Strand, K. Aage  1907-2000. <br/><br/>
K. Aage Strand papers, 1875-1999  (bulk 1947-1977). 

 - 15,000 items. 16  containers. 16  linear feet. 
 -  Arranged in 7 series.  Series 1: Publications, 1930-1981; Series 2: Speech, Lecture, and Manuscript File, 1940-1993; Series 3: Correspondence, 1875-1997; Series 4: Subject File, 1942-1996; Series 5: Miscellany, 1926-1999; Series 6: Photographs and Slides, 1944-1980; and Series 7: Books, Notebooks, and Journals, 1929-1975. 
<br/><br/> Open to research. 
<br/><br/> Correspondence, memoranda, speeches, lectures, writings, reports, notes, subject files, oral history, biographical material, printed matter, slides, photographs, and other papers relating to Strand's career as professor of astronomy at Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; scientific director of the United States Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.; and director of the observatory's Astrometry and Astrophysics Division.  Subjects include astrometry, astrometric instrumentation design, double star photography, and scientific research for the U.S. military during World War II.  Correspondents include Arthur Beer, Bart J. Bok, Dirk Brouwer, William A. Fowler, W. Fricke, H.L. Giclas, Ejnar Hertzsprung, Arthur Allen Hoag, L. Houziaux, Carlos Jaschek, Gerard Peter Kuiper, Jan Hendrik Oort, Bengt Strömgren, Otto Struve, Arthur R. Upgren, Peter Van de Kamp, and the Strand family. 
<br/><br/><br/>Astronomer and scientific director of the United States Naval Observatory.  Died 2000. 
<br/><br/><br/>Collection material in English and Danish. 
<br/><br/> Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>mm2008085428 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Beer, Arthur, 1900- --Correspondence.<br/>Bok, Bart J. 1906-1983 --Correspondence.<br/>Brouwer, Dirk, 1902- --Correspondence.<br/>Fowler, William A.--Correspondence.<br/>Fricke, W. 1915- --Correspondence.<br/>Giclas, H. L.--Correspondence.<br/>Hertzsprung, Ejnar, 1873-1967 --Correspondence.<br/>Hoag, Arthur Allen, 1921-1999 --Correspondence.<br/>Houziaux, L.--Correspondence.<br/>Jaschek, Carlos--Correspondence.<br/>Kuiper, Gerard P. 1905-1973 --Correspondence.<br/>Oort, Jan Hendrik--Correspondence.<br/>Strömgren, Bengt, 1908-1987 --Correspondence.<br/>Struve, Otto, 1897-1963 --Correspondence.<br/>Upgren, Arthur R.--Correspondence.<br/>Van de Kamp, Peter, 1901- --Correspondence.<br/>Strand family--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)<br/>United States Naval Observatory.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Astrometry.<br/>Astronomical instruments--Design and construction.<br/>Astronomical photography.<br/>Astronomy.<br/>Double stars.<br/>World War, 1939-1945--Science.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Occupation: </label><br/>Astronomers.