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Walter Sydney Adams


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    Reference Notebook

    Manuscripts

    [Contains various subject headings with pertinent bibliographic references]

    mssJoy papers

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    Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956. 1 letter (1934, Oct. 12) to F. G. (Francis Gladheim) Pease, b. 1881. 1 item

    Manuscripts

    The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, printed material and ephemera all related to astronomer Francis Gladheim Pease, his astronomy work, and the telescopes he designed. There are 13 letters by George Ellery Hale as well as a copy of an offprint of "Building the 200-Inch Telescope" by Hale (originally published in Harper's Magazine, November 1929). There is an offprint of "The Spectra of Four of the Temporary Stars" written by Pease and Walter S. Adams (published in Contributions from the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory No. 87 in 1914). The correspondence includes several prominent individuals including: Giorgio Abetti, Walter S. Adams, John A. Anderson, Andrew Carnegie (typed copy), Edward H. Davis, Elmer Grey, George Ellery Hale, Fred E. Harvey, Herbert E. Ives, Thornwell Jacobs, George Wharton James, Helen Keller (photocopy of letter), Albert A. Michelson, Robert A. Millikan, James R. Page, F. E. Wright, and the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company. There is also one letter addressed to Thomas Edison. The manuscripts include several items by F. G. Pease including a "Figuring Book" which contains his work on various telescopes and contains blueprints and a manuscript entitled "Notes on a 25-Foot Reflector."

    mssPease addenda

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    Adams, Walter S. (Walter Sydney), 1876-1956 and F. G. (Francis Gladheim) Pease, b. 1881. "The Spectra of Four of the Temporary Stars:" offprint (1914). 1 item

    Manuscripts

    The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, printed material and ephemera all related to astronomer Francis Gladheim Pease, his astronomy work, and the telescopes he designed. There are 13 letters by George Ellery Hale as well as a copy of an offprint of "Building the 200-Inch Telescope" by Hale (originally published in Harper's Magazine, November 1929). There is an offprint of "The Spectra of Four of the Temporary Stars" written by Pease and Walter S. Adams (published in Contributions from the Mount Wilson Solar Observatory No. 87 in 1914). The correspondence includes several prominent individuals including: Giorgio Abetti, Walter S. Adams, John A. Anderson, Andrew Carnegie (typed copy), Edward H. Davis, Elmer Grey, George Ellery Hale, Fred E. Harvey, Herbert E. Ives, Thornwell Jacobs, George Wharton James, Helen Keller (photocopy of letter), Albert A. Michelson, Robert A. Millikan, James R. Page, F. E. Wright, and the Bausch & Lomb Optical Company. There is also one letter addressed to Thomas Edison. The manuscripts include several items by F. G. Pease including a "Figuring Book" which contains his work on various telescopes and contains blueprints and a manuscript entitled "Notes on a 25-Foot Reflector."

    mssPease addenda

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    Henry Norris Russell

    Manuscripts

    [Biographical article and notes for the Griffith Observer]

    mssJoy papers

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    Joe Adams Cooper

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of the professional papers of Alfred Harrison Joy. It includies both incoming and copies of going correspondence (3 boxes) and research files (manuscripts, lectures, notebooks, etc.) related to Joy's study of stellar radial velocities, variable stars, T Tauri stars, and galactic structure.

    mssJoy papers

  • Albert Einstein, Edwin Powell Hubble and Walter Sydney Adams standing by a telescope

    Albert Einstein, Edwin Powell Hubble and Walter Sydney Adams standing by a telescope

    Manuscripts

    Albert Einstein, Edwin Powell Hubble, and Walter Sydney Adams standing beside a telescope. Einstein is on the far left, looking through the telescope. Hubble is in the center, between Einstein and Adams.

    mssHUB 1057