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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Boyden Observatory Archive Subject First World War (1914-1918)

1. EAP1190/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1
Title:
Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
Scope & Content:
Boyden Observatory - named for the American engineer Uriah A. Boyden (1804-1879) - was established as a southern station of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College (popularly known as Harvard College Observatory) in 1890, at Arequipa in Peru. In 1927 it was relocated to South Africa, 26 ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
25432 File(s)

2. EAP1190/1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2
Title:
Astronomical Log Books
Scope & Content:
A set of hard-cover note books used to record the progress of research programmes carried out on a certain telescope. During this period of Boyden’s history, photography was the principal method of detecting and recording information. Typically, a piece of glass was coated with a photographic em...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
969

3. EAP1190/1/2/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/7
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Spectrum Plates: B, A, F stars (Book B)
Scope & Content:
Three lists of HR stars, of young spectral type, for a programme of spectral photography. Entries are followed by pencilled-in plate numbers. All pages are crossed out, sometimes with "Re-written" written across the page. No dates appear in the book. However, the co-ordinates are given for epoch...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
29