A Guide to the Leander McCormick Observatory Papers, McCormick, Leander, Observatory Papers RG-6/8/5.071

A Guide to the Leander McCormick Observatory Papers,

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Accession Number RG-6/8/5.071


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession Number
RG-6/8/5.071
Title
Leander McCormick Observatory Papers
Physical Characteristics
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Leander McCormick Observatory Papers, Accession #RG-6/8/5.071, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The papers were transferred from Leander McCormick Observatory, University of Virginia, to the University of Virginia Library on May 30, 2007.

Scope and Content

This collection consists of about 37 items, 1870-1928, all concerning the Leander McCormick Observatory at the University of Virginia, and includes correspondence, plans and blueprints for the observatory by Wilson Brothers & Co. of Philadelphia, an article from Nature on the Newall telescope, annotated by [Leander J. McCormick?], and inscribed by him to his grandson.

The correspondence concerns expert advice solicited by McCormick from J. H. Safford, Dearborn Observatory, Chicago, Professor Joseph Henry, Smithsonian Institution, and Simon Newcomb, Naval Observatory, about the construction and design of an observatory; the selection of the University of Virginia over Washington and Lee as the site for an observatory; the building of the observatory at Virginia and the establishment of astronomy scholarships and additional funding for the astronomy program.

Arrangement

The collection is organized in three series, all of which are arranged chronologically

Contents List

Series I. Correspondence of Leander J. McCormick with Charles Scott Venable, Chairman of the Faculty, and other representatives of the University of Virginia
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Series II. Correspondence of Leander J. McCormick with non-University of Virginia advisors and representatives of Washington and Lee University:
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Series II. Blueprints, Drawings, and Miscellaneous
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