- Collection Overview
- Collection Description & Creator Information
- Access & Use
- Collection History
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Collection Overview
- Creator:
- Dugan, Raymond Smith, 1878-1940
- Title:
- Raymond S. Dugan Papers
- Repository:
- Manuscripts Division
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs716
- Dates:
- 1921-1940
- Size:
- 6 boxes and 2.5 linear feet
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-6
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Raymond Smith Dugan (1878-1940) was an American astronomer and educator. His collection consists of articles, correspondence, lecture notes, material for his astronomy classes at Princeton. The collection also contains reports by Dugan to members of Commission 27 (Commission des Etoiles Variables) of the International Astronomical Union.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The collection consists of Dugan's articles, correspondence, lecture notes, material for his astronomy classes at Princeton, and printed matter. The collection contains typescripts of articles, course outlines and final examinations, and copies of biographies of astronomers written for reference books, such as the Dictionary of American Biography. There is correspondence with publishers, academic colleagues, scholarly journals, astronomical societies, and directors of observatories, including ones at Harvard (Harlow Shapley) and the University of Arizona, as well as some personal correspondence. The collection also contains reports by Dugan to members of Commission 27 (Commission des Etoiles Variables) of the International Astronomical Union.
- Arrangement
This is an unprocessed collection and remains in its original arrangement.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Dugan, Raymond Smith, 1878-1940
Raymond Smith Dugan (1878-1940) was an American astronomer and educator. Dugan taught astronomy classes at Princeton.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The contents of this collection came with the Henry Norris Russell Papers.
- Appraisal
No appraisal information is available.
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Michael Heist in August 2007. Finding aid written by Michael Heist in August 2007.
This is an unprocessed collection. The contents list provided is a preliminary inventory.
The collection inventory was created by Michael Heist in August 2007.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to RBSC Public Services staff through the Ask Us! form. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.
- Credit this material:
Raymond S. Dugan Papers; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/xd07gs716
- Location:
-
Firestone LibraryOne Washington RoadPrinceton, NJ 08544, USA
- Storage Note:
- ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-6
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- Subject Terms:
- Astronomers -- New Jersey -- Princeton.
Astronomers -- United States -- Biographies.
Astronomical observatories -- Arizona -- Tucson -- 20th century.
Astronomical observatories -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge -- 20th century.
Astronomical observatories -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Astronomical research -- United States -- 20th century.
Astronomy -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century.
Astronomy -- Study and teaching -- New Jersey -- Princeton -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Correspondence.
Faculty papers.
Typescripts. - Names:
- International Astronomical Union. Commission 27.
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.
