The latitude of the Cambridge Observatory, in Massachusetts determined, from transits of stars over the prime vertical observed during the months of December, 1844, and January, 1845, by William C. Bond, Major James D. Graham, and George P. Bond by Benjamin Peirce
Title:
Memoirs of the American Academy IV
Miscellaneous America A.D. Bache DSI
Bond, Graham, and Peirce, on the latitude of Cambridge
This accession consists of the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO) website as it existed on May 1, 2017. FLWO is operated by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics which is jointly administered by the Harvard College Observatory and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. It is located on Mount Hopkins near Amado, Arizona.
The website includes information about its telescopes and other facilities as well as viewing conditions. It also includes a history of FLWO. Materials are in electronic format.
Agreement Between SAO and Harvard College Observatory (HCO) for Support of the Astronomical Instrument Lab 01/12/68-02/05/69
Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management Search this
Container:
Box 29 of 29
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-164, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management, Grant Proposals
Agreement Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between SAO, University of Texas, Bell Telephone Laboratories and Harvard College Observatory (HCO) for a Collaborative Program to do Molecular Line Astronomy at Millimeter Wavelengths 06/25/71-07/15/71
Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management Search this
Container:
Box 29 of 29
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-164, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management, Grant Proposals
Agreement Between SAO and Harvard College Observatory (HCO) for Use of the Agassiz Site 07/27/66-10/04/72
Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management Search this
Container:
Box 29 of 29
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-164, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management, Grant Proposals
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Senior Research Fellow. Search this
Extent:
1.5 cu. ft. (1 record storage box) (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1982-1983, 1986-1994
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the outgoing correspondence of George B. Field, Director, 1973-1982, and Senior Research Fellow, 1983- , as well as an applied astronomy
professor at Harvard University. Materials also include some incoming correspondence as well as attachments. A small amount of correspondence belonged to George B. Rybicki,
L. M. Ozernoi, Alan P. Lightman, and others. Together, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the Harvard College Observatory administer the Harvard-Smithsonian Center
for Astrophysics which was also directed by Field. Subject matter within the correspondence relates to all of these organizations.
Agreement Between SAO, Univ. of Arizona-Lunar and Planetary Laboratory and Harvard College Observatory (HCO) concerning the Infrared Balloon Project 04/21/71-06/16/72
Collection Creator::
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management Search this
Container:
Box 29 of 29
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-164, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Department of Contracts, Grants and Property Management, Grant Proposals
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Office of Human Resources Search this
Extent:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Date:
1997-2012
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of programs for the annual Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) service awards ceremony. Programs include a list of award recipients.
Some programs also include a list of administrators. CfA is jointly administered by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and Harvard College Observatory.
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Office of the Deputy Director Search this
Extent:
34 cu. ft. (34 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Black-and-white photographs
Serials (publications)
Clippings
Newsletters
Manuscripts
Date:
circa 1963-1983
Descriptive Entry:
These records were created primarily by John G. Gregory as Assistant Director, 1973-1982, and Deputy Director, 1982-1983. A small amount of material was created by
his predecessors, Carlton W. Tillinghast, 1961-1969, and Robert V. Bartnik, 1970-1973. The records include correspondence, memoranda, reports, budgets, and publications documenting
SAO research projects, especially the Multiple-Mirror Telescope, the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (before 1981, the Mount Hopkins Observatory), and the Infrared Telescope
Program; activities of SAO scientific divisions; the Satellite Tracking Program and its phase-out in 1983; SAO involvement in the Boyden Observatory in South Africa, 1964-1977;
the establishment of the Center for Astrophysics in 1973; SAO relations with Smithsonian bureaus and offices; SAO relations with the Harvard College Observatory; and general
administrative matters such as personnel, budgeting, facilities, information management, planning, program reviews, and audits.
