Sproul Observatory Astronomers Photoprints
name: label: Collector
content: Swarthmore College. Sproul Observatory (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: 1916)
label: Creator
content: Gaustad, John E. (Director, Sproul Observatory)
label: Names
content: American Astronomical Society (1916-1975)
label: Names
content: Cincinnati Observatory (Cincinnati, Ohio)
label: Names
content: Columbia University
label: Names
content: Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire)
label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Physical Sciences
label: Names
content: Northwestern University. Dearborn Observatory (Evanston, Illinois)
label: Names
content: Swarthmore College. Sproul Observatory (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: 1916)
label: Names
content: Yerkes Observatory (Williams Bay, Wisconsin)
label: Names
content: Delaplaine, Roy W. (astronomer)
place: label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.)
label: Place
content: Oaxtepec (Mex.)
label: Place
content: Berkeley (Calif.)
label: Place
content: Cincinnati (Ohio)
label: Place
content: Pasadena (Calif.)
label: Place
content: Evanston (Ill.)
label: Place
content: Williams Bay (Wis.)
label: Place
content: Hanover (N.H.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Astronomy -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Telescope -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Portraits, Group -- African Americans
label: Topic
content: Astronomers
label: Topic
content: Observatories
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated by John E. Gaustad, Director of Sproul Observator at Swarthmore College, in 1987.
creator: label: Collector
content: Swarthmore College. Sproul Observatory (Swarthmore, Pennsylvania: 1916)
label: Creator
content: Gaustad, John E. (Director, Sproul Observatory)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Sproul Observatory Astronomers Photoprints
abstract: label: Summary
content: Collection of group portraits donated by Sproul Observatory. Group portraits include participants at American Astronomical Society and I.A.U. [International Astronomical Union] meetings, as well as several other taken at Johns Hopkins University, Swarthmore College, and an autographed photo of Roy W. Delaplaine at a 24-inch refractor telescope.The photographs were accumulated in the files of the Sproul Observatory, Swarthmore College, over a period of years. They form a visual record of astronomers and attendees at astronomical meetings from 1916 to 1975.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The donor did not supply background information with this collection, but apparently these photographs were accumulated and housed in the files of the Sproul Observatory at Swarthmore College over a period of years.  They constitute a visual record of astronomers and attendees at astronomical association meetings from 1916 to 1975.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Boxe
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1916-1975
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Physical Sciences (now Division of Medicine and Science)  to the Archives Center.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0251
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Panoramas
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged in one series chronologically.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by David Haberstich, 1987
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Panoramas
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The collection contains seventeen silver gelatin photoprints and one key diagram identifying most of the persons shown in a group photograph.  Most of the pictures are group portraits of participants at American Astronomical Society and I.A.U. (International Astronomical Union?); also, group photographs taken at the Johns Hopkins University and Swarthmore College, and an autographed photoprint of "Roy M. Delaplaine at 24 inch refractor [telescope]..." Most of the group portraits were probably intended as records of the astronomical association meetings for the use of the organizations and participants.