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100 1 _aStrand, K. Aage
_q(Kaj Aage),
_d1907-2000.
245 1 0 _aK. Aage Strand papers,
_f1875-1999
_g(bulk 1947-1977).
300 _a15,000 items.
300 _a16
_fcontainers.
300 _a16
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged 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.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
545 0 _aAstronomer and scientific director of the United States Naval Observatory. Died 2000.
546 _aCollection material in English and Danish.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room.
600 1 0 _aBeer, Arthur,
_d1900-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBok, Bart J.
_q(Bart Jan),
_d1906-1983
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBrouwer, Dirk,
_d1902-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFowler, William A.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aFricke, W.
_q(Walter),
_d1915-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGiclas, H. L.
_q(Henry L.)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHertzsprung, Ejnar,
_d1873-1967
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHoag, Arthur Allen,
_d1921-1999
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHouziaux, L.
_q(Léo)
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJaschek, Carlos
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKuiper, Gerard P.
_q(Gerard Peter),
_d1905-1973
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aOort, Jan Hendrik
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStrömgren, Bengt,
_d1908-1987
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aStruve, Otto,
_d1897-1963
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aUpgren, Arthur R.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aVan de Kamp, Peter,
_d1901-
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aStrand family
_vCorrespondence.
610 2 0 _aNorthwestern University (Evanston, Ill.)
610 2 0 _aUnited States Naval Observatory.
650 0 _aAstrometry.
650 0 _aAstronomical instruments
_xDesign and construction.
650 0 _aAstronomical photography.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 0 _aDouble stars.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xScience.
656 7 _aAstronomers.
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