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Astrophysical Sciences Department Records, 1835-1988 (bulk 1867-1966): Finding Aid
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Summary Information
- Creator:
- Princeton University. Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences.
- Title and dates:
- Astrophysical Sciences Department Records, 1835-1988 (bulk 1867-1966)
- Abstract:
- The papers of the Astrophysical Sciences Department represent the original observation records, correspondence, and teaching documents of Princeton astrophysicists from 1835 to 1988.
- Size:
- 14.6 linear feet (29 archival boxes, 2 half-size boxes, and 3 oversize boxes)
- Call number:
- AC157
- Location:
- Princeton University Library. Department of Rare Books and Special Collections.
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library.
Princeton University Archives.
Princeton, New Jersey 08540 USA - Language(s) of material:
- English.
- Storage note:
- This collection is stored onsite at the Mudd Manuscript Library.
History of the Astrophysical Sciences Department
This collection documents the scientific achievements and academic program of the Astrophysical Sciences Department, formerly the Astronomy Department, from 1835 to 1988. Although astronomy was studied at Princeton beginning in 1787, it was grouped with mathematics and natural philosophy. In 1840, astronomy became its own discipline when Stephen Alexander became Princeton's first Professor of Astronomy and Chairman of the Astronomy Department. The Department increased the scope of its research when the Halsted Observatory opened in 1872. Charles A. Young succeeded Alexander as Chairman in 1877. Young is primarily known for his observations of stars, especially using solar spectroscopy to determine the elements that compose the sun. In 1905, Young retired and Henry Norris Russell assumed the chair. Russell is most noted for his theories on solar atmospheric composition and stellar evolution, as well as his analysis of eclipses with Professor Raymond S. Dugan. In 1927, Russell, Dugan, and Professor John Q. Stewart published a two-volume book that became the major text in American astronomy classes. Research endeavors improved with the opening of the FitzRandolph Observatory in 1934, which replaced the Halsted Observatory.
In 1947 Lyman Spitzer, Jr. succeeded Russell as Department Chairman. Spitzer focused on expanding Princeton astronomical research into theoretical astrophysics and space astronomy with the help of government, military, and scientific foundation grants. He also organized the Forrestal Research Campus (called Project Matterhorn and eventually the Plasma Physics Laboratory) in 1951 to study plasma physics and nuclear power. In 1962 the Astronomy Department officially changed its name to Astrophysical Sciences to signify its expanded programs in plasma physics, atomic and molecular physics, and astrophysics. Under the continued leadership of Chairman Spitzer, the Department took vivid photographs of the sun via telescopic cameras on balloons, helped NASA's satellite program to study the gases and dust in space, and launched telescope-carrying rockets into earth's atmosphere to observe stars. In 1966, the Department enjoyed improved facilities with the installation of a 36-inch telescope in Fitz Randolph Observatory and the opening of Peyton Hall.
Description
Consists of correspondence, observational record books, astrophysical texts, oversized telescopic observations, glass plates, and a small number of photographs. The collection documents both the scientific achievements and academic program of the Astrophysical Sciences Department, formerly the Astronomy Department, and its faculty. Included is the departmental correspondence of such notable faculty members as Raymond S. Dugan, Lyman Spitzer, Jr., John Q. Stewart and Charles A. Young. Some correspondence pertains to the department’s relationship with the U.S. Navy during World War I. The collection also contains observational records of physical phenomena including the Eros asteroid and the Transit of Venus (1882). Observations of the Princetonia asteroid, Total Lunar Eclipse of 1891, and various comets and satellites are also recorded here.
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Series 1: Observational Records, 1867-1940
- Subseries 1A: Faculty Observations, 1867-1938
- Subseries 1B: Phenomenal Observations, 1874-1966
- Series 2: Chairmen's and Faculty Correspondence, 1889-1988
- Subseries 2A: Chairmen's Correspondence, 1922-1988
- Subseries 2B: Faculty Correspondence, 1889-1941
- Series 3: General, 1835-1894
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Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Astrophysical Sciences Department Records, Box and Folder Number; University Archives, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Subject Headings
These materials have been indexed in the Princeton University Library online catalog using the following terms. Those seeking related materials should search under these terms.
- Dugan, Raymond Smith, 1878-1940.
- Spitzer, Lyman, 1914-
- Stewart, John Quincy, 1894-
- Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1834-1908.
- Astronomical research -- United States -- 20th century.
- Astronomy -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
- Astronomy -- United States -- Observations.
- Astrophysicists -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Correspondence.
- Universities and colleges -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- Departments.
- Venus (Planet) -- Transit -- 1882.
