Title:

Robert Grant Aitken at the 36-inch telescope

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Creator:

Stokley, James, 1900-1990

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

approximately 1940-1950

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Grant Aitken

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

1934

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Grant (wedding portrait) Aitken

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Aitken, Mrs., Lick Observatory, and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

1888

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Aitken, Mrs., Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Grant Aitken and Mrs. Aitken

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Aitken, Mrs., Lick Observatory, and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

1932

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Aitken, Mrs., Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Grant Aitken

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

1903

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Grant Aitken (right) and others with telescope

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

approximately 1935-1945

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Two grandchildren of R. G. Aitken

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Interior decoration, Portraits, Dolls, Children, and Architecture, Domestic

Date Created:

December 1922

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Interior decoration, Portraits, Dolls, Children, Architecture, Domestic, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Aitken, W.W. Campbell, and an unidentified man

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

1922

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert Aitken, W.W. Campbell, and an unidentified man

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

1922

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Lick Observatory staff, in a group portrait by the 36-inch refractor, the "Great Lick Refractor"

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups; Women astronomers

Creator:

Luyten, Willem Jacob, 1899-1994

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Women, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, and Astronomical instruments

Date Created:

1922

Description:

Seated, left to right: Mrs. Marshall, Miss Howe, Miss Powell. Standing, left to right: J.H. Moore, G. Neubauer, W.J. Luyten, R.H. Tucker, W.W. Campbell, Baker, W.H. Wright, R.G. Aitken, J.A. Pearce.

Subject:

Women, Astronomical observatories, Portraits, Astronomical instruments, Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert G. Aitken

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

September 1923

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Lick Observatory staff (men and women) in a group photograph

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Groups; Women astronomers

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Hobe, Adelaide M., Duncan, John Charles, 1882-1967, Newkirk, Burt L., 1876-1964, Sanford, Roscoe F. (Roscoe Frank), 1883-1958, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Moore, Frederica Chase, Perrine, Charles D., 1867-1951, Turner, Arthur Bertram, 1872-, Fath, Edward Arthur, 1880-1959, Albrecht, Sebastian, 1876-, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Burns, Kevin, 1881-1958, Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949, and Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Description:

Back row: unidentified, Robert Aitken, J. H. Moore, John C. Duncan, Edward A. Fath, Arthur B. Turner, Roscoe F. Sanford, C. D. Perrine, Kevin Burns. Middle row: W. W. Campbell, Mrs. Frederica Chase Moore, Mrs. Duncan, Miss Hobe, R. H. Tucker. Front row: B. L. Newkirk, Clarence Chant, Sebastian Albrecht.

Subject:

Portraits, Hobe, Adelaide M., Duncan, John Charles, 1882-1967, Newkirk, Burt L., 1876-1964, Sanford, Roscoe F. (Roscoe Frank), 1883-1958, Chant, Clarence Augustus, 1865-, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Moore, Frederica Chase, Perrine, Charles D., 1867-1951, Turner, Arthur Bertram, 1872-, Fath, Edward Arthur, 1880-1959, Albrecht, Sebastian, 1876-, Tucker, R. H. (Richard Hawley), 1859-1952, Burns, Kevin, 1881-1958, Moore, J. H. (Joseph Haines), 1878-1949, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Robert G. Aitken

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

Date Created:

1926

Description:

The Lick Observatory Archive documents one of the most historically important observatories in the world, and is a unique resource for the study of the history of modern astronomy. The digital collection contains digitized historical photographs from Series 6 and 7 of the larger collection and includes portraits of astronomers, telescope and lens makers and other prominent scientists, scenes of life at the observatory on Mount Hamilton, instruments, and documentation of expeditions. The physical archive includes records beginning in 1870 describing the founding construction and operation of the observatory, and documenting aspects of the early astronomical ambitions and achievements of its founders. Correspondence, copybooks, drawings, diaries and logs, and the personal papers of resident and visiting astronomers make up a large portion of the Archive.

Subject:

Portraits, Lick Observatory, Aitken, Robert Grant, 1864-1951, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36