Astronomy

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Contains black and white photographic prints, negatives, and contact sheet of a meeting of the Denver Astronomical Society.

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Types of Materials: memos, Correspondence

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Clippings

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Series 7 contains bibliographies, by subject, of the personal library of Yourgrau. Also included are appraisals and insurance documents for the library, as well as advertisements and correspondence relative to efforts to sell the library.

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Series 6 consists of Yourgrau's notes for teaching various. Mostly undated, the series also contains some pamphlets or publications on the subject matter.

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Reprints, 1500 slides of astronomical matters such as Mars, papers concerning the McCarthy loyalty investigations.

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Series 6 consists of Yourgrau's notes for teaching various. Mostly undated, the series also contains some pamphlets or publications on the subject matter.

Abstract Herbert A. Howe (1858-1926) was Professor of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics, Director of Chamberlin Observatory, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Denver, Denver, Colorado. He was instrumental in building the University of Denver's Chamberlin Observatory (1890) named after Humphrey B. Chamberlin. Howe oversaw the installation of the Observatory's Saegmuller telescope with its 20-inch Clark refractor. Howe's notebooks contain...

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Series 6 consists of Yourgrau's notes for teaching various. Mostly undated, the series also contains some pamphlets or publications on the subject matter.

Abstract Robert E. Stencel was a Professor of Astronomy, Univeristy Astronomer for the University of Denver, Director of the Chamberlin and Mt. Evans Observatories, and Director of the Student Astronomy Lab. He has built out the educational program at Chamberlin Observatory to deliver messaging about the importance of dark skies and good lighting to attendees at the Denver Astronomical Society’s Public Nights, which often draw hundreds of visitors. His papers also inculde correspondence, teaching...