- Eros (Asteroid)
- Administrative records.
- Astrophotographs.
- Correspondence.
- Princeton University Dept. of Astronomy.
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Contents List
Series 1: Observational Records, 1867-1940
Subseries 1A: Faculty Observations, 1867-1938
Subseries Description
Subseries 1A: Faculty Observations, 1867-1938, is arranged alphabetically by the observer's name and chronologically therein. It contains the astrophysical observations and measurements recorded by Princeton professors from 1867 to 1940. It also houses some photographs taken by Princeton's observatory telescopes. Faculty members whose work is documented include Stephen Alexander, Raymond S. Dugan, J. McKee, N. G. Parke, H. M. Paul, N. L. Pierce, and Charles A. Young. These folders are arranged alphabetically by the particular observer's name.
Stephen Alexander:
Books Borrowed from the Observatory Library, 1881
Box 1, Folder 1 Raymond S. Dugan:
Time Observations Record Book, 1901-1913
Box 1, Folder 2 Observatory Record Books, 1902-1903
Box 1, Folder 3-4 4199 Z Draconis Record Book, 1905
Box 1, Folder 5 Observatory Record Book, 1905
Box 1, Folder 6 Observatory Record Book (Pleiade, S Cassiopeia), 1905
Box 1, Folder 7 Spanish Total Solar Eclipse Record Book, 1905
Box 1, Folder 8 Observatory Record Book, 1905-1906
Box 1, Folder 9 D1 Observatory Record Book, 1905-1906
Box 2, Folder 1 D2 Observatory Record Book, 1906
Box 2, Folder 2 D3 Observatory Record Book, 1906-1907
Box 2, Folder 3 and others: Clock and Chronometer Time Record Book, 1906-1937
Box 2, Folder 4 D10 Observatory Record Book, 1909-1911
Box 2, Folder 5 Observatory Record Book, 1911
Box 2, Folder 6 Observatory Record Book (U Cephei, RW Geminorum), 1911
Box 2, Folder 7 Observatory Record Book, 1913-1927
Box 2, Folder 8 5-Inch Photographs with Nielsen Telescope Record Book, 1913-1940
Box 3, Folder 1 Observatory Record Book (Including a Note About the Inauguration of the SO Hancock Observatory), 1915
Box 3, Folder 2 Practical Astronomy (Using Kahler Transit etc.), 1916-1917
Box 3, Folder 3 Naval Ordnance Course Final Examination for WWI Reserve Officers (Notes), 1917
Box 3, Folder 4 Naval Ordnance Course for WWI Reserve Officers (Notes), 1917
Box 3, Folder 5 Time Sights Record Book, 1917-1921
Box 3, Folder 6 Circum Meridian Tables for Navigation Computations, 1918
Box 3, Folder 7 Line of Duty Course Examination (Notes), 1918
Box 3, Folder 8 Navigation Computations (Notes), 1918
Box 3, Folder 9 Navigation Course Examination (Notes), 1918
Box 3, Folder 10 Navigation Course Examination (Notes), 1918
Box 3, Folder 11 Navigation Course Grading (Notes), 1918
Box 3, Folder 12 Ordnance Pamphlet with Instructions for Armed Guard Duty (Received from U.S. Naval Academy), 1918
Box 3, Folder 13 D33 Record Book (SX Cassiopeia, UW Persei, Y Cigni), 1928
Box 3, Folder 14 D34 Observatory Record Book, 1928-1929
Box 4, Folder 1 D35 Observatory Record Book, 1929-1930
Box 4, Folder 2 D36 Observatory Record Book, 1930
Box 4, Folder 3 D37 Observatory Record Book (AG Virgo etc.), 1930
Box 4, Folder 4 D38 Observatory Record Book (SX Cassiopeia, RT Andromeda, TY Pegas), 1930-1931
Box 4, Folder 5 D39 Observatory Record Book (SX Cassiopeia, AG Virgo), 1931
Box 4, Folder 6 D40 Observatory Record Book (WZ Andromeda, AG Virgo etc.), 1931
Box 4, Folder 7 D41 Observatory Record Book (AB Persei, WZ Andromeda), 1931-1932
Box 5, Folder 1 D42 Observatory Record Book with Special Note About End of the Old Halsted Observatory and Inauguration of New Observatory, 1932
