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Project / Collection Boyden Observatory Archive Place Peru, South America

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. EAP1190/1/2/12

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/12
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor (Plate Series X): Imaging and Spectrography Programmes (1922-1924)
Scope & Content:
Title from cover: "X / 13-inch Boyden / EPEMERIS". Several programmes for direct photography and spectrography, giving lists of targets with subsequent pencilled-in plate numbers. Typed pages, pasted in to the book, describe the procedure to follow for "out-of-focus work", giving equipment setti...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
33

4. EAP1190/1/2/13

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/13
Title:
Log Book: 13-inch Boyden Refractor Double Star Programme (1925)
Scope & Content:
List of double stars, arranged by Struve Number, giving basic data for each star, followed by pencilled-in plate numbers where applicable. From a label on the cover, the programme is dated 1925 November 03. n/a. Extent: 1 volume containing 28 pages. Size and dimensions of original material: L...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
33

5. EAP1190/1/2/15

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/2/15
Title:
Plate Book: 5-inch Voigtländer Camera (1925-1926)
Scope & Content:
Purple ink stamp on first page: "5[inch] Voigtlander". A plate book (plate numbers 8516-8573) for the period 1925 October 28 to 1926 September 09. Several images were taken of Nova Pictoris. Some remarks may be in Spanish. No plate series is identified. n/a. Extent: 1 volume containing 17 page...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
22

6. EAP1190/1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/3
Title:
Boyden Observatory Meteorological Records
Scope & Content:
This series consists of daily records of weather conditions as recorded at Boyden Observatory, from 1947 to 1979. Note that two earlier volumes of weather data can be found in the "Astronomical Log Books" series, which is how they were originally arranged at the Observatory. Taken together, thes...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
985

7. EAP1190/1/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/3/1
Title:
Boyden Observatory Monthly Weather Logs: 1970 December to 1974 February.
Scope & Content:
Monthly summary sheets, covering the period 1970 December to 1974 February. Time sheets, giving the names of observers, telescopes used, partner observatory and/or project name, and the number of hours of work per night, also include comments about weather conditions, for each day of the month. ...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
163

8. EAP1190/1/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1190/1/3/2
Title:
Boyden Observatory Daily Weather Logs: 1947-1979.
Scope & Content:
Weather records at Boyden Observatory, from 01 Jan 1947 to 30 Nov 1979, made twice per day, noting maximum and minimum temperatures, rainfall, wind conditions, number of useable observing hours, ratings of conditions, and identity of the recorder. Relatively humidity and barometric pressure is s...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1891-1994
Extent:
822

9. 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

10. 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