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

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. EAP1190/1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/1
Title:
Variable star observations by Alexander William Roberts for the period 1891-1933
Scope & Content:
This series contains 95 sets of handwritten documents, dated between 1891 and 1933, containing original astronomical observations made by A. W. Roberts from his private observatory, Lovedale Observatory, near the town of Alice in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. In addition to the raw ob...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1891-1933
Extent:
22578

3. EAP1190/1/1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/1/29
Title:
A. W. Roberts' handwritten notes and observations of R Carinae and other stars.
Scope & Content:
Notes, calculation and observations of R Carinae. In addition, one slim folder contains summary information of 21 variable stars: R Cen (5096), T Cen (4896), U Cen (4488), W Cen (4260), X Cen (4225), RS Cen (4057), RT Cen (4935), W Vel, R Car (3418), S Car (3637), Z Car (101058), RR Car (3569), ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
English
Date Range:
06 Jun 1892-24 Aug 1933
Extent:
407