Box 5, Folder 2 D43 Observatory Record Book (AG Virgo, TY Pegas, WZ Andromeda), 1935
Box 5, Folder 3 D44 Observatory Record Book (WZ and XZ Andromeda,TY Pegas), 1935
Box 5, Folder 4 J. McKee:
Inventory of Halsted and School of Science Observatories (2) (Building Plans and Astronomical Equipment), 1906
Box 6, Folder 1 Halsted Observatory Instrument Manipulation Guide (2), 1906
Box 6, Folder 2 N. G. Parke:
Observations for the Determination of the Latitude of Princeton (Record Book), 1935-1936
Box 6, Folder 3 H. M. Paul:
Record Book, 1874-1880
Box 6, Folder 4 N. L. Pierce:
Astronomical Catalog with Tables of Mean Solar into Sidereal Time, Latitude by Observing Polaris Altitude, 1925
Box 6, Folder 5 Spectrocopic Binaries (Tables), 1925
Box 6, Folder 6 Spectroscopic Binaries (Bibliographical References from Astronomischer Jahresbericht), 1925-1928
Box 6, Folder 7 Observing Book with Rating of Howard Sidereal Clock, Meridian Circle Micrometer Data, 1927-1934
Box 6, Folder 8 Alpha Tauri Measures; Spectrograph Test (Notes), 1929
Box 6, Folder 9 Plate no.1829 with Alpha Canis Minoris Measures (Notes), 1929
Box 6, Folder 10 Standard Star Measures (Notes), 1929
Box 6, Folder 11 Standard Star Tables, 1929
Box 6, Folder 12 Nova Herculis-List with Dearborn Observatory, 1934
Box 6, Folder 13 Visual Emission Spectrum of Nova Herculis (Copy of a Scientific Paper), 1934
Box 6, Folder 14 Nova Herculis Measures (Notes and Two Diagrams), 1935
Box 6, Folder 15 P4 Observatory Record Book (XX Cassiopeiae, GO Cygnae), 1936-1935
Box 6, Folder 16 P5 Observatory Record Book, 1936
Box 6, Folder 17 P8 Observatory Record Book (RW Geminorum, GO Cygnae, XZ Andromeda), 1937
Box 6, Folder 18 P9 Observatory Record Book, 1937-1938
Box 7, Folder 1 Diagram with I, IV Jupiter Satellites Observed After the Total Solar Eclipse Emersion, 1938
Box 7, Folder 2 Observations of Z Draconis, V Cephei, RT Persei During the Total Solar Eclipse, 1938
Box 7, Folder 3 P 10 Observatory Record Book, 1938
Box 7, Folder 4 P 11 Observatory Record Book, 1938
Box 7, Folder 5 Phi Tables, 1938
Box 7, Folder 6 S. Reise:
Color Curve of Halsted Objective (original manuscript), 1896
Box 7, Folder 7 C. G. Rockwood:
Colorado Total Sun Eclipse Record Book, 1878
Box 7, Folder 8 H. N. Russell:
Observatory Record Book, 1905-1906
Box 7, Folder 9 Determination of Instrumental Constants (Record Book), 1906
Box 8, Folder 1 Report on the Advantages of the Conde Type of Equatorial Mounting (Original Manuscript), circa 1906
Box 8, Folder 2 C. A. Young:
Battery Book (Record Book), 1867-1892
Box 8, Folder 3 Observatory Record Book Regarding the Sherman Mountain Total Solar Eclipse With an Introduction About the Cost of Every Observatory Instrument, 1871-1872
Box 8, Folder 4 Clock Book, 1877-1880
Box 8, Folder 5 Dome Notes Record Book, 1877-1880
Box 8, Folder 6 Kahler Transit Record Book, 1877-1880
Box 8, Folder 7 Instrumental Constants Record Book with a list of observatory instruments, 1878-1879
Box 8, Folder 8 Meridian Circle Record Book, 1878-1881
Box 8, Folder 9 Transit Notes Record Book, 1878-1884
Box 9, Folder 1 Prime Vertical Record Book, 1878-1891
Box 9, Folder 2 Comparison between Washington Sidereal and Princeton Mean (Record Book), 1879
Box 9, Folder 3 Instrument Controls and Settings Record Book, 1879
Box 9, Folder 4 Meridian Circle and Longitude Record Book, 1879
Box 9, Folder 5 Meridian Circle and Zenith Record Book, 1879
Box 9, Folder 6 Observatory Record Book (Alpha Ursae Minoris, Polaris, 51 Cephei), circa 1879
Box 9, Folder 7 Zenith Telescope Record Book, 1879
