), and other papers relating to Pritchett's career in science and education.
T.J.J. See papers, 1887-1960
30,600 items ; 131 containers plus 2 oversize ; 53 linear feet -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Astronomer and mathematician. Correspondence, a diary, financial papers, writings, printed matter, photographs, and miscellaneous material dealing with See's work in science and mathematics.