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EAP1190/1/6/11
- Record Id:
- 040-004403508
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004402810
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100173882268.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- EAP1190/1/6/11
- Title:
- Boyden Photo Box 15: People, early site construction, telescopes, buildings, and astronomical objects.
- Scope & Content:
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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 several images of the Remeis Astrograph), buildings (Boyden Museum Library, building activity on site, early view of telescope enclosures being built, aerial views), and astronomical objects (Sun, Moon, Mars imaged through the 60-inch telescope, occultation of beta Sco by Jupiter, an unidentified globular cluster, and an intriguing image of an unidentified comet above the treeline in twilight).
n/a.
Extent: 90 photographic prints (75 black and white, 15 colour).
Custodial history: N/a.
Arrangement: N/a.
Alternative calendar and date: N/a, N/a
Author(s)/Creator(s): English.
Scribe(s): Latin.
Publisher(s): Left-to-Right.
Editor(s): Unrestricted.
Volume number: N/a.
Original institution reference: PB15.
- Collection Area:
- Endangered Archives Programme
- Project / Collection:
- Boyden Observatory Archive
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004402810
036-004403079
040-004403508 - Is part of:
- EAP1190/1 : Endangered Records in the Boyden Observatory Archive
EAP1190/1/6 : Photographic Prints
EAP1190/1/6/11 : Boyden Photo Box 15: People, early site construction, telescopes, buildings, and astronomical objects. - Contains:
- EAP1190/1/6/11/1 : 60-inch with unidentified male.
EAP1190/1/6/11/2 : Remeis Astrograph.
EAP1190/1/6/11/3 : Remeis Astrograph, Boyden.
EAP1190/1/6/11/4 : Occultation of beta Sco by Jupiter, 1971 May 13.
EAP1190/1/6/11/5 : Unidentified comet above treeline in twilight.
EAP1190/1/6/11/6 : Recently-completed Remeis Astrograph enclosure.
EAP1190/1/6/11/7 : Remeis Astrograph.
EAP1190/1/6/11/8 : Unidentified globular cluster.
EAP1190/1/6/11/9 : 3-inch Ross camera, interior view.
EAP1190/1/6/11/10 : 60-inch telescope.
EAP1190/1/6/11/11 : Occultation of beta Sco by Jupiter, 1971 May 13.
EAP1190/1/6/11/12 : Displays and other devices in a dimly-lit room.
EAP1190/1/6/11/13 : Displays and other devices in a dimly-lit room.
EAP1190/1/6/11/14 : Person and device on Boyden koppie.
EAP1190/1/6/11/15 : 10-inch Metcalf and finder scope, seen from the north-east.
EAP1190/1/6/11/16 : Group photo of 9 people, outdoors.
EAP1190/1/6/11/17 : Metal parts arranged on the ground.
EAP1190/1/6/11/18 : The Sun
EAP1190/1/6/11/19 : Aerial view of Boyden Observatory site from the west-northwest.
EAP1190/1/6/11/20 : Early view of telescope enclosures being built.
EAP1190/1/6/11/21 : 13-inch enclosure, roof open.
EAP1190/1/6/11/22 : Mirror cell and bottom end of 60-inch telescope.
EAP1190/1/6/11/23 : Instrument at Cassegrain focus of unknown telescope.
EAP1190/1/6/11/24 : Three starburst markings in a line.
EAP1190/1/6/11/25 : Mars imaged through the 60-inch telescope.
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Click here to View / search full list of parts of EAP1190/1/6/11 - Hierarchy:
- 032-004402810[0006]/036-004403079[0011]/040-004403508
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: EAP1190/1
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 90
- Digitised Content:
- https://eap.bl.uk/archive-file/EAP1190-1-6-11 (opens in a new tab)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not Applicable
- Start Date:
- 1891
- End Date:
- 1994
- Date Range:
- 1891-1994
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- User Conditions:
- CC BY-NC
This item is part of the Endangered Archives Programme.
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Digital copies can be viewed online by clicking the thumbnail image or digitised content link.
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- Former External References:
- PB15
- Arrangement:
- N/a
- Information About Copies:
- Digital copies are also held by: Centre for Astronomical Heritage (CfAH)
- Information About Originals:
- The original material is located in Boyden Observatory, Bloemfontein, South Africa
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)