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Oral history interview with Charlotte Moore Sitterly, 1981 January 27.

by Moore, Charlotte Emma, 1898-

Transcript: 34 pages.

Owning Repository:

National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST Research Library and NIST Archives. Information Services Division. 100 Bureau Drive, MS 2500, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

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Biography/History:

Charlotte Emma Moore Sitterly (1898-1990), American astronomer. Education: BS, Swarthmore College, 1920; PhD, astronomy, University of California, 1931. Professional experience: Princeton; National Bureau of Standards (NBS). Research: solar spectroscopy; ultraviolet spectral lines. Her tables of atomic spectra and energy levels, published by NBS, have remained essential references in spectroscopy.

Scope of Material:

Interviewee discusses her career at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS). The highlights include: her association with Dr. Henry Norris Russell at Princeton, her work on the Multiplet Table of Astrophysical Interest, and her work on the atomic energy levels program at NBS.

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Interview conducted by Dr. Karl Kessler and Walter Weinstein, January 27, 1981.

Kessler, Karl interviewer.

Weinstein, Walter interviewer.

Oral histories.

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