Box 9, Folder 8 Color Correction of Certain Achromatic Object Glasses, 1880
Box 9, Folder 9 Ledger Record Book, circa 1880
Box 9, Folder 10 Schavelle's Comet Computations, 1880
Box 9, Folder 11 Zenith Telescope Latitude Record Book, Vol. I, 1880
Box 10, Folder 1 Zenith Telescope Latitude Record Book, Vol. II, 1880
Box 10, Folder 2 Clock Room Record Book, 1880-1883
Box 10, Folder 3 Dome Notes Record Book, 1880-1883
Box 10, Folder 4 Meridian Circle Record Book, 1881
Box 10, Folder 5 Meridian Circle Graduation Errors Record Book, 1881
Box 10, Folder 6 23 Inch Telescope Settings and Other Constants Record Book, 1882
Box 10, Folder 7 23 Inch Book, 1882-1883
Box 10, Folder 8 23 Inch Equatorial Micrometer Measures record book, 1882-1883
Box 11, Folder 1 Saturn Satellites Observed with 23 Inch Telescope (Notes), 1882-1885
Box 11, Folder 2 Kahler Transit Record Book, 1882-1889
Box 11, Folder 3 Meridian Circle Record Book, 1882-1893
Box 11, Folder 4 C. A. Young and others (R. S. Dugan):
23 Inch Spectroscopic Notes Record Book, 1882-1916
Box 11, Folder 5 91/2 Inch Equatorial Record Book, 1883-1896
Box 11, Folder 6 Sidereal and Mean Time Record Book, 1883-1887
Box 11, Folder 7 Halsted Record Book, 1883-1990
Box 11, Folder 8 Miscellaneous: Eyepiece Powers; Sun Spots Record Book, 1884-1885
Box 11, Folder 9 Fauth Transit Record Book, 1884-1886
Box 12, Folder 1 23 Inch Equatorial Record Book, 1884-1887
Box 12, Folder 2 Constellation Observation Book With Position Angle, Distance, Sidereal Time, 1885
Box 12, Folder 3 Halsted Observatory Record Book, 1885
Box 12, Folder 4 23 Inch Record Book, Vol. I, 1885-1887
Box 12, Folder 5 Fauth Transit Record Book, Vol. I, 1886-1887
Box 12, Folder 6 C. A. Young and others (McGill):
Sidereal Clock Thermometer, 1886-1888
Box 12, Folder 7 C. A. Young:
23 Inch Record Book, Vol. II, 1887-1889
Box 12, Folder 8 Fauth Transit Record Book, Vol. II, 1887-1888
Box 12, Folder 9 Fauth Transit Record Book, Vol. III, 1888-1889
Box 13, Folder 1 23 Inch Equatorial Book Observatory Records Including Brooks Comet Observations, Vol. I, 1889-1890
Box 13, Folder 2 Fauth Transit Record Book, Vol. IV, 1889-1890
Box 13, Folder 3 Meridian Circle Note Book, 1888-1892
Box 13, Folder 4 Clocks, 1888-1898
Box 13, Folder 5 C. A. Young and Class of 1890:
Zenith Telescope Latitude Record Book, 1890
Box 13, Folder 6 C. A Young:
Fauth Transit Records, Vol. V, 1890-1891
Box 13, Folder 7 Fauth Transit Record Book, Vol. VI, 1891-1896
Box 13, Folder 8 23 Inch Record Book, Vol. II, 1891-1903
Box 14, Folder 1 Lunar Parallax Record Book, 1892
Box 14, Folder 2 9 1/2 Inch Equatorial Record Book, 1897-1901
Box 14, Folder 3 Clock Record Book, 1898-1905
Box 14, Folder 4 Book Record with Record of Books Taken From the Observatory Library, 1902-1907
Box 14, Folder 5 Photolog No.1 Record Book, 1903
Box 14, Folder 6 CAY Record Book, 1905
Box 14, Folder 7 Mean Time Clock Record Book, 1906-1907
Box 14, Folder 8 Kahler Transit and Star List Record Book, circa 1908
Box 14, Folder 9 Battery Drawing, undated
Box 14, Folder 10 Transit Coefficients for Princeton, undated
Box 14, Folder 11 Subseries 1B: Phenomenal Observations, 1874-1966
Subseries Description
Subseries 1B: Phenomenal Observations, 1874-1966, is arranged alphabetically by the name of the phenomenon observed and chronologically therein. It contains observational records of particular phenomena, such as the Eros asteroid, the Transit of Venus, the Total Lunar Eclipse of 1891, and various comets and satellites. Some astrophysical events, such as the Transit of Venus, have many record books for the same year.
