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Walter Baade Papers

Description

The collection consists of research files, notes, and correspondence, related to the study of supernovae, RR Lyrae stars, star populations, galaxies (including the Andromeda Galaxy), and various novae by German-born astronomer Wilhelm Heinrich Walter Baade (1893-1960), who joined the staff of the Mount Wilson Observatory in 1931. This collection forms part of the Mount Wilson Papers of the Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.

The collection has not been fully processed and the container list below provides only a broad description of materials in each box, often based on topics assigned by Henrietta Swope.

Henrietta Swope's list included numbers for the following major headings in the container list below.

Marked photographs of galaxies and clusters of galaxies. Swope's number: 1 (Box 20) Charts. Swope's number: 1 (Box 21) Miscellaneous charts, graphs, and figures. Swope's number: 2 (Box 20) Miscellaneous charts and graphs. Swope's number: 2 (Box 21) Miscellaneous work from Germany before 1932. Swope's number: 3 (Box 1) Miscellaneous work from Germany before 1932. Swope's number: 3 (Box 15) Miscellaneous work from Germany before 1932. Swope's number: 4 (Box 2) Cygnus variables work before 1934. Swope's number: 5 (Box 3) Globular clusters. Swope's number: 6 (Box 4) Extragalactic nebulae. Swope's number: 7 (Box 5) Telescope programs & miscellaneous notes. Swope's number: 8 (Box 16) Nova Aquilae 1918. Swope's number: 9 (Box 6) Novae & Nova Herculis. Swope's number: 10 (Box 7) Supernovae. Swope's number: 11 (Box 8) Supernovae in galaxies. Swope's number: 12 (Box 9) Crab nebula. Swope's number: 13 (Box 10) Singer-Polignac Seminar 1939. Swope's number: 14 (Box 10) Research Notes on B Cas & A Cas. Swope's number: 15 (Box 11) Variables in field around NGC 6522. Swope's number: 16 (Box 12) Card file on variables in field around NGC 6522, 1949-50. Swope's number: 17 (Box 11) Population I & II; Type I & II Cepheids. Swope's number: 18 (Box 13) Figures. Swope's number: 19 (Box 22) Chart of expansion of B Cassiopeiae. Swope's number: 20 (Box 22) Figures and chart of field of NGC 6522. Swope's number: 21 (Box 22) R Aquarii. Swope's number: 22 (Box 17) Miscellaneous. Swope's number: 23 (Box 17) Notebook on novae. Swope's number: 24 (Box 17) Letters after 1945. Swope's number: 25 (Box 19) Supernova Ophiuchi 1604. Swope's number: 26 (Box 14) Miscellaneous. Swope's number: 27 (Box 14) Cygnus variables. Swope's number: 28 (Box 14) C. Caratheodory: Geodetic Differential Equations (hand copy). Swope's number: 29 (Box 14) Resolution of galaxies M31, 32, NGC205, 147, 185. Swope's number: 30 (Box 18) Notes on Population I & II Cepheids 1950-60. Swope's number: 31 (Box 18) Lectures. Swope's number: 32 (Box 19) Papers for Michigan & IAU, etc. 1950-55. Swope's number: 33 (Box 19) Lectures 1950-58. Swope's number: 34 (Box 18) Lecture notes. Swope's number: 35 (Box 11) "A Discussion of the Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy Based on Plates Obtained by Walter Baade," by van Agt. Swope's number: 36 (Box 19) Letters (photocopies) of Baade: to/from F. G. Smith; to B. Lovell, 1951-52 re optical identification of various radio sources. Swope's number: 37 (Box 19)
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1915-1960
Call number
mssBaade papers
Creator
Baade, Walter (1893-1960)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Placed on deposit by Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1988.
Associated organization
Carnegie Institution of Washington.
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