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RGO Archives/RGO 7 contains:
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155 Papers on total eclipses
156 Papers on British and Empire observatories
157 Papers on overseas observatories
158 Papers on Indian observatories
159 Papers on the Indian Observatories Committee
160 Papers on observatories
161 Papers on overseas observatories
162 Papers on the Sydney and Johannesburg Observatories
163 Papers on instruments
164 Papers on instruments
165 Papers on instruments
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Papers of William Christie

Title Papers on observatories
Reference RGO 7/160
(former reference: Q5 (5))
Covering Dates 1896–1913
Extent and Medium 1 bundle
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(1) Papers on appointments at various observatories

Assistant at Helwan, 1907.

Mechanical Assistant at Helwan, 1908.

Ceylon Survey Department, Assistant Astronomer, 1908.

Government Astronomer, New South Wales, 1911-1912.

First Assistant at Hong Kong, 1912.

Candidacy of A.C.D. Crommelin for the Directorship of the Dunsink Observatory, 1912.

Appointment of J.E. Evans as Second Assistant at Ceylon, 1912.

Appointment of Assistant Astronomer at Ceylon, 1913.

Changes of directors of foreign observatories and changes of address, 1896-1913.

(2) Papers relating to American observatories

Correspondence concerning an invitation to the dedication of the Yerkes Observatory, 1897.

Correspondence concerning the administration and financial aspects of Harvard College Observatory, 1899, and two copies of printed note by Edward C. Pickering on the 'Anonymous fund of 1902'.

Correspondence concerning the work of and the future of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 1901.

Request from Columbia University for assistance in securing financial aid, 1902.

Paper from the Lowell Observatory concerning the determination of the best observatory sites, 1902.

Papers on the foundation of the Amherst College Observatory, 1903.

Papers from the Lick Observatory concerning funds for spectroscopic work, 1903.

Correspondence with Professor Pickering and H.H. Turner concerning the endowment of astronomical research, 1903.

Papers concerning the Carnegie Institution Commission on a proposed southern observatory, 1903.

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Indexed

Index Terms
Astronomical Observatories
United States
Lick Observatory
Pickering, Edward Charles (1846-1919) astronomer and physicist
Turner, Herbert Hall (1861-1930) astronomer and seismologist
Crommelin, Andrew Claude de la Cherois (1865-1939) astronomer
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