Astronomical Photographs: A Catalogue of Lantern slides, Transparencies, and Prints from Negatives Taken at the Yerkes Observatory, Vol. I, The University of Chicago Press, 1904
Box 14, Folder 12 Astronomical Photographs: A Catalogue of Lantern Slides, Transparencies, and Prints from Negatives Taken at the Yerkes Observatory, Vol. II, 1911
Box 15, Folder 1 Comets:
Barnard (Record Book), 1887
Box 15, Folder 2 Brooks (McGill Record Book), 1883-1884
Box 15, Folder 3 Brooks (Record Book), 1885
Box 15, Folder 4 Encke (C. A. Young Record Book), 1883
Box 15, Folder 5 Paris (Record Book), 1885
Box 15, Folder 6 Tinlay (Record Book), 1886
Box 15, Folder 7 Data for Least Squares Table (n.a.), 1895
Box 15, Folder 8 Description and Price of Saegmuller Instruments, List of First-Class Engineering and Astronomical Instruments Manufactured by Geo N. Saegmuller Washington D. C: Gibson Bros, Printers and Bookbinders, 1894
Box 15, Folder 9 Equations of Condition Summary for Thesis (n.a.), 1893
Box 15, Folder 10 Eros:
Dearborn Observatory Eros Plate No. 7291 (Two Exposures), 1931
Box 15, Folder 11 Preliminary Outline for the Completion of the Eros Program, 1931
Box 15, Folder 12 Reduction of Eros Plate no. 7291 (Two Exposures), 1931
Box 15, Folder 13 Residual Computations Performed by the Greenwich Royal Observatory, Lick and Van Vleck Observatories, 1931
Box 15, Folder 14 Slide List, 1931
Box 15, Folder 15 Spencer T. Jones: Eros Copy from M. N 92, 17, 1931, 1931
Box 15, Folder 16 Spencer T. Jones: Eros Observations Performed by Dearborn Observatory (Copy), 1931
Box 15, Folder 17 Systematic Corrections to Eros Plates (Notes), 1931
Box 15, Folder 18 Winke: Diagram With Systematic Corrections to Star Positions, circa 1931
Box 15, Folder 19 Winke: Eros, Solar Parallax and Moon Mass, circa 1931
Box 15, Folder 20 (I, II, III, IV) Tables With Plate Number, Number of Images, and Number of Exposures, 1931-1932
Box 15, Folder 21 Eros Record Book, 1931-1932
Box 15, Folder 22 Satellites:
Mars (McGill Record Book), 1883-1884
Box 15, Folder 23 Mars (McGill Record Book), Vol. II, 1888
Box 15, Folder 24 Uranus (McGill Record Book), 1883
Box 15, Folder 25 Spectrum of Halley's Comet Photograph, 1910
Box 15, Folder 26 “TIME, SPACE and MATTER Investigating the Physical World”, Student Investigation Journal, No. 8, 1966, 1966
Box 15, Folder 27 Transit of Venus:
S. Alexander, C. G. Rockwood and C. A. Young, 1882
(Notes Regarding the First to Fourth Contact)
Box 15, Folder 28 S. Alexander, M. McNeill, C.G. Rockwood, C. A. Young and others Record Book, 1882
Box 15, Folder 29 H. L. Baldwin Record Book, 1882
Box 15, Folder 30 C. H. Bonbright Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 1 C. F. Bouckett Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 2 Diagrams, 1882
Box 16, Folder 3 M. Field Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 4 T. Gill Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 5 H. M. Landis Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 6 W. Libbey, Jr. Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 7 N. Magie Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 8 Moore Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 9 M. McNeill Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 10 N. Parke Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 11 L. Riggs, Jr. Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 12 F. C. Robart Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 13 C. G. Rockwood Jr Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 14 S. K. Royle Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 15 T. C. Summerill Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 16 M.G. Vulchiff Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 17 C. A. Young Original Photographic Plates, 1882
