Papers relating to the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria
MS. Radcliffe dep. 143
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Title
Papers relating to the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria
Shelfmark
MS. Radcliffe dep. 143
Summary
Comprises:
Newspaper cuttings re. astronomers and the Observatory, 1960-1961, n.d.
Miscellaneous legal, employment and building-related documents re. the Observatory, including a report on development south of the Observatory, plus maps of Pretoria, c. 1935, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1957-1958, 1960-1965, 1974, n.d.
Observatory plans, 1953, 1956
Correspondence with Harold Spencer Jones and the Radcliffe Trustees, 1950-1960
Date
c. 1935, 1948, 1950-1965, 1974, n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (4 folders)
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Collection contents
Papers relating to the Radcliffe Observatory
Papers relating to the Observatory at Pretoria, South Africa
Administrative papers
Papers relating to the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria
