Vassar College Memorial Minutes
Dwight, William Buck, 1833-1906 | Memorial Minute:
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[After 1906]
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Whitney, Mary Watson, 1847-1921
Whitney, Mary Watson, 1847-1921
Vassar College Memorial Minutes
Ely, Achsah Mount, 1846-1904 | Memorial Minute:
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[After 1904]
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Guide to the Caroline Furness Papers, 1840-1938
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Caroline Furness Papers
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The Caroline Furness Papers consist
of correspondence, personal and professional papers, writings, research, and
photographs created and assembled by American astronomer and Vassar faculty member
Caroline E. Furness. Notable correspondents include Furness’s father, Henry B.
Furness; Vassar faculty member Mary W. Whitney; Kan'ichi Asakawa; Sakusaburo
Uchigasaki; Rose O'Neill; Vilhjalmur Stefansson; and other astronomers, including
Jan van der Bilt, Phoebe Waterman Haas, and Ruth E. Smith.
of correspondence, personal and professional papers, writings, research, and
photographs created and assembled by American astronomer and Vassar faculty member
Caroline E. Furness. Notable correspondents include Furness’s father, Henry B.
Furness; Vassar faculty member Mary W. Whitney; Kan'ichi Asakawa; Sakusaburo
Uchigasaki; Rose O'Neill; Vilhjalmur Stefansson; and other astronomers, including
Jan van der Bilt, Phoebe Waterman Haas, and Ruth E. Smith.
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Guide to the Maria Mitchell Papers, 1843-2016 (bulk 1853-1889)
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Maria Mitchell Papers
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Correspondence, manuscripts,
research material, photographs, and glass plate negatives relating to Mitchell's work as an astronomer and
member of the faculty of Vassar College.
research material, photographs, and glass plate negatives relating to Mitchell's work as an astronomer and
member of the faculty of Vassar College.
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Guide to the Vassar College Astronomy Department Records, 1888-1936
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Vassar College Astronomy Department Records
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Record books and notebooks, including transit room and dome books containing records of astronomical observations, 1888-1912; variable stars records, 1907-1913; records of observations from the meridian room, 1888-1936; and notebooks from observations, lectures, and studies, some of which were kept by Mary W. Whitney.
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Lathrop, Edward, 1814-1906 | Memorial Minute:
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[After 1906]
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Wolven Glass Plate Negative Collection
Mary Whitney in the Maria Mitchell Observatory
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1900-1910
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Professor Mary Watson Whitney seated at a desk in the observatory's clock and chronograph room
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Van Ingen, Henry, 1833-1898 | Memorial Minute:
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[After 1898]
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Vassar College Early Images
Vassar College Astronomical Observatory interior with class
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188-?
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Interior (the Meridian Room) of Observatory of Vassar College with telescopes, brick pillars, ladder, table, chair, clock and books on shelves. Also shows professor Mary W. Whitney (?) and students wearing long, dark dresses, some with hats. They are seated or standing around the telescope. One of
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