Box 16, Folder 18 C. A. Young Princeton Plates Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 19 C. A. Young Record Book, 1882
Box 16, Folder 20 C. A. Young Short Diary (Star Observations), 1882
Box 16, Folder 21 C. A. Young and others Record Book: The Magnifying Powers of Telescope Eyepieces Used for the Transit of Venus, 1882
Box 16, Folder 22 Norbert Joun Photography St. Paul Island-Indian Ocean, 1874
Box 16, Folder 23 Transit Tables for Princeton, undated
Box 16, Folder 24 Total Lunar Eclipse:
Catalog with 18 Stars Observed at Princeton Observatory During the Eclipse Printed by C. Mattiesen, Dorpat, 1891
Box 17, Folder 1 Spreadsheet with Immersion and Emersion Data, 1891
Box 17, Folder 2 TT Ceti Records (n.a.), 1945
Box 17, Folder 3 Weather Record Books (2) The Working Observatory, College of New Jersey, Princeton, 1881-1884; 1884-1886
Box 17, Folder 4 Weather Record Books (2), The Working Observatory, College of New Jersey, Princeton, 1886-1889; 1897-1881
Box 17, Folder 5 Weather Record Book, The School of Science Observatory, Princeton, 1889-1891
Box 17, Folder 6 Weather Record Books of the School of Science Observatory, Princeton, 1892-1899
Box 17, Folder 7 Weather Record Book School of Science Observatory, Princeton, 1902-1919
Box 17, Folder 8 Weather Record Book of Halsted Observatory (R. S. Dugan etc.), 1905-1912
Box 17, Folder 9 Zenith Telescope Summary table (n.a.), 1894
Box 17, Folder 10 Series 2: Chairmen's and Faculty Correspondence, 1889-1988
Series Description
Series 2: Chairmen and Faculty Correspondence, 1889-1988, contains the correspondence of the chairmen and faculty of the Astrophysical Sciences Department from 1889 to 1988. It is divided into two subseries. Subseries 1, Chairmen's Correspondence, 1922-1988, is arranged alphabetically by each chairman's last name and alphabetically by subject within. It contains the correspondence of R. S. Dugan, Lyman Spitzer, Jr., and John Q. Stewart. The correspondence deals with a wide range of subjects including appointments, committees, funding, personnel, and cooperation with national science foundations. Spitzer's folders are additionally divided into two sections, one by specific issues and one by general topics, each arranged alphabetically. Subseries 2, Faculty Correspondence, 1889-1941, is arranged alphabetically by faculty member and then reverse chronological order within the folder. It contains the correspondence of faculty members, such as M. E. Kahler and Taylor Reed, anfaculty members before or after their tenure as chairman (i.e. R. S. Dugan and John Q. Stewart). The correspondence in this subseries addresses the department's relationship with the U.S. Navy during World War I, an instrument manufacturer, and undergraduate astronomy courses.
Subseries 2A: Chairmen's Correspondence, 1922-1988
Raymond S. Dugan:
Aberdeen Proving Ground, 1943
Box 17, Folder 11 Appointments, 1933-1947
Box 17, Folder 12 Astronomy at Princeton, 1925-1927
Box 17, Folder 13 Budget for Research, 1920-1944; 1947
Box 17, Folder 14 Budget, 1928-1938, 1945-1946
Box 18, Folder 1 Construction of New Observatory, 1930-1935
Box 18, Folder 2 Lick Observatory, 1940
Box 18, Folder 3 Lowell Observatory Exchange, 1928
Box 18, Folder 4 Negotiations for New Observatory, 1925-1928
Box 18, Folder 5 Press, 1946-1948
Box 18, Folder 6 Rand Avery-Gordon Taylor Inc., 1947
Box 18, Folder 7 Recommendations, 1940-1941; 1942-1943
Box 18, Folder 8 Research Accounts, 1922-1934
Box 18, Folder 9 Research Committee Minutes, 1943-1944
Box 18, Folder 10 Lyman Spitzer, Jr. (Issues):
A, 1954-1964
Box 18, Folder 11 Amateur Scientists, 1946-1953
Box 18, Folder 12 American Astronomical Society, 1960-1962
Box 18, Folder 13 B, 1949-1964
Box 19, Folder 1 Brown J. D., 1948-1964
Box 19, Folder 2 Butler Paintings in “Space Age Exhibition”, 1961-1962
Box 19, Folder 3 C, 1954-1964
Box 19, Folder 4 Chandrasekhar S., 1948-1964
