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    		• Aitken, Malcolm.
     
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    		• Astronomers -- Family relationships.
     
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    		• World War, 1914-1918.
     
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    		• Halley's comet.
     
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    		• Earthquakes -- San Francisco, Calif., 1906.
     
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    		• Lick Observatory.
     
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    		• University of California, Berkeley.
     
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    		• Williams College.
     
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    		• American Astronomical and Astrophysical Society.
     
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    		• Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951.
     
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    		• Burnham, S. W. (Sherburne Wesley), 1838-1921.
     
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    		• Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-
     
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    		• Lick, James.
     
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    		• Lowell, Percival.
     
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    		• Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952.
     
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    Oral history interview with Malcolm Aitken, 1977 July 17.
    by Aitken, Malcolm.
    Description: 
    Transcript: 43 pages.
    Audio recording: 3 cassettes, 3 hours.
    Use and Reproduction : 
    Interview may be read by any researcher with an approved access application on file.
    Owning Repository: 
    American Institute of Physics. Niels Bohr Library & Archives. One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
    Web Site: 
    http://www.aip.org/history/ohilist/25054.html (Transcript)
    Country of Repository: 
    USA
    Location of Original/Copy: 
    Available at Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics libraries of deposit.
    Biography/History: 
    Died 1983.
    Scope of Material: 
    Interview centers around experiences as a child on Mount Hamilton (Lick Observatory) just after the turn of the century; father's (Robert Grant Aitken) scientific life and personal life; the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; Halley's Comet, 1910; contact with the families of astronomers; William W. Campbell; Heber D. Curtis; experiences in World War I; Mrs. Aitken's astronomical training. Also prominently mentioned are: S. W. Burnham, James Lick, Percival Lowell, Richard H. Tucker; American Astronomical and Astrophysical Society, University of California at Berkeley, and Williams College.
    Notes: 
    Advance notice of two business days required to use audio or video tapes.
    Interview conducted by David DeVorkin, July 17, 1977.
    Interview conducted as part of the Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics (SHMA) project.
    Microfilmed, in part for the Sources for History of Modern Astrophysics project. Copies available at the American Institute of Physics and SHMA libraries of deposit.
    10" reel. Bethesda, Md. Cutting Corp., 2000. 6 reels. Original recording remastered onto 10" reels.
    Finding Aid: 
    Includes name index and table of contents.
    Added Author: 
    DeVorkin, David H., 1944- interviewer.
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    Oral histories.
    Interviews.
    Transcripts.
    Sound recordings.
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