Everhart, Edgar

Abstract The box contains copies of Dr. Everhart’s Exercises in Astronomy and Exercises for Descriptive Astronomy, Dr. Everhart’s diplomas from Tallmadge High School, Oberlin College, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The box also contains Dr. Everhart’s doctoral dissertation from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, articles written by and about Dr. Everhart, copies of Memories of Edgar Everhart III, personal and professional photographs, and copies of Sky and Telescope with articles...

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Edgar Everhart III was a Professor for the University of Denver from 1969 until 1984. He was Director of the Chamberlin Observatory until 1987. Along with being the University of Denver Astronomer and Professor of Physics, he discovered comets, other space objects, and photographed them. His photographs were featured in many Astronomy magazines. The Edgar Everhart III Papers contain notes, articles, photographs, correspondence, diplomas, and a copy of his dissertation.

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University of Denver astronomy professor Edgar Everhart poses in front of the telescope inside Chamberlin Observatory on the University Park Campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.