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    Oral history interview with Douglas Carryl Aitken, 1977 July 23.
    by Aitken, Douglas Carryl, 1898-
    Description: 
    Transcript: 44 pages.
    Audio recording: 2 cassettes, 2 hours.
    Use and Reproduction : 
    Oral History 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/25055.html (Transcript)
    Country of Repository: 
    USA
    Location of Original/Copy: 
    Available at Source for History of Modern Astrophysics libraries of deposit.
    Biography/History: 
    Died 1992.
    Scope of Material: 
    Experiences as a child on Mount Hamilton (Lick Observatory) just after the turn of the century; schooling on Mount Hamilton; father's (Robert Grant Aitken) observing with 36-inch refractor; Lick public observing nights; general life on Mount Hamilton; Mrs. Phoebe Hearst's support for private schooling; father's recollections about Lick astronomers; World War I. Also prominently mentioned are: S. W. Burnham, William W. Campbell, Sturla Einarsson, E. S. Holden, James Keeler, Joachim Murietta, Richard H. Tucker; and Copernicus Peak.
    Notes: 
    Advance notice of two business days required to use audio or video tapes.
    Interview conducted by David DeVorkin, 23 July 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. 4 reels. Original recording remastered onto 10" reels.
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    Includes name index and table of contents.
    Added Author: 
    DeVorkin, David H., 1944- interviewer.
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    Oral histories.
    Interviews.
    Sound recordings.
    Transcripts.
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    Astronomers.
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