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Collection Area Endangered Archives Programme Archive Reference (shelfmark) EAP1190/1 Subject Art

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. EAP1190/1/5

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

3. 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

4. EAP1190/1/5/2/59

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/59
Title:
Coloured illustration of Fraunhofer demonstrating the spectroscope.
Scope & Content:
Printed label: "THIS SLIDE BELONGS TO W.J. HUSSEY", "YERKES OBSERVATORY". Hand-written: "No F22 / Fraunhofer demonstrating the spectroscope 1817 from a painting". n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2 cm, width 10.2 cm, thickness 0.2 cm. Condition...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

5. EAP1190/1/5/2/78

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/5/2/78
Title:
Illustration of the 200-inch Mt. Palomar Telescope.
Scope & Content:
Printed label (badly damaged): "HARVARD COLLEGE OBSERVATORY.". Hand-written: "Potter drawing .. 200-in telescope .. Palomar". A green star-shaped sticker is attached to one corner of the slide, with "5" written on it. n/a. Extent: 1 lantern slide. Size and dimensions of original material: Hei...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

6. 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

7. EAP1190/1/7/9

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 19: Boyden Observatory, telescopes (Set 2)
Scope & Content:
A collection of images of telescopes. Two are of telescopes at Boyden: the 24-inch Bruce and the 13-inch Refractor. The image of the 13-inch telescope clearly belongs to a set in a different Plate Box. All the images are undated, but the plate of the Bruce telescope has a matching lantern slide,...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
5

8. EAP1190/1/7/9/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/9/2
Title:
Pinned up photograph of the 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector in the Grubb-Parsons workshop.
Scope & Content:
A photograph, held in place with drawing pins on a wooden background, showing the 74-inch Radcliffe Reflector in the Grubb-Parsons workshop. Location unknown. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7cm, thickness 0.3cm. Condition of origi...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1

9. EAP1190/1/7/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/13
Title:
Boyden Plate Box 25: Solar eclipse, 1940 October 01
Scope & Content:
Two photographs of the Sun during a total eclipse. Faded pencilled notes on the plate box presumably secures the date and the location: "Sun (1940, Oct 1) 5 inch Voightlander lens" and "Murraysburg (eclipse) 1.5-inch Ross lens". n/a. Extent: 2 glass plates. Size and dimensions of original mat...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
2

10. EAP1190/1/7/13/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/7/13/1
Title:
A photograph of the Sun during a total eclipse
Scope & Content:
A photograph, held in place with drawing pins on a wooden background, showing the totally eclipsed Sun. Location unknown. Date taken from enclosure. PLB25_0001 and PLB25_0002 are of the same object. n/a. Extent: 1 glass plate. Size and dimensions of original material: Height 8.2cm, width 10.7...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
1