Princeton University Library Collection of Charles A. Young, 1873-1897

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Young, Charles A. (Charles Augustus) (1834-1908)

Collector:

Princeton University. Library. Special Collections

Title:

Princeton University Library Collection of Charles A. Young

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/bg257f10m

Dates:

1873-1897

Size:

4 boxes, 1.3 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists, for the most part, of letters written to nineteenth-century Princeton astronomer C. A. Young by other astronomers and scientific instrument makers.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists, for the most part, of letters written to Young by other astronomers, such as N. M. Paul of the United States Naval Observatory and Leonard Waldo of Harvard, and by clock, astronomical, and scientific instrument manufacturers, including Howard Grubb, Fauth and Co., E. Howard and Co., and Edward Kahler. In addition, there are some drawings of astronomical instruments and a few bank books.

Further accessions include measures (1879) of the polar and equatorial diameters of the planet Mars by Prof. Young at the Observatory of the John C. Green School of Science, Princeton University, and an autograph manuscript with 12 sheets of figures on graph paper from the G. P. Kuiper Scientific Collection. Also included are letters from Simon Newcomb concerning discussions with Stephen H. Emmens in February and March 1897, and two letters from Young to Stephen Alexander discussing equipment for the astronomical observatory to be built on the "Olden lot" on Prospect Ave. in Princeton.

Arrangement

Arranged in alphabetical order.

Collection Creator Biography:

Young

A professor of astronomy at Princeton (1877-1905) and the first director of its Observatory, C. A. Young was an authority on the sun and a pioneer in spectrum analysis.

Collection History

Acquisition:

The manuscript, charts, and graphs were a gift of Mrs. Sarah Kuiper Roth, on August 20, 1979 .

Appraisal

No appraisal information is available.

Processing Information

The collection was formed as a result of a Departmental practice of combining into one collection material of various accessions relating to a particular person, family or subject.

Folder inventory prepared by Feng Zhu '2014 in 2011.

In 2024, Amy C. Vo updated the finding aid title for compliance with DACS.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

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