Papers relating to the University Observatory and equipment; and correspondence and papers of Charles Pritchard and Herbert Hall Turner, 1858-1930
File
Shelfmark: MS. University Archives AS 3
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- Notes on desiderata for the completion of the University Observatory; with related correspondence and a copy of a 1878 report of a committee of the Visitors of the University Observatory, 1878-1894
- Register and journal of phototelescope including photographs; with related notes, 1890-1899
- Notes and diagrams giving directions for the silvering of a glass specula, 1887
- Letters, in French, to Charles Pritchard from Admiral Ernest Mouchez, Director of the Observatoire du Paris; with notice of his death, 1889-1892
- Correspondence and related papers of Herbert Hall Turner: Letters from Robert Theodore Gunther, Fellow and Librarian of Magdalen College, concerning Turner's review of his book 'Early Science in Oxford. Vol 2. Astronomy' for publication in The Times (Turner was the Savilian Professor of Astronomy between 1893-1930), 1923
- Correspondence and related papers of Herbert Hall Turner: Letter from David Williams (Vice-Chancellor 1856-1958) to John Stevens, farmer and lease-holder, regarding the relinquishing of land for the University Museum site where the University Observatory was subsequently built, forwarded to Turner by Francis Williams with note on the reverse (Turner was the Savilian Professor of Astronomy between 1893-1930), 1858-1922
- Correspondence and related papers of Herbert Hall Turner: Letters to Turner, press cuttings and related papers on the discovery and naming of Pluto (Turner was the Savilian Professor of Astronomy between 1893-1930), 1930
- Reprints of articles by Charles Pritchard; with related correspondence, notes and annotations, 1878-1894
- Reprint of obituary of Charles Pritchard by Herbert Hall Turner, 1894
Dates
- Creation: 1858-1930
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Conditions Governing Access
Open.
Shelfmark
MS. University Archives AS 3
Former reference:
OUA/AS 2; OUA/AS 3; OUA/AS 4; OUA/AS 5; OUA/AS 6/1; OUA/AS 6/2; OUA/AS 6/3; OUA/AS 7; OUA/AS 8
Repository Details
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk