Janus: Papers of the Cape Observatory

RGO Archives/RGO 15 contains:
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196	Miscellaneous correspondence
197	Correspondence on Cape and R.G.O. cooperation
198	Papers on the S.R.C. and South Africa
199	Papers on the Cape and Sutherland Observatories
200	Correspondence of G.A. Harding
201	Correspondence of G.A. Harding
202	Correspondence on the South African Astronomical Observatory
203	Report on the South African site survey
204	Pamphlets on the Committee for Scientific and Industrial Research
205	Correspondence on Harding's appointment
206	Correspondence on the South African Astronomical Observatory
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Papers of the Cape Observatory

Title	Correspondence of G.A. Harding
Reference	RGO 15/201
Covering Dates	1969–1972
Extent and Medium	1 bundle

Content and context

Correspondence between G.A. Harding and others regarding the agreement between the Science Research Council and the Committee for Scientific and Industrial Research on the future of the Cape and the organisation of work at the South African Astronomical Observatory. The letters include suggestions for the dispersal of various instruments, a copy of the draft inter-agency agreement, March 1969, with a revised copy, 14 May 1970; minutes of the council meeting of 19-20 February 1970 to discuss possible sites for the South African Astronomical Observatory; and a report on the 'South African Astronomical Observatory' outlining its future. The correspondents include the Revd R. Woolley, A. Hunter, F.J. Hewitt and M.W. Message of the Science Research Council and the Committee of Scientific and Industrial Research.

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Woolley, Sir Richard van der Reit (1906-1986) Knight, astronomer

Hunter, Alan (1912-1995) astronomer

Harding, George Alfred (1920-1986)

Science Research Council

South African Astronomical Observatory

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