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Frank Schlesinger papers, 1905-1941 [microform].

by Schlesinger, Frank, 1871-1943

31 reels (positive).

Owning Repository:

University of Pittsburgh. University Library System. Archives Service Center. Archives of Industrial Society. 7500 Thomas Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15208. USA

Country of Repository:

Location of Original/Copy:

Originals, in part, at Yale University.

Originals, in part, at Allegheny Observatory.

Copy available at American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library, College Park, MD, USA.

Biography/History:

Astronomer (modern astrometry) and administrator. Head, International Latitude Observatory, 1899-1903; astronomer, Yerkes Observatory, 1903-1905; director, Allegheny Observatory, 1905-1920; and head, Department of Astronomy, Yale University, 1920-1941, and director, Yale Observatory, 1920-1941.

Scope of Material:

Schlesinger's correspondence as director of Allegheny Observatory, 1905-1920, and as director of Yale University Observatory and chairman of Yale University Dept. of Astronomy, 1920-1941.

Microfilm copy.

Microfilm made 1980-1981 by the repository for the American Institute of Physics project, Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics, from originals retained by the Allegheny Observatory and Yale.

Forms part of the American Institute of Physics Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics Project.

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