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

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

4. EAP1190/1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6
Title:
Photographic Prints
Scope & Content:
The majority of the material dates from the 1930s, and the 1950s. 2 images were taken in the 1970s and 1 in 1994. Several of the prints are from glass plate negatives held in the collection and described elsewhere. Themes in this series include the Observatory site and its development, views of ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
508

5. EAP1190/1/6/11

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/11
Title:
Boyden Photo Box 15: People, early site construction, telescopes, buildings, and astronomical objects.
Scope & Content:
People (group photo, and a portrait of Alexander William Roberts), early site construction (3 steam wagons carting crates to the Observatory site), telescopes (10-inch Metcalf, 13-inch Boyden refractor, 60-inch Rockefeller telescope, 3-inch Ross camera, interior view of the coelostat, and severa...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
90

6. EAP1190/1/6/11/14

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/6/11/14
Title:
Person and device on Boyden koppie.
Scope & Content:
Path along southern side of Boyden koppie, looking roughly towards Naval Hill. An unidentified person stands on the path, looking to the right. In the foreground is a dish-shaped device mounted on a tripod. n/a. Extent: 1 photograph. Condition of original material: Stable. Author(s)/Creator(...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

7. 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

8. EAP1190/1/7/6

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 12: Boyden Observatory and surroundings
Scope & Content:
A collection of images of the Boyden Observatory terrain and surroundings. The sky, with cloud, is prominently featured in each image. All the images are undated. A faded pencilled note on the plate box reads: "Boyden and surroundings". n/a. Extent: 9 glass plates. Size and dimensions of orig...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
9

9. EAP1190/1/7/6/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/6/1
Title:
Cloudscape seen from Boyden Observatory
Scope & Content:
Looking west-southwest. Naval Hill is on the horizon at the centre of image; the Lamont-Hussey dome can be seen. Tafelkop it as extreme right edge of the image. Etched into the plate: "EASTMAN-KODAK 138". n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, widt...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1