Title:

William Hammond Wright (right) with Sigma Xi society

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

approximately 1930-1949

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

William Hammond Wright with the Shuburnes and Marshalls at Lick Observatory

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Date Created:

approximately 1930-1939

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

William Hammond Wright

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

1925

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

William Hammond Wright with G. and W. Else

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

1941

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

William Hammond Wright (left) with unidentified Sierra Club members at Lake Tenaya

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

1919

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Luncheon on Goddard Creek

Variant Title:

William Hammond Wright and Marion (Rusty) Montgomery

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

approximately 1919-1941

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

William Hammond Wright (center) with unidentified Sierra Club members

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

approximately 1919-1941

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

William Hammond Wright, Sierra Club

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

approximately 1919-1941

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Lick Observatory

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

William Hammond Wright

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Personnel and Residents

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 7: Photographs

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory

Date Created:

1936

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Lick Observatory

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:

Ensenada Eclipse Expedition: observers at the eclipse camp, led by W. H. Wright

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Expeditions

Creator:

Bergmann, Carl A.

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Topic:

Eclipses, Scientific expeditions, and Solar eclipses

Date Created:

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:

Eclipses, Scientific expeditions, Solar eclipses, and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Ensenada Eclipse Expedition: observers at eclipse camp, led by W. H. Wright. Seated, left to right: Ambrose Swasey, Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, W.W. Campbell, Mrs. Edna Leib Wright, W.H. Wright, Joseph H. Moore. Standing: Joseph Pearce, Hamilton Jeffers, Z.A. Merfield, Robert Trumpler, Grace Leib (later Grace Hubble), Willem Luyten, William F. Meyer, Allen H. Babcock, E. Percival Lewis, W.W. Campbell.

Sub-Series Title:

Lick Observatory Expeditions; Women astronomers

Creator:

Bergmann, Carl A.

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938 and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Topic:

Eclipses, Portraits, Scientific expeditions, and Solar eclipses

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:

Eclipses, Portraits, Scientific expeditions, Solar eclipses, Campbell, William Wallace, 1862-1938, and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

W. H. Wright, Director of the Lick Observatory from 1935 to 1942

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

W. H. Wright, Director of the Lick Observatory from 1935 to 1942

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Draper Quartz Spectrograph, used with the Crossley Reflector

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Spectrometer

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:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, Spectrometer, Lick Observatory, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Draper Quartz Spectrograph, used with the Crossley Reflector

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Spectrometer

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:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, Spectrometer, Lick Observatory, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Draper Quartz Spectrograph, used with the Crossley Reflector

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Spectrometer

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:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, Spectrometer, Lick Observatory, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Draper Quartz Spectrograph, used with the Crossley Reflector

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Spectrometer

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:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, Spectrometer, Lick Observatory, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Draper Quartz Spectrograph, used with the Crossley Reflector

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Spectrometer

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:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, Spectrometer, Lick Observatory, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Draper Quartz Spectrograph, used with the Crossley Reflector

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, and Spectrometer

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:

Astronomical observatories, Reflecting telescopes, Astronomical instruments, Spectrometer, Lick Observatory, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

W. H. Wright

Sub-Series Title:

Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

W. H. Wright

Sub-Series Title:

Personnel, Lick Observatory; Individuals

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Portraits

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, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36

Title:

Draper Quartz Spectrograph, used with the Crossley Reflector

Sub-Series Title:

Instruments, Lick Observatory; 36-inch Refractor; Spectrographs

Type:

Image

Series:

Series 6: Glass Negatives

People:

Lick Observatory and Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959

Place:

Lick Observatory and Mount Hamilton

Topic:

Astronomical observatories, Astronomical instruments, and Spectrometer

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:

Astronomical observatories, Astronomical instruments, Spectrometer, Lick Observatory, Wright, William Hammond, 1871-1959, Lick Observatory, and Mount Hamilton

Call Number:

UA 36