Box 19, Folder 5 Committees, 1946-1953
Box 19, Folder 6 D, 1947-1960
Box 19, Folder 7 Draper Henry Fund Committee, 1952-1957
Box 19, Folder 8 E, 1955-1963
Box 19, Folder 9 Editorial Board of the Astrophysical Journal, 1952-1953
Box 19, Folder 10 F, 1948-1964
Box 19, Folder 11 G, 1946-1963
Box 20, Folder 1 Goddard Space Flight Center, 1961-1964
Box 20, Folder 2 Graduate Students, 1947-1949; 1953-1955
Box 20, Folder 3-4 H, 1953-1963
Box 20, Folder 5 J, 1949-1964
Box 20, Folder 6 K, 1948-1963
Box 20, Folder 7 L, 1948-1964
Box 20, Folder 8 M, 1947-1964
Box 20, Folder 9 Mc, 1954-1964
Box 21, Folder 1 N, 1950-1964
Box 21, Folder 2 National Advisory Committee for Astronautics (NACA), 1958
Box 21, Folder 3 National Research Council, 1947-1950
Box 21, Folder 4 National Science Foundation Grant for “Advanced Stars Evolution”, 1953-1956
Box 21, Folder 5 Office of Naval Research (ONR) Sponsor of “Carbon Isotope Shift Ratio”, 1949-1953
Box 21, Folder 6 ONR Sponsor of “Curves of Eclipsing Stars”, 1950-1953
Box 21, Folder 7 ONR Sponsor of “Interstellar Clouds and Red Giant Stars”, 1949-1953
Box 21, Folder 8 Panel, Administrative, 1947-1948
Box 21, Folder 9 Panel, Scientific, 1947
Box 21, Folder 10 Panel, Staff, 1947
Box 21, Folder 11 Panel, Survey Comments, 1947-1948
Box 21, Folder 12 Pasadena Trips, 1947-1960
Box 21, Folder 13 Personnel, 1940-1964
Box 22, Folder 1-2 Popular Lectures, 1945-1953
Box 22, Folder 3 Q-R, 1951 -1964
Box 22, Folder 4 Rockets (Administrative), 1946-1947
Box 22, Folder 5 S, 1951-1952
Box 23, Folder 1 Science and Government, 1949-1958
Box 23, Folder 2 Scientific Meetings and Lectures, 1946-1956
Box 23, Folder 3 Sonar Analysis Group (SAG), 1946-1947
Box 23, Folder 4 T, 1955-1962
Box 23, Folder 5 U-V, 1953-1964
Box 23, Folder 6 W-Y, 1949-1952
Box 23, Folder 7 Lyman Spitzer, Jr. (Topics):
Administrative, Department Computing Expenses, 1967-1979
Box 23, Folder 8 Administrative, Department (Miscellaneous), 1971-1976
Box 23, Folder 9 Administrative, Lunar Plate, Record Books, 1948
Box 24, Folder 1 Administrative, Rittenhouse Orrery, 1951-1978
Box 24, Folder 2 Administrative, Special Events (M. Schwarzchild; J. Rogerson), 1970-1988
Box 24, Folder 3 Administrative, University Computer Center, 1974-1979
Box 24, Folder 4 Advisory Council, 1951-1977
Box 24, Folder 5-8 Annual Reports, Astronomy Department, 1932-1939
Box 24, Folder 9 Annual Reports, Astronomy Library Finances, 1953-1970, 1976-1977
Box 24, Folder 10 Annual Reports, Observatory, 1922-1981
Box 25, Folder 1 Atomic Energy Comission, “Conductivity in Ionized Gases” Report, 1950-1953
Box 25, Folder 2 Bibliography, Staff Publications, 1947-1975
Box 25, Folder 3 Buildings, 23-Inch Dome at FitzRandolph Observatory, 1949-1967
Box 25, Folder 4 Buildings, Observatory of Instruction, 1946-1979
Box 25, Folder 5 Buildings, Peyton Hall, 1961-1967
Box 25, Folder 6 Committees, Higgins Fund Committee Reports, 1950-1958
Box 25, Folder 7 Committees, Higgins Fund Committee and Scientific Research, 1951-1988
Box 25, Folder 8 Committees, University Research Board, 1974-1978
Box 25, Folder 9 Equipment, 4-Inch Telescope, 1948-1950
Box 25, Folder 10 Equipment, 9-1/2 Inch Telescope, 1947-1966
Box 25, Folder 11 Equipment, 23-Inch Telescope Operation Notes, 1930-1988
Box 26, Folder 1 Equipment, 36-Inch Telescope, 1963-1977
Box 26, Folder 2 Equipment, Borrowed and Given Away, 1922-1984
Box 26, Folder 3 Equipment, Insurance on Telescopes, 1951-1974
Box 26, Folder 4 Finances, Department Budget, 1947-1967
Box 26, Folder 5 Finances, Financial Summaries, 1947-1982
Box 26, Folder 6 Grants, Ford Foundation, 1964-1976
Box 26, Folder 7 Grants, Government Fellowships and Educational Grants, 1966-1969
Box 26, Folder 8 Grants, NASA Research, 1980
Box 26, Folder 9 Instruction, Applied Mathematics Program, 1965-1978
