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

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. EAP1190/1/2/25

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/25
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Spectrum Plates: B, A, F stars (Book 1)
Scope & Content:
A list of young-type stars for a program of spectral photography ("1 prism. 60[minute] exposure."). For each star, basic data is listed, and stars of particular note are flagged. Several entries in the list are struck through, often followed by a pencilled number, which is possibly the correspon...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
35

4. EAP1190/1/2/26

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/26
Title:
Log Book: 10-inch and 8-inch Programmes (1929-1932)
Scope & Content:
Log book of programmes on the 10-inch Metcalf and 8-inch Bache telescopes, roughly from 1929 to 1932. The book is written from both ends. The front cover is titled "10-inch + 8-inch / 1932" and the back cover is "MF Program [deleted] See OVER". On the left inner board a summary is given: "10-inc...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
33