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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Project / Collection Boyden Observatory Archive Subject History

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. EAP1190/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5
Title:
Lantern Slides
Scope & Content:
A collection of mounted images most probably used to illustrate lectures and to disseminate news. The slides are a mix of original material from Boyden Observatory and commercially-available reproductions. The bulk of the material consists of reproductions of plates taken at Boyden Observatory (...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
105

4. EAP1190/1/5/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2
Title:
Boyden Lantern Slides Box 4: Telescopes and astronomical objects.
Scope & Content:
A collection of slides showing telescopes, observatories, astronomers, and astronomical objects. Several images illustrate the history of Harvard College Observatory, showing scenes from the USA, Peru, and Chile. Two images show Harlow Shapley and Solon Bailey. Other well-known observatories in ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
99

5. EAP1190/1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7
Title:
Photographic Plates
Scope & Content:
255 photographic glass plate negatives (gelatin dry plates), stored in 23 original plate boxes, haphazardly arranged. All appear to be original plates, mostly exposed in the early 1930s. About half (127) show buildings, telescopes, instruments and people at Boyden Observatory, South Africa, most...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
255