MS. Manuscript Collections
Record Group
Identifier: MS
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Walter S. Adams Papers
Collection
Identifier: AdamsWS
Abstract
This collection chiefly consists of the administrative, scientific, and personal correspondence of astronomer and Mount Wilson Observatory Director Walter S. Adams (1876–1956), spanning the years 1921 to 1956, and including his work during World War II. There is also material from Adams’ retirement years and his astronomical work. The World War II materials reflect the secret work of Adams and the Observatory staff for the United States government to help create prisms and optics for various...
Dates:
1921 - 1956
George Ellery Hale Papers
Collection
Identifier: HaleGE
Abstract
Digitized: this collection is available on the web. George Ellery Hale (1868–1938) was an influential astrophysicist and science administrator. This collection of Hale’s scientific, professional, and personal papers documents his roles in inventing the spectrohelioscope; promoting international cooperation among scientists; and founding major observatories, as well as the California Institute of Technology, Huntington Library, Astrophysical...
Dates:
1863 - 1950; Majority of material found within 1882 - 1938