Box 26, Folder 10 Instruction, Evaluation of Undergraduate Courses, 1968-1978
Box 27, Folder 1 Instruction, Graduate Program, 1960-1981
Box 27, Folder 2 Instruction, Plasma Physics Program, 1959-1979
Box 27, Folder 3 Instruction, Post-Doctoral Program Applications, 1969-1974
Box 27, Folder 4 Instruction, Undergraduate Program, 1925-1979
Box 27, Folder 5 Instruction, Visiting Program (Lecturers), 1966-1981
Box 27, Folder 6 Memoranda, Henry Norris Russell to President, 1925-1934
Box 27, Folder 7 Memoranda, Lyman Spitzer, Jr. to Different Deans, 1975-1990
Box 27, Folder 8 Science, Yale Council, 1948-1951
Box 27, Folder 9 Sponsored Research, Advanced Research Projects Agency Sponsor of “Life Measurements”, 1967-1970
Box 28, Folder 1 Sponsored Research, Air Force, 1958-1972
Box 28, Folder 2-3 Sponsored Research, Miscellaneous, 1962-1979
Box 28, Folder 4 Sponsored Research, NASA Ground Base Research, 1962-1977
Box 28, Folder 5-6 Sponsored Research, NASA Ground Based Research, 1974-1979
Box 29, Folder 1 Sponsored Research, National Science Foundation (NSF) Sponsor of Astrophysical Theory, 1970-1976
Box 29, Folder 2 Sponsored Research, NSF Sponsor of Solar Spectrophotometry, 1963
Box 29, Folder 3 Sponsored Research, NSF Sponsor of Observational Astronomy, 1966-1973
Box 29, Folder 4 Sponsored Research, ONR Sponsor of Photoelectric Spectrophotometer, 1956-1961
Box 29, Folder 5 John Q. Stewart:
Departmental Correspondence, 1936-1951
Box 29, Folder 6 Graduate Alumni Association Report, 1951-1953
Box 29, Folder 7 Interdepartmental Correspondence, 1950-1953
Box 29, Folder 8 Subseries 2B: Faculty Correspondence, 1889-1941
Raymond S. Dugan:
U. S. Naval Institute, 1916
Box 29, Folder 9 U. S. Navy Department, Bureau of Navigation, 1918
Box 29, Folder 10 U. S. Navy Department, Bureau of Ordnance Bureau of Ordnance, 1918
Box 29, Folder 11 U. S. Navy Yard Court Martial, 1918
Box 29, Folder 12 Letter from Clinton Currier, 1918
Box 29, Folder 13 M. E. Kahler:
Instrument Manufacturer Letter to Princeton Observatory, 1928
Box 29, Folder 14 Taylor Reed, 1889-1895
Box 29, Folder 15 John Q. Stewart:
Astronomy 301 (Courses, Exams), 1935-1936
Box 29, Folder 16 Astronomy 302 (Courses, Exams and Class List), 1933-1937
Box 29, Folder 17 Public Lecture Committee, 1930-1941
Box 29, Folder 18 Charles A. Young, 1890-1892
Box 29, Folder 19 Series 3: General, 1835-1894
Series Description
Series 3: General, 1835-1894, is a collection of astrophysical texts, oversized telescopic observations, and glass plates of the Princetonia asteroid dating from 1835 to 1894. It is arranged roughly alphabetically. Stephen Alexander's History of Sun Eclipses and Comets (c. 1935) and two volumes of Theses in Practical Astronomy from 1879 to 1882 are included. Oversized documents include comet observations by M. McNeill and C. A. Young.
Miscellaneous: Stephen Alexander: History of Sun Eclipses; Comets, c. 1835
Box 30, Folder 1 Miscellaneous: Theses in Practical Astronomy, 1879-1882
Box 31, Folder 1-2 Miscellaneous: Comet Observations (no name), 1885,undated
Box 32, Folder 1-2 Miscellaneous: Summary of Star Places (no name), undated
Box 32, Folder 3 Miscellaneous:
M. McNeill: 23 Inch Equatorial, 1882
Box 33, Folder 1 Kahler Transit, 1882
Box 33, Folder 2 Wells Comet, 1882
Box 33, Folder 3 Brooks Comet, 1885
Box 33, Folder 4 Bernards Comet, 1881-1883
Box 33, Folder 5 Comet Observations, 1890
Box 33, Folder 6 Meridian Circle, 1879
Box 33, Folder 7 Neptune Satellites, 1888
Box 33, Folder 8 Occultation of Mars, 1880
Box 33, Folder 9 Zenith Telescope, 1879
Box 33, Folder 10 Miscellaneous: Raymond S. Dugan: Princetonia 1, Glass Plate + Scanned Image (Heidelberg), 1894
Box 34, Folder 1 Miscellaneous: Raymond S. Dugan: Princetonia 2, Glass Plate + Scanned Image (Heidelberg), 1894
Box 34, Folder 2
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